About This Resource

This workshop was part of our 2026 Spring/Summer Leading for Impact: Foundations Series

Series Description

Leading for Impact: Foundations Series was a virtual workshop series focused on building the core skills leaders need to effectively lead and manage teams.

In employment social enterprises, leaders must balance business performance with people-centered support while navigating complex team dynamics. Strong leadership foundations are essential to doing this work well.

This series equipped leaders with practical tools and frameworks to strengthen day-to-day leadership practice. Attendees will explore how to communicate more effectively, navigate conflict, and build stronger, more aligned teams. Sessions incorporated approaches like SMALLIFY, along with opportunities for reflection, discussion, and peer learning.

Designed to be interactive and immediately applicable, this series supported leaders in building the confidence and skills needed to lead with clarity and intention.

Session Description

Build trust and influence by matching how you communicate to what others need in situational leadership. Participants learn how to: 

• Understand the 5 core communications styles and what each style needs to hear
• Recognize their own ways of being (presence, posture, intent) and ways of speaking (language, framing, tone)
• Identify the preferred communication styles of others
• Adapt messages to meet people where they are, without losing authenticity
• Shift between styles to build trust, clarity, and influence
• Prepare communications that support alignment, decision-making, and action
• Apply communication tools to real conversations and presentations 

This workshop helps leaders increase the impact of their communication by adapting how they show up and speak to different audiences. 

Below is the session recording and accompanying materials

About SMALLIFY

SMALLIFY is a rapid innovation firm and method based in Silicon Valley, practiced around the world. We help leaders, organizations and communities break their big goals into smaller, more actionable pieces, so they can take action and get results. Fast. We do this through our SMALLIFY Labs.

SMALLIFY is built around a set of practical problem solving and rapid innovation tools. Like “Lego” pieces, SMALLIFY tools are modular and can be tapped at any time, for any duration, in situational leadership..