About us

We work with really smart people who don't always say the smartest things.

We're executive communications coaches: helping very bright and capable business professionals – executives and managers, engineers, accountants, physicians, attorneys, economists and others – master the communications skills they need to be even more successful than they already are:

• Design and deliver winning presentations
• Conduct news media interviews that minimize the risks of negative publicity while maximizing the opportunities for positive coverage
• Prepare to communicate effectively when it matters most: in the middle of a crisis
• Engage in successful interpersonal communications with the people they supervise, collaborate with, or report to
• Develop crystal clear and compelling written communications
• Make the most of one-on-one encounters at trade shows
• Connect with complete strangers in business networking situations
• Communicate about corporate social responsibility issues

Since 1995, we’ve worked with executives and managers at organizations such as ASQ (American Society for Quality), Bayer Environmental, Clifton Gunderson, General Dynamics, Goodrich Corporation, Johnson Controls, Kohler, Smithfield Foods, Wisconsin Division of Health, and many others.

 Together, we have more than 30 years of experience in the news media as investigative and general assignment reporters, anchors, and producers – followed by more than 30 years in corporate communications, media/public relations, and executive communications skills training.