Use hard science to shift soft skills.

Scientific research offers insights into how people learn, build relationships, and make decisions.

By leveraging this knowledge, we craft programs deeply rooted in human cognitive processes. This ensures that our training is intuitive and memorable for executives, while also driving desired actions in the listener, based in principles of neurological perception.

Make a lasting impression.

Through training, actors learn to embody a role with passion and authenticity. They work through nerves and deliver lines with clarity.

We leverage these transformative techniques to train professionals’ mind, body and voice. Our clients overcome anxiety and inhibiting habits to master the arts of radiating charisma, delivering impactful messages, and forging meaningful connections.

Know what hooks audiences.

From Pixar to Hitchcock, crafting a sticky story is an art and a science.

We decode jargon, “business speak” and unhelpful verbal habits to uncover what matters to your listener.

We teach what the screenwriting masters know about underlying story mechanics to craft narratives that drive engagement, emotion, and action.

Connect the dots between training and real world application.

Most communication training, especially if it includes aspects of acting or improv, feels transformative in the moment but doesn’t stick because there’s a missing link between training exercises and direct application.

We guide executives through the crucial step of integrating their learnings into the actual moments that matter. There is a direct link between UP training and solving business problems.