Elevate
Your influence
with Maryanne O’Brien
USD $1,495.00
Next course runs: February 6 – July 10, 2025
Communicate effectively. Build trusted relationships. And create a better life!
Communication is an essential skill for leading teams, resolving issues, and building trusted relationships. However, most of don’t communicate as effectively as we could.
We avoid difficult conversations. We fail to listen. and under stress, we react in ways that increase tension instead of resolving it. And under stress, we react in ways that increase tension instead of resolving it.
The solution? Master your communication style while developing the essential skills to express yourself clearly, build trust, and influence others with confidence.
This 6-month program offers a powerful combination of personalized coaching, live training, and practice & progress sessions that not only build new habits but ensure lasting change in how you communicate.
Program Highlights:
Three (3) Personal Coaching Sessions: Receive personalized guidance to overcome specific communication challenges and meet your unique goals.
Six (6) Live Training Sessions: Learn a new skill in each session that strengthens your ability to communicate with clarity, manage stress, and build trusted relationships. You’ll gain actionable strategies you can implement immediately.
Six (6) Practice & Progress Sessions: Reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world practice and reflection. These sessions also introduce practical strategies to improve your well-being, manage stress, and renew your physical, emotional, and mental energy.
Small Group Setting: With a limit of 8 participants, you’ll have plenty of time to connect, share, and ask questions. This intimate environment fosters meaningful discussions and ensures everyone receives personalized support.
Who Should Join: This program is designed for professionals looking to elevate their communication skills, strengthen relationships, and improve their overall impact in the workplace (and in their personal life).
By the end of this course, you will know how to:
Communicate confidently and remain calm under pressure.
Express your thoughts clearly, even in challenging or high-stakes situations.
Listen deeply and respond with empathy, creating better understanding and reducing conflict.
Build trust with diverse communication styles and navigate style differences with ease.
Handle difficult conversations with confidence, turning them into opportunities for growth.
Additional Benefits: Throughout the program, you’ll gain valuable techniques for managing stress, renewing your energy, and enhancing your overall well-being. The intimate group setting provides a supportive community of peers to help you grow together and celebrate your progress.
For: Individuals, Teams, and Leaders
Live monthly training: 60 minute sessions via Zoom.
Practice & Progress Sessions: 60 minute groups check-in and coaching sessions to share insights, celebrate progress, learn from on another, and deepen your practice.
Personal Coaching: Three, 60 minute 1:1 coaching sessions to provide added personal support.
Online training: 1 year access to video lessons, downloads, and resources that deepen skill-building.
Reflection exercises: Downloads help you to surface personal insights and build your daily practice.
Class Size: Limited to 8 participants.
Dates: Feb.6 – July 10, 2025
Thursdays from 12 - 1PM (CT)
Price: $1,495
Hi, Maryanne O’Brien.
I’ve spent my entire career working in the field of communication. And for the past 15 years, I’ve been educating, training, and coaching leaders and teams to effectively communicate, strengthen well-being, and deepen trust.
The key to it all? Learning to master your communication style by building the skills that transform the way you express yourself. It takes practice and I’ll be here to guide you every step of the way.
2025 Course Schedule
Each month, we focus on learning, activating, and integrating a new communication skill. The curriculum is strategically designed so that each communication skill you learn lays the foundation for the next. We’ll also be building new well-being practices, so you have the energy and patience you need to communicate at your best.
Module 1
Elevate the Way You Communicate
Live Training – February 6th
Gain deep insights into your unique communication style. Learn how your style shapes your interactions and impacts others. Define your motivations, areas for growth, and create a clear vision for the communicator you aspire to become.
Benefits: Increased self-awareness, clarity on how you impact others, and a stronger daily practice for personal growth.
Practice and Progress Session
Group Coaching – February 20th
Refine your understanding of the four communication styles while building emotional intelligence (EQ). Celebrate personal breakthroughs as you expand your self-awareness and new communication habits. We’ll also introduce practices that support your overall well-being—emotionally, physically, and mentally—to help you stay grounded and energized as you build these new skills.
Benefits: Strengthened communication skills, increased emotional resilience, and tools to stay energized and focused as you progress.
Module 2
Communicate at Your Best Under Stress
Live Training – March 6th
Learn to recognize the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that “tell” you when you’re communicating from your style under stress. Activate strategies to be more intentional about what you say and do when you’re under stress. Instill practices to proactively manage stress and break free from the cycles of stress once you’ve been triggered.
Benefits: Reduce reactive communication, increase emotional control, and manage stress for better interactions.
Practice and Progress Session
Group Coaching – March 20th
Explore the effect stress has on your relationships and develop strategies to address conflicts early. Learn how to take responsibility for interpersonal tension and strengthen self-reflection practices. In this session, we’ll also explore simple stress-relief techniques—like mindful breathing and light movement—that help you manage stress and improve your emotional and mental well-being.
