Self-paced online program

Sound Like
You

Executive presence, in 90 minutes.

You will finish with six behaviours to change, a way to measure each one, and a routine to use before an important conversation. Built for senior people whose work is strong and whose delivery has not caught up.

90 minutes Self-paced Yours permanently 25 founding places A$49 until 30 September
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78%
say limited executive presence holds capable careers back
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What this program changes

Say it once,
and have it land.

You made the point. The room moved on. Eleven minutes later someone else made the same point in different words, and this time the chair wrote it down.

The analysis was right. The recommendation was right. Neither was the problem. It did not sound like a position, so the room did not treat it as one.

There are two parts to this. What you do when you speak, and what you decide before you speak. The second one controls the first.

Most training in this field teaches you to perform. Speak louder, use bigger gestures, copy someone else's style. This program does the opposite. It works on the voice you already have, so you sound the same in a difficult meeting as you do in an easy one.

The behaviours that shape how people see you were learned. That means they can be changed. The program shows you which ones you use, and what to do about each.

Why communication first

Why does communication
come first?

Communication is one part of leadership. It is also the part that affects everything else. That is why this program covers one subject in full rather than ten in outline.

01 · The foundation

How you communicate

How you stand, how you use your voice, and which words you choose. Almost all of it is habit, so all of it can be changed.

02

Credibility and trust

When people trust how you will handle a conversation, they tell you about problems early instead of late.

03

Influence without authority

People decide how seriously to take you in the first few minutes. Get that right and you do not spend the rest of the meeting catching up.

04

Decisions that go your way

A clear recommendation gets a decision. A hedged one gets put off to the next meeting.

05

A career that progresses

Promotions are decided on what senior people remember about you. That is usually five or six moments where you either sounded ready for the next role or you did not.

None of this is a soft skill. It shows up in what gets approved, what gets funded, who gets the role, and how long a decision takes.

What is included

What you will
work on.

One module. Under 90 minutes. Six behaviours you can use the same week.

01

Adjust before you lose them

How to tell when a room has stopped following you, and how to change course while you are still speaking. The same method works for one person or a hundred.

02

Decide your position first

People can hear how sure you are of yourself. You settle your position, and what you want from the conversation, before you walk in.

03

Control the first ten seconds

People form a view of you before you say anything. This is what they are responding to, and how to take charge of it.

04

Voice that stays the same in a hard meeting

How fast you speak, how high your voice sits, and where you pause. Settle yourself first and the voice follows on its own.

05

Words that get a decision

How to state a recommendation so it reads as a recommendation. Exact wording you can use in your next meeting.

06

Ready before you walk in

A short routine to use before an important conversation, so you arrive ready whatever kind of morning you have had.

The method

How will you know
it is working?

You sound different in your own head than you do to a room. The quickest way past that is to watch yourself back.

Record two minutes. Score it against five things you can count. Every item is a number, so there is nothing to interpret and nothing to argue with. Most people change one or two things the same day.

  • Count the filler words
  • Mark every pause longer than two seconds
  • Note where your pitch rises at the end of a statement
  • Track where your hands go in the first ten seconds
  • Record how often you soften a point you meant to make
Start today, at no cost

Diagnose it yourself
in two minutes.

The first thing this program does is show you where you are. You can do that part today, free, without me.

Record two minutes on something that matters to you. A position you are about to argue, an update you owe the board. Then score it against six things. All six are numbers, so it takes about twenty minutes.

Most people find three to five habits they did not know they had. You cannot change a habit you have never heard.

If what you find bothers you, the program is the fix.

The Two-Minute Self-Assessment

Six things to count, scored out of 12. You get your result on the spot, plus a one-page card so you can run it again in a month.
  • Free, whether or not you ever buy the program
  • About 20 minutes, including the recording
  • Your score tells you which habit to fix first
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How the program works

Three steps,
start to finish.

1

Work through the module

Under 90 minutes, at your own pace. One sitting or spread across a week. Access is permanent and includes any updates.

2

Record two minutes

Use something real that is coming up. The closer it is to your day job, the more useful the result.

3

Review against the framework

Score the recording against the five-point list. Most of what you find has been there for years, and one sitting is usually enough to change it.

Run it again whenever you want. Record yourself a month later and compare the numbers, or use it to prepare before any conversation that matters.

