Why Communication Agility?
In my experience, I’ve seen middle managers struggle with sharing the right amount of information at the right time that’s adapted for the audience. I was in a project status meeting once where the team leads wasted their time as the Project Manager allowed a discussion of a missing cable to go on for 20 minutes covering the exact cable type, where to get it, how to purchase it, and who would go pick it up!
Studies directly link communication issues to productivity and quality in the workplace. For small to medium businesses (SMBs), more than 17 hours are spent on correcting miscommunications, costing up to $525,000 annually – that’s roughly $5000 per team member. (source)
Gallup shows us that team engagement – driven by a culture of clarity, information flow and transparency – i.e. communication agility – produces 18% more sales, 41% higher quality, and 23% increased profitability. (source)
In studies about the number one Project Management Office (PMO) issue – project prioritization - it is found that saying “no” is an equal partner to scoring methods (both at 28%) as the main challenges! (Source: Sciforma, 2024, The PMO Outlook Report). It is clear to us at Kite Agility that Project Leaders benefit from improving communication agility in equal measure to improving their methods and standards.
I'm passionate about navigating you through communication and content challenges! The flight plan to achieving your goals with Communication Agility - effectively communicating good and bad news, telling meaningful stories from data, and facilitating good decisions - includes agility presentations, consulting and individual advisory.
Communication Agility for Project Management
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Elevate your team story with training, team presentations, or keynote:
Listening Intelligence for Teams (LIFT)
Clarity & Credibility
Team Purpose
KITE Strengths
Content Relevance
How to be Heard
Strategic Thinking vs. Critical Thinking
Courageous Communication
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Individual Advisory
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Elevate your project/PMO leader story with our solutions for:
Delivering Messages to Executives
Sharing Bad News
Magnetizing your Push Communications
Telling Stories from Data
Stakeholder Agreement
Communicating Risks
Sharing Project or Resource Status
Prioritization Issues and Effects
Individual Advisory
Individual Advisory
Elevate your career story with brainstorming on:
Leadership Skills and Business Acumen
Individualized Listening Advisory
Individualized KITE Strengths Advisory
Project Management Problem Solving
Resolving Conflicts
Positioning your Career Uniquely
Developing a Work Portfolio
Energizing your Career
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Dori Gilbert, PMO-CP
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Dori's project management experience began in technology development project management. She led a PMO team with objectives in providing coordinated product releases. She oversaw product marketing projects, then transitioned in leading IT project communications, creating smooth technology transitions and setting up the tools and training for adoption success.
Read more about Dori's passion for project delivery and her clarity superpower, which enables critical information to reach the right stakeholders at the right time!
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Hourly $175
4-session bundle: $450
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Elevate Your Listening
ECHO Listening Intelligence
The Echo Listening Intelligence assessment helps you identify unique listening preferences in yourself and others.
Dori is an ECHO Certified Practitioner and provides you or your team strategies to improve communication.
Learn more about what Listening Intelligence (LQ) is, the ECHO assessment, and how it helps to better conversational outcomes.
Communication Improvement for Individuals: ECHO Listening Assessment plus a one-hour training/debrief.
Team Communication Improvement: For teams of up to 4: Individual ECHO reports plus an ECHO team report with a 90-minute training and debrief session:
Request a quote for larger teams or a full three-session training module with exercises over three weeks (LIFT).
Contact us for questions and to schedule.
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Individual Assessment & Debrief: $175
10-question assessment and 1-hour debrief
Team Assessments & Debrief (up to 4 individuals): $1,500
3 hours - Individual Assessments + Team Assessment + Customized Training
Team LIFT(TM) training: Request Quote
July Birthday Month Special!
This month marks more than my birthday—it marks a return to the work that lights me up. The kind where clarity meets courage, and communication becomes connection.
Month 7 - 70% off! $53 for self-guided training video plus a 30-minute session with me.
Use the Pay Now button above to make your $53 payment to launch your communication lift!
Announcing July Free Webinar!
Cleared for Prioritization Webinar
Conflict doesn’t have to stall progress. In fact, it can signal exactly where clarity is needed most.
~An interactive webinar for project leaders and PMOs~
When priorities pile up and everyone’s pulling rank, it’s not just chaos—it’s a signal. Conflict is trying to tell you something. The question is: can your team hear it?
Join strategist Dori Gilbert for an energizing 1-hour flight through the fog of misalignment, urgency theater, and hidden expectations. You’ll explore a new way to navigate competing demands without losing strategic altitude—or your sense of clarity.
Together, we’ll explore:
3 Types of Project Conflict - From cross-functional turbulence to stakeholder storm cells—spot what kind of chaos you're flying through before deciding how to respond.
The 3 Leadership Instruments that are your dashboard for decod conflict.
The hidden skills strong leaders use to reframe tension into momentum.
A preview of a communication-first approach to realignment.
This session is ideal for:
- Project leaders feeling stuck in prioritization quicksand
- PMOs looking for messaging tools that drive alignment
- Change agents ready to lead with clarity and calm under pressure
Because when your message soars, your team can too.
About Kite Agility
Elevate Your Story
Today’s kites are multi-dimensional and versatile. When I have flown a two-line kite as a beginner, I still had great fun getting that kite to finesse its way through the sky!
Did you know teams lose almost an entire workday per week to miscommunication*? I enjoy solving this type of project leadership problem in multiple dimensions. I delight in finessing information sharing and stakeholder connections using my superpower of clarity. I’m passionate about helping project leaders navigate effective communications through project demands, varying priorities, and their team objectives.
I envision project management leaders to have the skills they need as the function shifts to be more relational, strategic, and empathetic. With communication agility, I see them landing the most relevant and timely messages into various audiences, situations, and decisions.
I also am passionate about content and ensuring that is is working for your small business or team, now and through navigating business challenges and changes. Content resilience creates future agility!
Ready to adventure into communication agility with our solutions?
Come fly with me! - Dori, Managing Director
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