Example programmes

We provide bespoke training solutions to meet the needs and goals of your people, creating confident individuals and energised teams.Delivery is completely flexible - from half day courses to modular training delivered over weeks and months, as well as away days, lunch and learn, guest lectures and keynotes

These example programmes cover a range of areas including Communication Skills, Remote Teams, Storytelling, Difficult Conversations and Team Building.

Communication Skills

Confident communicators make for inspiring leaders and energised teams. Drawing on theatre techniques and LAMDA expertise, we help your people to express themselves with confidence, clarity and impact. 

Outcomes include:

  • Increased self awareness 
  • Understanding the power of voice and body 
  • Confidence and clarity in your expression 
  • Inspire your audience, from 1-2-1s to conference speeches 
  • Structure presentations 
  • Overcome nerves 
  • Engage live and online audiences 
  • Communicate seamlessly with your team 

Storytelling

So much of our working life is about the exchange of information. Storytelling brings that information to life, makes it unforgettable and inspires action. Whether it’s you, your business or your product we show you how to find the story, how to structure the message and how to deliver it with impact.

Outcomes include:

  • Identify your story and that of your organisation, team or product  
  • Structure a compelling story to deliver key messages 
  • Inspire trust, energy and motivation 
  • Develop your own storytelling voice
  • Storytelling for different contexts - presentations, meetings, emails, illuminating data, product launches, defining your organisation's mission  
  • Deliver your story with confidence and impact 

Media Skills

Increasingly, leaders are expected to be the public face of their organisation. This means showing up with impact in highly pressurised environments - media appearances, town halls, podcasts, social media. This practical training allows participants to develop and hone their skills in these settings, through the lens of professional actor training. 

Outcomes include:

  • Identify and articulate your key messages 
  • Understand how to use the body and voice to convey authenticity and confidence 
  • Develop a confident mindset 
  • Answer difficult questions 
  • Handle a hostile audience or interviewer
  • Optimise camera and microphone techniques
  • Skills to manage nerves and keep cool under pressure 

Difficult Conversations

At the heart of any healthy team must be the ability to have honest conversations that move the business forward. When that communication breaks down the result can be a drain on energy, resources and productivity.

Through innovative forum theatre and role playing with LAMDA actors we explore the psychology of conflict and offer techniques to deliver effective feedback and manage difficult conversations. 

Outcomes include:

  • Understand the psychology of conflict 
  • Create the right environment for tough conversations 
  • Active listening skills
  • Explore empathy and compassion 
  • Managing emotion 
  • Practice assertiveness 
  • Establishing common ground 
  • Agreeing expectations 

Team Building

LAMDA actors are famed for their spirit of ensemble – we know how to build a team. But team building isn’t just about having fun together. It’s about establishing the most effective conditions for people to thrive. We look at techniques to enhance collaboration, psychological safety and effective communication.

Outcomes include:

  • Enhanced trust and rapport within the group 
  • Clarity of objectives 
  • Problem solving strategies 
  • Increased motivation and energy 
  • Improve team communication 
  • Form a strong team identity 

Remote Teams

How do you make a remote group of people feel like a team? How do you make flat, boring online meetings and presentations engaging, energised and memorable? We offer techniques to change the way you think about working remotely so that you really can feel part of a team wherever you are.

Outcomes include:

  • Truly engaging online meetings 
  • Online rapport 
  • Remote team building 
  • Self awareness of how you come across online 
  • Increase your impact with effective use of voice and body language 
  • Structure presentations for a virtual audience 
  • Improve your technical set up 

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