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Interpersonal & career communication skills training
Success in academia, research organisations, and industry depends on more than just technical skills. Thriving in these environments requires strong interpersonal abilities, effective communication, and the confidence to present yourself and your work to diverse audiences.
Our interpersonal and career communication workshops are designed to help you build the skills you need to collaborate, connect, and succeed. From navigating cultural differences to mastering personal branding and reputation management, our training equips you with practical tools for academic and professional growth.
Explore our training and workshops below or contact us to discuss a tailored session for your team or organisation.
Popular interpersonal and career communication training programmes & workshops for researchers
Navigating Communication Styles for Researchers
There are many different interpersonal skills that you can learn to interact successfully, but it's good to start by knowing how YOU communicate, and how to navigate the communication styles of others. That's what this is all about.
Building Intercultural Intelligence for Researchers in Multi-Cultural Groups
Work with multi-cultural teams? Want to reach multi-cultural audiences? Our intercultural intelligence workshops are designed to help you build your understanding of cultural differences and craft strategies to build bridges and communicate effectively.
Non-verbal Communication
Become more aware of how non-verbal communication works, how to read it in others, and manage it in yourself so that you can build rapport with others, increase your credibility, and be heard.
Networking for Success for Researchers
Learn why networking matters and how to build, nurture and use your network to benefit your research AND your career in this practical workshop.
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Other interpersonal communication workshops that we offer
Interpersonal communication comprises so much of what we do and say and how we behave. We can offer learning experiences that cover a variety of interpersonal skills, both as bite-sizes webinars and learn-at-lunch sessions as well as part of a longer interpersonal training programme.
Take a look at some of the topics we’ve taught in the past, or let’s chat about how we can craft something special to meet your needs.
- How to give and receive feedback
- The art of brilliant conversations
- Active listening
- Building emotional intelligence
- Public speaking skills
- Voice skills
- How to run productive meetings
- How to facilitate groups
- Having difficult conversations
- And more!
Overview of all training and coaching
Interested in something else? Here is an overview of all of our training and coaching for scientists, researchers and communicators.
In-person or live online, multi-day workshops or bite-sized sessions: we offer a range of delivery options and formats to meet your needs
We offer:
- in-person workshops, training sessions and learning events across Europe
- online sessions in Europe and internationally using collaborative tools, via Zoom (or Webex, Butter, Teams - we're flexible)
- blended learning approaches that combine in-person, live online, and asynchronous learning
Our learning comes in a range of formats, including:
- Interactive learning and participatory workshops that span anything from 4 hours to several days for groups of 6-20 (large group workshops possible)
- Bite-sized practical learning modules that last 2-4 hours - ideal for teams and research groups
- Webinars and talks filled with actionable tips and ideas
- Short sessions for department meetings, retreats, or conferences.
- Engaging webinars for remote participants and large groups.
- Keynote presentations that inspire and inform larger audiences.
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It's been a long time since I have enjoyed a training workshop as much as I did this one! Suzanne took a lot of time to get to know each of our group during the training, quickly spotting where our strengths lay and helping us develop skills in new areas. She struck a good balance between theory and discussion, and I particularly appreciated the time she gave us for group work and time to try out new skills alone. She was full of energy and positivity, and made me feel welcome and valued throughout, even when she put me on the spot in role plays. Highly recommended!
It was useful to think more strategically about elevator pitches and how I could create something generic for "everyday" use as well as something tailored for different situations like meetings. The opportunity to plan and share elevator pitches was good, as it gave me an idea of other styles and approaches. The detailed individual feedback was unexpected, but great.
I have just completed SciComm Success' Poster Design Workshop. It was full of interesting tips and tools, some of which I have already built into my poster planning. Although we had a big group and I expected a lecture/webinar format, Suzanne constantly invited us to provide feedback and our own experiences, and I enjoyed hearing what fellow biologists like and don't. I liked that the group was international and enjoyed the flexible and informal discussions - some via chat, some using whiteboards, some simple audio discussion. It felt as if we could all contribute, wherever we were. I would recommend this workshop for anyone new to creating posters for conferences. It would probably be a good refresher for poster presenters, too. Thank you, SEB, for the opportunity.
This was a fascinating workshop! I learned so much about how I come across and how powerful it is to become more conscious about how I "show up", so that I can make the right impression. Loved the tips about reading other people's non-verbal cues, too. This has made me think twice about the best time to approach people with difficult subject. Thank you, Suzanne, for an inspiring morning!
Loved this. So much information and still time for some good discussions with fellow students. I look forward to being able to use some of the ideas when I create my first poster.
This was a good refresher on best practice planning and design for posters. I particularly enjoyed the sessions on tools for choosing colour palettes, which I have since used in other communication materials, and the discussion about online and virtual conferences, which was an eye-opener for me during COVID. Thank you, Suzanne!
This workshop was great fun. I learned loads about perspective and how I tend to communicate, and hope to be able to use this knowledge to communicate better with our international students.