Coaching

Executive communication coaching for leaders and teams

For directors, VPs and C-suite leaders who need to make an impact and influence others.

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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Executive communication coaching is a specialty inside the leadership coaching field. We focus on the communication skills essential for success — building a message, delivering it, holding attention, and handling challenging situations and people. Executive coach Laurie Schloff describes what distinguishes Partners in Communication: the primary focus on skills which lead to positive presence and results, along with building confidence and a winning mindset.

Business results and measurable change are guaranteed.

The people we primarily coach are at director level and above. Most companies invest in high-potential leaders, and many clients are self-referred as well.

Our worldwide clients enjoy virtual sessions, and in-person sessions are welcomed as well. Video feedback and customized materials are included in every training experience. There is more on how an engagement runs.

The sequence of executive communication coaching

Initial consult and goal planning
Customized topics and application to your situations

Who this is for

If this is for your team

You have leaders whose technical judgement is not in question and whose communication is holding them back — in front of a board, a client, or their own people. We build the program around what your organization actually needs, and measure it against that.

Group workshops for a cohort, three to six sessions
Individual coaching for high-potential professionals
Feedback gathered from expert, peer, video and client sources
Outstanding coaches

If this is for you

You are moving into a higher-level role, or an important meeting is coming up, or you have received feedback that your technical knowledge surpasses your delivery skills. Coaching is built around your needs and situations — there is no fixed curriculum at PIC.

An initial complimentary meeting
Ten to twenty one-hour sessions, scheduled around your calendar
Customized agendas and materials, not an off-the-shelf course
Audio and video feedback
Communication and video learning between sessions, with monthly follow-up afterwards

What’s included

One-to-one executive communication program

A thirty-minute complimentary consultation, assessment and goal planning, then ten to twenty one-hour sessions with customized agendas, materials, and audio and video feedback. Communication between sessions is included, and there is monthly follow-up on progress afterwards.

Group program

A complimentary thirty-minute initial consult, then a needs assessment and plan with customized goals and topics, then three to six virtual ninety-minute groups. Feedback comes from four directions — expert, peer, video and client self-assessment.

A combination of group and one-to-one coaching is ideal

Our ideal engagement is a small group experience along with select members who also receive individual coaching. The group builds a shared language and a peer coaching experience; the one-to-ones focus on customized goals designed for the needs of each participant.

Laurie Schloff annotating a page with a senior executive at a table in a bright office.

The Presence26© System behind this work

PLAN for strategizing and listener analysis
Who is in the room, what they already care about, and what you want to be different afterwards.
Four W's for organization
A structure for updates when the situation is still moving.
Style Words — How you come across
The adjectives colleagues would use about you, and which ones you can change.
Speaking to the executive level
Conciseness, priority and knowing what a senior audience is actually listening for.

Proof

Laurie is just simply "awesome", she will bring you to places that you never thought were possible. Working with Laurie has really been transformational for me, to say the least. Her sessions go way beyond teaching you to speak at a presentation. Words could never describe what Laurie has taught me. She is an inspiration who not only helped me understand how to increase my self-confidence, but also coached me on how to be committed to preparation/readiness.

Director, MTA

Raising money while managing nerves — a twenty-session program for a start-up executive, built around a run of high-stakes meetings

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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.
See the Presence26© System
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.
See the press record
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.
See how an engagement runs

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

Both, and they work best together. One-to-one includes ten to twenty one-hour sessions built around your goals. Group work incorporates three to six ninety-minute sessions. We find that the most effective engagement combines group and individual coaching experiences.

Program goals are set at the outset, and you and your coach track progress throughout the engagement. Feedback is collected from the coach, from peers in the group, from leaders, from video review and from self-assessment. Application of techniques in business situations is observed and measured with customized feedback checklists.

Both, and virtual is the most requested. Ninety percent of our clients choose virtual, as teams are dispersed and often international. We are happy to lead on-site programs when requested.

Start with the complimentary consultation

Thirty minutes with Laurie — determine what you would like to work on, and share your role and the situations coming up. No charge, no obligation.