Speak Well,
Disagree Better.
Corporate Communication Training & Debate Programmes
We are a world-leading communication consultancy, delivering training, events, and digital tools that enable your people to speak well and disagree better.
Skills Training
We help professionals at every level develop essential human skills.
Engagement Events
We deliver dynamic debates and memorable events for corporate audiences.
Social Impact
We connect professionals with young people in powerful, purposeful ways.
The Deb App
We’re building the ultimate AI-powered communication coach.
Since 2015, we have worked with tens of thousands of professionals spanning geographies and generations, roles and responsibilities, sectors and seniority.
With a Net Promoter Score of 78, we consistently rank in the top percentile of training providers worldwide.
Why Debate Mate?
Proven Methodology
Our unique debate-led approach turns communication into a practical, lasting skill. Simple techniques you can apply immediately – in day-day conversations, meetings, pitches, and leadership.
Comprehensive Offerings
From bespoke training to high-impact showcase debates, social impact partnerships, and our digital app – we deliver offerings that fit your people, your budget and your goals.
Inclusive & Personalised
From bespoke training to high-impact showcase debates, social impact partnerships, and our digital app – we deliver offerings that fit your people, your budget and your goals.
Trusted Globally
We’ve worked with hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide across the FTSE 100 and beyond, and thousands of students around the globe, consistently driving better outcomes for all.
Purpose Beyond Profit
Every partnership with Debate Mate fuels our award-winning programmes for young people – building the next generation of confident communicators and responsible leaders.
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FAQ’s
Debate Mate’s corporate communication training equips professionals with the skills to speak with clarity, structure arguments under pressure, and disagree well without damaging relationships. Using our debate methodology, we deliver training across skills sessions, engagement events, and digital coaching tools, all designed around real workplace communication challenges.
Showcase debates are structured, live debate events designed for businesses. Participants argue opposing positions on a real business or industry question in front of colleagues, developing the ability to perform under pressure, think on their feet, and communicate with conviction. They work as team engagement events, away days, and leadership development experiences.
Debate Mate works with organisations across all industries, from professional services, finance, technology, retail, government, hospitality and sport. Clients include Deloitte, PwC, HSBC, Amazon, Apple, Tesco, the Premier League, and UK Civil Service. We work with businesses of all sizes – from high-growth companies building communication culture to global enterprises developing senior leadership pipelines.
We work with professionals at every level – from graduate cohorts and emerging talent programmes to senior leaders and C-suite executives. Our training is particularly effective for roles that require persuasion, negotiation, or public-facing communication, including sales, legal, consulting, HR, and policy teams.
A typical Debate Mate skills training programme runs across three to five sessions, allowing time for skill development, practice, and embedding. Programmes are designed around your team’s schedule and objectives – we offer standalone workshops, multi-session series, and ongoing engagement through our Deb AI coaching app between sessions.
Deb is Debate Mate’s AI-powered communication coaching app. It gives professionals an AI-powered space to practise speaking, receive structured feedback, and build communication skills between training sessions. Deb extends the impact of in-person training by making daily practice accessible – helping individuals develop at their own pace, on their own schedule.
Debate Mate programmes are priced based on team size, format, and duration. Contact us for a tailored proposal.
Debate Mate is a social business – every corporate programme we deliver directly funds our schools’ work, which provides after-school debate clubs to young people in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities. When a business trains with Debate Mate, it also invests in closing the communication skills gap for the next generation.
