Speaking coaches for founders and business owners
Compare 125 speaking coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are public speaking, tedx and keynotes, presentation skills and executive communication. They most often work with founders and business owners, executives and professionals. Most charge $80 to $250 per hour or session.
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Deborah Ogden
Deborah Ogden is a personal brand and impact mentor for business owners, professional services staff and people who want to step up in their roles. She trained as a solicitor, then spent years as a Media Manager in professional sport. She teaches a method called The Impact Method. It covers clarity, communication, connection and capitalising. Her work focuses on visibility, winning contracts, and pitching and presenting with confidence.
Stephanie Melodia
Stephanie Melodia is a public speaking and communication coach. She helps people with message clarity, script writing, delivery and nerves. She has worked with more than 60 coaching clients. She founded an award-winning marketing consultancy and was named a Top 20 Female Founder. She now works as an international keynote speaker. Soho House, WeTransfer and NOI TechPark have brought her in to speak to their teams. She also hosts a UK business podcast for entrepreneurs.
Digby Kerr
Digby Kerr is a business and executive coach who helps sales professionals, marketers, founders and executives communicate better. He also teaches Business English. He founded a global logistics company in 2007 and ran it for 15 years. He now serves as a vice president of another company. He has written 15 books and founded Kerr University in 2021. He has mentored professionals on six continents, one hour a week.
Dina Schmid
Dina Schmid is a public speaking and etiquette coach in Ohio. She helps career focused people feel confident when they present at work, from quick team talks to large crowds. She spent years as a chemical engineer at a Fortune 50 company before she became a coach. She has lived overseas and works with non-native English speakers. Her clients include executives, entrepreneurs and STEM professionals. She has coached hundreds of people over the past 5 years.
Jessika Lynch
Jessika Lynch is a communication and executive coach who helps thought leaders, business leaders and speakers make more impact. She has coached C-level executives, politicians including a head of state, TED speakers and bestselling authors. She founded the agency Revolve for Impact and leads the WomenTalkTech foundation. She has worked as a TED and TEDx speaker coach for over ten years. She coaches in English and Dutch from Amsterdam.
Julia Kraft
Julia Kraft is a public speaking and accent coach who helps professional women get past speaking anxiety. She founded Speak To Inspire in 2014. The company has trained 1000's of entrepreneurs and professionals, plus 100's of companies. Julia works with shy and introverted women who know their field well but freeze when the spotlight turns to them. She built the Fully Expressed program, which teaches speaking without scripts or heavy rehearsal.
Kirsten Holmberg
Kirsten Holmberg is a speaker coach who helps new and skilled speakers give clear, confident presentations. She has more than two decades of experience in keynote speaking and writing. Her clients have come from Google, Oracle, Amazon Web Services, Adobe and TEDx programs. She also helped build a public-speaking program for MBA and MSx students at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She started in business and finance before moving to communication.
Ashley Boroda
Ashley Boroda is a public speaking and communication trainer in London. Ashley works with executives, leaders, sales teams and business owners on presentations, pitching and negotiation. Training mixes original business thinking with performing arts techniques. Ashley created the iMA Method, a communication system with three courses. One pitching course bans PowerPoint and Keynote slides so speakers focus on real interaction with the audience. Ashley also holds an ILM Level 7 Business Growth Coach qualification.
Nadia Romero
Nadia Romero is a public speaking and media coach. She helps tech executives, founders, and nonprofit leaders with keynotes, media interviews, and investor pitches. She is a former CNN correspondent, so she knows high-stakes settings from the inside. She has worked with groups such as the ACLU on turning data into human stories. She also offers one-on-one sessions, team training, and a full keynote program.
Ariana Monell
Ariana Monell is a communication and confidence coach in Arizona. She helps business owners, high achievers, professionals, and creators speak with more confidence. She holds the ICF Professional Certified Coach credential and works as both a life coach and an executive coach. Her coaching draws on Ontology, mindfulness, and CBT principles. Her focus areas include public speaking, presence on video, executive communication, and brand storytelling.
