A 5-week long course with life-long access to a community to practice communication for any workplace scenarios.

Most non-native speakers focus too much on themselves (“what should I say?”, “did I say it right?”), but it’s their audience that matters. This course will teach you to deliver your message accurately, concisely and effectively to anyone in any role.

Sign up for a free coaching session and meet the instructor!

You are responsible for a team and want to communicate and get to alignment with your team more effectively.

You want to transition to a role that requires more intense communication, and need a community to practice together.

You are an indivdual contributor but want your voice to be heard loud and clear, and aim to take on a leadership role soon.

After this course, you will be a confident, effective communicator.

We’ll go in-depth on the following concepts

Adapt your message to different audiences

Deliver your message strongly and precisely

Exercises designed for non-native English speakers

Shunyao grew up in China and moved to the US for graduate school in 2013. When she first arrived she had to rely on other students to help translate in conversations with her advisor. It took many years but she was able to improve her communication skills enough to become a product manager at Google (as one of the 45 people around the globe accepted in the Google APM program). 

Over the years, she has seen numerous pitfalls that lead to miscommunication in the workplace, and developed frameworks that work the best for non-native English speakers. This course is a distillation of everything she learnt along the way.

This wouldn't be those meetings where you can turn off the camera and listen while doing other things. There will be polls, sticky notes, breakout rooms, role play etc. Please prepare to be fully present for the workshop.

You will soon forget about the methodolgy without the practice. There will be plenty of small group exercises, sandboxes, role plays, critique sessions where you can apply the frameworks you learnt.

You will meet people who are in similar career stages. You will get personalized feedback on your work and the workplace situation you are in. You can always come back to this community when you face new workplace communication challenges in the future.

Highly recommend this course to non-native English speakers who want to improve their English to the next level. I learnt a few pattens that can effectively solve the problems I am facing at work, after studying and working in English for for a long time. In this course, you will also find a valuable community for English learning, work and life.

As a non-English native speaker, I always struggled to do effective communication in the workplace. If you want to boost your confidence, teamwork, and collaboration by practical communication tactics, Take the course from Shunyao, she is truly a master who knows how to help you. In fact, everyone should do it. Highly recommended!

You can handle day-to-day conversation at work. Ideally you have worked in an English environment for a few years.

What level of English is required to sign up?

In total, you will commit 3-5 hours a week on this course. 

The course includes 3 parts: 1) A 2-hour Zoom workshop per week led by Shunyao. 2) A themed group exercise within your pod every week. 3) Additional community exercises and office hours.

What does the course include and how much time does it take?

A pod is a group of 6-8 people to practice together. You will be assigned to a pod prior to the course. 

In your application, you can also apply to be a pod lead to coordinate and lead the pod events. Being a pod lead is a good opportunity to practice facilitating discussions. In addition, you will get extra time with the instructor and a secret reward at the end of the course.

In the application form, you will enter your recurring availability. The final live session time will be sent to you before you confirm your spot. The group exercise within your pod is up to you and your pod members.

If you have to miss a class or two, you can access the recording later. With that said, communication takes a lot of practice, we strongly recommend you make time for them.

When are the live sessions and what if I have conflicts?

The practice does not stop at the end of the course. You will have life-long access to a community that continues to gather and practice together. For example, if you take on a new role and have new communication challenges, you can come back to the community to role play for the new conflict scenarios.

The biggest thing we value in the community is the spirit of service to others. The community is a safe space to practice different real life scenarios and get honest feedback. Be generous with your time, knowledge and support to each other. Karma has a way of finding its way back.

What are you looking for in applications?

You will hear back by Sep 10th You will then confirm your spot with payment.

Many companies treat work-related courses such as this one as reimbursable expenses. And if yours doesn't, you can always ask your boss. Here is a template you can use for the request.

You will get a 100% refund. And we’d love to get your feedback to improve!

What if I am not satisfied with this course after taking it?

Sign up for a free coaching session (limited spots available) and meet the instructor!

Email info@communicateatwork.org for more questions.

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You are not a native English speaker but you dream of becoming a team lead, a manager or a founder. You are worried that your English is not good enough, so you bury any ambitions to become a leader.

This course aims to unblock your career by helping you master workplace communication. You’ll leave this course a more effective communicator, with a toolkit of frameworks and a community to practice together.

Workplace Communication for Non-native English Speakers

Unblock your career by mastering workplace communication

A 5-week long bootcamp with life-long access to a community for practice.