Coaching

Accent modification and speech clarity coaching

Clarity, comfort and confidence in professional situations are essential to leadership success. Our trained team enhances your speech clarity and business communication skills in a step-by-step, customized approach. A complimentary initial consultation is offered, for group and for one-to-one coaching.

30years: Coaching executives and their teams since the 1990s
15,000+clients: Across biotech, healthcare, finance and technology
3books: Published, the first two translated internationally
Top 15coaches in Boston: Voted by Influence Digest

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Our Executive English program combines group training and individual, private coaching that will enhance speech clarity, confidence and effectiveness in American English.

All program components include practice and application to participants’ real-world business situations. Expert assessment and review, peer feedback, video and self-coaching are an integral part of the group training. Customized goals and individualized feedback are a valuable benefit of the one-on-one coaching.

Executive English topics

Executive English topics include:

Dimensions of Executive Presence
Influencing and Persuasive Techniques
Enhancing Speech Clarity
Mastering American English Rhythm and Stress
Controlling speech and pace
Refining English Speech Sounds
Advanced Conversational Skills
Fine-Tuning Grammar and Sentence Structure
Incorporating American English Idioms and Humor
Leading and Facilitating Meetings
Adapting for Different Listeners and Situations
Preparation for Key Upcoming Business Situations
Ongoing Audio and Video Feedback

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Our philosophy

We created our Executive English program with two truths in mind.

English is the primary business language used in the world today, yet mastering speech patterns, expressions, conversation and presentations are challenges that leaders often confront.
Research and experience tell us that clear and influential speaking leads to increased productivity, engagement and results.

Our program adds to our clients’ confidence, participation and speaking excellence in meetings, client calls and conferences.

What this coaching will not do

Change your language, your cultural identity or your overall speaking patterns.

We are committed to diversity, and focus only on the skills which will enhance your career success.

Who this is for

If this is for you

Your program includes:

A complimentary, pressure-free consult
An initial assessment of your speech clarity and business communication
A customized goal plan
Practice for your own situations — your update, your demo, your talk
Action items for practice between sessions
Follow-up notes and an action plan after every session
Unlimited communication with your coach between sessions

If Executive English coaching is for your team

We specialize in designing a group experience for non-native professionals who need to be competent and confident with business English.

Group sessions — virtual or in person
One-to-one work with select group members
Customization for your team’s meetings and communication situations

What’s included

Assessment conducted by expert speech professionals

A goal plan designed for you and/or your team.

Practice against your real business situations

Expert assessment and review, peer feedback, video and self-coaching in the group training; customized goals and individualized feedback in the one-on-one work.

Laurie Schloff shaping a sound with an open hand near her jaw while a client mirrors the movement.

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Proof

Thank you again for a fantastic workshop — it was one of the best things I have ever done in my professional career, and it will be something that will help me in everyday life as well.

Biotech researcher, Cambridge, MA

Client stories — how two engagements actually ran, with the identifying details removed

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Why people choose us for work that matters

A named system, published in full
Twenty-six competencies with names, grouped into five categories. You can read the whole thing before you spend anything — most firms will not show you their method.
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Thirty years, and the receipts
The Today Show, Oprah, the Wall Street Journal and Women’s Health. Three published books, all of them translated. Fifteen thousand clients.
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Other firms send us their coaches
The Train the Presentation Coach Certificate Program is one of the few of its kind — organisations pay to have their own HR and L&D people trained and credentialed by us.
About the Certificate Program
The prices are on the website
No discovery call required to find out what it costs. Both programme structures and the rates are published, along with what happens if those numbers are a problem.
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Investment

Our top priority is adding to your communication and presentation excellence. The investment is designed flexibly around your needs, resources, and the scope of the program.

Group Day Session: $5,900per coach
Group Half-Day Session: $2,900per coach
1:1 Corporate Coaching: $475 / hour20-hour package: $9,500
1:1 Individual Coaching: $375 / hourWhen the cost is not corporate-sponsored

All programs include an assessment and goal plan, materials, follow-up notes and an action plan, and unlimited texts between sessions.

Discuss your program

Common questions

We prefer the term “enhancing speech clarity”, as that is our goal. We focus on the speaking and business communication skills which add to your success. We don’t want to take away your accent — we love diversity.

No, and that is not the goal. You will improve your clarity so that others understand you and don’t ask you to repeat. You will have clearer consonants, better-placed stress, and a pace that holds up under pressure. As a result you will feel more comfortable and confident. You’ll be speaking for success.

Most clients enjoy ten to twenty one-hour meetings over three to four months. We then reassess to determine next steps.

Absolutely — we love the peer coaching and social component of team workshops. Our corporate clients enjoy five to ten workshops, each an hour to ninety minutes, over three to four months.

Let’s move ahead to speech clarity and career success

Enjoy a complimentary thirty-minute conversation with Coach Laurie. She will ask about your role and goals, and make suggestions for a valuable program.