Rionach Aiken
Rionach Aiken is a communication and visibility coach in the Netherlands. She helps business owners and creatives become seen, known and valued. She is a former non-profit CEO who led a team of 100 and worked toward a million in revenue. She spent decades struggling with shyness before she became a poet and speaker. She now uses poetry and energy work in her coaching and runs workshops in the Netherlands and Denmark.
Inès Schinazi
Inès Schinazi is a communication and public speaking coach who helps leaders and professionals tell their own story. She also worked at Google Brazil and Bank of New York. She coaches leaders from Google, Meta, Waze, Cargill and Brazil's Paralympic Committee. Her work centers on interviews, leadership moments and career pivots.
Ivy Naistadt
Ivy Naistadt is an executive speaking coach and public speaking coach in New York. She helps executives, founders, sales teams and tech leaders present with confidence. She has coached for over 25 years and has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Comcast, IBM, The New York Times and Pitney Bowes. She also works with universities including Princeton and NYU. She wrote the book Speak Without Fear and teaches a system built on that idea.
Michele Trent
Michele Trent is a public speaking confidence coach who helps high-achieving introverts speak with ease. Her clients are business owners and professionals who want to grow a business, get promoted, or take on leadership roles. She holds a certification as a speaking skills and mindset coach. She spent years in Toastmasters. She is an introvert herself. Her work follows three steps: Mindset, speaking skills, and practice.
Caroline Webb
Caroline Webb is an executive coach who works with CEOs and senior leaders. She is an economist, a former McKinsey partner, and the author of Leadership Intelligence and How To Have A Good Day. She has 25 years of experience advising leaders around the world. She takes on a small number of individual clients each year, mostly at C-Suite level. Her coaching draws on behavioral science, psychology and neuroscience.
Christine Spray
Christine Spray is a business advisor and Expert EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurs and business leaders grow their companies. She founded Strategic Catalyst, Inc. after years in public accounting and senior leadership roles in start-up, restructuring and growth work. She is also a keynote speaker and best-selling author. She started the National Business Development Association and serves as Chair and National Speaker for Vistage International.
Priyanka
Priyanka is a career coach for product managers, aspiring PMs, software engineers, and founders. She is a product leader and AI startup founder with more than 10 years at Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Quicken. She has run over 100 interviews and mentored more than 45 people. She also screened over 1000 resumes. She moved from engineering into product management herself, so she coaches others making that same switch.
Aikyna Finch
Dr. Aikyna Finch is a life and social media coach who also trains coaches. She helps people reach their goals and use technology to grow their business. She holds the ICF PCC credential and serves as Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for the International Coaching Federation. She has worked as a professor and dean in higher education. She gave a TEDx talk in 2022 and has written or co-written 12 books. She works from Nashville, Tennessee.
Alicia Gaspar
Alicia Gaspar is a business and career coach based in Spain. She helps managers, business owners and global teams with communication, work-life balance and leadership. Before coaching, she spent more than fifteen years in film and TV production, working with teams from around the world. She has lived in many countries and coaches on global mobility and company moves. She holds an ACC credential from the International Coaching Federation.
Andy Lopata
Andy Lopata is a relationship strategist, speaker and mentor who helps leaders and organisations build stronger professional relationships. He created The Relationship Matrix, a framework for finding and strengthening the contacts that matter most to a goal. He has written six books, including The Financial Times Guide to Mentoring. He has worked with Google, PayPal, HSBC and the BBC. He was named to the 2026 Thinkers50 Coaches50 list.
Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet is a communication and conflict coach who works with executives, business owners, professionals and leaders. She is President of Contact Point Associates LLC and has run her own business since 1980. She has coached leaders at Amazon, Microsoft, Costco, Starbucks and other large companies. She also wrote a leadership book and created a board game and training called The Contact-Zone. Her work covers executive presence, conflict, influence and negotiation.
