Lunch & Learn · 90 minutes · In-house or online
Speak to Lead:
Why your projects are good
but nobody knows it.
A 90-minute session for project management teams grounded in John Maxwell’s communication framework. Practical, immediately applicable, and designed to change how your team communicates with stakeholders from the following Monday.
· 90 minutes
· Up to 30 participants
· In-house or online
· €950–1,200
The gap this session closes
Your team is delivering.
Are their stakeholders following?
Most project teams communicate constantly. Status updates go out every week. Steering committees meet every fortnight. Progress reports land in inboxes on schedule.
And yet: sponsors disengage. Decisions get deferred. Changes don’t get adopted. The project delivers on time and the business doesn’t change behaviour.
Information ≠ influence
Stakeholders have all the information they need. What they don’t have is the understanding and buy-in that comes from genuine connection. Maxwell’s core insight: you must connect before you can direct.
Updates ≠ communication
A status update that is read and a status update that produces action are different things. This session teaches the difference and gives your team specific techniques for the latter.
Reporting ≠ leading
The PMs who advance are not the ones who report most accurately. They are the ones who communicate in a way that builds trust, creates alignment, and moves people forward.
Session agenda
90 minutes.
Immediately applicable.
Every segment delivers a specific technique participants can use the following week. No theory without practice. No framework without a real-world application.
John Maxwell
PMI
Prince2 / Agile
0–15 min — The gap between delivery and recognition
A specific story. The PM who delivered on every metric and was passed over. What the gap actually is — and why it’s not what most people think.
15–35 min — Connect before you direct
Maxwell’s core communication principle applied to stakeholder management. Why your most difficult stakeholder isn’t difficult — they’re disconnected. How to re-engage them.
35–55 min — The 3-sentence executive update
Live demonstration. Participants submit real updates. Coach 2–3 live. Everyone leaves with a rewritten version of their own update.
55–75 min — Q&A — your real situations
The most valuable part. Participants bring their specific stakeholder challenges. Coached live in the room.
75–90 min — The next step
What participants commit to doing differently in the following week. Introduction to the full programme for teams that want to go deeper.
Who this session is for
Right for your team if…
Project management teams
Agile, waterfall, or hybrid. Any sector. Junior to senior PMs who want stakeholder communication to produce results, not just compliance.
PMO functions
Teams responsible for governance and reporting who need their communications to actually influence decision-making rather than document it.
Cross-functional project teams
Teams with members from different functions, geographies, or cultures who need a shared communication language.
“After the session, three of my PMs rewrote their steering committee decks. One sponsor told me it was the clearest update she’d received in two years on the programme.”
— Head of PMO, professional services firm
Book the session
One session. Immediate impact.
Investment: €950–1,200 depending on format and group size. Delivered in-house or via Zoom. Up to 30 participants. Customised to your team’s specific project context on request.
A 30-minute call to understand your team’s context. No pitch. I’ll tell you honestly whether this session is the right fit.