Corporate Keynotes & Training
High-stakes communication requires clarity, confidence, and compassion. Martha trains leaders, HR teams, and executives to navigate emotionally charged moments with professionalism and humanity.
Emotionally complex situations, such as layoffs, restructuring, conflict, difficult feedback, medical crises, and performance issues, require communication that is clear, grounded, and human. Yet most leaders have never been trained to handle these conversations effectively.
Martha’s Corporate Training & Keynotes equip organizations with proven frameworks, scripts, and communication tools grounded in grief psychology and executive leadership strategy. Your leaders will walk away with practical skills they can use immediately, even under pressure.
Equipping:
HR & People Teams
Navigate conflict, crisis, restructuring, and the emotional impact of organizational change.
Managers & Supervisors
Build confidence and skill in handling sensitive, difficult, or high-stakes conversations.
Executive Leadership
Communicate decisions with clarity, stability, and humanity while maintaining organizational integrity.
Signature Keynotes
Good at Bad News: Communicating Hard Decisions with Humanity
A powerful keynote for leaders tasked with delivering layoffs, restructuring updates, or emotionally difficult messages. Participants learn how to communicate with clarity and empathy while supporting morale and minimizing harm.
Loss-Informed Leadership™ Training
A foundational workshop for leaders and HR teams that blends grief psychology with communication effectiveness. Participants learn how to support employees through organizational change, conflict, and transition.
The Loss-Informed Workplace: What Every Organization Needs to Know
Loss isn’t limited to death. Diagnoses, missed promotions, team changes, conflict, and burnout all create emotional impact at work. This keynote equips teams with the awareness and language they need to create psychologically safe, resilient cultures.
Training Programs
High-Stakes Communication Workshop
A practical, hands-on training covering the exact scripts, frameworks, and conversational structures leaders need for difficult conversations at work.
From Avoidance to Leadership: Having the Conversations People Fear Most
Most leaders avoid hard conversations, not because they don’t care, but because they don’t know how to begin. This keynote provides practical frameworks for navigating conflict, giving feedback, and addressing sensitive topics with confidence.
Manager Essentials for Emotionally Complex Conversations
Designed for frontline supervisors and mid-level managers. Provides practical communication tools to help navigate performance challenges, conflict, and unexpected emotional situations.
Training Outcomes
Leaders who communicate confidently under pressure
Reduced emotional fallout during layoffs and restructuring
Improved psychological safety
Clear, consistent communication across leadership
Better morale and trust during organizational change
Practical tools leaders can use immediately
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