The Communication and Connection Experience

A transformational program for
high-performing teams

who want to communicate better, navigate conflict faster, and build stronger relationships.

Turn Communication Skills Into a Competitive Advantage

Great teams don’t just have smart people. They know how to listen, challenge, influence, give feedback, navigate conflict, and connect under pressure.

Drawing from the frameworks in Stop Blocking, Start Connecting and Elevate Conversations, Deepen Connections, this immersive experience gives your leaders and team members practical tools they can immediately use in meetings, conversations, conflict, and relationships.

Elevate Conversations, Deepen Connections

THE BLUEPRINT TO CREATE CONNECTION, BRIDGE DIVIDES, CULTIVATE COHESION, AND
ELEVATE HARMONY.

Elevate Conversations, Deepen Connections is the sequel to Stop Blocking, Start Connecting. Communication expert Lee Broekman distills 20 years of communication workshops into a practical, compassionate guide for creating alignment in every conversation.

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Stop Blocking, Start Connecting

8 KEY SKILLS
TO SUCCESSFUL
COMMUNICATORS

Over 90% of the communication problems that plague our life are the dreadful barriers that get in the way of happy relationships and productive interactions. Most of the drama we experience is caused by communication blockers, the regretful words that spring off the tips of our tongues or fingers, ready to cause conflict and chaos.

THE $50K EXPERIENCE

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1. Team Retreat

A customized leadership communication retreat designed around your organization’s most important interpersonal challenges. Includes:

  • Communication & connection assessment
  • Customized retreat experience
  • Experiential team exercises
  • Real-world communication scenarios
  • Alignment and relationship-building activities

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2. Interactive Workshops

Practical, highly engaging sessions that give participants a common language and repeatable tools. Core topics include:

  • Giving & Receiving Feedback
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Managing Up & Down
  • Listening & Empathy
  • Influence & Executive Presence
  • Accountability Without Alienation
  • Navigating Different Communication Styles

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3. Individual Coaching

Targeted coaching for key leaders and team members to turn insight into sustained behavior change. Coaching focuses on:
Self-awareness • Communication patterns • Leadership presence • Relationship dynamics • Difficult conversations • Personal action plans

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4. Tools They Keep

Participants leave with practical resources, including communication guides, conversation tools, exercises, reflection worksheets and take-away handouts based on the Blockers → Connectors framework.
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The Skill-Building Checklist.

☐ Listen without fixing
☐ Ask powerful questions
☐ Give actionable feedback
☐ Receive feedback without defensiveness
☐ Navigate conflict productively
☐ Have difficult conversations
☐ Manage up effectively
☐ Manage down effectively
☐ Influence without authority
☐ Set clear boundaries
☐ Hold people accountable
☐ Validate before solving
☐ Respond instead of react
☐ Build trust through communication
☐ Empathize without rescuing
☐ Create connection under pressure

The Result.

Less friction. More trust. Better conversations. Stronger leaders.

Your team doesn’t need another lecture on communication.

They need a shared language, practical tools, and the opportunity to practice using them together.

INVESTMENT: $50,000

Customized for your team • Experiential • Practical • Measurable

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