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THE VOICE OF CONFIDENT LEADERSHIP

The Voice of Confident Leadership module offers a unique marriage of technical voice coaching, communication, and psychology, addressing the whole of the individual in the coaching engagement.

 

The deeper psychological terrain to verbal communication and public voicing often presents itself through conscious felt vocal limitations such as:

 

  • Tension and over-using the throat
  • Pushing from the neck muscles
  • Feeling breathless and running out of breath when speaking
  • Speaking too loudly or too quickly
  • Experiencing one’s voice as weak and under-powered
  • Monotonous vocal pattern which lacks variety
  • Muffled unclear speech
  • Over-dependence on padding words and non-verbal sounds
  • Voice lacks warmth and presence  

 

Through our coaching work together, we address these symptoms through the mainstream vocal techniques of:

 

  • Optimal alignment
  • Diaphragmatic-abdominal breathing
  • Resonance
  • Projection
  • Pitch, pause and pace
  • Clear speech
  • Verbal dexterity

 

Alongside the vocal technical training, clients can safely explore the underlying psychological ground of their voice using psychosynthesis coaching tools such as mindsets, sub-personalities, psychological functioning, and identification-dis-identification. This twinned approach builds the client’s self-belief, and strengthens their will to tackle even long-established and deeply embedded fears about their vocal and professional identify such as:

 

  • Imposter syndrome
  • Never feeling good enough
  • Pushing too hard/over-working
  • Inability to switch off from feeling inadequate
  • Active dislike of one’s voice
  • Negatively comparing oneself to others
  • Inability to own one’s strengths

 

Using the combined lenses of voice coaching, psychosynthesis leadership coaching and the GROW Model, clients are encouraged to devise smaller realisable goals to serve their overall goal of building a strong technical vocal functionality and positive image of their own leadership voice.

 

‘The Voice of Confident Leadership’ coaching module is particularly beneficial for individuals seeking to:

 

  • Develop their voice technically within a psychological as well as technical framework
  • Actively build their voice as part of their identity as a leader, manager-leader, or entrepreneur
  • Position vocal development as an essential to self-actualisation.
  • Eradicate self-limiting beliefs about their voice within their professional role
  • Specify their own objectives within a proven effective framework: the GROW Model
  • Embed a transformative experience of their own voice that moves beyond the performative.

 

Coaching ethos

As a psychosynthesis leadership and voice coach, I’m committed to ongoing supervision and CPD for support my own practice. I’m also bound by the conditions of the EMCC as a Senior Coach and member (accreditation pending) and am a member of the British Voice Association.

 

Practical

  • We use the Six-session model devised by Roger Evans, the Director of the Institute of Psychosynthesis.
  • The Six-session model is found to be the optimal model for busy professionals to adopt, but the contract can be renewed towards new end-points at the end of each fifth session.
  • Sessions are spaced two-weeks apart to allow for digestion and development of smaller goals in-between.
  • Coaching is available in-person or on-line by Zoom, Skype, TEAMS, or Facetime (with other platforms by prior arrangement)
  • A pre-booked chemistry meeting allows clients to go deeper into what the coaching entails, meet the coach and discuss fees and terms and conditions before committing to a coaching package
  • Coaching is offered to personal self-funding clients and to corporate, public, and private organisations as part of CPD. These two separate streams are priced differently and competitively for each. (Prices available upon request).
  • ‘The Voice of Confident Leadership’ can be offered to corporate groups in a half-day/full-day, face-to-face or remote format.
  • The full fee must be paid in advance of each Six-Session package for self-funding individuals.

 

Coaching is offered remotely by Zoom, Skype, TEAMS, Facetime (or other virtual platforms by arrangement).

 

Face-to-face training is held in London, I’m Essex-based, so also offer coaching from Leigh-on-Sea/Southend.

 

 

If you would like to know more about how The Voice of Confident Leadership Coaching can support, you or your organisation? Please contact me on anne@confidentlyspeaking.co.uk or 07932 440043.

