Improv for Leaders

Develop improv-based communication skills to lead with ingenuity, empathy, and resilience.

Today’s business environment demands more than traditional leadership—it calls for adaptability, creativity, and the confidence to lead through change. As organizations face rapid transformation, your ability to connect across functions, foster innovation, and respond in the moment is what sets you apart.

This program helps you strengthen one of the most powerful yet underutilized leadership skill sets: improvisation. Improv-based communication gives you the tools to think on your feet, listen with empathy, empower others, and turn uncertainty into opportunity. You’ll learn how to lead with presence, collaborate more effectively, and navigate the unexpected with clarity and confidence.

Over two days of immersive, interactive learning, you’ll draw from social psychology, behavioral science, and improvisational theatre to become a more agile and inspiring leader. Through small group work, role-playing exercises, and real-time feedback, you’ll practice techniques that promote inclusive leadership, idea generation, and courageous communication, all in a supportive, risk-free environment.

Walk away with practical tools you can immediately apply to energize your team, respond to change, and lead with intention.

Key Takeaways

  • Sharpen critical soft skills to become a more creative, flexible, and strategic leader.
  • Adopt an improvisational mindset to build self-awareness and strengthen your interpersonal toolkit.
  • Build teams that work as co-creative ensembles.
  • Leverage improvisational communication skills as a catalyst for positive change.

Who Should Attend

This highly interactive program is designed for leaders who want to expand their interpersonal skillset, develop their creativity, and enhance their ability to adapt, innovate, co-create, and manage risks. 

This program is ideal for business professionals who are taking on a new leadership role or who are facing increased demands to adapt to change.

Meet Your Instructor:

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Beth Walter Associate Teaching Professor of Business Communication