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Leadership & Management · The Leadership Series

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Breakthrough Coaching is the executive coaching practice founded by Dan Sakaki, a certified executive coach and seasoned facilitator with over 25 years of experience developing leadership capacity across the non-profit and business sectors. It guides individuals, leaders and groups toward meaningful, measurable growth.

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Communication & Influence

  • Delivered live online or in person
  • Customized to your industry and environment
  • Led by a specialist facilitator in this subject
  • Follow-up one-on-one coaching included
  • Typical duration: 1 day

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

John C. Maxwell

Communication & Influence Overview

A full-day workshop that closes the gap between believing you communicate well and being told, honestly, when you do not. Participants leave with five practical frameworks, memorable stories and live practice in every module.

Every module ends in live practice, and the day closes with a Synthesis Session that converts insight into one specific, personal 14-day action.

What we cover

  • Module 1: Persuasive Communication The Three Pillars of Persuasion (Logos, Ethos, Pathos) and the PREP message structure. Structure any message for maximum impact. (60 min)
  • Module 2: Active Listening The W.A.I.T. principle and the four-level Listening Ladder. Recognize which level you default to under pressure. (60 min)
  • Module 3: The Art of Storytelling Three story arcs: Transformation, Teaching and Vision. Build and tell a two-minute story that carries a point further than data alone. (60 min)
  • Module 4: Difficult Conversations The SBI feedback model (Situation, Behaviour, Impact). Open the conversation you have been avoiding without triggering defensiveness. (70 min)
  • Module 5: Adapting Your Message The four audience orientations: Analytical, Driver, Expressive, Amiable. Deliver one message so it lands with any audience. (60 min)
  • Synthesis Session and closing story Integration, one personal 14-day commitment. (60 min)

Every session is customized to your industry and environment. The final agenda is confirmed with your facilitator before delivery.

For organizations that want their leaders' ideas to move teams: clearer messages, stronger listening and difficult conversations handled well.

  • Individual contributors preparing to influence without direct authority
  • Teams navigating a period of change, conflict or cross-functional friction
  • Organizations that have invested in communication training before and seen it fade within a month
  • All workshop materials and worksheets
  • A personal take-home commitment card
  • Live practice in every module
  • One to two experienced facilitators for the full day
  • Follow-up one-on-one coaching after the session
  • Live online: instructor-led, fully interactive, no travel
  • In-person: at your offices or a venue of your choice
  • Designed for cohorts of 6 or more
  • Seven hours

Pricing depends on delivery mode, group size and how much customization you want. Tell us the shape and we will quote it.