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Executive Communication Coaching
I coach international professionals whose expertise is stronger than the way it comes across in English. Presentations, meetings, proposals, difficult conversations: we look at what is happening, why it is happening, and what to change.
It affects whether people understand your point, trust your judgement, ask the right questions and know what to do next. So I do not treat communication as something separate from the work itself.
What changed for them
We expected a set of usability notes from a single call. What we actually got was far beyond that, a ~30-page structured analysis, a walkthrough presentation, and 12 screen recordings going through the real experience step by step. The depth and specificity were well above what we’d scoped.
We went in thinking of payments as a “feature,” and Nadia reframed it as a market-entry gate: for creators in Stripe-unsupported countries, payout support isn’t a nice-to-have. That single reframing changed how we prioritize.
Clear and well-paced. The scope she set matched what she delivered, communication was proactive, and we never had to chase anything.
One example was an important presentation on critical logistics topics. Nadia helped me prepare thoroughly, and I felt much more comfortable explaining complex concepts, clearly and with structure. It helped our partner understand the work more effectively and created a stronger foundation for the discussions that followed.
Nadia always starts by understanding what I need, tailoring every session to my specific situation instead of following a general plan. She has a solid understanding of leadership and identifies communication challenges quickly.
She is flexible, knowledgeable, and understands the realities of the business world, bringing valuable insight to every session.
As a result, I was able to present my knowledge clearly and confidently, and I felt much more comfortable speaking in front of people.
What I appreciate most is the support throughout the learning process. I also value the way practical, real-world examples are used to help me grow professionally.
If you want to improve your English communication skills, you need to prepare yourself and practise consistently.
I wanted to improve my English for professional purposes, refresh my vocabulary and communicate with confidence.
What I valued most was the open communication, an approach that combines learning with real expertise, and the flexibility.
I noticed the difference in how I communicate generally, as well as in creating and delivering presentations. The sessions are enjoyable, and they bring you to a strong level of proficiency.
The coaching clients above came from working together over months, not from a single session. That steady kind of progress is what a Communication Partnership is built for. The Pensight review was a single commissioned engagement, and it is written up in full in the case studies.
The Noreva Method™
Then we look at what your audience needs to understand, how the information is structured, how your language shapes the way you come across, and what moves people to act. Finally, we work on the version you actually deliver.
What this needs to achieve.
What the audience needs to understand.
How your language comes across.
What moves people from understanding to action.
The version you actually deliver.
The research behind it comes from psychology, linguistics and communication science, used to understand what is happening well enough to change it.
Read the case studiesWays of working
One document, one presentation, or the communication that is part of your job every week.
Before you send it
From €1501 document, reviewed in depth
Bring me one presentation, proposal, report or email before it goes out. I look at what it is trying to do, where it becomes harder to follow, and what the audience is likely to take from it.
Before you present it
From €3002 to 4 sessions
One presentation and a real deadline. We work with your actual presentation and the date you are preparing for, looking at the structure, the wording, the delivery and the questions you are likely to face.
The aim is not only to improve the language. It is to know how to get your main points across clearly and how to respond to questions.
While you lead
From €450/month4 to 6 sessions a month
Some communication problems do not belong to one presentation. We work on the meetings, documents and conversations that are already part of your job.
Choose based on your goal, not your budget. Every engagement starts with a free 15 to 30 minute consultation, and I will recommend the one that suits what you are preparing for. If you are still weighing this up, here is how this differs from business English lessons.
Who I work with
You know your subject and your industry. You may be the person everyone comes to when something complicated needs explaining. Something changes when that expertise has to reach senior people, clients or colleagues from other countries, in English. That is the part I work on.
Individuals
I mainly work with professionals who communicate in English across countries and cultures:
That might be a board presentation, an investor pitch, a meeting you are leading, or a proposal going to a client.
Companies & teams
Companies can also book this work for their people, for example:
There is no corporate programme to commission. Each person gets support with their own work, and it stays simple to arrange and to budget for.
Either way, it starts with a free consultation about what you are working on.
About Noreva
A lot of communication advice starts with delivery: speak slowly, make eye contact, tell a story. Those things can help. They do not tell you why a presentation did not work, or why a message that seemed clear to you was misunderstood.
I am Nadia Britz, and my background is in psychology and linguistics. So I look at what is happening underneath: how the message is structured, what the audience expects, and how your wording frames what you say. Then we bring that back to the situation in front of you. Your first consultation can be in German or English. The coaching itself is in English.
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Practical writing on presenting, negotiating and leading in a second language, drawn from the research and the room.
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Book a free consultation15–30 minutes · English or German · Online worldwide
Short answers to what most people want to know before booking.
Each engagement has a starting price, agreed with you before any work begins.
