Communication Coaching
Have you been told by your manager that you need to
“improve your communication skills?”
The reality is that gaining respect in the corporate culture requires more than hard work and job competence. Successful business people must be able to communicate convincingly to managers, coworkers, and customers. Yet there are so many aspects to good communication! How do you know where to begin?
Jolinda Osborne is a communications professional who specializes in teaching non-native English speakers to become better communicators. With Jolinda, you will identify those skills you need in order to communicate effectively. And you will master them!
Communications coaching will improve your performance in challenging situations at work, including:
- Making important presentations — Learn to structure and present your ideas, hold the attention of your audience, and respond to difficult questions.
- Strengthening key business relationships — Understand how to build alliances, gain respect and trust, and resolve misunderstandings, whether you’re relating across cubicles or across oceans.
- Expressing your ideas in critical meetings — Practice ways to enter into the conversation, concisely and convincingly express your point, influence the discussion with teammates and upper management, and contribute to the solution.
- Leading and motivating teams — Learn how to encourage the exchange of ideas, run efficient meetings, manage conflict, and gain consensus.
- Writing emails and reports that get results — Polish your writing to ensure that your audience pays attention to your message and takes the desired action.
- Speaking with confidence and clarity under pressure — Improve your speech and pronunciation so that you are easily understood.
Is a communications coach really worth the time and money?
Individual communication coaching is one of the best investments you can make in your career. Excellent communication and presentation skills will propel you into leadership roles, transform the way others regard you, and enable you to navigate the corporate culture so that you may fully contribute your ideas, talents, and passions. With Jolinda, as your coach, you will:
- Work with an expert who understands the communication challenges non-native English speakers face when working globally in English.
- Target specific areas that will help you become a successful communicator.
- Address real-time situations and opportunities that you encounter at work.
- Develop insights, skills, and strategies from each coaching session you can immediately put to use on the job.
- Receive encouragement, candid feedback, and rigorous instruction, all in service of your professional growth and success.
Where does the coaching happen?
Coaching occurs in person (onsite), by conference call, or on Skype. Jolinda has helped managers, executives, engineers, and marketing professionals become skilled communicators and advance their careers. Contact her to find out how she can help you.
Please email Jolinda at jolinda@jolindaosborne.com. Let her know where you work (or where you plan to work) and, briefly, the communication skills you would like to develop or improve. Jolinda will follow up with an email outlining the process and next steps.
Payment for coaching can be made by your company through special arrangement with your manager, Human Resources, or Training department, or you can pay individually with PayPal.
Customized On-Site Training
On-site workshops for your diverse employees and cross-cultural teams are an excellent way to build the organization’s communication, leadership and influencing skills.
We have designed and delivered workshops in the following areas:
- Cross-cultural training
- Leadership communication
- Effective presentations
- Strategic communication
- Leadership communication for women
- American accent training
- ESL training and classes
Please contact us to explore workshops and training opportunities for your organization.
jolinda@jolindaosborne.com

I am very grateful to Jolinda
for her coaching over the past three years. Her coaching
not only helped me deliver numerous important presentations to key
stakeholders, but also boosted my confidence, helped me focus on
and promote the value of my research contributions, and encouraged
my career development. Since working with her, my performance rating
has improved from “Successful” to “Exceeding Expectation.” I’m clearer
about my strengths, and I’m excited about exploring ways to align
those strengths with my passion for using technology to help developing
countries.
Jie Hui, Ph.D.
Former Research Scientist, Intel Labs
The executive coaching that Jolinda Osborne has delivered to our managers and engineers has provided our employees with valuable communication skills, confidence, and visibility they need to become our future technology leaders. Jolinda understands our culture and demanding work environment. She brings maturity, rigor, and creative insight to her on-going work with employees who manage virtual teams, make critical presentations to customers, and influence key global partners. We were also delighted to leverage Jolinda's cultural communication expertise by having her deliver a cross-cultural influencing class to our teams in Russia and China.
Ann Bynum, Operations Manager
Intel Corporation