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Own The Room® Communication Skills Training For Everyone
We offer in-person, virtual, and hybrid trainings tailored to your organization’s needs—varying in length and commitment level—all with one goal: to help your team expand and sharpen their communication skills for greater success at every level.
Own The Room Communication Gateway Hike Abridged
SIX, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Bring the famous Own The Room® experience to your team. Across every function, seniority level, and industry, clear and compelling communication is a key driver of performance. Our highly engaging, proven methodology helps teams master the most critical communication skills—boosting confidence, collaboration, and business impact. Your people will walk away more effective, more energized, and ready to lead conversations that move your business forward.
CORE: Base Communication Essentials
FOUR, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Our core Communication Learning Experience with 15 years of success is a highly impactful experience for entry-level to C-Suite designed to give your team the skills and confidence to take their career to the next level.
- Executive Presence
- Connect First
- Dynamic Delivery
- Tell Captivating Stories
Communicate With Slides
FOUR, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Empower your team to present with clarity, not just slides. In every business scenario—internal updates, client pitches, board meetings—slide presentations are a key tool for sharing ideas. But too often, professionals let the deck do the talking. This training helps your team elevate their delivery, using slides to support their message—not overshadow it.
- Executive Presence
- Present Powerfully With Slides
- Engage With Slides
- Two Minute Talk® Business Presentation
Communication Essentials For Women
FOUR, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Support the women on your team in amplifying their voice and impact. This training is designed to help female professionals confidently navigate the unique challenges they face in the workplace, build authentic executive presence, and communicate with clarity and influence.
- Executive Presence
- Own Your Power
- Dynamic Delivery
- Tell Captivating Stories
Engage With Stories
FOUR 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Equip your team to deliver messages that move people to act. In today’s fast-paced business environment, it’s not enough to share information—your team needs to inspire action. This training helps participants harness the power of storytelling and interactivity to make their messages stick, build credibility, and drive results.
- Executive Presence & Authentic Connections
- Engage Your Audience
- Storytelling
- Storytelling Integration
Get Your Story Straight
FOUR, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Align your team around a company story that drives connection and consistency. This training helps your people internalize and articulate your company’s narrative—not by memorizing a script, but by sharing it in their own authentic voice. Whether they’re speaking with clients, partners, or peers, your team will be equipped to tell a unified, inspiring story that reflects your brand, strengthens culture, and builds trust at every touchpoint.
- Executive Presence & Authentic Connections
- Custom Content
- Open & Close With Purpose
- Deliver Your Story
Black Leadership
FIVE, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Empower Black professionals on your team to lead with authenticity, confidence, and impact. This training equips participants to show up powerfully and authentically at work, drive meaningful change, and help pave the way for the next generation of Black leaders.
- Authentic Presence
- Discussing Black Leadership
- Own Your Voice
- Two Minute Talk® Business Presentation
- Optional- Connecting & Networking
Managing Up
120 MINUTES
Help your team strengthen one of the most critical relationships in the workplace—the one with their manager. This training gives employees the tools to proactively manage up by communicating clearly, anticipating needs, and taking initiative. When team members know how to collaborate effectively with their leaders, they’re more engaged, more productive, and better positioned to grow within your organization.
Executive Presence
90 MINUTES
Develop confident, influential communicators across your organization.This training helps your team master a proven formula for earning respect, building stronger relationships, and showing up as impactful leaders—whether they’re early in their careers or stepping into senior roles.
Connect First
90 MINUTES
Equip your team to build authentic connections that inspire trust—and drive action. Trust is the foundation of every high-performing team and client relationship. This training helps participants develop the communication skills needed to connect with others genuinely and effectively—whether they’re speaking to colleagues, managers, direct reports, or prospective clients.
Be Memorable
90 MINUTES
Help your team break through the noise and make their message matter. In today’s fast-paced workplace, co-workers and customers are bombarded with messages daily. This training equips your team with the tools to stand out—by communicating with clarity, purpose, and relevance. Participants learn how to build authentic connections, bring data to life through compelling delivery, and ensure their message lands—no matter the audience.
Dynamic Delivery
90 MINUTES
Elevate your team’s ability to deliver content that connects—and sticks. Great communication isn’t just about what you say—it’s about how you say it. This training helps your team master the often-overlooked elements of communication: tone of voice, body language, and delivery—across both in-person and virtual settings. Participants will learn how to command attention, build credibility, and influence outcomes by making subtle but powerful shifts in how they use their voice and presence.
Hybrid Meeting Crash Course
90 MINUTES
Set your team up for success in today’s hybrid work environment. The shift to a distributed workforce is here to stay—and with it, hybrid meetings have become the norm. But keeping both in-person and remote participants engaged, included, and aligned is a real challenge. This training equips your team with the skills to plan and lead effective, inclusive hybrid meetings—so every voice is heard, every participant stays engaged, and your team drives results, no matter where they’re working from.
Collaborate In Hybrid Teams
90 MINUTES
Break down silos and boost collaboration across your hybrid teams. Being distributed shouldn’t mean being disconnected. This training helps your team elevate hybrid meetings by creating space for more effective brainstorming, problem-solving, and collaboration—regardless of where participants are located.
Present Powerfully With Slides
90 MINUTES
Help your team present with clarity—not just slides. This training teaches professionals to use slides as a support tool, not a script—combining expert communication techniques with impactful slide delivery skills. The result? More confident, engaging, and persuasive presentations—both virtually and in person
Ace The Interview
90 MINUTES
High performance companies have one thing in common: they hold onto their high-performing employees. Prepare your HIPOs to shine in internal interviews by giving them new mindsets and techniques to optimize prep, create a powerful first impression, communicate their value, and confidently answer any question to position themselves as top candidates.
