Interpersonal Communication Coaching
Be more of yourself in every room.
A holistic, activity-based program that takes you from wherever you are to the 95th percentile of communicators. It teaches the principles the best communicators use and covers every Tier 1 skill.
The goal
Not who I want you to be. More of who you are.
With your closest friends and family, you never notice yourself thinking while you speak. You're just being yourself.
This program brings that same ease into the situations that make you most uncomfortable by building skills through practice, feedback and progression.
The path
Your journey to confidence follows one path.
Flow
Your ability to think and speak without preparation. Once we're both confident in your flow, we build on top of it.
Structure
Frameworks for critical thinking, storytelling, emotional expression and fluency, used whether you've prepared or not.
Impact
Calculated pressure that makes your skills concise, effective and clear, so they stay sharp when the stakes are high.
My teaching style
Built to make skills stick.
You learn by doing
90% activity, 10% theory, and even the theory is practised. You do, get feedback, reflect and do again. Repetition is what turns information into skill.
Gamified, built on exposure therapy
Every activity has levels. We start easy, so you feel safe enough to bring more of yourself to it.
Then the levels rise and I apply calculated pressure, so your new skills hold up when it counts, not just in practice.
Designed around you
No two programs run the same. Your session 3 won't look like anyone else's.
You'll do every activity, but how much time each one gets depends on your goals, what I see you need and how quickly you adapt.
You become your own coach
I don't want you dependent on me. Every activity can be practised alone, and from week 6 you record your practice and give yourself feedback. In our sessions we break down what you noticed and how to fix it.
So if something slips two years from now, you know exactly what to do: pick the activity, record, review, fix. Any work we do together after that should be on Tier 2 and Tier 3 skills.
Program structure
Twelve weeks of real practice.
Flow first, then structure, then impact.
Can run to 2.5 hours, free of charge, when a breakthrough is close.
In 20 to 30 minute blocks, or longer, to fit your schedule. More time one week? I'll give you more work.
Stuck while practising? I'll clear it up on text or call so you can keep going.
Program content
Every Tier 1 skill, practised until it's yours.
- Every session opens with unprepared speech and closes with prepared speech, each with its own progressions.
- In between, you build each skill through a variety of activities.
- Then you use those skills while speaking, prepared and unprepared, until they become part of how you naturally express yourself.
Unprepared Speaking
Drills that get harder as you go.
You get: the ability to speak on any topic, on the spot, without freezing.
Prepared Speaking
Two speeches: one that plays to your strengths, one that attacks what you avoid.
You get: proof of how far you've come, and focus on your growth areas.
Critical Reasoning
Repeatable structures for analysing problems and thinking out loud under pressure.
You get: arguments people follow the first time, and answers that actually answer the question.
Storytelling
Five devices, drilled until they arrive on demand.
You get: abstract points that land and get remembered.
Humor
Humor treated as a craft, with parts you can practise.
You get: the ability to lighten a room on purpose, not by luck.
Voice Modulation
Pitch, pace, pause and emphasis, one variable at a time.
You get: a voice that holds attention instead of asking for it.
Emotional Expression
Practise out loud the emotions you're least comfortable with, and the ones most people avoid.
You get: the ability to say hard things without losing the room, or yourself.
Speech Clarity
Constraint-based drills that strip out everything unnecessary.
You get: shorter, cleaner sentences that say exactly what you mean.
Getting in the Zone
A routine you run before the moment that matters.
You get: the ability to show up ready on demand, not just on a good day.
Two ways to take it
One to one, or with a cohort.
1 to 1
Entirely around you
- 12 weeks, a 2-hour session every week
- More time practising directly with me, and more personalised feedback
- Curated around your communication profile, field and goals
- Direct call and text access, 6-hour max response
- Sessions may run long when a breakthrough is within reach
- Start whenever you're ready, in the time slot that suits you
Cohort
Groups of 4 to 8
- The same 2-hour weekly session
- Group activities and peer feedback
- Practising in front of others stretches your comfort zone
- A group channel for doubts and discussion
- Fixed start dates
How to start
Two ways to begin working with me.
Let's talk about your goals.
Not sure which route suits you? A 20-minute discovery call is the easiest way to find out.