What I Offer – Authentic Voice

This work is enormously varied, and can be applied to many different situations. This page lists some of those applications. If you would like to find out how I might be able to help you, please send me a message through the contact page, or get in touch on 07771-988207. I respond to all enquirers, and try to do so as quickly as possible.

One-to-one Coaching

Communication work can cover:

- - presentations (message, tone, structure, delivery)
  - communicating at work (upwards, downwards and with peers )
  - boardroom dynamics, leading teams and meetings
  - inspiring people
  - persuading
  - getting agreement
  - ensuring your contribution is heard and recognised as yours
  - building rapport
  - inspiring cooperation
  - handling conflict
  - managing difficult conversations
  - listening skills
  - thinking
  - prioritising and summarising
  - giving and eliciting feedback
  - personal relationships, family dynamics and social life
  - different communication models (e.g. Non-Violent Communication, Minto’s Pyramid Principle, Harvard Negotiation Project, Scott’s ‘Fierce Conversations’, ethical speech, rhetoric)

Voice coaching can be applied to:

- - workplace communication
  - presentations
  - public and keynote speaking
  - interviews
  - media work
  - personal and social life
  - overcoming a stutter or mumbling
  - adding authority, gravitas and resonance
  - increasing expressiveness
  - toning down an overbearing voice
  - finding optimal pitch
  - improving audibility
  - speeding up or slowing down speech
  - acting and voiceover work

Work on written communication includes:

- - Reports
  - Fundraising and research proposals
  - Academic papers, chapters, dissertations & books
  - Website content
  - Promotional materials
  - Tenders

Job and career planning:

- - Defining career and job goals
  - Identifying learning / training needs
  - Job applications, including covering letters, CVs, interview preparation and self-presentation, cycle of learning for new applications

Setting up a small business, especially as a sole trader

Group trainings, workshops and facilitation

Voices in the therapeutic encounter

- Training for psychotherapists and counsellors

Blue Circle events

For personal and professional development, these events are designed to help people …

- hear their inner, authentic voice
- understand their own needs, and connect to their own resourcefulness
- clarify, simplify and prioritise in complex situations
- make authentic decisions, and follow them through with action
- lead from inner authority, inspiring willing cooperation from others