FULL BIO
Based in the Southeastern U.S., Ian focuses his talents as both a personal coach and workshop leader on senior-level executives who strive to speak more clearly, persuasively, and with greater authority. He has been involved in public speaking and training for the past 25 years as a presenter, coach, trainer, and researcher.
Ian has worked extensively with clients in life sciences, most often helping leadership teams with their investor presentations.
He holds multiple degrees in the communication field, instructed at Harvard and MIT, and travels the globe working with leaders of countries, companies, and people from all walks of life helping them become more comfortable and effective when they speak.
Ian has written multiple articles about how to deal with extemporaneous or impromptu speaking situations and with 4 years spent researching the psychology of how communication affects us, has assisted with publishing several books on the underpinnings of speech.
“Ian’s warm and professional approach makes him very easy to work with, and his depth of intellectual capital about his areas of knowledge is truly unmatched. I’d work again with Ian in a heartbeat.”
Ian is skilled in establishing clear, sometimes difficult, but always attainable goals with his individual clients and he maintains an equally sharp focus on specific, actionable results in group training sessions. Topics in which Ian brings added expertise to THE SPEECH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY include: listener analysis, communication in the moment, public speaking skills, executive communication, and leadership.