Friday 13 November 2026 12.30-4.00 pm
In today’s hybrid and fast-paced environments, communication is no longer just about clarity, it is about impact, presence, and influence. Executive support professionals are expected to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics, advocate effectively, and maintain visibility, all while working across locations, time zones, and digital channels. This workshop explores how to communicate with intention and authority so your voice carries weight, regardless of where or how you work.
Participants will learn how to balance assertiveness with diplomacy, ensuring they can speak up, negotiate priorities, and hold boundaries without creating friction. The session also addresses the nuances of remote and distributed communication, equipping attendees with practical strategies to remain visible, aligned, and trusted contributors within their teams.
By strengthening communication habits and elevating presence, attendees will leave better positioned to influence outcomes, build stronger professional relationships, and operate with confidence in high-stakes and remote environments.
Workshop outcomes
- Communicating with clarity and conviction to ensure your message is received with respect
- Understanding the nuance of tone and timing, and choosing the appropriate channel to maximise impact across working environments
- Reframing requests, priorities, and boundaries to ask without demanding
- Maintaining visibility and professional presence, in all working environments
- Building trust and alignment across distributed teams
- Influencing outcomes confidently in high-stakes or sensitive situations.
About your workshop leader
Corrie Fitch, Capability Manager, Axiom Associates
Corrie Fitch is an award-winning organisational designer, strategist, and communication specialist who helps leaders strengthen performance by understanding the human systems that drive it.
With a career spanning journalism, government, consulting, and executive advisory, Corrie has spent more than 15 years helping organisations navigate complexity, improve workforce performance, and make better decisions. She has led transformational work across government, education, health, and private sectors, partnering with executives to solve challenges involving capability, culture, retention, wellbeing, organisational design, and strategic alignment.
Currently a Capability Manager at Axiom Associates and founder of Fitch Consulting, Corrie is known for translating complex problems into practical solutions that balance commercial outcomes with human needs. Her work has consistently delivered measurable improvements in retention, engagement, absenteeism, and organisational effectiveness.
A former television journalist and award-winning consultant, Corrie brings a unique perspective that combines strategic thinking, communication expertise, and human-centred design. She believes strong leaders are not simply subject matter experts—they are decision-makers who understand the broader business context, communicate with clarity, and create environments where people can perform at their best.
In this session, Corrie will explore how to strengthen your business lens, think beyond your immediate role, and communicate in a way that builds influence, maintains connection, and supports healthy professional boundaries.