High-impact team communication

The most successful teams don't just communicate more often. They communicate with more clarity and purpose.

I’ll help your team overcome communicative friction and unlock your strategic potential.

“He was insightful and encouraged a deep dive into how we can improve our communication and mindset when dealing with conflict.”

— Workshop Attendee

“Michael Ashford is an amazing presenter and is thoughtful and kind in his leadership approaches.”

— Workshop attendee

“He was a super nice guy and came off very genuine to me.  I walked away with some good nuggets and I think it was time well spent.”

— Workshop attendee

Align Your Communication, Accelerate Your Impact

Your team is talented, but is ineffective communication holding them back? Vague internal emails, confusing stakeholder updates, ineffective conflict, and endless meetings are symptoms of a systemic communication issue.

Communication breakdowns are the silent killer of teams, costing organizations millions in misaligned strategies, slow decision-making, a lack of buy-in, and duplicated effort.

Perhaps your team struggles with:

  • Strategic Drift: Messages from one department conflict with another, confusing stakeholders and causing delays

  • Meeting Mayhem: Discussions lack focus, leading to lengthy, inefficient meetings and vague action items

  • Conflict Avoidance: Sidestepping difficult feedback or conversations, which allows small problems to grow into major crises

  • Stalled Initiatives: Great ideas fail to get traction because they aren’t presented with clarity and conviction across the group

  • Lack of Focus: Drowning stakeholders in detail instead of guiding them to the most critical takeaways

I’m a communications expert with nearly two decades leading corporate teams — from startups to private equity-backed enterprises — and I understand the collective friction points. I’ve been the executive driving cross-functional alignment, and I know what works.

My workshops apply the discipline of investigative communications to your entire team. I don’t just teach theory; I provide the practical tools your team needs to speak with one confident, cohesive voice.

Give your team the shared language and proven frameworks needed to drive results, foster psychological safety, and communicate with undeniable executive presence.

Request a free 30-minute consultation

Schedule an initial consultation to answer questions, outline an engagement roadmap, discuss actionable goals

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Free Guide! The New Leader’s Communication Playbook

    A few organizations I’ve worked with

    How my communication training can help you and your team

    We’ll collaborate to create a training experience specific to your team’s goals and challenges.

    Here are just some of the areas in which I can provide guidance:

    For Leadership Teams & Executive Committees

    Your leadership team’s communication defines your company’s culture and direction. My trainings focus on building communicative trust and safety while ensuring every executive delivers a unified message to the organization. I help you work through high-stakes conversations, foster effective feedback loops during challenging discussions, and achieve full alignment before communicating strategic changes to the company.

    For Sales and Marketing Teams

    For revenue teams, every word is a step toward or away from a deal, yet success often depends on internal team alignment first. My trainings equip your sales and marketing teams to overcome the finger-pointing and the credit-taking that befall many revenue organizations, and instead help you focus on shared goals and outcomes.

    Functional Teams (e.g., Marketing, Product, HR)

    Functional teams often struggle with communicating their value outside of their domain. My training teaches your team how to be the experts who influence, helping you translate team insights into clear business outcomes for internal and external stakeholders, drive alignment with partner teams, and deliver project updates that focus on impact, not just activity.

    Civic Organizations, Non-Profits, and Volunteer Groups

    Your mission is vital, and your communication must be equally compelling. I help your team craft powerful narratives that resonate with donors, volunteers, and the community. The focus is on effective appeals for funding and support, training spokespeople to deliver the mission message with passion and clarity, and creating call-to-action communications that motivate meaningful participation.

    Request a free 30-minute consultation

    Schedule an initial consultation to answer questions, outline an engagement roadmap, discuss actionable goals

    FAQs

    • My training is highly personalized to you and your team’s situation. Most of my trainings are half-day sessions, but that can be adjusted based on your needs and the challenges you wish to cover.

    • I prefer to do team workshops and trainings in-person, as the ability to collaborate is far easier when we’re all in the same room together. However, I have done online trainings and I am willing to explore that option.

    • As much or as little as you want. But, the more specific you can be when detailing your goals and your challenges, the better. That way, I can create the optimal training experience that your team gets the most value from.

    Ready to communicate well?

    Request a free 30-minute consultation

    Schedule an initial goal and strategy-setting session to answer questions, outline an engagement roadmap, discuss actionable goals