Communication and Collaboration

Help your leaders convey ideas clearly and work effectively with their teams.

Improve Your Leaders’ Effectiveness With Better Communication and Collaboration

When you think about the leaders you work with most effectively, what attributes come to mind? Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach are likely at the top of your list. For leaders, communication and collaboration aren’t just nice-to-haves. These skills are critical for their individual teams — and your organization as a whole — to thrive.

Effective leaders know how to clearly share ideas, give actionable feedback, and provide relevant context to get stakeholders on board. They understand how to translate a vision into concrete goals, plans, and results. And they don’t shy away from having hard conversations with their peers or direct reports when necessary.

Even seasoned leaders can benefit from additional coaching to improve their communication and collaborative leadership skills. FranklinCovey’s principle-based content, expert consultants, and innovative technology will equip your leaders with the resources and insights they need to become highly effective communicators, skilled facilitators, and strategic project managers.

Key Communication and Collaboration Skills

Great leaders know how to get their message across in any medium, navigate challenging conversations with colleagues, and set projects up for success.

Writing

Writes in a clear, concise, and reader-focused way

Presenting

Communicates effectively in public settings

Conducting Difficult Conversations

Proactively starts and navigates difficult conversations

Managing Projects

Sets clear project-specific goals and expectations with a solid cadence of accountability

Free Guide

10 Phrases Leaders Use to Build Trust With Team Members

Build a culture of trust with a shared vocabulary of simple, powerful phrases to express gratitude, offer compassion, and provide support.

Free Webcast

Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team™

Learn the 6 critical practices leaders need to build an engaged, high-performing team.

The Power of the Journey

Lasting behavior change comes from the inside out. Who people are, and how they view the world, impacts how they engage and lead others. Our Impact Journeys combine our exclusive content, expert consultants, and powerful technology to help people change both their mindset and their behavior.

Explore a sample Impact Journey excerpt below.

Collaborating to Improve Outcomes

  • 01 Live-Online

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®: Signature Edition 4.0

    The path to sustained and lasting success is possible when individuals can effectively lead themselves, influence, engage and collaborate with others, and continually improve and renew their capabilities.

    Timing: 2-3 days

  • 02 Microlearning

    Better Collaboration and Idea Generation – Manager Lessons from Improv

    What can managers learn from improv comedians, who make up sketches on the spot? More than you might think. 

    Timing: 5 min

  • 03 InSights

    Path to Synergy™: Team

    Synergy is the best way to solve problems, make decisions, negotiate solutions, and create innovation because it builds off the ideas and actions of multiple people. 

    Timing: 15 min

  • 04 Excelerators

    Relationship Trust

    Build trust with your team and improve business results. Find out how to resolve conflicts, empower others, improve business relationships, and increase your speed to market all at the same time! 

    Timing: 30-60 min

  • 05 InSights

    Connect

    To truly connect with another person, you must pay attention and be physically present. Connecting with others is vital to personal productivity. 

    Timing: 15 min

Help your organization develop collaborative, effective leaders.

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