Branden Barkema
Branden Barkema is a Professional EOS Implementer in Jacksonville, Florida. He helps business owners and leadership teams build stronger organizations and work better together. He has helped small and mid-sized businesses since 2006 and has led teams since 2009. He was COO of a managed services business before becoming an implementer. He has led and grown businesses with up to $100 million in annual revenue.
Brandon Mack
Brandon Mack is an independent college admissions consultant in Houston, Texas. He helps students, parents, and organizations through the admissions process. He worked in admissions for 13 years, including as Associate Director of Admission and Coordinator of Transfer Admission at Rice University. He later served as Interim Director of Operations at the International Association for College Admission Counseling. He also offers equity, inclusion, and diversity consulting and meeting facilitation through B. Mack Strategies.
Cameron Herold
Cameron Herold coaches CEOs and COOs on growing their companies. He has helped leaders scale businesses since 2000. He wrote The Second in Command and 6 other bestselling books. He also speaks at events and has been paid to speak in 29 countries and on all 7 continents. He runs the COO Alliance, a community and mastermind group built for second-in-command leaders. He offers both one-on-one and group coaching.
Damien P.
Damien P. is a career and interview coach for product managers, founders and real estate finance professionals. He is a former Product Manager at Meta and an adjunct professor in the Master's of Product Management at the University of Maryland. He has coached over 5000 people through his network, /dev/color and Black PMs. He focuses on insider interview tips for people with a solid base who want to reach a consistent strong hire result.
Deborah Ivanoff
Deborah Ivanoff is a business and communication coach in Oregon. She helps professionals, leaders and salespeople get past the resistance that shows up during change. She has coached since 1999 and has worked with over 4000 professionals worldwide. Her work targets overwhelm, procrastination, anxiety and doubt. She is a certified mediator and a certified master coach. She also speaks to organizations about the messy middle of change.
Derek Anderson
Derek Anderson is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps business owners and leadership teams build clarity, discipline, and accountability. He has guided more than 25 companies across many industries through EOS. He rebuilt two organizations from the ground up before coaching. He is also a Certified FBI Crisis Negotiator and served on an FBI hostage negotiation team. He works with clients in Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Eleanor Beaton
Eleanor Beaton is a leadership and business growth coach for women entrepreneurs. She founded SafiMedia, an education and coaching company that aims to double the number of women who scale past $1M in revenue by 2030. She hosts the Power + Presence + Position podcast. Her team has run 1000+ growth consults, and she has spoken at conferences across North America, Latin America and Europe. She works with startups and businesses earning multiple seven figures.
Elizabeth Pampalone
Elizabeth Pampalone is a business coach, decluttering coach and public speaking coach. She helps entrepreneurs, small business owners, startups and overwhelmed women with marketing and simpler ways of working. She has been an entrepreneur for 15 years and has worked with hundreds of business owners and executives. She teaches methods that turn 1 year of marketing content into a 5 day project. She is also a former professional organizer who worked with the TV show Hoarders.
Eric Keiles
Eric Keiles is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps leadership teams break through growth ceilings and reach the next level. He has 30+ years as an entrepreneur and has run eight different businesses. His sales and marketing background shapes how he ties EOS tools to revenue growth. He also delivers keynotes and workshops for entrepreneurs. He works with clients in Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Evan J. Blumenthal
Evan J. Blumenthal is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurs and business owners grow their companies. He also works as a Certified Outgrow Advisor and a professional speaker. He is a fifth generation family business owner who sold his company. He also has over 25 years of experience with Walmart. He started using EOS in his own family business in 2016. He works from Cedarhurst, New York.
Gail Page
Gail Page is a communication and conflict coach who helps managers handle hard conversations and performance issues. She works with business owners, leaders and teams in New Zealand. Before coaching, she worked as a psych nurse and a social worker. She has coached communication and mindset for over two decades and has helped hundreds of managers build healthy working relationships. She also looks after the emotional well-being and performance of the managers and teams she serves.
