Tavis Smiley

Cohort 1 - Founding Members

Executives and senior leaders who set strategy, lead teams, and drive organizational outcomes.

Broad professional audience — content relevant across many roles and functions.

Executive communication — presenting to boards, writing memos, running all-hands, and high-stakes messaging.

Developing leadership skills — inspiring teams, building culture, navigating organizational complexity, and driving results through others.

Persuading stakeholders, presenting ideas, and getting buy-in across an organization without formal authority.

Master skills that separate memorable professionals from forgettable ones, and turn everyday dialogue into great conversations. 

Created & Produced by Mona Golden-Brown

Award-Winning Broadcaster

The Anatomy of a Great Conversation

Finance

Peacebuilder 

Executive Strategy Consultant and Mediator

Consultant

Retired From UPS 

Hearing Officer/Dispute Resolution Strategist

Professional Organizer/Consultant

Spanish (Language & Culture)Teacher

Administrative Clerk

<p>After nearly 40 years of interviewing presidents, world leaders, and cultural icons, Tavis Smiley has distilled the art and science of great conversation into a transformative 4-week course. This isn't about becoming a "better talker" - it's about mastering the skills that make people seek you out, trust you faster, do business with you, and remember conversations with you long after they end. </p>

Learn how to turn your conversations into career currency

Create psychological safety that gets people to open up

Master the art of generous listening and "conversational following"

Navigate difficult conversations and conflict without destroying relationships

Engineer memorable, "epochal" moments that become conversational touchstones

Turn conversation mastery into career currency

<h4>Podcasters &amp; Interviewers</h4><p>Who want guests to say "That was the best conversation I've had all year"</p>

<h4>High-Stakes Professionals</h4><p>In sales, consulting, coaching where building trust and influence quickly, and relationship-building are currency</p>

<h4>Business Leaders &amp; Civic Leaders</h4><p>Anyone navigating difficult conversations at work, in communities, or across political divides</p>

Learn directly from Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

Courses

The Anatomy of a Great Conversation

Lightning Lessons

The Anatomy of a Great Conversation - Live Preview