Flex to Bridge

Style Differences

Learn to bridge style differences and effectively deliver your message to build rapport, trust, and influence.

Successfully navigating interpersonal challenges is about to be your thing!

People problems are often the most challenging, stressful, and emotionally draining issues we face at work. In part, it’s because we all have our own ways of communicating that work well for us, but our ways don’t always work so well for others.

Learning how to flex your style and put people at ease allows you to bridge style differences, get along well with all kinds of people, and avoid misunderstandings. This class is designed to help you understand how to use simple, temporary shifts in the way you engage to meet the needs of each style, so you can build rapport, foster trust, and ensure your message lands well.

In this class you will learn how to:

  • Identify and understand each communication style's needs, values, motivations, and preferences.

  • Recognize the style differences that create tension, judgement, and interpersonal issues for you.

  • Anticipate and bridge style differences in all forms of communication to reduce style tensions and miscommunication.

  • Use effective flexing strategies for clearly and effectively delivering your message, and building rapport and trust.

  • Instill daily practices to expand social awareness, build genuine connections, and uplift your well-being. 

For: Organizations, leaders, and teams.

Live Training: 2-3 hours.

Online Training: 60-day access to the video lessons, downloads, and resources that deepen skill-building.

Reflection Exercises: Downloads help you to access personal insights and build your daily practice.

Customization: Content is tailored to address your team’s needs and goals.

Coaching Add-on: Personal coaching sessions can be purchased for those needed additional support.

Studies show that 90% of the information you learn in a training is forgotten within a week, and 70% happens within a day! Our approach remedies that.

Our Design Sets You Up For Success

Every live class comes with online training to deepen your understanding and instill the practices that build communication skills.

We learn and retain information through repetition and experience. Our design maximizes skill development through a combination of live and online training that deeply connects you to the concepts, activates insights, and instills practices to build strong communication skills.

Live Trainings

Our live trainings teach you what you need to know to build each communication skill.

Daily Practices

We activate daily practices on day 1, to help you learn through experience and start building new skills.

On-Demand Training

Online video lessons reinforce what you’ve learned in the live trainings to deepen your understanding and practice.

Reading & Exercises

Reading and reflection exercises surface personal insights and guide you to create your daily practice.

Coaching

Personal coaching is available as an add-on for those bumpy times when you need support.

FAQs

  • Each class has assignments to help you deepen your understanding, surface personal insights, and build your daily practice.

    The reading and reflection exercises typically take 45-60 minutes to complete.

    Your daily practice will take about 10-15 minutes each day. You’ll review your intentions, look for opportunities to practice your new strategies, and a check-in at the end of the day to see how you’re doing.

  • You receive a 60-day subscription to our on-demand training modules with enrollment, so you can continue to revisit the lesson and deepen your understanding and practice.

  • Yes. We offer 30 and 60-minute coaching add-on sessions.

    If you’re interested in receiving some coaching to support, you can schedule a time for us to talk about your needs here.

    You may also want to consider joining one of our Coaching Circles, where live group coaching is part of the program design.

  • Yes! We offer a 20% discount for non-profits. All you need to do is share the name of your organization and request the code here.

Hi, Maryanne O’Brien.

I’ve spent my entire career working to improve communication within Fortune 100 and small businesses. For the past 15 years, I’ve been educating, training, and coaching leaders and teams to consciously communicate, strengthen well-being, and deepen trust so they can create a bigger impact and live a happier life.

The key to it all? Learning to master your communication style and build the skills that transform the way you express yourself and build relationships. It takes practice and I’m here to teach you everything I know.