Level 01 — C4S Executive Communication Workshop Series
The complete Workshop Journey: one 90 minute live online workshop for up to 12 participants, followed by 30 days of structured application through the C4S community, with prompts, activities and support designed to turn the learning into workplace behaviour.
Who it is for
A bid team losing on delivery does not need a general leadership course. A technical function that cannot get heard needs something different again. The workshop series is designed around one named challenge and one defined population.
A defined population
One team, one function, or one cohort with a shared communication problem.
A named challenge
Board exposure, a bid cycle, a transformation programme, or a specific stakeholder group.
A live deadline
Often built around a real event, so the practice has genuine consequence attached.
Observable outcomes
A shared standard
The group leaves with one common language for what good looks like, which survives after we leave.
Live material improved
The actual paper, pitch or update the group brought is measurably better by the end.
Challenge handled better
Questions are met with composure and brevity rather than defence.
Peer coaching established
The group can give each other useful feedback once the programme ends.
Choose the problem to solve
Book one Workshop Journey, combine several into a series or build a longer journey around the communication challenges your people face most often. Every topic stays within the C4S world of communication, influence, decision making and performance under pressure.
Communication foundations
01 · Clear Thinking, Clear Communication
Turn too much information into a message others can understand and act on. Ideal for professionals who over explain, become too technical or struggle to identify the main point.
02 · Present Ideas That Land
A simple way to open, structure and close an idea with greater clarity and purpose. Ideal for people who present internally, contribute in meetings or need others to support an idea.
03 · Staying Clear Under Pressure
Recognise your pressure response and use a practical preparation routine to remain clearer when attention turns towards you. Ideal for people who rush, freeze or over explain when challenged.
Influence and conversations
04 · Influence Without Authority
Frame ideas around stakeholder priorities when you cannot rely on position or hierarchy. Ideal for project teams, specialists and matrix organisations.
05 · Negotiation Fundamentals
Prepare, explore interests and exchange value without conceding too quickly. Ideal for professionals who negotiate priorities, deadlines, resources, scope or commercial terms.
06 · Handling Difficult Conversations
A practical structure for addressing the real issue while protecting clarity, dignity and the working relationship. Ideal for those who avoid challenge or soften the message too far.
07 · Feedback That Changes Behaviour
Give feedback that is specific, credible and easier for the other person to use. Ideal for new managers, team leaders and people responsible for performance conversations.
Team thinking and change
08 · Psychological Safety in Practice
How everyday manager communication encourages or shuts down questions, challenge and speaking up. Ideal for teams that need more honest contribution and learning in daily work.
09 · Better Thinking, Better Ideas
Challenge assumptions and improve ideas without turning disagreement into personal conflict. Ideal for teams that need stronger problem solving and less groupthink.
10 · Communicating Through Change and Uncertainty
Create clarity and confidence without pretending to have answers that do not yet exist. Ideal for managers and project leaders communicating change or incomplete information.
Design and delivery
Every series begins with discovery — what is actually going wrong, for whom, and in which rooms. The workshop content is then built to that, which is why two clients rarely receive the same series.
Discover
Interviews and observation to find where communication is costing the organisation.
Design
A series shaped to that problem, that population and your real material.
Deliver
In-house, cohort based, practice-led, with direct coaching throughout.
Embed
Application continues in live meetings, supported after the workshops end.
Format and support
Cohorts are capped at 12 participants so every person practises and is coached individually. Delivered live online with cameras on, breakout practice and active participation throughout.
Small cohorts
Sized so everyone performs and receives direct coaching, not just the confident few.
Live online, cameras on
Delivered wherever the population sits, across markets and regions.
Facilitator led
Mark and Sandy are in the room, supported by a controlled associate faculty.
Evidence
Outcomes described as contribution, not sole causation.
65+
Compliance professionals developed
KPMG: improved adoption of new processes and tools, contributing to £6.5M in savings within 12 months.
21
Programmes for one client
CBRE: repeat commissioning, internal sponsorship and referral across the business.
97.8%
Net Promoter Score
Across more than 1,000 senior leader reviews over five years.
Investment
The organisation is not buying a workshop. It is investing in a complete Workshop Journey: the live session opens the work, and 30 days of structured application turn it into workplace behaviour.
The complete Workshop Journey
£3,500
✓ One 90 minute live online workshop
✓ A maximum of 12 participants
✓ 30 days of structured application through Circle
✓ Continued prompts, activities and support designed to help participants apply the learning at work
Build a longer journey
Combine workshops into a series.
Book one Workshop Journey, pair several around a shared challenge, or build a longer development arc across a management population. All ten workshops are approved and ready to deliver — tell us the challenge and the population, and we will align the right topics to your world.
Tell us the challengeNext step
Investment depends on cohort size, duration and delivery location. A short conversation is enough to scope it properly.