What I Offer

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