Moving
Ideas.
Inspiring
People.

Stand & Deliver is a global firm specializing in
communication and leadership consulting

Moving
Ideas.
Inspiring
People.

In-Company Programs

Effective communication is essential to delivering bottom-line results. In a competitive world, organizations gain an edge when their teams are aligned around shared goals, and even more so when they’re effective at communicating their message to customers, partners and other stakeholders.

Stand & Deliver offers signature two-day programs that address these needs and other key topics affecting teams and organizations: Speak to Inspire, Powerful Conversations, High-Performing Teams, Storytelling in Action, Innovation & Creativity, as well as Media Training and a Virtual Academy for remote training. Each of these programs can be taken as a stand-alone session or as part of a more extensive curriculum tailored to individual needs.

Leadership

The 7 Languages of Leadership

Given the diversity of teams and organizations today, managing and inspiring others is more complicated than ever. A single approach won’t work. Effective leaders need to be agile and nuanced in their ability to build trust, deliver feedback, and drive results. Today’s leaders simply need more tools. The 7 Languages of Leadership will give you these tools.

With the 7 Languages of Leadership, you will learn how to:

Understand and use the 7 primary motivators that drive individuals’ performance
Build alignment in a team of diverse personalities
Understand your own leadership strengths and blindspots
Cultivate deeper emotional intelligence
Navigate the pitfalls of giving and receiving feedback, and learn to do it with grace
Lead engaging and inclusive meetings
Craft and articulate a vision for your own leadership

The 7 Languages of Leadership is right for:

Leaders who manage diverse or globally distributed teams
Executives who want to build or restore trust in a team or organization
Managers who need to develop talent on their teams

High-Performing Teams

Research shows that 46 percent of employees regularly leave meetings without clear next steps. Often the culprit is a new or recently changed team working through its growing pains, but even experienced teams encounter roadblocks. Teams that establish trust, share a common vision and work together to achieve goals are more productive and successful.

With High-Perfoming Teams, you will learn how to:

Build trust in order to increase productivity
Discover where individual and organizational values intersect
Articulate a commitment to sustaining a vibrant, engaging culture
Increase clarity and alignment

High-Performing Teams is right for:

Newly formed teams
Teams that have undergone change or disruption
Established teams encountering roadblocks
Organizations interested in strengthening culture

Innovation and Creativity

The success of big ideas depends on fresh perspectives and calculated risk-taking, two ingredients that can confound even the most established organizations. Stand & Deliver brings together expertise from the worlds of education, improvisational theater, design and business to help teams apply new ways of thinking to old problems.

With Innovation and Creativity, you will learn how to:

Develop a “yes/and” mind-set and a more resourceful approach to innovation
Rapidly develop and prototype new ideas
Heighten attentiveness in order to discover unexpected answers
Deepen trust within your team
Build greater confidence in your own instincts and creativity in high-pressure situations

Innovation and Creativity is right for teams that:

Are mired in a culture of negativity
Need fresh perspectives to unsolved problems
Depend on creative solutions to remain competitive
Experience blocks in their approach to business challenges
Need to inject new energy and purpose during difficult periods

Unified Narrative

High-performing teams and organizations are built on a unified narrative that answers the following questions: Why do you matter? What do you do? How do you uniquely do it? A consistent narrative, the language and story you’re sharing internally and externally, empowers your organization with a compelling and authentic voice that each person can translate and adapt, while maintaining consistency for your brand.

With Unified Narrative, you will:

Delve into the questions of purpose, offering and distinction—the what, why and how of your group.
Generate a clear and repeatable narrative that unites your group around a shared vision and purpose.
Raise the team’s skill and confidence in their ability to strategically tell stories that reinforce value and advance ideas.
Apply the newfound unifying narrative to manage relationships and growth with a focus on defining the value, mindsets and behaviors needed for success.
Develop the skills to deliver a clear, concise, narrative that distinguishes the group and remains memorable
Build trust and systems for sustaining a high performance culture

Unified Narrative is right for:

Newly formed teams
Organizations going through a merger or big change
Teams that need to revitalize and re-engage with their purpose

Communication

Speak to Inspire

The spoken word is a powerful tool. When your message is delivered with clarity, consistency and relevance, it can capture a listener’s attention, exert influence and get results. Stand & Deliver’s foundational program helps teams show up with confidence, manage their “state,” deepen presence and “hold a room” in high-stakes situations.

