COACHING

Since 2008, Spoken with Authority has helped professionals brilliantly craft messages, confidently convey them, and make a lasting impression on their audience: whether they’re informally chatting with a colleague or client, or formally addressing thousands of peers and professionals at a conference.

Our coaching engagements are designed to stand alone or build off each other. Book a consultation with us to help you decide which engagement is right for you.

We have helped many professionals grow in their confidence and public speaking skills through our In-person, Online, and Hybrid Training Programs.

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WORLD CLASS COACHES & FACILITATORS

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COACHING SESSIONS IN 2025

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Our COACHING ENGAGEMENTS

Our coaching engagements are designed to stand alone or build off each other.
Book a consultation with us to help you decide which engagement is right for you.

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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION

Six months of support at a steady cadence for consistent growth and longterm support to build and maintain new speaking habits.

  • Busy organization leaders who present regularly and can use speaking opportunities to apply new speaking techniques, improve communication outcomes, and build strong speaking habits. Also well-suited for professionals working on accent expansion, pronunciation, or articulation.

  • Develop, maintain, and generalize new communication habits

  • Steady and consistent growth

  • 2 hourlong sessions a month for 6 months

    • Our proprietary 360 Degree Assessment and Self-Assessment

    • A Statement of Goals and Metrics as well as a Final Assessment

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LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION

Three months of support at an intensive cadence to build new speaking habits quickly and see fast results.

  • Emerging leaders and leaders who have been elevated to a new role or who have new speaking responsibilities and need to bolster their speaking skills and establish new habits on a short timeline.

  • Establish new communication habits quickly

  • Intensive for fast results

  • 2 hourlong sessions a month for 3 months

    • Our proprietary 360 Degree Assessment and Self-Assessment

    • A Statement of Goals and Metrics as well as a Final Assessment

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PRESENTATION PREPARATION

For those who want to feel confident and put their best foot forward in a specific speaking role and learn new strategies to apply to future presentations.

  • Any speaker

  • Achieve a personal best on a presentation

  • Short-term and targeted

  • 3 hours to prepare and 30 minutes to reflect

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COACHING CLINICS

Give workshop participants a supportive learning environment to apply newly learned tools and techniques, and to tailor them to their unique speaking situations and goals. Clinics are best paired with a group training program.

  • Participants of a recent group training program

  • Reinforce learning, raise awareness of speaking behaviors, and / or provide targeted advice on one issue

  • Hourlong coaching session, ideally after a group training

  • 1 hour per participant

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JOB INTERVIEW PREPARATION

These structured and focused coaching sessions allow job seekers to put their best foot forward during job interviews.

  • Professionals being considered for a new position, a big promotion, dream job, and recent graduates entering the workforce.

  • Allow job seekers to put their best foot forward during the interview portion of the hiring process — whether they are online, in person, or a combination of the two

  • Anticipating likely questions, brainstorming engaging stories, practicing responses, conveying professionalism, remaining authentic, and projecting confidence during the oral communication portions of the interview

  • 3 hours of coaching

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AD HOC COACHING

Support to team members who need one or two sessions of spot coaching to focus on one specific oral communication skill or a less formal speaking opportunity. 

  • Spot coaching is a short-term, "just-in-time" coaching approach focused on resolving immediate challenges or developing specific skills.

  • Raise awareness and provide targeted advice and fast results for one oral communication skill or informal speaking opportunity.

  • Provide a supportive learning environment to quickly learn and practice new oral communication tools and frameworks tailored to participants' real-time needs.

  • Hour long spot coaching, 1 or 2 hours per participant.

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Our

COACHING TEAM

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LYNNE ADRINE

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DAVID HENDERSON, Esq.

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JEAN COSTANZA MILLER, Ph.D.

MICHELE MORRISSEY

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LISA RICHARD

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ROBERT W. GORDON, Esq.

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AMYAH HILL

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LAUREN SHEAR

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BJØRN STILLION SOUTHARD, Ph.D.

“Spoken with Authority tailored my coaching engagement to meet my needs and goals. My coaching engagement has made public speaking in a wide range of situations feel much easier. I would recommend this team to anyone looking to improve their public speaking skills and professional presence.”

Ijilbish Nergui, Sponsorship, Associate Membership and Business Development, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

FAQS

  • Spoken with Authority provides coaching to subject-matter experts, emerging leaders, and leaders at law firms, consulting firms, associations, nonprofits, and government agencies. We elevate the presence and expand the influence speakers who are novice, intermediate, and advanced.

    Our clients are focused on improving outcomes in a wide range of interpersonal, small-group, and large-group communication situations that take place online, in-person, or as hybrid events. They include: presentations, briefings, reports, lectures, conferences, pitches, TED-style talks, ceremonial speeches, toasts, meetings, phone calls, panels, networking events, job interviews, performance reviews, casual conversations, and difficult conversations.

    We have a track record of success supporting a diverse range of speakers, including those who have a deep-seated fear of public speaking, are non-native English speakers, or are neurodivergent (ADHD, Autism spectrum disorder, etc.).

    We do not specialize in helping professionals overcome shyness, improve written communication skills, script word-for-word speeches, or understand the nuances of communicating with listeners outside Western business culture. We can, however, connect you with highly regarded specialists in these fields.

  • Yes. Because Spoken with Authority has a dedicated and talented team of coaches, we have bandwidth to help you — usually within a few days of your inquiry.

    If you have an unexpected speaking opportunity and need to prepare on a tight timeline or are setting your long-term professional development goals and want support to achieve them in coming months and years, book a consultation with us today to get started.

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  • Spoken with Authority conducts all coaching engagements online. In fact, we have used Zoom for coaching engagements since 2016 (and Skype before that) to enhance the communication and presentation skills of professionals across the United States and around the globe. If you would like a session(s) in person, please let us know during your consultation, and we will do our best to accommodate you.

  • First, learn about our qualifications and values. Then, consider how collaborating with Spoken with Authority on your coaching engagement will get you better, faster, and easier results than doing it on your own; will prevent the reputational damage that can occur when you deliver a disappointing presentation; will give you the oral communication skills necessary to thrive now and achieve your leadership potential; and will help your organization live up to its diversity and inclusion goals.

    After all, we have a track record of effectively and compassionately coaching hundreds of professionals at law firms, consulting firms, associations, nonprofits, and government agencies. We have a team of dedicated and expert coaches who can accommodate most scheduling needs, even if you have a last-minute coaching request or need to book sessions on evenings and weekends.

    And, we offer responsive and white-glove coaching — so our clients look forward to each session and get the most value out of each engagement (which we actually document and measure in our executive and leadership communication coaching engagements with the Statement of Goals and Metrics as well as the Final Assessment).

  • Spoken with Authority coaches include Lynne Adrine, Amyah Hill, Jean Constanza Miller, Michele Morrissey, Lisa Richard, and Bjørn Stillion Southard Ph.D.

  • You will have an initial consultation to discuss your goals, learning style, coach preferences, timeline, and scheduling needs. Based on this information as well as coach expertise, availability, and Spoken with Authority’s commitment to equitable distribution of work, you will be paired with one of our expert coaches.

    After the first session with your coach, we will check in to get your feedback on the coaching experience and make adjustments as needed.