Communication and Influence
Speak clearly. Listen deeply. Influence with integrity.
A full-day facilitated workshop that transforms how your people communicate, connect, and bring others with them.
Develop the skill that shapes every relationship at work. Our Communication and Influence workshops blend expert facilitation with practical application โ indoors and out โ to help your people express themselves with clarity, listen with genuine intent, and influence others in ways that build trust rather than resistance.
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Our Communication and Influence workshops are practical, engaging, and grounded in real-world application. Each session is tailored to your team, but typically includes:
Expert Facilitation
Each session is led by an experienced Fire Events facilitator who guides the group through carefully structured activities focused on communication styles, active listening, and the art of influencing without authority.
Tailored Themes
Topics can include communication styles and preferences, storytelling and persuasion, difficult conversations, influencing upwards, or bespoke themes relevant to your organisation and the dynamics your teams navigate every day.
Each session is led by an experienced Fire Events facilitator who guides the group through carefully structured activities focused on communication styles, active listening, and the art of influencing without authority.
Topics can include communication styles and preferences, storytelling and persuasion, difficult conversations, influencing upwards, or bespoke themes relevant to your organisation and the dynamics your teams navigate every day.
Indoor & Outdoor Learning
We blend structured indoor facilitation with guided outdoor activities. Working outside removes the usual workplace dynamics, creates space for more honest conversation, and helps people communicate in ways they wouldn't in a meeting room.
Inclusive and Accessible
Sessions are designed to suit all backgrounds and communication styles. The day is structured, unhurried, and facilitated to ensure everyone feels safe to speak up, practise, and grow throughout.
Ideal for Mixed Teams
These workshops work equally well across all levels โ from frontline teams to senior leaders. When people understand how others communicate and what drives them, collaboration becomes easier and influence becomes natural.
We blend structured indoor facilitation with guided outdoor activities. Working outside removes the usual workplace dynamics, creates space for more honest conversation, and helps people communicate in ways they wouldn't in a meeting room.
Sessions are designed to suit all backgrounds and communication styles. The day is structured, unhurried, and facilitated to ensure everyone feels safe to speak up, practise, and grow throughout.
These workshops work equally well across all levels โ from frontline teams to senior leaders. When people understand how others communicate and what drives them, collaboration becomes easier and influence becomes natural.
One-Day Communication and Influence Workshop
This immersive, full-day experience is designed to transform how your people communicate โ building clarity, confidence, and the ability to influence others with authenticity and impact โ through expert facilitation, practical tools, and time spent working together outdoors.
Reset, Reconnect, Recharge
09:30 โ Welcome & Setting the Scene.
Arrival, light refreshments: herbal teas, fruit, and pastries
Meet the facilitator and group introductions
Outline of the day, group agreements, and intention setting
Opening reflection: "When did you last feel truly heard at work โ and what made the difference?"
10:00 โ How We Communicate.
Theme: Awareness & Understanding
Facilitated introduction to communication styles and what shapes the way we express ourselves
Group discussion: where communication breaks down in everyday work and why
Self-reflection exercise: "My communication style" โ recognising your patterns and blind spots
Pair sharing: a conversation that didn't land as intended and what you'd do differently
11:15 โ Outdoor Communication Challenge.
Theme: Connecting Differently
Guided outdoor activity designed to surface how your team communicates under pressure
Structured challenges exploring listening, clarity, and influence without authority:
How clearly can you get your message across when conditions aren't perfect?
What happens to your communication style when the stakes feel high?
Debrief on return: what the activity revealed about your team's communication dynamics
12:00 โ The Art of Influence.
Theme: Persuasion, Trust & Impact
Facilitated session on what influence really means โ and how it differs from manipulation
Exploring the principles of persuasion: credibility, connection, and clarity
Small group activity: crafting and delivering a message designed to bring others with you
Group debrief: what made the difference between influence that worked and influence that didn't
13:00 โ Lunch.
14:00 โ Difficult Conversations & Active Listening.
Theme: Courage, Empathy & Connection
How truly listening โ not just waiting to speak โ transforms relationships and outcomes
Group activity: "The Conversation We've Been Avoiding" โ honest, facilitated practice
Exploring how to navigate challenge, disagreement, and feedback with confidence and care
Pair work: practising active listening and delivering a difficult message with clarity and respect
15:15 โ Outdoor Closing Activity.
Theme: Clarity & Commitment
Short outdoor session in pairs or small groups
Guided reflections:
What one change would make the biggest difference to how I communicate with my team?
Who do I need to have a better conversation with โ and what's been stopping me?
Pair sharing and group reconvene
16:00 โ Closing Circle & Integration.
Grounding exercise and group reflection
Written reflection: "One conversation I will approach differently after today..."
Personal commitment cards: one concrete action to carry forward
Feedback and close
17:00 โ Departure.
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"The best team away day we’ve been on! It really made me stop and think about who the hell is in my team. The resourcefulness of everyone was incredible – even the rain couldn’t stop us – in fact it added to the testing nature of the day!”
Pfizer
Considerations when planning your development programme...
Why?
Need some time out, to have fun, to get to know each other and to feel energised? (If you aim to have a learning outcome, explore our Facilitated Team Building Events)
Who?
Work out exactly who is attending and link this to your 'Why'. Half or full day, indoors, outdoors or more adventurous. It's your choice and needs to fit with the team.
Where?
City centre or country house hotels, training centres to small boutique country pubs on the South Downs. There will always be the perfect venue to suit your team, your aims and your budget
When?
Synchronise your diaries! Q1 or Q4? Half or full day? Evening? Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter?
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