Glen Hellman
Glen Hellman is an executive coach who works with founders, CEOs and other senior leaders through his practice, CXO Elevate. He has worked in tech since 1978 as a sales rep, startup CEO and turnaround executive. He raised over 100 million dollars in venture financing and helped lead multiple exits, including a 400 million dollar IPO. He also spent over a decade fixing troubled companies for private equity investors. He wrote a leadership book called Intentionality.
Iskra Petrova
Iskra Petrova is a clarity and confidence coach in Bulgaria. She helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs, including coaches, healers and public speakers, be their authentic selves and grow their impact. She was an executive film producer and a senior advertising strategist for top worldwide brands. Some of her clients have become TEDx speakers.
Janicek Performance Group
Janicek Performance Group is a communication coaching firm for executives and senior leaders. It covers executive coaching, public speaking, media training and personal branding. The team includes Emmy-winning journalists, performance trainers and communication advisors. The firm has trained more than 10,000 executives over 20 years. Clients range from Fortune 500 CEOs to venture-backed founders. It teaches its own system, the JPG Method, to help leaders communicate with clarity and authority.
Jared James
Jared James is a real estate coach, trainer and keynote speaker. He helps agents, team leaders, brokers and entrepreneurs grow their businesses. He is a former top-producing Realtor and the founder and CEO of Jared James Enterprises. He has trained tens of thousands of real estate professionals. His training covers lead generation, conversion, social media and AI. He also hosts the podcast Today with Jared James.
Jevon Wooden
Jevon Wooden is a leadership coach and growth consultant who helps business owners and organizational leaders. He runs BrightMind Consulting Group in Houston. He is an Army Veteran with 12 years of military service, and he also worked in public accounting and cybersecurity. He offers one-on-one and group coaching, team training, consulting and keynote talks. His work centers on emotional intelligence, team culture and sustainable growth.
Jill Young
Jill Young is an EOS Implementer who coaches business leaders and their teams. She teaches the Entrepreneurial Operating System to help leaders find root issues and run simpler, more organized companies. She has led more than 1000 sessions. She also gives keynotes and workshops at events with 100 to 3,000 people. Her clients include Freedom Powersports, Regal Plastics and ThinkWhy. She is based in San Antonio, Texas and also lists Salt Lake City, Utah.
Joanna Pudo
Joanna Pudo is a wine business coach and trainer in Poland. She helps winemakers grow their export sales and find reliable distributors. She knows the Central European market, especially Poland. She entered the wine and spirits trade in 2014, worked for a large importer, and later managed the country's largest international wine trade shows. She works online with clients in other countries.
Joanna Wiebe
Joanna Wiebe is a messaging strategist and copywriting trainer who helps marketing teams, startup founders and freelancers write copy that sells. She created the idea of conversion copywriting and founded Copyhackers in 2011. She has trained 10,000 copywriters. Her clients range from a one-person medical SMS startup to AWS. She runs brand voice and messaging workshops for whole teams, not just the writers.
Joe Sanok
Joe Sanok is a private practice consultant who helps counselors and therapists start, grow, and scale their practices. He started Practice of the Practice in 2012 to write about business and marketing for counselors. He sold his own counseling practice in 2019. He is a keynote and TEDx speaker and hosts a podcast for counselors. He also wrote the book Thursday is the New Friday.
Kaitlyn Marshall
Kaitlyn Marshall is a life coach who works with ADHD and autism. She also coaches confidence, public speaking and performance. Before coaching, she worked as an actor for over 10 years, mostly in theatre, with some TV and film work. She uses her voice and movement training in her sessions. She holds a COSCA counselling certificate and works as an Autism Consultant. She also supports the families of autistic people.
Katrina Owens
Katrina Owens is a personal branding and public relations coach who helps founders, leaders, and experts become known for what they do. She spent ten years helping companies build brands before she applied the same ideas to people. She teaches clients to win media features, speaking spots, and brand partnerships. She wrote The Six-Figure Personal Brand and hosts the FAME-READY podcast. She works from San Francisco, California.
