THE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT AND CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR
Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, and Mixed Levels
The DETAILS
90 Minutes or Longer
In-person | Online
Strong professional relationships begin with self-awareness. When you understand your own communication tendencies—and how they impact others—you’re better equipped to navigate conversations with clarity, confidence, and respect.
The Emotionally Intelligent and Confident Communicator is a practical, development-focused program that helps participants strengthen emotional intelligence as it shows up in everyday communication. Participants explore their own communication style, gain insight into the styles of others, and learn how to adapt their approach to build trust, reduce friction, and advance shared goals.
The program equips participants with strategies to listen more deeply, respond with respectful assertiveness, manage nervousness, and navigate challenging conversations with composure. Through guided reflection, interactive discussion, and applied practice, participants learn how to communicate with greater self-awareness and confidence—strengthening professional relationships and showing up as more effective, emotionally intelligent communicators in a wide range of workplace situations.
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Increase awareness of communication styles, including DiSC profiles, and understand how they influence effectiveness in internal and external interactions.
Develop strategies for speaking up in meetings and responding to questions with clarity, confidence, and emotional control.
Examine the core elements of executive presence and the role emotional intelligence plays in credibility, trust, and influence.
Build a practical communication toolkit to manage nervousness, communicate authentically, and project confidence across formats—online or in person, one-on-one or in front of a group.
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Mixed groups of all professional levels
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2-3 hours with completed pre-work, can accommodate large groups as long as the set-up accommodates smaller groups of 4-5 participants
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High:
Includes collaborative problem solving of case studies, development of a customized plan addressing interpersonal communication with facilitator feedback, and listening exercises that build trust and team cohesion
“We are receiving RAVE reviews from David’s program on navigating difficult conversations and we are so grateful for the opportunity to work with him and the entire Spoken with Authority team!”
– Anonymous, DEI Specialist at Am Law 50 Firm