Investment

What it
costs.

From October 2026 the program is A$140, or A$240 with a personal review. Until then, 25 founding places are open at A$49 with the review included.

Founding cohort · 25 places · closes 30 September

A$49 for the first 25.

The complete program and a personal review of your two-minute recording, returned in writing within five business days. From October, the same package is A$240.

Founding members tell me what worked and what did not in return. It is my way of rewarding the people who go first.

A$240A$49Founding place · review included
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From October · full price
Sound Like You
The complete program, worked through on your own.
A$140
One-time payment. Permanent access.
  • The complete module, under 90 minutes
  • The self-review framework
  • The pre-conversation preparation routine
  • Permanent access, including future updates
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Limited places
From October · full price
Sound Like You with Personal Review
The program, plus an outside assessment of your delivery.
A$240
One-time payment. Limited places each month.
  • Everything in Sound Like You
  • Submit a two-minute recording of yourself
  • A written assessment covering what already works, and the one or two changes that will make the most difference
  • Returned to you within five business days
Notify me in October →

Review places are limited each month, because I write every assessment myself. If they are full, you can start the program straight away and add a review as soon as one opens.

Who this program is for

Am I the
right fit?

This program is built for you if:

  • you present to boards, executives or clients and want to be taken seriously when you do
  • you have real technical depth and want the delivery to match it
  • you influence people you have no formal authority over
  • you are stepping into a role where far more people are listening
  • you are preparing for one important conversation you cannot get wrong
  • you would rather learn this at your own pace than sit through a two-day course

I built this because I needed it

Early in my career I sat in meeting rooms with the right analysis and watched it go nowhere. The work was not the problem. I could not hear what I was doing while I was doing it.

So I worked it out, and then I used it. More than fifteen years across startups, non-profits and large corporates, including Qantas, Macquarie Bank and CA ANZ, is where I built this method and where it was tested.

Toastmasters International since 2021, through Club President and Level 3 of Presentation Mastery. That is a polite way of saying several hundred hours of being recorded and told the truth.

This program is the short version. It is what I would hand to myself, ten years ago, walking into that meeting.

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Questions

Questions before
you join.

When does the program open?

October 2026. Until then the founding cohort is open at A$49, including the complete program and a personal review. Founding members get access ahead of general release and hear the date first.

How much time does it require?

Under 90 minutes for the module, and about 20 for the self-review. The review is where the change happens, so leave time for it.

Is this only relevant if I present formally?

It applies first to everyday situations. Executive meetings, one-to-ones, client conversations, a position you need a board to accept. Formal presentations run on the same foundations, so both improve together.

Is this suitable if I would not describe myself as a confident speaker?

Yes. Confidence is not a personality type you either have or do not have. It is a set of behaviours you can see and count, and those can be learned. The program starts from how you already speak rather than working against it.

What does the personal review involve?

You send a two-minute recording. I score it against the same framework you used and write back on what is already working, and the one or two changes that will make the biggest difference. Returned within five business days.

How long do I have access?

Permanently, including any future updates. It is built to be used again before an important conversation.

I have already done presentation training. How is this different?

Most presentation training works on the presentation. This works on you, on the days when there is no presentation. The update, the one-to-one, the meeting where you have ninety seconds and no slides. It also starts from what you do now rather than a model of what good looks like, which is why the first thing you do is record yourself.

English is my second language. Will my accent hold me back?

No, and I would tell you if I thought otherwise, because it is personal for me. Accent is not what decides whether a room takes a recommendation seriously. How fast you speak, where you pause, whether your voice rises at the end of a sentence, and whether you soften the point are. Every one of them can be learned in any accent.

Is this just Toastmasters?

Toastmasters gave me the practice hours and I recommend it to anyone. What it does not give you is a starting point. This program is built for people who do not have four years of weekly meetings spare and want to know what to change on Monday.

What if I want to take this further?

Sound Like You gives you the method. Applying it to your role and your organisation is coaching work, and a single session is the lightest way to start. If there is a conversation already in your calendar, a single coaching session does that directly.

The voice you already have,
used well.

One module. One recording. A clear picture of what you do now, and six things to change. Founding places are A$49 until 30 September.

Founding cohort: the complete program plus a personal review, A$49 until 30 September.
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