Kevin Armstrong
Kevin Armstrong is an EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurs and leadership teams build businesses that run without the owner. He has spent more than 15 years in the EOS community and has led thousands of session days. He is a TEDx speaker, a keynote speaker and a member of the EOS Speaker's Bureau. His TEDx talk covers the difference between leading and managing. He works with clients in Washington and British Columbia.
Kirsten Ross Vogel
Kirsten Ross Vogel is a business and communication coach who helps owners build business value. She teaches leadership, communication, focus and selection strategies. She has worked with leaders in private companies, family businesses and non-profits for more than 30 years. She wrote two leadership books, Defeat Team Drama Now and From People Problems to Productivity. She is CEO of Focus Forward Coaching and works from Michigan.
Lisa Gonzalez
Lisa Gonzalez is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps visionary leaders and their teams run and scale their companies. She ran her own family-owned remodel company on EOS and grew it into one of the largest national remodel companies in the U.S. She co-wrote Process! for the EOS Traction library. Her focus is helping teams capture their core processes and follow them. She also gives keynotes and private workshops.
ML Leadership
ML Leadership is a leadership and communication coaching practice that helps organizations build strong leaders and high-performing teams. The founder worked for over 20 years as a journalist at CNN, Thomson Reuters and Al Jazeera. That work shapes the storytelling and stage presence used in sessions. The practice offers coaching, communication training and keynotes. Work is remote-friendly and runs in English, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.
Megumi Haeussler Albi
Megumi Haeussler Albi is an executive and communication coach in Germany. She helps corporate leaders build stronger communication skills and a better leadership mindset. Many of her clients are expats or lead multinational teams. She has lived abroad for over 14 years, so she brings that experience to cross cultural communication. She also coaches leaders on self-care and balance. As an ICF PCC coach, she mentors and trains other coaches to meet ICF standards.
Melissa Sandfort
Melissa Sandfort is a life and business coach in Illinois who uses Internal Family Systems (IFS) as her main method. She works with individuals in Chicago and online by Zoom, FaceTime or phone. She has been an IFS Certified Practitioner since 2010 and finished all three levels of IFS training. She also trained at two coaching schools, The Coaches Training Institute and CRR Global. She runs A Thousand Paths Life Coaching and writes a Substack on IFS.
Mike Paton
Mike Paton is an EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurs and their leadership teams run better businesses. He works from Sarasota, Florida. He has led 2,000 full-day EOS sessions for more than 150 leadership teams. He co-wrote two books in the Traction Library, Get a Grip and PROCESS!. He has given over 200 keynote talks worldwide. He also took over from Gino Wickman as EOS Worldwide's Visionary.
Nadia De Ala
Nadia De Ala is a leadership and negotiation coach who runs Real You Leadership. She coaches women of color and BIPOC leaders on career moves, pay, and using their voice. Before coaching, she spent more than ten years in enterprise and startup tech, leading teams through fast growth. She also runs workshops for companies including Google, Airbnb, Amazon and Meta. Her stated mission is to close the pay and leadership gap for BIPOC professionals.
Nick Jonsson
Nick Jonsson is an executive coach, keynote speaker and counsellor in Singapore. He helps executives, business leaders and teams with burnout, leadership and building stronger relationships. He spent more than two decades in corporate work before burnout, isolation and addiction forced him to rebuild his life. He wrote the book Executive Loneliness and is an IRONMAN athlete. He also gives TEDx and corporate keynote talks.
Nihar Chhaya
Nihar Chhaya is an executive coach who works with CEOs, C-level leaders, VPs and directors. He has guided over 200 Fortune 500 executives one on one. Before and alongside coaching, he built 25 years of business experience in leadership roles. He holds the Master Coaching Credential from the International Coaching Federation. His leadership ideas appear in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Forbes, and he also speaks on keynote stages.