Discussing Black Leadership
90 MINUTES
Invest in the growth and impact of Black professionals across your organization. This training creates a dedicated space for Black team members to reflect on the unique challenges and opportunities they may face in their careers—and to develop practical tools to lead with authenticity, confidence, and purpose. Participants will walk away equipped to drive positive change, amplify their influence, and help pave the way for the next generation of Black leaders.
Own Your Power - Women Leadership
90 MINUTES
Empower the women on your team to lead with confidence and speak with impact. Designed exclusively for women, this training helps participants overcome common workplace challenges—like hesitation to speak up, advocate for themselves, or have their voices fully heard. Through actionable strategies, participants will learn to shift their mindset, quiet self-doubt, and own their accomplishments with strength and authenticity.
Own The Room Communication Gateway Hike
TEN 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Bring the transformative Own The Room® experience to your team. No matter their role, level, or function, strong communication is essential to your team’s success. This high-impact training helps participants master the most important communication skills—from executive presence to clear messaging and audience engagement—in a format that’s as fun as it is effective. It’s a proven way to build confidence, boost collaboration, and unlock leadership potential across your organization.
CORE: Ascent Communication Essentials
FOUR, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
The next stage after CORE: Base. Build on what you’ve learned, take engagement to the next level, and climb closer to mastery.
- Be Memorable
- Engage Your Audience
- Open & Close With Purpose
- Two Minute Talk® Business Presentation
Collaborative Negotiation
TWO, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Strengthen your team’s ability to negotiate with confidence and integrity. Negotiation is a critical skill in every role—from sales and partnerships to internal collaboration. This training equips your team with practical techniques to create value, build trust, and reach win-win outcomes.
- Negotiation Strategies
- Mutual Benefit
Media Training
EIGHT, 90-MINUTE SESSIONS
Prepare your team to represent your brand with confidence—wherever their voice is heard. Today’s definition of “media-facing” goes far beyond traditional press. From industry events and interviews to podcasts, panels, and social media, your people are speaking on behalf of your brand more than ever.
- Executive Presence
- Connect First
- Dynamic Delivery
- Tell Captivating Stories
- Crafting Your Message
- Captivating Conversations
- Handling Tough Questions With Media
- The Interview
C-Suite Conversations
120 MINUTES
Equip your team to present with confidence and credibility in high-stakes moments. Whether it’s a pitch to the executive team, a client update, or a last-minute presentation, your people need to be ready to deliver with impact. This training helps participants develop the mindsets and techniques to confidently communicate their ideas to senior audiences—persuading decision-makers, navigating tough questions, and driving action. It’s the preparation they need for when opportunity knocks—tomorrow or anytime.
Empowering Mindset
120 MINUTES
Build a more confident, action-oriented workforce—at every level. Confidence is a key driver of professional growth, leadership potential, and workplace performance. This training helps employees identify what’s holding them back, reframe their mindset around risk and challenge, and transform self-doubt into clear, tangible action. Whether your team members are seasoned leaders or early in their careers, this session empowers them to show up with greater self-assurance, take initiative, and unlock their full potential.
Resilience
120 MINUTES
Help your team thrive—not just survive—in times of change. In today’s fast-paced and constantly shifting work environment, resilience is a must-have skill. This training equips employees, managers, and leaders with the tools to adapt quickly, stay focused under pressure, and turn disruption into opportunity. Through mindset shifts and practical strategies, participants will learn how to reduce unproductive stress, stay mentally agile, and build stronger relationships—so they can perform at their best, no matter what challenges arise.
Engage Your Audience
90 MINUTES
Create a culture of engagement—where every voice is heard and every conversation drives results. When employees and clients feel genuinely included and engaged, they’re more likely to trust, remember, and take action. This training equips your team with expert strategies to encourage participation, read the room—virtually or in person—and foster conversations that inspire alignment and follow-through.
Open & Close With Purpose
90 MINUTES
Ensure your team opens with impact—and closes with purpose. First and last impressions shape how messages are received, remembered, and acted on. This training teaches your team how to capture attention from the first word and leave a lasting impression at the close—whether they're presenting, pitching, or leading meetings.
Powerfully Concise & Better Questions
90 MINUTES
Help your team communicate with clarity, purpose, and impact—by listening more and speaking smarter. Great communication isn't about talking more—it's about understanding more. This training teaches your team how to ask better questions, actively listen, and read the room to drive conversations, meetings, and presentations forward with intention.
Map Out Meetings
90 MINUTES
Transform how your team runs meetings—so they’re focused, efficient, and outcome-driven. Ineffective meetings cost time, energy, and morale. This training helps your team ditch the boilerplate agenda and adopt a backward design approach that starts with clear, product-driven goals.
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Hear from our clients
“Improving your ability to communicate will increase your potential to have impact on the world, no matter what you do. LifeHikes will show you how — and they’ll make it fun.”
REID HOFFMAN
Co-Founder, LinkedIn
“In the first fifteen minutes of the virtual training, I learned more than a year working with an international communication organization. I didn’t know what to expect at first, but I was really impressed by the quality of the teaching and the use of technology to involve myself and the other attendees.”
STEVIE BROOKS
Founder and CEO, Cloud Custom
“I thoroughly enjoyed the class and learned a great deal. I’ve already started employing some of the elements that I learned and look forward to using them on the “big stage”. I have taken a number of presentation/ public speaking classes throughout my long career and this one was by far the best.”
Marie Laxague Rosecrans
SVP of Marketing, Salesforce