For engineering, infrastructure and resources organisations
Your engineers have the answers. Help them carry the room.
Tailored communication programs for technical teams: talks, workshops and ongoing coaching. Delivered by a mechanical engineer and project manager who trained as a performer.
Experience across
The problem
Technical excellence doesn't automatically become influence.
Engineers are promoted for being right, then judged on whether people follow them. Board papers that don't land. Client meetings that drift. Site crews that don't buy in. Tenders lost on the presentation, not the solution.
On struggling projects there are usually four stories running at once: leadership's, middle management's, the office's and site's. The further they drift apart, the more rework, friction and cost.
Programs
Built for your team, in person or on Teams
Talk or keynote
Up to an hour for a conference, all-hands or leadership offsite, tailored to your industry.
$4,500 per talk, plus GST
Half-day workshop
3.5 hours on one focus, such as presenting to a board or handling hard questions. 4 to 8 people. Includes pre-work: questionnaire, a 2-minute video from each person and a group call.
from $6,500 4 people; $8,800 for 8, plus GST
Full-day workshop
7 contact hours. Everyone presents, is coached live, and presents again. 4 to 8 people, with the same pre-work.
from $9,700 4 people; $13,200 for 8, plus GST
Team program
Fortnightly, alternating a half day on site with a 90-minute team call, plus monthly video feedback for each person.
from $6,000 a month, 4 people; $8,500 for 8, plus GST
In person across South East Queensland at no extra cost. Elsewhere in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and Southeast Asia, in person with travel costs added, or online on Teams. Your organisation provides the room, AV and catering.
Signature program
One Story
Narrative alignment for projects and leadership teams. When every level is telling a different story, I find the stories, then help your leaders agree one and tell it up, down and across.
How One Story works- 1
Listen
Short interviews at each level: leadership, management, office and site.
- 2
Map the stories
Where the narratives match, where they split, and what the split is costing.
- 3
Agree one story
A working session with leadership to set the objective and the narrative behind it.
- 4
Tell it everywhere
Coaching the leaders who carry it, so it lands the same way at every level.
Approach
Not someone turning up with slides
Every workshop is designed around the people in the room.
Questionnaire
Each attendee tells me their role, their audiences and what they find hard.
Two-minute video
Each person sends a short presentation. I review and assess every one.
Group call
30 minutes with everyone, so the day starts with trust, not introductions.
The workshop
Delivered in person, built from what I saw. You provide the room, AV and catering.
An engineer's thinking. A performer's delivery.
Mechanical engineer and project manager across mining, manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, water and wastewater, food and beverage and bulk handling, in Australia and Asia-Pacific. Trained in voice and acting, with Toastmasters competition wins up to regional level.
I've stood in front of council committees, principal contractors, regulators, site crews and boards. Your people face the same rooms.
Enquire
Tell me about your team
I reply within one business day, and send a tailored proposal and quote within two. Prices above are a guide for teams of 4 to 8, plus GST. Larger groups and multi-site programs are quoted.