Looking around the internet these days, I sometimes get the impression that Business English coaches are multiplying overnight like mushrooms.
Every second person is a native speaker. Every third person is an executive coach.
Then come Leadership, Performance, Communication Skills, and whatever else the coaching universe has discovered this week.
And, of course, the promises.
Fluent English in five hours.
Ten sessions and you'll sound like a native speaker.
Human beings don't work that way.
No. Sorry.
My coaching is not NASA rocket science.
I'm not planning a trip to Mars, and I certainly don't need to send anyone there. I'm perfectly happy if you can speak English in your next meeting without your brain leaving the space station first.
You don't book ten hours with me and walk away carrying my Californian language instincts, my attitude, and three decades of life experience in your suitcase.
Would be convenient.
Would also be magic.
In coaching, we work on language and expression: your choice of words, your voice, your tone, your rhythm, and what you emphasize. That helps you say what you think with confidence, conviction, and presence.
All coaching sessions are conducted online.
This applies to private clients, professionals, executives, teams, and companies.
The online format provides the same depth, focus, and individual attention, without travel time or unnecessary organisational effort.
What makes me different?
American Native Speaker. Doctor in Human Behavior. International legal background. Many years of international experience.
Lovely. Now you have my business card.
But that's not why people come to me.
The difference begins when I listen.
I hear when a highly competent person suddenly sounds smaller in English than they really are.
When pressure tightens the voice, thoughts start racing, and that beautifully prepared Business English phrase ends up somewhere underneath the conference table.
That's when I ask one of my favorite questions:
Is English really the problem here?
Very often, the answer is no.
People don't think in coaching categories.
They think:
"I have an English meeting tomorrow, and I don't want to sound insecure."
"I have to negotiate, and I can't afford to lose my train of thought."
"I know the words, but under pressure they disappear."
And sometimes:
"ChatGPT wrote me a beautiful presentation. But when I deliver it, I sound like an IKEA assembly manual."
That's where my work begins. You take the expressions and speaking techniques we practice and make them your own. You develop a stronger, clearer way to express yourself in English, in your own voice.
