Commanding the Room

This innovative one-day programme is led by specialist communication coach Ailsa Gudgeon and senior executive coach Rachel Goodwin.
Launched in 2011, Commanding the Room is provided on an in-house basis for groups of 6 – 8 individuals within the same organisation.
The programme trains participants to prepare content strategically and to deliver impactfully, with clarity and conviction, winning the hearts and minds of their audiences in a wide range of settings. It has consistently been reported as having a transformative effect on their skills and impact.
By keeping the group small, Ailsa and Rachel help each participant to identify specific development areas, overcome obstacles and learn to communicate in a consistently confident and compelling way.
Some of our clients have put over two hundred and fifty managers through the programme in order to elevate the quality of communication throughout their business.
The programme is particularly suitable for groups of key influencers or leaders of the future.
Commanding the Room offers a powerful combination of tailored pre-work, an intensive one-day workshop and follow-up video and reading material.
Participants then receive a one-to-one coaching session to embed the learning and provide bespoke support in areas identified on the day and in feedback from colleagues.
To learn more about this programme, please contact us.

I have already recommended this course to several colleagues and friends. This is without doubt one of the best sessions I have ever attended, where I knew straight away that I would keep what I was learning with me throughout my career.
The facilitators - Ailsa and Rachel - were brilliant. Very warm and encouraging, but also challenging. They created a great learning environment.
Best course I have been on! Real skills that I can put in to use. Hints and tips on how to structure info was great, breathing techniques are great and although I hate watching myself on screen, it was the best way to capture the learning.
The training led by Ailsa and Rachel has been priceless from start to finish. I was keen to enhance my presentation skills, particularly as English is not my native language and I am required to communicate and influence regularly. The preparatory work, the workshop day, the video recording, the exercises on pace and breathing as well as the individual coaching session created a highly impactful learning experience.
Thank you very much indeed for a really excellent workshop. It gave me a new insight into presenting material and as well as techniques for getting the right information across. It was possibly the most useful course I have attended, providing me with several life skills as well as greater self-awareness.
The course has been a revelation. It has given me real insight into how I communicate.  I have only scratched the surface of how I can use all the techniques that we discussed. I am already certain that they will become an essential part of my tool kit.
One-to-one session with Ailsa and Rachel was very, very good.
Both facilitators relaxed the group immediately; they were extremely informative, engaging, challenging, demanding and of enormous help to us all.
I have already recommended this course to several colleagues and friends. This is without doubt one of the best sessions I have ever attended, where I knew straight away that I would keep what I was learning with me throughout my career.
What was really important was the feel of the session - open, relaxed, fun and supportive. You often hear people say this is a 'safe environment' - Alisa and Rachel certainly made it feel like this which made the day so much more productive.
Best course I have been on! Real skills that I can put in to use. Hints and tips on how to structure info was great, breathing techniques are great and although I hate watching myself on screen, it was the best way to capture the learning.