Master the ART of leadership communication
Work with Janet
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Coaching
Janet helps leaders and rising leaders master confident communication, executive presence, and influence.
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Speaking & Workshops
Popular, highly interactive keynotes and workshops include:
- Master the ART of Leadership Communication;
- Elevate Your Executive Presence and Impact; and
- Personal Branding for Professional Success.
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Resources
Uplevel your communication with Janet’s videos, tools, and recommended resources.
Meet Janet
Executive Coach, Professor, and Speaker
As a Management – Communication faculty member and department director at Rice University’s business school, Janet teaches strategic communication to MBA students and oversees the program. Students praise her ability to uplevel their communication — and improve their confidence.
As an executive coach and speaker, Janet has helped thousands of professionals — both established and rising leaders — transform their communication skills. Clients praise her practical, actionable strategies for executive presence, impromptu speaking, personal branding, presenting, networking, interpersonal communication, and persuasion. Clients have ranged from large organizations like Accenture, Conoco Phillips, Goldman Sachs, and KPMG, to mid-sized organizations and startups.
The ART of Communication
Janet helps professionals master the ART of communication by supercharging how they Appear, Relate, and Talk.
Appear: Not only personal style, but virtual backgrounds, body language, and all other “visual” communication
Relate: Interpersonal communication of all kinds, including face-to-face and virtual, and whether one-on-one to in groups
Talk: Words (spoken and written), and how to customize and deliver messages effectively to different audiences
Janet’s practical, research-based, three-part system triggers both right-brain and left-brain learning. Clients learn (left-brain) rules for effective communication and (right-brain) creative best practices to implement the learning. Clients use her system to improve skills like communicating confidence, giving feedback, leading, persuading, and speaking publicly,
Global Experience
Janet spent her first 15 professional years practicing international business law. Those years taught her how to communicate across cultures, building on early cross-cultural skills developed thanks to her father’s career managing symphony orchestras. Growing up in the classical music world taught Janet how to build relationships with people from around the globe.
Expertise + Warmth.
Janet is friendly—and makes learning safe and fun. Countless clients mention her warmth, energy, and enthusiasm She creates an ideal learning environment that’s challenging yet comfortable.