Diagnose and define
- Your leadership identity and strengths
- Communication presence and directness
- The unwritten rules of Western tech culture
- Stakeholder influence and managing up
Leadership & executive coaching
Leadership starts with how you communicate.
For managers, senior professionals and executives who need to create clarity, influence decisions and handle more complex human situations.
Book a free consultation$135/hour · Free 45-minute consultation · Structured 12-week programs available
Leadership in practice
Build influence without performing a role.
Leadership communication means making the right thing easier to understand and act on — with your team, your peers and senior stakeholders. We work on the specific rooms, relationships and decisions in front of you.
- Executive presence and strategic communication
- Stakeholder management and influence without authority
- Managing up and self-advocacy in performance reviews
- Difficult conversations, feedback and conflict
- Presentations to senior leadership and boards
- Leading multicultural and cross-functional teams
Investment
Leadership & Executive Coaching
$135 / hour
Sessions are scoped around a leadership transition, a communication challenge or a high-stakes moment. The first step is a 45-minute consultation to understand the context.
Book a free consultationDeveloping several leaders? See corporate programs.
Is this for you?
Technically excellent — and hitting a ceiling.
For senior people the ceiling is rarely skill. It’s being heard, believed and remembered in senior rooms — often in a second language and an unfamiliar corporate culture.
- You’re at manager level or above in tech, product, data or operations
- You’re passed over for promotion despite strong performance
- You struggle to be heard or taken seriously in senior meetings
- You’re preparing for a Director, VP or C-suite role
- You lead across cultures in a US, UK or European organization
What we work on
Three phases, tailored to you.
Some clients follow the full arc over 10–12 weeks. Others focus on one transition or one important meeting.
Build and perform
- Executive presence in high-stakes moments
- Handling pushback and hostile questions
- Leading multicultural teams
- Career roadmap and visibility
Apply and land
- A real leadership project, coached in real time
- Your personal leadership principles
- A 90-day plan for what comes next
A practical way to work
Take the conversation apart. Build a better one.
Clarify the stakes
Map the audience, the decision, the competing interests and the outcome you need.
Shape the message
Build a clear narrative, a recommendation up front, and responses to the pushback you expect.
Rehearse with feedback
Practice the delivery, presence and flexibility you need when the meeting is live — then do it again.
“Your accent is not a barrier. It is evidence of the worlds you’ve navigated to get here. Now let’s make sure the rest of the room knows it too.”
Results & feedback
Leadership communication.
Senior HR leader
- Starting point
- Exceptional credentials, but struggling to be heard in panel interviews.
- The work
- Tone, cadence, PAR stories and executive presence under multi-interviewer pressure.
- Outcome
- Landed a VP of HR role at a first-choice company.
★★★★★“I highly recommend this coach! He is a true professional with a unique and well-structured teaching method tailored to individual executive needs.”
★★★★★“Mark prepares classes very thoroughly and has a great method for practicing public speaking, new vocabulary, and mock interviews. He follows up on the agreed lesson plan, but is also flexible enough if you wanna practice something specific.”
★★★★★“Mark is a great professional. I would strongly recommend him if you want to improve your business English, fine-tune your presentations, or improve your speaking skills.”
Questions
Leadership coaching FAQ.
How is this different from communication coaching?
Communication coaching focuses on language and delivery. Leadership coaching works on influence, presence, stakeholder strategy and difficult conversations — with communication as the main tool.
Do you use assessments?
Where they help: a communication diagnostic at the start and, optionally, cultural-values and 360-degree feedback to see how others experience your leadership.
Can my company pay for this?
Yes. Invoices are available on request, and companies can book structured 12-week corporate programs, including cohorts for teams of four or more.
Are sessions online?
Yes, via Google Meet, with times shown in your own time zone. Sessions typically run 60–75 minutes.