Teach new leaders to communicate like leaders — with a 2-day programme that is already written, timed and ready to run.
Effective Communication Skills covers seven core leadership communication competencies — from active listening to difficult conversations and professional writing — with facilitator guide, slides, workbook, role plays and assessments. Designed by Bodhih Training for you to brand and deliver.
- Seven communication competencies across two days, each with a named, practical tool: SOLER, SBI, DISC, DESC and BLOT
- At least 60% of the time is hands-on practice — role plays, pair work and live feedback
- Pre/post self-assessment, module knowledge checks and an observed competency rubric built in
- Closes with an integration simulation and a 30-60-90 day action plan with an accountability partner
Effective Communication Skills Trainer Toolkit by Bodhih Training — built on programmes delivered to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
The workshop is on the calendar. The material isn’t.
'Communication skills' is too big a brief
Every client wants it, and every client means something different — listening, feedback, presenting, email, conflict. Shaping all of that into two coherent days, rather than a loose collection of tips, is where the design time disappears.
Workshops that talk about communication
Participants have sat through slides on 'the importance of listening' before. What changes behaviour is practice with a clear model and honest feedback — and writing those role plays and debriefs well takes real effort.
Proving a soft skill moved
Sponsors ask what changed after the programme. Without a pre/post self-assessment, knowledge checks and an observed rubric, communication training is the first line cut from next year's budget.
Picture the evening before your programme.
Picture the first morning. A room of new team leads, most promoted for being good at the work, a few quietly dreading the conversations they now have to hold. You open with active listening and the SOLER posture, and within the first hour pairs are discovering how rarely they let someone finish a sentence.
By the afternoon they are building SBI feedback statements from situations in their own week, speaking to the group with more authority than they expected, and working out their DISC style — and, more usefully, the styles of the people they keep clashing with. Every timing, instruction and debrief question is in the Facilitator Guide, so your attention stays on the room.
Day 2 moves to the harder material: DESC for the difficult conversation someone has been avoiding for weeks, BLOT for emails that get read and acted on, and the non-verbal signals that shape executive presence. An integration simulation pulls it together, and everyone leaves with a 30-60-90 day plan and a named accountability partner.
As you run it, you may find yourself noticing how naturally participants start using the models on each other before lunch on Day 1.
What you will deliver
A complete design, sequenced and timed — so every session has a purpose and every activity lands.
- Competencies
- 7 core leadership communication competencies
- Tools
- SOLER, SBI, DISC, DESC, BLOT
- Length
- 2 days · 16 contact hours
- Group size
- Ideal 12–20, max 25
- Assessment
- Pre/post self-assessment, knowledge checks, observed rubric
- Formats
- In-person, virtual option
Active listening and empathyDay 1
Listening that builds team trust, practised with the SOLER model.
Giving and receiving feedbackDay 1
Using the SBI model to make feedback specific, fair and usable.
Speaking and presenting with confidenceDay 1
Delivering messages with clarity and authority in front of a group.
Adapting your style with DISCDay 1
Reading communication styles and flexing to reach different people.
Navigating difficult conversationsDay 2
The DESC structure applied to conversations participants are actually facing.
Writing clear, professional emailsDay 2
The BLOT method for messages that get read and acted on.
Executive presence through non-verbal communicationDay 2
Posture, voice and presence that support what you say.
Integration simulation and action planningDay 2
A realistic simulation using every tool, then a 30-60-90 day plan.
Everything for the room. Nothing left to build.
Unlocks the moment you pay. Until then, here is exactly what you will be downloading.
What your participants will be able to do
Designed for team leaders, supervisors and emerging leaders; people in their first three years of a leadership role and groups of 12–20 participants (maximum 25), in any sector.
- Listen actively and with empathy in a way team members notice and trust
- Give and receive feedback using the SBI model so it changes behaviour, not just mood
- Speak and present with confidence and authority in meetings and with senior leaders
- Recognise their own DISC style and adapt to the people they lead
- Prepare and hold a difficult conversation using DESC
- Write clear, professional emails that lead with the point using BLOT
- Use non-verbal communication to project steadier executive presence
- Commit to a 30-60-90 day action plan with an accountability partner
Walk in with data. Walk out with proof.
Trainers who measure before and after design sharper sessions — and get rebooked. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has assessments that sit naturally alongside this programme.
Walk in knowing where every participant starts.
