Chief executives and the C-suite
Leaders whose communication sets the tone for everyone below them, and who have never been taught it.
The Sound Leader
Lead with clarity. Connect with intention. Create lasting impact.
Only one employee in 12 rates their leader a very good listener. Disengagement costs the world economy $8.8 trillion a year, and miscommunication costs American workers more than a day a week. Every one of those numbers is a communication number.
The Sound Leader is a cohort programme for senior leaders who would rather be the exception. The next cohort starts in January.
Why this, and why now
Every leader is trained to present. Almost none are trained to listen, and listening is where the value is. It's where engagement comes from, where innovation starts, and where the expensive misunderstandings are avoided before they happen.
Meanwhile the machines are taking the routine work. What's left is the human part: the conversations, the persuasion, the trust. The skills this programme teaches are precisely the ones that are becoming more valuable rather than less.
What you'll be able to do
With Julian and your small group, you'll work on eight changes until they become habit rather than technique.
- Listen consciously, so that engagement rises and miscommunication falls
- Change listening position as the moment requires
- Speak into the listening that's actually in the room
- Optimise the voice for power and impact
- Lead with empathy
- Inspire loyalty and innovation
- Optimise the working sound environment, for themselves and their people
- Take responsibility for the sound their organisation creates
Who it's for
CHROs and heads of learning
People responsible for leadership development who can see that presentation training alone hasn't worked.
Senior department heads
The layer where strategy either becomes real or quietly dies in translation.
Questions
Apply for a place
Tell us a little about your role and what you want to change. If it looks like a fit, we'll arrange a conversation and, if you want a place, hold one for the January cohort.