With Speak to Inspire, you will learn how to:

Increase your ability to excite, engage and influence decision-makers
Deepen the relevance of messages, from conversation to presentation
Develop delivery to connect with audiences, in any medium
Deepen leadership presence and ability to “hold a room”
Develop a “pregame” routine for high-stakes engagements

Speak to Inspire is right for:

Leaders who need to motivate and inspire teams
Individuals delivering important messages, either internally or externally
New leaders transitioning into talent-development positions

Powerful Conversations

The most important conversations are the ones we tend to sidestep or downplay, often because we lack the tools to address sensitive subjects or confront difficult personalities. That these conversations have the potential to significantly affect our careers only makes it critical that we build the trust and rapport necessary to get results for ourselves and others.

With Powerful Conversations, you will learn how to:

Influence others more powerfully and authentically
Conduct “consultative conversations” that win buy-in
Respond effectively to bullies, saboteurs and antagonists
Lead better meanings, both internally and externally
Handle tough questions with poise and confidence
Negotiate more strategically and skillfully
Think on your feet under pressure
Gain self-awareness and understand how you affect others

Powerful Conversations is right for:

Teams having difficulty communicating with one another
Groups that need to share information and ideas more freely
Leaders who need to have difficult conversations regarding performance
Individuals encountering tough negotiations or crisis situations

Storytelling in Action

Moving an audience toward a desired result takes more than just cold, hard facts and supporting data. To influence decisions and create change, you’ve got to tell a good story. Successful storytellers appeal directly to their audiences through a combination of relatable, compelling language and warm, energetic delivery.

With Storytelling in Action, you will learn how to:

Identify key elements of story structure and apply them to your messages
Make stories more memorable by appealing to audiences’ emotions
Develop powerful sensory language
Deliver your story in authentic, dynamic ways

Storytelling in Action is right for:

Teams who struggle to have their ideas heard by decision-makers
Leaders who need to inspire and motivate their teams
Organizations who need to deliver their story with greater impact

Consultative Conversations

To build relationships with clients, you need the agility to take a consultative, solutions-based approach. It’s not enough to perfect your pitch, you also need to ask the right questions, give real-time feedback, and pivot based on your client’s needs. That’s especially true when you’re presenting with a team, when you’ll need to be unified despite differing perspectives and areas of expertise.

With Consultative Conversations, you will learn how to:

Build trust and credibility with clients
Ask relevant and insightful questions
Exhibit genuine curiosity by listening deeply
Pick up the baton and pass it smoothly to team-members
Find shared goals and outcomes to negotiate more effectively

Consultative Conversations is right for:

Teams doing solutions-based selling
Organizations participating in team-to-team client meetings
Sales teams giving customer-centered presentations

Events

Media Training

In a culture where every leader’s action and reaction is analyzed in real time, the importance of properly articulating a message has never been greater. The upside to our interconnected world is that there are more ways than ever to get your message heard. Stand & Deliver’s media training team have themselves appeared in numerous high-profile news and media outlets, from CNN to NPR. We take the pressure out of high-stakes situations with strategies for staying composed and making your point stick.

Keynotes

Stand & Deliver speakers regularly appear at conferences and events, offering tools and inspiration. We are also available to speak before companies as part of interactive, high-touch sessions. Our dynamic, high-energy and relevant keynotes will jumpstart a conference, add color to an off-site or inject motivation at a challenging juncture for a team or organization.

Topics include:

Inspirational Leadership
High-Performance Communication
Women’s Leadership Voices
Messaging That Sticks
The Secret Language of Power
Storytelling in Action
Demystifying Presence
The Introvert’s Advantage
Personal Mission and Vision

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Additional Services

Make your ideas heard and move people to action with coaching and consulting
tailored to an upcoming keynote or product launch.

Events & Experience

Make important presentations, campaigns and launches memorable with tools and inspiration from Stand & Deliver’s speakers. Drive teams toward a shared vision and consistent messaging and win over audiences with ideas that stick.

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Engage, inspire and influence. Communicate with clarity and confidence, in any
setting, to deepen business relationships—and get results.

Communication & Performance

Develop breakthrough skills to influence decisions and create change. Learn the behaviors that help top leaders deliver under pressure, capture a listener’s attention and get results.

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Build culture and alignment among your team. Increase trust, creativity and
productivity.

Leadership Development

Strengthen teams during times of growth, change and innovation. Learn the techniques that distinguish effective leaders and inspire teams to build trust, accelerate productivity and increase clarity and alignment.

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