Clear Communication: How to Ask for What You Need

Transform your team’s communication skills to increase productivity and eliminate confusion.

Workshop Details

  • user For: Max 300 participants
  • clockLength: 90-120 min virtually
    Half day or full day in-person
  • price tagPrice: From $15,000 USD
  • 30-day access to a recording of the experience (licensing included)
  • A pre-engagement alignment call with the speaker ahead of time
  • Complimentary tech support
  • White glove service. Available in-person, virtual, or hybrid. Option for our team to host virtually if needed at no additional cost

About This Topic

Want to make a change in your workplace and grow together? Well, we want to help! This class is great for teams looking to eliminate confusion and boost productivity with new communication skills.

This class will help you develop clear communication strategies for asking for what you need. We will give you the vocabulary to better understand the various types of requests and how they are best relayed to colleagues. For example, upgrading “soft asks”, which can create confusion and end up with a missed deadline, to clear and actionable requests. Beyond language coaching, you will learn a practical framework for holding yourself and others accountable for improving performance at the individual and team level. In addition, you’ll receive a tool for handling breakdowns in accountability. Following the session, you will be equipped to transform your teams’ conversations—to help you do your job, and do it well.

Key Takeaways

  • list check Unlock the tools to ask for what you need and deal with breakdowns in accountability
  • list check Learn to recognize the difference between a “soft ask” and a “clear request” and between a “hedge” and a “clear agreement”
  • list check Engage in valuable conversations around communication, accountability, and productivity
Lori Zukin
Lori Zukin

Lori Zukin, PhD is the CEO and Founder of Zukin Leadership, a firm that provides executive and team coaching and leadership consulting to organizations ranging from sports (such as the NFL) to universities (such as Duke) and tech firms (such as Web MD).

Her purpose is to help people do what they love through connecting with their best selves and with others so that they can build better organizations and communities. She is also committed to ending the stigma associated with mental illness and is bringing more awareness of mental health into the workplace.

A faculty member at Georgetown University, she draws on her days as an executive leading a team, building a business, and developing others to support breakthrough moments that impact the bottom line. She grew up working in her family’s local pharmacy and learned from that experience that you can accomplish so much when you work hard and giggle a lot with those who you love.

She enjoys the outdoors and taking on a challenging hike—especially with her two sons and husband.

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