What is leadership communication training?

Leadership communication training teaches leaders how to be understood, trusted and followed — clarifying the message, building presence, telling stories that move people, and driving alignment and action across a team or organization.

Who is this training for?

Executive teams, newly promoted and high-potential leaders, technical and analytical experts who need to influence non-experts, and organizations that want a shared communication language across leadership.

Can you deliver the program on-site at our company?

Yes. Programs are delivered on-site at your offices or offsite, virtually for distributed teams, or as an immersive bootcamp in Washington, D.C. Formats range from a half-day workshop to multi-session programs with coaching between sessions.

How big can a group be?

Programs are intentionally small — from one-on-one executive coaching up to 20 leaders — so every participant gets live practice and personal feedback.

FOR TEAMS & ORGANIZATIONS

LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION TRAINING FOR LEADERS WHOSE WORDS MATTER

Your leaders already know their work. We train them to communicate it with the clarity, authority and authentic human connection that move people to trust them — and act.

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Mark Albert and John Bates leading a leadership communication training session

1:1: Private executive communication coaching
1–20: Team programs kept small for live practice
ON-SITE: At your offices, offsite or fully virtual
CUSTOM: Built around your goals, culture and industry

Leaders We've Trained

WHY IT MATTERS

THE OPPORTUNITY GOT BIGGER. COMMUNICATION HAS TO MEET IT.

Your people are leading larger organizations. Representing the company. Pitching investors. Preparing for a board meeting, a keynote, an all-hands, a media appearance or a moment of change.

They know what they mean. But expertise alone does not create trust, alignment, investment or action. The real work is making sure people hear what they mean, understand why it matters and feel moved to do something about it.

Leadership is a function of communication. Great leadership is a function of great communication.

What changes after the work

Clarity
People understand what matters, why it matters and exactly what you're asking them to do.
Connection
Expertise becomes human, credible and easy to trust — even for the most technical leaders.
Influence
Words create alignment, confidence, investment, decisions and action.
Presence
How your leaders show up finally matches the quality of their thinking.

WHAT YOUR LEADERS LEARN

Every program is built from these building blocks, then tailored to your team's real moments — the meeting next Tuesday, the board deck next quarter, the keynote next spring.

The Neuroscience of Trust

Why people follow some leaders and tune out others — grounded in the neurobiology and evolutionary biology of human communication.

Message Architecture

Strip a complex idea to the one thing that must land, then build the structure that carries it in two minutes or twenty.

Leadership Storytelling

Find, shape and tell the stories that transfer vision, model values and make strategy stick long after the meeting ends.

Executive Presence

Voice, body, pacing and eye contact — practiced live on camera, so composure holds in the room and on the screen.

High-Stakes Moments

Board meetings, investor pitches, all-hands, keynotes and TED-format talks — rehearsed before they count.

Hard Conversations

Deliver difficult news, navigate conflict and lead through change without losing trust or momentum.

THIS ISN'T PERFORMANCE THEATER

THE GOAL ISN'T TO SOUND LIKE SOMEONE ELSE.

Our work is grounded in the science of human communication, connection and trust. Your leaders learn not only what works, but why it works — so they can apply the principles in their own authentic style. No borrowed persona. No tricks. No fake charisma.

▸Private and confidential — no outside participants, ever
▸Tailored to your industry, culture and goals
▸Taught personally by Mark Albert & John Bates
▸Live practice and on-camera feedback for every participant
▸Half-day, full-day and multi-session formats

35+

TEDx events coached

13,000+

Experts & leaders trained

NASA

Trained every active astronaut

EMMY

Award-winning journalism

YOUR TRAINERS

Two perspectives your leaders rarely get in the same room: the coach who prepares them, and the journalist who has spent 25 years on the other side of the microphone.

John Bates

Leadership Communication Expert · Co-Founder

John brings a human-centric approach grounded in the neurobiology and evolutionary biology of communication, helping even the most technical and analytical minds excel as communicators and leaders. One of the foremost experts in the TED talk format, he has coached speakers for 35+ TEDx events, supported numerous TED presenters and coaches for the TED Fellows program — work that has helped thousands of leaders at organizations like NASA, Johnson & Johnson and General Electric amplify their influence.

Mark Albert

Founder & CEO · Peabody- and 12x EMMY-winner

Mark is a master storyteller with a quarter-century journalism career distinguished by investigative and political reporting. He has traveled the world for CBS News, reported from the White House, Capitol Hill and the U.S. Supreme Court, created and led a national investigative unit for Hearst, and coached top executives from the C-suite to founders on amplifying their stories.

CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT

On camera, on set, on stage or online — we meet your leaders where they are.

ON-SITE

LET'S TRAIN YOUR LEADERS.

No generic assessment. No hard sell. Just a thoughtful first conversation about what's at stake for your team — and the program that would meet it.

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