Communication skills

Explore our best free resources and articles on active listening, public speaking, change management, communication coaching, communication training, and more.

Active listening

Communication is a two-way street; it involves speaking and listening. But active listening isn’t enough for today’s modern workforce. Learn about Adaptive Listening™, and explore our latest resources on all things related to better listening skills.

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Are You Using the Most Effective Listening Skills at Work?

Active listening skills are outdated. See why the modern workforce needs modern listening – Adaptive Listening™. Learn skills and strategies and how to apply them in your organization.

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Why Communication Skills Training is Right for Your Team

The need to learn a new skill can strike at any moment. Whether you’re facing a messaging realignment, a slump in sales, or trouble articulating product offerings, it’s essential to choose the right training to solve issues going forward.

Guides and tools

Are Your Sales Deals Stalling?

What if it’s not your pitch that’s killing your deals? There’s a hidden communication pattern in enterprise sales that can cost your brand millions of dollars in lost revenue.

Public speaking

Public speaking is a learnable skill, contrary to popular belief. Dive into our latest thought leadership and resources to help you improve your public speaking for any occasion.

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How to effectively present to senior executives

Presenting to an executive team is a great honor and can open tremendous doors. If you nail this, people with a lot of influence will become strong advocates for your ideas.

A leader standing on a cloud with five arcs of envelopes bending toward another cloud to five recipients dressed for different roles illustrating how segmentation can help messages build executive presence across each unique relationship.

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How to Build and Maintain Executive Presence Over Email

Presence doesn’t just matter in person. Learn how email can help build and maintain executive presence across audiences segments and establish meaningful connections.

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Corporate Presentation Skills to Make Every Meeting Count

No matter how companies cultivate fun, laid-back atmospheres, lurking beneath every workplace gathering is the opportunity for high-stakes interaction.

Featured case study

Cloudflare invests in sales leaders to increase revenue

Learn how Cloudflare utilized learning journeys to upskill the communication of their leaders.

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Change management

Change doesn’t have to be scary. Learning to lead through change is a skill to hone. Read up on our latest articles and resources to help you navigate change well.

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An executive presenting their plan for AI adoption represented by an easel propping up the image of a cartoon robot. Across from the executive two employees are sitting at easels of their own like a painting class and are trying to paint the robot. The employee whose easel we can see has a large question mark on it instead of the cartoon robot, and they appear flustered. This is how it can feel for teams pursuing AI adoption efforts but change communication breaks down.

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A Guide to AI Adoption: Change Communication That Works

Duarte’s Illuminate™ methodology is a trusted blueprint for change communication that can help motivate your teams to move boldly into the AI era.

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Leading for Tomorrow

As artificial intelligence, social upheaval, economic volatility, and accelerating technological change redefine the world of work, the Silicon Guild grapples with the essential question of our time: What does it mean to lead and remain deeply human in an era of continuous change?

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Strong Leaders Have Difficult Conversations. Presence Can Help.

Hard times can cause organizations to quake. Uncertainty spreads faster than facts, and fear can spiral if it isn’t anchored by leadership. That’s where it’s essential for leaders to show up with presence to have tough conversations and regulate the ripple effect.

Communication coach

Sometimes you need a communication coach to … coach you! Equip yourself with our communication resources and topics from our speaker coaches and speaking engagements.

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Guides and tools

Listening Style Finder

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Duarte Storytelling Maturity Scale

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Listening Style Finder

Communication training

Communication is a hard-to-train skill, and consistently ranked in the top 5 most in-demand skills of employees. But as communication consultants, it’s not hard for us! Learn about the types of communication training, training methods and formats, and more from our free resources and articles.

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Guides and tools

Listening Style Finder

Guides and tools

Duarte Storytelling Maturity Scale

Guides and tools

Listening Style Finder