What moves the price is how much work happens outside the live sessions. Every engagement can also be booked in a lighter form, which costs less.
Rehearsal only. We use the call to practise material you have already written. No document review, research or written feedback beforehand.
Sessions only. For the Intensive and the Partnership, we work live in the sessions, without document review or preparation between them.
The full versions include the work I do between sessions: reviewing your draft, researching your audience, refining the structure, and written feedback. We agree the exact price in the free consultation, once I know what you actually need.
That depends on which engagement, and most of all on how much time there is before the moment you are preparing for.
Communication Audit. A week before your deadline is ideal. That leaves comfortable time to review your material, send the report, and rehearse before you deliver it.
Presentation Intensive. Two to three weeks works best, so the sessions can be spaced out properly rather than compressed at the last minute.
Communication Partnership. This one is ongoing, month to month. Most of the value builds over several months rather than in a single cycle.
If your timing is tighter than this, do get in touch anyway. It is often still possible.
Most people are more ready for this than they think.
You will get the most from the work if you can already hold a conversation in English, because we focus on how you use the language rather than teaching it from the beginning.
If your English is solid but not yet fluent, the Communication Partnership is often the best fit. It gives us time to build business vocabulary alongside structure, delivery and confidence, rather than preparing for a single event.
If you are not sure where you stand, the free consultation will make that clear very quickly, and you are most welcome to book one.
Not quite, though the two are easily confused.
I do not teach English from the ground up. Instead, we work on how you use the English you already have when it counts: how a presentation is structured, how a recommendation is made, which words carry authority, and how you handle the questions that follow.
You bring the expertise and the language. My work is making sure both of them land.
Online, over Google Meet. You will receive the link with your booking confirmation, and there is nothing to install.
Yes, and it is a good way to start. If your material is already written and you would simply like to practise delivering it, you can book the session time on its own.
There is no document review, research or written feedback beforehand, so it costs less than a full Audit or Intensive.
For a larger team, or for something more structured than a rehearsal, tell me what you are preparing for and I will come back with a price.
Yes, very happily. If a team is presenting together, or several colleagues are preparing for the same kind of moment, the rehearsal can be run as a group.
It works best with a small group, so that everyone gets real feedback rather than simply a turn to speak. It also tends to work best within one team, since you will be watching each other rehearse.
For a larger team, or for something more structured than a rehearsal, do tell me what you are preparing for and I will come back with a price.
Yes. The booking calendar shows my availability in your time zone as well as mine, so there is never confusion about when we are meeting.
My clients work across Europe, the Americas and beyond, so times outside standard European hours can usually be arranged.
A relaxed conversation of 15 to 30 minutes over Google Meet. It is not a test, and there is no need to prepare perfect English.
The call is there so I can understand what you are working on, rather than to begin the work itself, so we will not be doing any coaching or preparation in it.
I will ask a little about your role, your goals and the challenge in front of you. Towards the end I explain how I could help and answer anything you would like to ask, including about price.
There is no obligation to book afterwards, and the call is free either way. If you would like to get more out of it, there is a short guide on how to prepare.
Not at all. The consultation is simply there if you would like to talk things through before committing, and most people find it useful.
If you already know what you need, you are very welcome to book directly:
Please do say so, and as early as feels right. It is genuinely useful to know.
In most cases it means we are focusing on the wrong thing, and that is mine to put right rather than yours. A change of approach is usually all it takes.
If it still is not working after that, I would far rather tell you honestly than carry on regardless. The Partnership runs month to month with no lock-in, so you are free to stop at the end of any month.
Of course, and many clients are funded by their employer.
I invoice you, and you pass the invoice on to your company. It names the engagement only, so what we actually work on stays between the two of us.
Completely. Nothing you share with me is passed on to anyone else.
Your documents are never shared with anyone else. Protecting your material is central to this work rather than an afterthought.
Very little, because very little is collected. This website has no analytics, no cookies and no tracking of any kind, so reading it leaves no trace with me at all.
What I hold is what you send me: your booking details, our correspondence, and the materials we work on together. None of it is sold or shared for marketing.
The full detail, including how long I keep things and how to ask me to delete them, is in the privacy notice.
The free consultation can be in German or English, whichever feels more comfortable for you.
The coaching itself takes place in English, since English is where you need to perform. If something is easier to explain in German, we switch for a moment and then carry on.
Life happens, and moving a session is never a problem. A message as early as you can manage is all I need.
To move a session to another time in the same week, four hours’ notice is plenty. To cancel, or to move it beyond the current week, twelve hours’ notice.
Inside those windows I do have to charge for the session, simply because the time has already been set aside for you. If something unavoidable comes up, please do just talk to me.
Question not answered here? Email me at nadia@noreva-communications.com
