Soumyashree Chatterjee

Communication and Workplace Effectiveness

Business Communication

Unclear emails, unfocused presentations and meetings where people don't say what they mean all cost time. This programme builds practical, checkable communication habits rather than general confidence-building.

ClassroomVirtual

The workplace situations it addresses

  • Emails and updates that require several rounds of clarification
  • Presentations that bury the actual recommendation
  • Team members who stay quiet in meetings rather than raise a concern

Intended audience

  • Corporate and institutional audiences across functions
  • Employees preparing for more client- or leadership-facing roles
  • Cross-functional teams with recurring communication friction

Practical learning outcomes

  • Prepare and deliver a concise business update with a clear ask or recommendation
  • Write an email that states the point in the first two lines
  • Raise a concern or disagreement in a meeting in a structured, professional way

Indicative topics

  • Structuring a business message
  • Presentation essentials
  • Speaking up in meetings
  • Adapting communication to the audience

Learning experience and methods

  • Practice presentations with structured peer and facilitator feedback
  • Live editing of participants' actual work emails and updates
  • Role plays for raising a disagreement professionally
Typical duration
One day, or a modular series of half-day sessions
Group size
[CONFIRM: recommended participant range]
Availability
Classroom, Virtual
Optional follow-up
[CONFIRM: whether manager reinforcement or follow-up sessions are included in this engagement]

Customisation options

Uses participants' own recent emails, decks and updates as practice material wherever the organisation can share them in advance.

What the organisation should provide

  • A few anonymised examples of real internal communication, if available
  • A representative group from the function or team involved

Frequently asked questions

Is this suitable for senior audiences, or only entry-level staff?
The core structure applies at any level; the examples and practice material are calibrated to the seniority of the group.

Planning a leadership, sales or behavioural learning intervention?

Tell Soumyashree about the audience, business need, location and preferred format. He will respond to discuss the requirement and determine an appropriate starting point.