Who This Is For

Cross-functional teams that need to collaborate across departments or disciplines
Teams experiencing friction, silos, or recurring miscommunication
Managers who want to create a culture of open, honest dialogue
Organizations preparing for growth where communication complexity will increase

What Your Team Will Learn

Practice active listening techniques that reduce miscommunication and rework
Recognize and interrupt patterns that shut down dialogue in meetings
Build comfort with giving and receiving direct, constructive feedback
Develop skills for inclusive communication across different styles and backgrounds
Learn to read the room and adjust your communication approach in real time
Create shared agreements for how your team communicates going forward

How It Works

Duration

1 hour to multi-day (customizable)

Group Size

8 to 1,000+ participants

Delivery

On-site at your location, at our Portland theatre, or via Zoom

Customization

Fully tailored to your team's goals and communication challenges

Communication Is a Practice, Not a Personality Trait

Most communication training focuses on tips and techniques—how to structure an email, how to deliver a presentation. That’s useful, but it misses the deeper issue. The biggest communication breakdowns don’t happen because people lack skills. They happen because people aren’t truly listening to each other.

In this workshop, your team will practice the kind of listening that actually changes conversations. Through applied improv exercises, participants experience firsthand what happens when they stop planning their response and start genuinely receiving what someone else is saying. The difference is immediate—and often surprising.

We address the full spectrum of team communication: how ideas get built (or shut down) in meetings, how feedback lands depending on how it’s framed, and how unspoken dynamics shape who speaks up and who stays quiet. Every exercise is debriefed with direct connections to your team’s real communication patterns.

Participants leave with more than awareness. They leave with practiced habits and a shared vocabulary for calling out communication patterns—both productive and unproductive—as they happen in real time.

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