What Soft Skills Do I Need For Work?

If you Google “soft skills every employee needs,” you’ll get a dozen lists with a dozen different answers, half of them padded just to hit a target number (or to try to boost SEO specifically). In my experience actually training teams, three skills...

How Do I Tell My Story in an Interview Without Rambling?

Have you ever gone grocery shopping hungry? You walk in with three items on your list. Twenty minutes later you’re at the checkout with a cart full of stuff that “sounded good” at the time, and somewhere under the extra bar of soap and the...

Can a Public Speaking Coach Help Me With Interview Anxiety?

Presentation anxiety and interview anxiety have a lot in common. Sweaty palms, a racing heart, a mind that suddenly goes blank can show up in either of these situations. But interviews carry a different kind of pressure. In a presentation, you might feel like...

Why Do I Forget What I Wanted To Say In Interviews?

You practiced. You wrote out answers to the questions you knew were coming. You said “Tell me about yourself” out loud over and over again.. And then you sat down across from the interviewer, and forgot what you wanted to say. If that’s happened to...

How Do I Overcome a Fear of Judgment When Presenting?

“What if they think I’m stupid?” I hear some version of that sentence more than almost anything else in my coaching practice. Sometimes it’s said outright. Other times it shows up dressed up a little differently, such as “I’m afraid...

How Should I Prepare for a College Admission Interview?

If your student is applying to college this year (of you’re the student) there’s a good chance their essays have already been touched by AI in some way, even if just to brainstorm or polish. Admissions offices know this. And it’s part of why the...