Mark Bunting

COMMUNICATEBETTER

I teach people to get on with each other

Don't spend all your time fighting fires. Use the flames to your advantage.

As a human communications specialist I design programmes specifically for you and your organisation, tailored to your needs.

It may be through the OPEN Flames framework, presentation and public speaking training, personal branding, executive coaching or a simple team-building day.

When you have a team communicating effectively, it's all HEHE.

Harmony. Efficiency. Happiness. Effectiveness.

What You Get

Communication makes your team work.

People say communications training is a soft skill. Try running your engine without the soft stuff and see how long you last.

You've got the right players in your team because of what they bring to your organisation — now invest in getting them to work together.

Help good people become legendary teams

Do your employees function as a cohesive team, or more like a group of individual contributors?

Even if you have good people on staff, if they don’t work well together, you’ll never grow as fast as you should, and your bottom line will suffer.

Open Flames can help your people come together as a team by providing you with a solid framework for leveraging the collective talents of the group.

Do this and your growth will accelerate, and your profits will soar!

Teach the entire organisation to communicate more effectively

What is the cost of bad communication?

Sales fall through. Deadlines are missed. People quit their jobs. Culture suffers. Frustration rises… and profits TANK.

The good news is that this can be an easy fix.

With Open Flames training under their belts, your employees will quickly learn how to communicate in all four personality styles.

Fix your communication issues in less than 6 hours and your team will be hard to beat!

Cultivate great culture

How many of your employees wake up excited to come to work every day?

To stay competitive and retain the best talent in today’s business climate, you need a great CULTURE — but have you noticed the first part of ‘culture’ is ‘cult’? You have to create the kind of team that people WANT to be part of without losing themselves in the process.

Our training focuses on finding your fire and appreciating others’.

Stop making bad hires

Every bad hiring decision your team makes costs thousands of dollars.

Use the Flames framework to determine the exact traits you are looking for (or are looking to avoid!) in the candidates you interview and what their communication style will add to your existing team dynamic.

When you hire the right people, you win!

Build trust and loyalty

All life and business is relationships; relationships are built on trust.

When you share the Flames with your employees, they will understand how to apply it at work, at home, and even in the way they see themselves.

They will feel like the organisation is investing in them personally.

Increased trust and loyalty lead to better overall team commitment, culture, and performance!

Ramp up sales performance

People skills are at the heart of sales performance.

Salespeople need to understand which of their own limiting behaviours are costing them sales, how to read the styles of their potential customers so they communicate effectively, and how to make the sales process easy and natural for each of the four Flames.

Reduce conflict

Did you know that managers typically spend 25% of their time or more resolving personality conflicts in the workplace?

How much money are YOU wasting on conflict? Take the total number of managers in your organisation, multiply by an average manager’s annual salary, and multiply that number by 0.25.

Stop throwing that money away! Instead, invest a small fraction of that cost into OPEN Flames.

Flames will help you reduce conflict in your workplace and free up your managers’ time so they can actually get real work done!

Choose Your Path

What Do You Need?

Whether you want your team to finally click, your next presentation to land, or that important speech to be unforgettable — pick what fits.

Find Your Fire

Understand Your Style

Take the quiz, discover your flame colour, and finally understand why you click with some people and clash with others. Simple enough to remember, powerful enough to change your team.

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Spread Your Fire

Present Like You Mean It

Stop dreading presentations. Learn to structure your message, own the room, and deliver with the confidence that makes people actually listen.

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Hire Your Fire

Book Mark for Your Event

Weddings, funerals, corporate MC work. Mark brings warmth, wit and a master communicator’s touch to the moments that matter most. He’s not the star — you are.

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Free Quiz

Discover Your Flame Colour

We don't all speak the same style. Take the 15 Fast Flamesquiz and discover your unique communication colour in under 5 minutes. It's fast, fun, and surprisingly revealing — a simpler alternative to DISC and Myers-Briggs that actually works.

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Real Results

What People Walk Away With

“It was perfectly pitched, insightful and connected really well with the team. It definitely changed the vernacular in the group and made the other tasks more interesting as we observed the different coloured flames working together. Everyone rated the session really highly, and the consensus was that it was one of the best sessions we've had.”

— Team Session Feedback

Workshop participants laughing and engaged
Happy group after a communication workshop
Fun workshop with teachers

The Podcast

The Mark Bunting Podcast

29 episodes covering OPEN FLAME techniques, business communication, and life. Featuring segments like “Cliff X Face”, “Rich by 60”, and “TWUTPOR” — real stories, practical tips, and the occasional motorcycle tangent.

Latest Episode: Cliff X Face

24:30

Ready to Change How Your Team Communicates?

Book a workshop, get a keynote for your next event, or just start a conversation about what your team needs.

027 496 1699Hamilton, Waikato