What is in a session?
For coaching sessions, we will analyze your preferred styles in a number of different contexts and develop a sense of your baseline. Then we will devise some exercises and activities for you to work on that enhance and increase your performance and interactive choices. We might videotape your presentations or try some new approaches in everyday activities. And we will practice observing patterns in others, in order to increase your "reading the room" abilities.
What do I wear for a coaching session?
To begin with you need only be comfortable and wear loose clothing of your own choosing. As we practice more, you will wear clothing you will be wearing for your meetings, speeches, or interviews.
Who have you coached?
My coaching work is completely private and I never reveal the names of those I have coached. If we do our work well enough, no one will even be able to tell you have been coached. People are not significantly different as a result of this work, they are just more comfortable in a variety of situations and in their own skin.
What is the difference between what you do and what a speech or body language coach does?
Speech and body language coaches tend to focus on a specific aspect of communication. While I do not coach you on the content of what you say, we will be addressing all aspects of human communication, including how you organize your body movement for vocal support and clarity, facial expressions and gestures, how you use the space around you and the space of the room, and how to relate to others within those spaces. We also look at cultural patterns and build up your ability to adapt and attune.
How long have you been doing this work?
I have coached actors and dancers for over thirty years, and have been applying the Laban Movement Analysis in corporate and political settings since 2001.
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