Pam Gibbons
Pam Gibbons is a life coach in Iowa who helps event marketers, executives and entrepreneurs build confidence, clarity and calm. She holds Life Coach School certification. Before coaching, she held senior roles in event and client marketing, including Director of Production at Tony Robbins, Director of Event Marketing at Infusionsoft and Senior Director of Client Marketing at ADP. She also worked as a corporate trainer at Franklin Covey and in employee development at John Deere.
Paul Becque
Paul Becque is a self-mastery coach, leadership trainer, speaker and author who helps individuals and organisations change how they act under pressure. He has coached clients since 2010 on confidence, self-esteem, careers, spirituality, health, relationships, public speaking and inner peace. He worked in television for two decades and has spoken to audiences around the world. He has also trained over 60 people at one client's family business. He holds several coaching and trainer certifications.
Paul Edelman
Paul Edelman is a coach and consultant who works with leaders, families and family enterprises facing big decisions. He holds a PhD in developmental psychology from Harvard. For over four decades he has worked with senior executives and family businesses. He has been an AT&T internal consultant, an executive search consultant, and a senior executive at a venture-backed company. He uses his own COImpAct model to work through hard choices step by step.
Phillip Hatfield
Phillip Hatfield is a business coach, consultant and motivational keynote speaker in Dallas, Texas. He helps small business owners and founders set strategy, clarify goals and grow. He was mentored by Zig Ziglar. At 26 he became the youngest General Manager and Vice-President in the history of the National Hotel and Hospitality Industry. He also runs leadership training programs and has worked with healthcare, financial services, tech and retail clients.
Rachel League
Rachel League is an MBA admissions consultant and career coach. She helps people who want to enter investment banking, private equity, venture capital, business school, or early-stage startups. She also coaches public speaking, pitch delivery, and storytelling. Rachel worked at Citi, Morgan Stanley, a multibillion-dollar private equity fund, and a VC firm. She earned her MBA at Wharton and founded a startup that was accepted into eight accelerator programs.
Sarah Lakhani
Sarah Lakhani is a business and executive coach in the United Arab Emirates. She helps women who lead organizations, women moving up in corporate, and women building their own businesses. She spent 13 years as an internal strategist at Emirates and started her own consultancy in 2020. Her clients include Dubai Media Office, Dubai Women's Establishment and Nakheel. She uses a Brand-First Methodology that ties brand, strategy and customer experience together.
Sean O'Driscoll
Sean O'Driscoll is an Expert EOS Implementer who helps growth-oriented companies run better using the Entrepreneurial Operating System. He has led over 600 full day EOS sessions with over 60 companies. Before that, he sat on the leadership teams of five entrepreneurial companies. He first used EOS in 2009 and later trained as an implementer. Since 2016 he has also coached and mentored new and professional EOS Implementers as part of the EOS Worldwide Coaching team.
Sue Hawkes
Sue Hawkes is an EOS Implementer and business coach who helps entrepreneurs and their leadership teams build cultures where accountability thrives. She has run over 1500 EOS sessions and is the only Expert EOS Implementer to run both the Visionary and Integrator Masterclasses. She co-wrote the EOS book Issues and hosts the EOS Strong in Six podcast. She is based in Minneapolis and also speaks at events.
Sumit B.
Sumit B. coaches product managers, managers of PMs, founders and program managers. He has over 15 years of experience building consumer marketplace products and technical systems at scale. He currently works at Amazon on AI-powered features used by sellers and customers in 18 countries. He also founded a product firm that grew past $1M in revenue and then exited. He helps clients prepare for interviews, fix resumes, and start new roles with a clear plan.
Susan Stearns
Susan Stearns is an executive and leadership coach who helps leaders, professionals and teams build stronger leadership and lead change. She founded Stearns & Associates. She has more than two decades of executive leadership experience in Indigenous governance, economic development, non-profit leadership and organizational change. She created the Stearns Neuroleadership Performance System, which blends neuroscience, emotional intelligence, psychological safety and leadership development. She is also a certified Immunity to Change coach.
