Communication skills

Communication skills coaching that starts where most communication actually breaks down: listening. We work on how you are heard and how well you hear — in hard conversations, in meetings, with the people closest to you, and in front of a room. We talk about listening properly before you answer, saying the difficult thing clearly and kindly, staying steady when a conversation turns, giving and taking feedback, running a meeting, and public speaking — which is one conversation with a room instead of one person, and the same underlying skill.

Sessions are practical: we work on real conversations and presentations you have coming up, practise them, then look at how they actually went. It suits people whose ideas are good and who keep losing them in the delivery, and anyone who dreads speaking up. One to one with the same coach every week, fifty-five minutes, by video or in person in Santa Cruz County. A single session is $130, or take a block of four ($495), eight ($935) or twelve ($1,325) — the longer the block, the less each session costs, down to $110. Veterans and first responders get 15% off.