Executive Coaching · Communicate Under Pressure
Communicate Under Pressure.
For leaders who want to find the right words, communicate clearly and manage spontaneous moments better.
For leaders who want to find the right words, communicate clearly and manage spontaneous moments better.
Communicating is getting harder. Future-ready leaders know they need the right human skills and communication that connects to be promoted, respected, and get work done. Stakeholder tensions can be addressed if you know what’s in the way.
I help leaders address the stress reactions that get in the way of communicating and performing under pressure. It’s not your preparation or your communication skills. Under pressure, your automatic stress response impacts how you think and speak, before you know it’s happening.
After a critical communication, have you ever felt “That wasn’t me”? Then this is for you.
Most communication training starts at Communicate: the words and delivery. This is the Performance Under Pressure approach: it starts one step earlier, at Reset, what happens in your system under pressure before you speak. What Radical Candor, Crucial Conversations, and Nonviolent Communication miss: your state before words.
Your state and presence before the exchange begins. Rooted in somatic coaching and nervous system science.
Authentic relating: reading and resonating with the humans in the room. A method developed over 15 years.
The right words come easier because you’ve reset and connected. Science backed.
A shift that holds in any room, not just the session.
Why Catherine. 20+ years as an executive partner: a communications and leadership development professional, leading and guiding transformation and change. Before that, live TV news anchor, media spokesperson, and crisis communicator. ICF PCC, 5,000+ coaching hours. Zug, in person and online.
More about CatherineGenuine connection, not performed rapport. The human skills the other person feels, coming from a grounded presence no AI can offer.
Know your personal stress pattern. Apply it to prepare physically so your words and skills appear when it counts.
Tools you use in any room that others don't notice. Beyond breathwork: tools for the actual conversation.
Your voice is connected to your stress pattern. A proprietary framework from experience, so your vocal tone leads.
Respond, not react. Set boundaries and make requests that preserve relationships. Phrases for any tense moment.
Concise and confident in spontaneous moments. How to regroup when challenged, interrupted, or in live Q&A.
“I got tools to tone down the nerves and manage the headspace that impacts how I communicate with senior leaders. Simple shifts that made me feel more confident and in control.”Senior leaderPharmaceutical industry
“It’s a more advanced session, beyond traditional coaching. You feel the physical benefits rather than just the intellectual ones.”Eva HoeffelmanCommunications Executive, Geneva
“This body-based awareness is amazing; it’s helping me navigate these tough conversations with new language and tools.”Leah CookDirector, Leadership Development & Culture, Minneapolis
“The session was a game changer for me. I gained valuable insights on how to reclaim my power as a speaker and connect with my audience beyond words.”Emmanuel JacobHR Learning Services Leader, Geneva
Address a recurring situation or challenging environment. Big moment prep. Apply tailored techniques immediately.
From CHF 1,440 · for real, lasting change
From CHF 2,250 · in-person half day
Come with your communication problem. Leave with the solution. Feedback preparation. Presentation fears. 30 minutes is my superpower.
CHF 100 · 30 minutes
Book a drop-inPractical training for any situation or stakeholder. Each person leaves with personal practices to apply that day.
Half-day or full-day · Ask about pricing
Get in touchExperiential. A difference you feel. Science-backed method that shifts perspectives on de-stressing communication.
60 to 90 minutes · Ask about pricing
Get in touchIt starts one layer earlier. Most communication coaching teaches frameworks, words, and delivery, but under pressure you cannot pull them up. This program first addresses the automatic stress response that narrows your thinking and language, so the skills land when it counts.
Yes. Freezing or going blank under pressure is a stress response, not a skills gap. Trained directly, your nervous system stops hijacking your words and your clarity holds in the moments that matter. The approach comes from a former TV anchor and crisis communicator who has performed live under pressure.
Executive Presence coaching is for a sustained pattern across all rooms over time. Communicate Under Pressure is for a specific situation or stakeholder in front of you now: a presentation, a difficult conversation, a recurring challenge, or a communication problem you want to solve quickly.
One-on-ones, presentations, live Q&A, conflict, feedback conversations, stakeholder management, and virtual communication. Any moment where you know what you want to say but lose it under pressure.
The difference: this page is for one specific situation or stakeholder in front of you now. Executive Presence & Influence is for a sustained pattern across every room, over time.
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