Benefits: Practical strategies for managing stress, improved self-reflection, and strengthened ability to handle pressure with calm and clarity.
Module 3
Active Listening
Live Training – April 3
Become a more intentional listener by learning the habits that limit your focus. Strengthen your emotional intelligence and empathy to enhance how you listen, respond, and build rapport and trust.
Benefits: Improved ability to connect, communicate, and understand others on a deeper level.
Practice and Progress Session
Group Coaching – April 17
Share how improving your listening habits has impacted your relationships. Deepen your reflective practices and celebrate how strengthening your EQ has elevated your ability to listen with presence and empathy. We’ll also focus on practices that help you stay physically energized and mentally alert to support more effective listening in everyday life.
Benefits: Strengthened listening skills, improved connections, and techniques to maintain focus and empathy in conversations.
Module 4
Flex Your Communication Style
Live Training – May 1st
Learn how to flex your communication style to better connect with others and minimize tension. Identify the styles that challenge you most and implement strategies to adjust your approach to create more ease and trust.
Benefits: Build stronger relationships and improve collaboration by reducing style-based tension, increase trust, and enhance communication.
Practice and Progress Session
Group Coaching – May 15th
Deepen your ability to flex in the moment, even in difficult conversations. Learn how to renew your energy for better communication. In this session, we’ll add techniques to manage emotional energy and stay calm, such as breathwork and quick exercises, so you can maintain balance even during challenging interactions.
Benefits: Enhanced ability to adapt communication styles, improved relationship-building, and strategies to stay calm and balanced under pressure.
Module 5
Build Trusted Relationships
Live Training – May 29th
Discover the six key traits that build trust and assess where you may be “dipping below the line” in your interactions. Develop strategies to consistently earn trust and maintain high-quality relationships.
Benefits: Build trust with ease, strengthen personal accountability, and foster lasting relationships.
Practice and Progress Session
Group Coaching – June 12th
Reflect on what each style needs to feel valued and respected. Learn new energy renewal techniques to stay connected and foster deeper trust. We’ll also integrate practices like intentional pauses or reflection exercises that support mental clarity and emotional balance, helping you maintain trust in all interactions.
Benefits: Improved ability to build and maintain trust, deeper connections with others, and renewed energy to support strong relationships.
Module 6
Resolve Difficult Conversations with Confidence
Live Training – June 26th
Master the art of handling tough conversations with confidence and care. Learn how to resolve conflicts in a way that strengthens relationships and builds trust, rather than erodes it.
Benefits: Gain confidence in managing difficult conversations, reduce avoidance, and address issues proactively.
Practice and Progress Session
Group Coaching – July 10th
Reflect on real-life examples of difficult conversations and share your progress. Learn new energy techniques to boost well-being and manage stress when addressing conflicts. We’ll focus on practices like grounding exercises and self-care strategies that ensure you enter difficult conversations feeling calm, centered, and ready.
Benefits: Increased confidence in managing conflict, improved relationships, and enhanced ability to stay grounded during tough conversations.
FAQs
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Each class has recommended reading and reflection exercises to help you deepen your understanding, surface personal insights, and build your daily practice.
The assignments typically take 30-45 minutes to complete for each training.
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Our goal is to create a safe space where people feel comfortable sharing personal insights and experiences, so we do not record the live training and coaching sessions.
However, every lesson is supported through our on-demand video training program, so you can watch the lesson and build the skills if you need to miss a live session.
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Yes! Your employer can register you for the program. There are tips for doing so here.
Or you can enroll yourself and submit your emailed receipt to your employer for reimbursement.
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Yes, you will receive three (3) personal coaching sessions throughout this course.
The first will be before the program begins. We will discuss your personal goals for the program, insights into your communication style, and any challenges your are already aware of that impact the way you express yourself.
We will schedule the remaining 2 personal coaching sessions at intervals throughout the course to provide you with added support.
This course design also includes live group coaching every month, where you can ask questions and address any issues you’re comfortable sharing in a group setting.
So yes, lots of coaching opportunities in throughout this course!
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You receive a full year subscription to our on demand training program with enrollment, so you can continue to revisit the lessons and deepen your understanding and practice.
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Yes, we provided tailored programs for organizations with customized content to support your needs.
We develop learning goals and can put metrics in place to measure progress.
And we design a schedule that works well for your team.
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This course is currently being offered once a year.
If you'd like to join our waiting list, we’ll send you a note as soon as the next program is being offered.
“This course has provided me with a framework for identifying the strengths and weaknesses in my communication styles and for better understanding others. These insights have focused my awareness and approach to how I communicate.
On a deeper level, the coaching sessions revealed more specific, personal challenges and provided me with the language and strategies to successfully shift thought patterns and address issues––vastly improving my relationships!”
––Melody, Lawrence, KS