Terri Levine
Terri Levine is a business and marketing coach who helps business owners, especially coaches and consultants, sell and market with more openness. She has more than 40 years of business, sales and marketing experience and has worked with over 6,000 business owners. She wrote over 30 best-selling titles and hosts a podcast on digital marketing for coaches. She also founded Heartrepreneur Agency, a done-for-you digital marketing agency.
Todd Palmer
Todd Palmer is an executive coach and entrepreneurial advisor for founders, CEOs and second-generation owners. He spent more than 25 years as a CEO before coaching. He took his own company onto the Inc. 5000 list six times, after nearly losing it to $600K in debt. He looks at the personal patterns that helped a leader build a business and now limit it. He also runs workshops and speaks at events.
Tony Gambill
Tony Gambill is the founder of ClearView Leadership. Tony coaches leaders and consults with organizations on Self Leadership and Leading Others. Tony also speaks at events. Tony has over 25 years of executive and leadership experience across for-profit and nonprofit work, healthcare, government and higher education. Tony has worked with c-suite executives at Fortune 500 companies, government leaders, entrepreneurs and nonprofits. Tony writes leadership articles for Forbes.
Trevor Young
Trevor Young is a consultant and coach who helps entrepreneurs, experts and thought leaders build a personal brand through PR and communications strategy. He is known as the PR Warrior and has three decades of PR experience. He founded 3 marketing services businesses, sold two and merged the third with the world's biggest PR firm. His clients work in business and finance, law, leadership development, retail, fintech and allied health.
Tricia Homer
Tricia Homer is a leadership coach and facilitator who helps leaders and teams build clearer communication, trust, and alignment. She designs leadership retreats and team trainings. From 2016 to 2022 she built and ran the Executive Communication Coaching Program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. She co-founded HGVenture, and her background in theater and performing arts shapes how she coaches presence and storytelling.
Wayne Breitbarth
Wayne Breitbarth is a LinkedIn trainer, author and consultant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He helps business professionals, from entry level to CEO, use LinkedIn to build their brand, market their business and search for jobs. He has 40 years of experience in operations, finance, management, consulting and business ownership. He is a Certified Public Accountant. He wrote The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success, and he trains teams at companies and conferences across the country.
William Attaway
William Attaway is an executive and leadership coach who helps agency owners step out of daily operations and scale. He founded Catalytic Leadership and is CEO of Appreciation at Work. He wrote the book Catalytic Leadership and hosts a leadership podcast. He has led teams and coached leaders for more than 30 years. He also serves as Lead Pastor of Southview Community Church in Herndon, Virginia.
Zach Arend
Zach Arend is a Professional EOS Implementer who coaches entrepreneurial leaders and their executive teams. He helps them clarify their vision, align their people, and grow their businesses. Zach has led 300+ EOS sessions. He was VP of Sales at a logistics company that grew from $30M to $300M in ten years. He also gave a TEDx talk in 2024 and is a former two-time state champion saddle bronc rider.
Alex Stark
Alex Stark is an executive and burnout coach who helps high-achieving women and leaders recover from burnout without leaving their careers. Alex is also a licensed therapist. Coaching is offered worldwide, and therapy is offered by video in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina. Alex also runs beach therapy sessions in Carteret County, NC. Alex has a coaching method called The Executive Reset Method and gives talks on burnout.
Anne Cullen
Anne Cullen is a communication and conflict advisor in New Zealand. She helps couples and families who run a business together. Her work covers how partners talk, decide and handle pressure, both at work and at home. She created the PEACE Method, a five-step framework for responding instead of reacting. She has 30 years of experience with human behaviour, family systems and business dynamics. She works online worldwide and in person in New Plymouth.
