Workshop | Hard Conversations & Communication Skills
Make it second nature.
A keynote opens the conversation. The workshop gives your people the skills to keep having it. One practical, interactive session built on The Seeing Clearly Method™ and tailored to your people.
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The keynote gives them the method. The workshop gives them the practice.
The keynote gives your people a method they can use straight away. The workshop lets them practise it on the real conversations they face, with real words, in a safe room. So when the moment comes, they’re ready.
How the workshop works
- A briefing first. Tessa learns your pressures, your culture, language and the conversations your people are avoiding.
- Your scenarios, not case studies. Exercises are built around situations your people will recognise and relate to.
- Practise, not theory. Short input, then people work in pairs and small groups using the method.
- Tools to take away. Everyone leaves with a simple framework and a plan for their next tough conversation.
The workshop
The Seeing Clearly Method™ in practice
One workshop. Tailored to your people. Learn and practise SEE. SAY. LEAD. on a real conversation each person is facing right now.
- You’ll practise: naming what’s really going on, finding the words, and going first
- You’ll leave with: a repeatable method and a plan for one real conversation
- Ideal for: professional and financial services firms, leadership teams, people managers, away days, and as a keynote add-on
Tailored to the conversations your people face
Tessa shapes the practice around the pressure in your room. Choose the focus that fits, or combine them:
- Hard conversations under pressure. For leaders and managers: restructures, redundancies, bad news, feedback and performance.
- Making the case for yourself. For individuals and talent programmes: pay, promotion, boundaries and visibility.
- Leading communication through change. For senior teams: going first, cutting the jargon, and keeping people informed when you don’t have every answer.
Formats
Keynote + workshop
Talk, then 60 to 90 minutesConferences and away days
Masterclass
90 minutesLunch-and-learns, network events, team sessions
Virtual workshop
60 to 90 minutesHybrid and distributed teams
Group size: ideal for 10 to 30 people. Larger groups on request.
What clients say
“A truly exceptional speaker! Thank you for sharing your expertise and journey.”
Natascha Steiner-Smith Partner, Commercial Litigation, Enforcement & Insolvency, Cayman Islands
Also available through The Power of Words
For longer-term work, Tessa’s B2B communications consultancy, The Power of Words, offers spokesperson and media training, executive communication coaching, communication strategy and thought leadership built on interview-led storytelling by experienced journalists.
: The Power of Words: thepowerofwords.global