PLEASE CONTACT ME ON 07932 440043  OR EMAIL NOW FOR FURTHER INFO

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

  • "I have been working with Anne for several years now and have been on both her voice coaching and leadership training courses. When I first met Anne, I struggled with my voice and came across as shy. However, through her voice coaching, I was able to become more assertive and improve my projection. Anne has proven to be a tremendous coach and mentor for me over the years. Her leadership coaching principles have been highly beneficial in work and personal development, I have been able to apply them to all areas of my life. Her leadership coaching has built the fundamental pillars I needed, and I feel a lot stronger for this. Anne is an excellent listener, kind and warm-hearted. I strongly recommend both coaching programs with Anne.

    Jack P - Investment Manager

  • I had never trained as an actress and felt it was important to learn more about using my voice technically and correctly. Anne was recommended to me by a friend who trained with her at drama school and, as my background had been in TV and film, I was particularly interested in learning the correct application of the voice for stage work. My work with Anne was very varied and fun. We always started with a short physical warm-up to release any tensions in the body and encourage the voice to come from a free and unrestrained place. We worked on a large range of material, from Shakespearean text, poetry, prose and also scripts that I had auditions coming up for. The work was always incredibly interesting. I learnt how to serve Shakespearean language correctly by going through to the end of the lines, correct usage of vowels sounds; and obeying the rhyme and rhythm of the piece. Anne has a very clear and varied way of demystifying the abstract principles of voice work. I learnt a great deal about my own vocal tendencies through my accent and habits I had picked up and it was great to take scripts to Anne and experiment with different vocal approaches. I now feel much more grounded and flexible with my voice. I also feel I can confidently and correctly warm-up before a performance and have been working a lot more on stage since working with Anne. Anne is really fun and un-intimidating and I would recommend actors spend some time working with her.'

    Cara Horgan - Actress

  • I highly recommend the voice and personal leadership coaching programs with Anne. She has helped me with both, and it's made a huge difference for me. My primary aim in seeking voice coaching was to increase my professional impact in business situations through speaking with confidence, being eloquent, and having gravitas. I noticed a difference almost immediately after my first session with Anne, and subsequent sessions took this way beyond my initial expectations. I now feel much more confident and impactful in business meetings, giving presentations and on camera. The personal leadership coaching program has helped me to find more direction and purpose in my life, to enjoy life in general, and to be more positive (and less self-critical!). Before the coaching, I had lacked direction and felt a bit stuck with my life. That has completely changed now, and I feel much happier and more positive about the future. Anne is very skilled at coaching. She is knowledgeable, experienced, patient, and personable. I've really enjoyed the sessions with Anne, and I've gained a lot from it.

    Nicola - Corporate Finance Professional

  • I have been using Anne as an accent coach for the last year. She has coached me for a range of accents as varied as Scottish and Croatian in preparation for auditions. I have consistently found Anne to be calming, professional, patient, thorough and most importantly confidence building. I always leave the lesson feeling confident about my accent, the remaining preparation and the audition itself. She also understands time is a huge factor for every actor and is incredibly flexible in lesson scheduling. On calling to arrange, Anne often gives me audio references to use before the lesson helping me feel I can start the groundwork instantly. Her methods are easy to understand and apply. I particularly value the wide range of resources she offers on top of the actual lesson such as regional background and perspective, phonetics lists, audio examples and relevant websites.

    Alice O’Connell - Actress

  • As a working actor of Iranian origin living in London, Anne has helped me over the last three years. I am fluent in English, but, my Iranian background sometimes influenced my pronunciation. There was a lack of consistency, even in my errors. I was interested in having a more neutral accent - if I wished to apply it. Anne worked with me regularly on the following areas; the lip-rounded vowels, the repositioning of my soft palate, and lateral plosion. As a result of her coaching I am now more consistent and have an increased awareness and control of my accent. I am also able to modify it with greater skill to suit the requirements for varying roles. In addition, Anne has helped me prepare for roles, for example as Osama Bin Laden, for the Omid Djalili BBC1 show, where we worked together to recreate and reproduce the vocal characteristics of a Saudi Arabian accent background. I am very grateful for Anne's kindness and expertise.

    Bijan - Actor