Chris Lawson
Chris Lawson is a business coach who helps independent automotive and diesel repair shop owners build their own hiring system. The goal is a steady flow of good applications for any open job. Chris is a digital marketing strategist and a Certified Profit First Professional. He also runs Profit First workshops for repair shops and has given over 100 talks on recruiting technicians.
Christine Miller
Christine Miller is a sales coach and consultant who helps founders, business owners, managers and sales teams grow their client base and revenue. She is the principal of Miller Consulting, LLC in Essex Junction, Vermont. She brings more than 20 years in media and marketing to her work. She also offers fractional sales management, so a company can get sales leadership without hiring a full-time VP of Sales.
Gretchen Skalka
Gretchen Skalka is a career and leadership development coach who works with purpose-driven women. She is a former corporate Marketing Director with a background in leadership and employee development. She helps women lead with authenticity, raise their income and widen their professional influence. She uses an exercise called Mine Your Mind to find transferable skills and better career options. She also builds leadership and team programs based on Positive Intelligence and gives talks to businesses.
Katie O'Malley
Katie O'Malley is an executive coach and leadership educator who helps people design career paths and build strong leadership habits. She is the founder of (en)Courage Coaching + Consulting in Chicago. She has 20 years of work experience in nonprofit, education and corporate settings. She gave a TEDx talk on listening and created The AIR Formula, a framework for attention, intention and recognition. She serves clients in the US and UK by video.
Kerra Aucoin Mansfield
Kerra Aucoin Mansfield is a social media consultant who helps small and medium-sized business owners with their online marketing. She is the founder of KA Social Media, which she started in 2014. She has over 15 years in marketing, advertising and event planning. Her strategies are built on goals and analytics, so clients know what to post, where to post, how often, and why.
Mary Huron Hunter
Mary Huron Hunter is a leadership and communication coach who works with founders, executives, and emerging leaders. She has more than 30 years in practice and is also a certified mediator. Her work rests on her own framework, The Field for Human Communication, which treats communication as a nervous system event before a language event. She helps leaders stay steady under pressure and build trust with the people they lead.
Nethra Samarawickrema
Nethra Samarawickrema is a career and life coach who helps people build work and relationships that fit who they are. She has a PhD in Anthropology from Stanford and has taught listening skills at the Stanford d.School. Her method blends Nonviolent Communication, design thinking and anthropology. She works with entrepreneurs, artists, engineers, academics and executives. She also trains organizations, including fintech firms, libraries, non-profits and universities, in listening and teamwork.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah Ogden | Presentation skills and Public speaking | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Stephanie Melodia | Public speaking and Presentation Skills | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Digby Kerr | Executive communication and Presentation skills | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Dina Schmid | Public speaking and Presentation skills | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Jessika Lynch | Public speaking and Executive communication | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Julia Kraft | Public speaking and Fear of public speaking | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Kirsten Holmberg | Public speaking and Presentation skills | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Ashley Boroda | Public speaking and Presentation skills | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Nadia Romero | Public speaking and Presentation skills | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Ariana Monell | Public speaking and Presentation skills | $125 to $210 an hour |
| Rionach Aiken | Public speaking and Storytelling | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Inès Schinazi | Public speaking and Storytelling | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Ivy Naistadt | Public Speaking and Presentation Skills | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Michele Trent | Public speaking and Fear of public speaking | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Caroline Webb | Executive and leadership coach for CEOs and senior leaders | $150 to $265 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a speaking coach cost?
Most speaking coaches charge $80 to $250 per hour or session.
What else do these speaking coaches help with?
Common focus areas include public speaking, tedx and keynotes, presentation skills and executive communication.
Prices and research
- Coaching Packages and Prices: Hourly vs Monthly
- Coaching Rates Per Hour by Coach Type
- Coaching vs Therapy: Cost and Key Differences
- Do Certified Coaches Charge More?
- Executive Functioning Coach Cost
- How Many Coaches Are There?
- How Many Coaching Sessions Do I Need?
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Last updated September 2026.