I coach senior executives and business leaders on presentation and communication, using techniques drawn from over a decade of professional stage performance.
Board presentations, investor pitches, live deals — situations where there is no second take and the pressure is real.
One-to-one work with senior leaders preparing for high-stakes presentations, pitches, and public-facing moments.
Coaching for board presentations, investor pitches, and live deals — the moments where preparation has to hold under pressure.
Techniques adapted from professional acting training: managing nerves, holding the room, and staying present under scrutiny.
Coaching for competitive public speaking, where composure and delivery are judged in real time.
"The work centres on high-stakes moments — situations where how you show up matters as much as what you say."
My approach borrows directly from actor training and applies it to a business context. Before any executive walks into a board meeting or an investor pitch, the same questions an actor asks before walking on stage apply: what state am I in, what does this room need from me, and how do I stay present once I'm in it.
This isn't theory borrowed secondhand. It comes from over a decade of professional stage performance, brought into the room with business leaders who need it to hold up under real pressure.
Founder of Carney Performance. Over a decade of coaching experience working with senior executives and business leaders on presentation and communication, built on a background of professional stage performance.
I bring the discipline of actor training — presence, state management, delivery under pressure — into rooms where the stakes are commercial, not theatrical, but the principles are exactly the same.
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