Communicate With Executive Presence And Influence
Inspire. Captivate. Lead.
You’re a competent presenter and communicator with a long list of achievements, and you may well have been speaking for years.
Or perhaps you’ve just been promoted, and suddenly the expectations you have of yourself – and others have about you – have escalated. The stakes are higher, and appearing credible, competent and compelling, matters more than ever.
Whatever your situation, you’ve got to where you are today through drive, commitment and focus. So, when you’re looking for professional development, you expect to see an immediate difference in skills, value and performance.
Perhaps you need to inspire with a vision, seize a moment in time, and lead the way for others. All with the weight of scrutiny and expectation that comes with your role.
Different Scenarios Need Different Support
Choose from 3 programs.
“Done with you” Coaching
$3,200 + GST
Build or refine your presentation, speech or address.
- Pre-coaching fast start 30 minutes
- 6 sessions (3 for short timelines or fewer focus areas)
- Online or in person (Melbourne)
- Includes resources: videos, templates
- Access to me between sessions
- High-level to small detail – tailored ratio
- Post-event review and wrap-up 30 minutes
Coaching and consulting for an upcoming event. Every aspect of your presentation can be built from scratch or refined – content, structure and delivery. Or simply the areas you choose.
So you deliver something you can own and be proud of.
Executive Presence Tune-Up
$4,800 + GST
Close the excellence gaps. Whatever areas are missing or letting you down.
- Pre-coaching fast start 30 minutes
- 1 day intensive if time-pressured OR 6 x 1-hour sessions
- Online or in person (Melbourne)
- Includes resources: videos, templates
- Access to me between sessions
- Post-event review and wrap-up 30 minutes
Refine and sharpen your existing speaking or communication skills.
Executive presence is a skill, not a trait – it’s learnable and can be developed.
Inspire confidence in others. Perform under stress. Articulate a vision.
Speakers Partner®
$9,800 + GST
Transform your communication in any area: public (presentations, public speaking), private (meetings) or personal (1:1).
Strengths are leveraged and weaknesses overhauled in a constructive, safe and confidential environment. Enjoy personalised, specific feedback and strategies for success.
- 10 months (flexible), 12 x 75-minute sessions (flexible)
- Online or in person (Melbourne)
- Includes deep level of resources
- Highest level of access between sessions
- ‘Just in time’ coaching for last-minute scenarios.
Leverage your strengths and overhaul your weaknesses in a constructive and
confidential environment.
What are the usual triggers to enter coaching?
Clients usually come to me – or are referred by somebody – either because:
- Something is getting in the way which stops them consistently performing at their best when presenting and communicating.
- OR – they want the refinements, extra % and immediate ROI in skills which will elevate them to the very top of their game.
How I Work
It’s not enough to have something to say: it’s how to say it. And that’s where an expert external perspective can help.
My work is about delivering techniques that will allow you to demonstrate new – or renewed – presence and influence in your professional and personal brand.
Tools that allow you to feel comfortable in your own skin, AND to comfortably “own the space”.
To be adaptably authentic, regardless of scenario, audience and communication vehicle.
Recent coaching scenario examples:
- International conferences as keynote speaker.
- A National Press Club Address in Canberra.
- Successful school principal and healthcare executive interviews.
- Working with a group executive on their vocal style.
- Helping founders of a start-up with their company-wide communication.
Previous and current clients include:
- COO of a multinational beverage company.
- CEO of a major arts organisation
- President of a global professional association in healthcare.
- Members of Parliament, State Government of Victoria.
- Japanese executive at a renewable energy developer in S.E. Asia.
- Group executive of an Australia/NZ organisation with 35,000 employees.
- Group executive and President Asia Pacific of a global solutions provider.
- Senior counsel at a global law firm.
- Owner of multiple Aged Care facilities across Australia.
The lenses which get you results
Visual
How you look
Vocal
How you sound
Verbal
The words you use
Numbers Speak
Experience
Recommendations
Clients
Google Reviews
What my clients are saying
One of the best investments I’ve made this year was working with Sarah. Over 3- 4 months, we focussed on building my confidence and skills I could use in any form of communication.
When we started, I lacked structure. I meandered through conversations/presentations due to self-doubt and not knowing my speaking habits.
Through constructive and honest feedback, Sarah guided me in removing the blocks in speaking up and sharing my ideas. I highly recommend Sarah to anyone looking to improve their communication and presentation skills in and outside of the workplace!
Nilofar Nazeri
Senior Consultant - National Australia Bank
Sarah was exceptional to work with – I highly recommend her public speaking coaching services. I worked with her for both general speaking and specific interview preparation and she was brilliant.
She has an incredible way of getting straight to productive feedback in a kind and realistic way. Her suggestions are both extremely intelligent and individualised to personal style which is very difficult to come by.
I cannot speak more highly of her and I’m so grateful for her talents. I will be working with her again!
Clara McCormack
Founder, Culture Hacker High Performance Specialist
Sarah is a true professional who knows her craft inside and out. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking to learn or improve their public speaking engagements.
Mark Saba
CEO - Lexigo
Over 6 sessions in 6 weeks we covered a wide range of areas which have benefited me professionally and personally.
Using Sarah’s techniques, I confidently completed not only one but TWO presentations during the conference – I volunteered for the second!
Considering I have previously had significant anxiety around Public Speaking and was able to transform both my skills and mindset in such a short period of time is still quite unbelievable to me, and I honestly can’t thank or recommend Sarah enough.
Adam Smith
Director Client Services APAC, Park Place Technologies
About me
I’ve been coaching, consulting and mentoring in public speaking, presentation and influencing skills for nearly 15 years. Plus years on stage as a classical pianist before that.
I work with clients in Australia and worldwide, in organisations as varied as the UN, Shizen Energy and Deutsche Bank.
To find out more about my background and story, visit the About Sarah page, or my LinkedIn profile.