Communication & Presence
Being clear, being heard and holding a room, from presentations to speaking up in meetings.
Good for: Any team. The most requested session.
Training for teams · LA or anywhere
Trainings that change how your team shows up.
Interactive sessions that get your team thinking, talking and working differently, and having a great time doing it.
Free to scopeTeams of 10 to 100
Before and after
Six things you’d notice in the weeks after.
What leaders tell me before we start, and what changes after.
“Everything ends up on my desk.”
Fewer escalations
Managers handle the hard conversations themselves.
“They nod in the meeting, then object in the hallway.”
Decisions stick
Objections come up in the room, so things get settled once.
“We keep redoing the same work.”
Less rework
Briefs land the first time.
“My new managers are winging it.”
Managers get a method
A real way to do the job they were promoted into.
“The loudest voice wins.”
Quieter people speak up
The best idea in the room stops getting lost.
“I can’t lose good people to a bad manager.”
Good people stay
Managers become people others want to work for.
My approach
It’s called “Yes, And.” And yes, there’s improv.
Stay with me. The best teams already do what improvisers do. My trainings teach it on your feet, laughing and moving.
Listen. Build on each other. Make each other look good.
- Improv-basedOn-your-feet exercises, not slides
- Built for youYour team, your goals, your dynamics
What I train on
Where teams usually get stuck.
Every session is built around your team. These are the shapes most take.
Leadership for new managers
The jump from doing the work to leading the people who do it. Delegation, feedback, and the conversations first-time managers avoid.
Good for: Recently promoted managers and team leads.
Sales & Client relationships
Reading the room, adapting in real time, and building rapport that isn’t a technique. Improv is unusually good at teaching this.
Good for: Sales teams, account managers, brokers, advisors.
Three more sessions
Team trust & Collaboration
Building on each other instead of defending your patch, and settling conflict in the room, not around it.
Good for: Teams that grew fast, merged, went remote, or are stuck in conflict.
Navigating change
Staying useful when the org chart moves, the strategy shifts, or the thing everyone planned around disappears.
Good for: Teams mid-restructure, mid-merger, or mid-pivot.
Built from scratch
Tell me the actual problem and I’ll design the session around it. Most of my work starts here.
Good for: Anyone whose problem isn’t on this list.
How it works
From first call to follow-up.
- A call, 30 minutes
What’s going on, what you want different, and whether I’m the right fit. Free.
- A proposal
Outline, length, format and price in writing within a few days, ready for whoever signs off.
- The session
Built for your team, not pulled off a shelf. I’ll have learned your context before I walk in.
- Follow-up
A short recap your team can share, so the tools stick after everyone’s back at their desks.
What teams say
Skeptical going in. Here’s what they said after.
50 of our brokers were skeptical walking into a sales training. Within minutes you could feel the room lean in and the energy change. Educational, entertaining, and he commanded the room, a rare combo. Highly recommend.
Forrest WittenmeirFounding Partner, Newfront InsuranceOn behalf of Cedars-Sinai please accept my warm appreciation for the exceptional Leadership and Public Speaking Workshop that you delivered. The feedback we received was overwhelmingly positive and some of the participants mentioned it was the best leadership retreat they’d attended.
James KlasenChange Management Manager, Cedars-SinaiNoel taught 350 of our business school students how to be more persuasive and impactful when interviewing, speaking impromptu and establishing meaningful connection. We were so thrilled with the results that we brought him back again and again.
Emily TaylorDirector, MBA Career Education & Communications, UCLA AndersonNoel infused new thinking into our organization. We were left with better team connections and great memories, and we look forward to working with him again.
Brian CondonVP Sales, Bonterra Organic EstatesBrian has hired me three times to work with his teams.
From the room
What it looks like when it lands.
Start here
Let’s make your team more connected, productive and creative.
Tell me what’s not working and what you want instead. I’ll design a session around it. Free to scope, no pitch.
Trainings typically range$5,000 to $10,000
Quoted per engagement. Length, group size, travel and customization all move the number.
Todd GrinerExecutive Director, Critical Care Services*My nursing team has high-stakes jobs. I wanted training in a format that was actually enjoyable. This exceeded my expectations.
*Hospital name withheld at his request.
Before you reach out
What people ask before bringing me in.
Getting started
How does an engagement usually start?
A short call about what’s going on with the team, not a sales call. I’ll tell you honestly whether training is the right tool. Sometimes it isn’t, and I’d rather say that than sell you a session that won’t hold.
How far ahead do we need to plan?
Four to six weeks is comfortable for a custom session, because the design work happens in between. Faster is possible for shorter formats.
Do you travel?
Yes. I’m based in Los Angeles and run sessions on site wherever your team is. Travel and accommodation are billed at cost on top of the fee, and I’ll estimate them up front so there’s no surprise on the invoice.
What group sizes work?
Ten to a hundred, more by arrangement. Under about thirty, everyone practices; bigger rooms lean on demos and small groups. Both work.
The work
Our team will hate this. They’ve had bad training before.
Most rooms start skeptical, and that’s a reasonable position given what’s usually on offer. I’d rather have a skeptical room than a compliant one. It’s more honest and the shift is more real when it comes. Nobody gets forced into anything.
How custom is it?
Every session is built for the group. I’ll talk to you, and usually to a few of the people who’ll be in the room, before designing anything. Off-the-shelf training is why people brace for training.
What happens in the room?
People are on their feet and doing things, not watching slides. The method is improv-based, which sounds alarming to about half of any given room and turns out to be the reason it works. You can’t practice a hard conversation by listening to someone describe one.
Results
How do we know it worked?
Agree up front on what should change: more candid one-on-ones, fewer escalations, managers delegating. Check at 60 and 90 days. I’ll send a summary your team can act on, and can run a follow-up to reinforce it.
Is one session enough?
For a specific skill, often yes. For a shift in how a team operates, a single session starts it and a follow-up six to eight weeks later is what makes it stick. I’ll tell you which one your situation needs rather than defaulting to the bigger package.
Money
How is it priced?
Group size, session length, and travel all move it, so engagements are quoted individually. There’s no cost to scope it. Tell me what you’re dealing with and you’ll get a proposal with a number in it.
Can you work within a fixed budget?
Usually. Tell me the number and I’ll tell you honestly what’s possible inside it, or say if it isn’t enough for what you’re describing. That conversation is faster than three rounds of proposals.