Stop paying the communication tax on your team
When leadership teams don’t communicate well, your business pays the price.
I help you build a disciplined communication rhythm that eliminates friction and accelerates execution.
Align Your Communication, Accelerate Your Impact
Communication misalignment and breakdowns are the silent killer of teams, costing organizations millions because of unclear strategies, slow decision-making, a lack of buy-in, and duplicated effort.
Does your leadership team struggle with:
Communicative Drift: Messages from one department conflict with another, confusing stakeholders and causing delays
Siloes and Showboats: Leaders seek what’s best for their teams rather than the company, and they try to one-up each other by appearing to do more than everyone else
Meeting Malaise: Discussions are boring, leading to lengthy, inefficient updates and vague action items
Conflict Avoidance: Difficult conversations are sidestepped, and small problems grow into major issues thanks to artificial harmony
Stalled Initiatives: Great ideas fail to get traction because they lack clarity and buy-in
Trust Gaps: The absence of clear, consistent, collaborative communication creates a culture where employees fear negative consequences for surfacing disagreement or challenging decisions
“The way you approached communicating, especially through disagreements was thoughtful, practical, and genuinely inspiring. … It gave people something meaningful to reflect on, not just professionally but personally as well.”
—Attendee
The Leadership Communication Dividend
Two ways to help transform your team’s communication
1-Day Training
An all-day session with your team designed to uncover your communication tax leaks and provide practical tools for how to fix them.
• Communication Tax Audit & Goal Setting
• Leveraging Curiosity and Questions
• The ASK then SEE Communication Method
• How to Measure Communication Effectiveness
I’m a communication expert with nearly two decades leading corporate teams — from startups to private equity-backed enterprises. I understand the collective friction points, I’ve been the executive driving cross-functional alignment, and I know what works.
I don’t just teach theory; I provide the practical tools your team needs to communicate in ways you never learned in school.
Through my trainings or ongoing programs, I’ll work with your team to create the shared language needed to drive results, foster psychological safety, and communicate with undeniable executive presence.
1-Year Engagement
Quarterly day-long sessions designed to create a shared way of communicating more effectively across your team and organization.
• Q1: Communication Tax Audit and Action-Planning
• Q2: Conflict Communitation Intensive
• Q3: Communicating Vision & Change Intensive
• Q4: Feedback & Accountability Intensive
1:1 Coaching
For the 1-Day Training, each participating member of your team will get a 30-minute 1:1 coaching session with me to work on their individual, specific communication challenges and goals.
For the 1-Year Engagement, each participating member of your team will get two 1-hour 1:1 coaching sessions with me per quarter to work on their individual, specific communication challenges and goals.
A few organizations I’ve worked with
“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
Ready to reduce your communication tax burden?
Schedule an initial consultation
Let’s find time to answer your questions, outline an engagement roadmap, and discuss actionable goals