Pair Effective Communication Skills with an AssessAll assessment. Participants take it before the workshop, so you can tune the emphasis to the room; they retake it afterwards, so you can show the client what actually moved. Better-targeted sessions, and evidence that wins the next booking.
- Communication Style ProfileView assessment ↗
- People Acumen & Interpersonal EffectivenessView assessment ↗
- Executive Presence & CommunicationView assessment ↗
Nothing quite fits? Create your own assessment on AssessAll, or ask the AssessAll team to build one around this programme’s objectives for you.
That is the design work already done for you — research, session plans, slides, activities and assessments. Spend it facilitating, selling your next programme, or simply switching off.
The honest comparison
| Building it yourself | This toolkit | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a deliverable programme | 60–120 hours of design | Ready today |
| Session plan with timings | Built from scratch | Included, minute by minute |
| Activities, role plays, cases | Hunted down one by one | Written for this programme |
| Assessment and feedback | Often skipped | Instruments and forms included |
| Virtual delivery version | A second project | Guide included |
| Cost | Your weekends | One payment |
Made for people who stand at the front of the room
Independent trainers
Add a full, assessable communication programme for new leaders to your catalogue and respond to the next enquiry the same day.
First-time leader journeys
Use it as the communication core of a new-manager curriculum, with competencies already mapped and measurable.
HR-led capability drives
Give HR a ready answer when engagement surveys or exit interviews point to how team leads communicate.
18 years in real training rooms, packaged for yours.
Bodhih Training has designed and delivered corporate programmes since 2008 — for first-time managers, sales teams, leadership cohorts and whole organisations. These toolkits are that reach, distilled: the structures, activities and materials that hold up in front of real participants, written so another trainer can pick them up and deliver with confidence.
Three steps from here to the room
- STEP 1
Buy in two minutes
Name, email, pay with UPI, card or netbanking. No account to create.
- STEP 2
Download instantly
Your download page opens at once, and a permanent link lands in your inbox.
- STEP 3
Brand it and deliver
Every file is editable Word or PowerPoint. Add your logo, your examples, and run it.
Two days that change how leaders talk. Ready now.
Download the complete programme, put your name on it, and spend your preparation time rehearsing the room rather than building it.
Licensed to the buyer to deliver this programme to their own participants and clients, in person or online, and to adapt and brand the material. Reselling or redistributing the files is not permitted.
The rest of the Bodhih family, when you need it
Make the workshop last beyond the room
A workshop is two days; the behaviour change takes months. Jobulary turns assessment evidence into a focused individual development plan (IDP) — a few quarterly objectives built on real work, re-measured honestly. Give every Effective Communication Skills participant a plan to carry forward.
IDPs are launching soon — the working demo is free to explore now, no sign-up.
Rather have us deliver it?
If you want Effective Communication Skills run for your organisation by Bodhih Training’s own facilitators — in person, live virtual or blended, customised to your context — we deliver it end to end.
solutions@bodhih.com · +91 99000 11601. Building your own facilitation skills? See Bodhih’s Train the Trainer certification.
What models are used in this communication skills training?
The programme uses five practical tools participants can apply straight away: SOLER for active listening, SBI (Situation–Behaviour–Impact) for feedback, DISC for adapting communication style, DESC (Describe–Express–Specify–Consequences) for difficult conversations and BLOT (Bottom Line On Top) for professional emails.
Is this communication skills programme suitable for virtual delivery?
Yes. It is designed for in-person delivery, and the toolkit includes a Virtual Delivery Guide that adapts the practice activities and timings for live online cohorts.
Do participants need prior communication training?
No. No prior formal communication training is required — only workplace experience. The programme is pitched at leaders in their first three years, when communication habits are still forming.
What exactly do I get in the Effective Communication Skills trainer toolkit?
14 editable files: Training Design Document, Facilitator Guide, Slide Deck — Simple Backup, Slide Deck — Main, Virtual Delivery Guide, Participant Workbook, Pre-Work Material, Case Studies, Role-Play Scenario Pack, Quick Reference Cards, Assessment Instruments, Participant Feedback Form, Certificate Template, Marketing Toolkit. Word and PowerPoint formats, so you can add your own branding and examples — and a single ZIP to download everything at once.
How much does the Effective Communication Skills toolkit cost?
₹2,999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How and when do I receive the files?
Immediately. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. The link works from any device without a password.
Can I deliver this programme to my clients and put my own logo on it?
Licensed to the buyer to deliver this programme to their own participants and clients, in person or online, and to adapt and brand the material. Reselling or redistributing the files is not permitted.