Communication Skills

Help your leaders and teams convey ideas clearly, work effectively with others, and inspire people to take action.

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Effective communicators ensure their message lands—and that goals are achieved.

When you think about the people you work with most effectively, which attributes come to mind? Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach are likely at the top of your list. Communication and collaboration aren’t just nice-to-haves in today’s workplace. These skills are critical for both individual teams and entire organizations to thrive.

Effective communicators know how to clearly share ideas, give actionable feedback, and provide relevant context to get stakeholders on board. They understand how to translate a vision into concrete goals, plans, and results. And they don’t shy away from having hard conversations with their peers or direct reports when necessary.

Even seasoned leaders and team members can benefit from additional development to improve their communication and collaborative leadership skills. FranklinCovey’s principle-based content, expert consultants, and innovative technology will equip your people with the resources and insights they need to become highly effective communicators, skilled facilitators, and strategic project managers.

Essential Communication Skills

 
Leaders and teams with effective communication skills know how to get their message across in any medium, navigate challenging conversations with colleagues and direct reports, and set projects up for success.

Writing

Great leaders infuse clarity and connection into every message, ensuring their writing is concise, powerful, and actionable.

Presenting

Great leaders tell clear, compelling stories with their presentations that are delivered with confidence and inspire others to action.

Accountability

Great leaders create clarity around roles and goals, take responsibility for their actions, and establish shared ownership to drive both trust and results.

Running Effective Meetings

Great leaders facilitate meetings that have a clear purpose, respect everyone’s time and contributions, and initiate follow-through.

Project Management

Great leaders combine agility, delegation, and strategic vision to set project-specific goals, engage their teams, and drive results in changing environments.

Navigating Difficult Conversations

Great leaders balance courage and consideration to address challenges and turn tension into progress with team members and colleagues.

Managing Up and Across

Great leaders apply relevant management skills in key discussions with other managers and stakeholders to build strong relationships and achieve results.

Communication Success Stories

Global Food Production

Driving Growth Through Employee Empowerment

A global food-production company focuses on employee empowerment to drive growth in multiple markets. With the help of FranklinCovey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® course, employees are continually stretching themselves and the company is on track to reach their targeted growth goal.

Mississippi Power

Building a Culture When Individuals Thrive During Change

Mississippi Power needed to prepare for wholesale change. Deregulation of their industry was causing drastic changes in the way they served their customers. See how they incorporate The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® to build a culture of leadership and effectiveness throughout the organization.

X-FAB

Equipping Personal, Team, and Corporate Leadership to Succeed

X-FAB, the world’s leading foundry group for analog/mixed-signal semiconductor applications, had a need to create a common language and team building problem. See how they used The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® to build better personal productivity and focus on the end in mind.

Birchwood Automotive Group

Bridging the Gap Between Planning and Execution

Birchwood Automotive Group uses The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® to establish a common language and methodology to communicate and conduct business. The 7 Habits have transformed their culture which has led to increased profitability.

Your Communication Skills Journey at a Glance
 

Lasting behavior change comes from the inside out. Who people are, and how they view the world, impacts how they engage and lead others. Our Impact Journeys combine our exclusive content, expert consultants, and powerful technology to help people change both their mindset and their behavior.

Explore a sample Impact Journey excerpt below:
Collaborating to Improve Outcomes

  • 01 Live-Online
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®: Signature Edition 4.0

    The path to sustained and lasting success is possible when individuals can effectively lead themselves, influence, engage and collaborate with others, and continually improve and renew their capabilities.

    Timing: 2-3 days

  • 02 Microlearning
    Better Collaboration and Idea Generation – Manager Lessons from Improv

    What can managers learn from improv comedians, who make up sketches on the spot? More than you might think. 

    Timing: 5 min

  • 03 On Demand Exercises
    Path to Synergy™: Team

    Synergy is the best way to solve problems, make decisions, negotiate solutions, and create innovation because it builds off the ideas and actions of multiple people. 

    Timing: 15 min

  • 04 On Demand Modules
    Relationship Trust

    Build trust with your team and improve business results. Find out how to resolve conflicts, empower others, improve business relationships, and increase your speed to market all at the same time! 

    Timing: 30-60 min

  • 05 On Demand Exercises
    Connect

    To truly connect with another person, you must pay attention and be physically present. Connecting with others is vital to personal productivity. 

    Timing: 15 min

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