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Your work Speaks, Now make sure the Room listens

For senior engineers, analysts, clinicians, and specialists ready to translate technical credibility into visible leadership. Start with a free 15-minute call with a licensed speech-language pathologist.

Free • 15 minutes • No pressure

Your expertise is already there; SLP-led communication coaching helps make that expertise visible through clearer structure, stronger signal, and more congruent presence in high-stakes professional conversations.

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FOUNDER & LEAD CLINICIAN

Sydney Parriott

MA, CCC-SLP, MBA


Licensed speech-language pathologist and professional communication coach

A free, 15-minute call to identify your next step toward confident, emotionally intelligent communication.

Our coaching blends science, psychology, and emotional intelligence. So you finally understand why communication feels hard and how to change it.


M.A. Speech-Language Pathology M.B.A. Business Administration Certificate of Clinical Competence

CREDENTIALS

FEATURED IN

Communication Intelligence

CREDENTIALS


ASHA’s Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology reflects rigorous preparation in the science of communication, including 1,260 hours of supervised professional practice and successful completion of the Praxis examination.

Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist


10+

Specializing in adult communication

YEARS OF PRACTICE

M.A.

Evidence-based, neuroscience informed

CLINICAL TRAINING

Trained in cognitive and linguistic science of executive presence.

From Our Clients

DISCOVERY CALL

What You’ll Get in 15 Minutes


We use this opportunity to create a safe, judgment-free space. Your discovery call is focused on clarity and practical next steps, NOT pressure.

  • Diagnose the friction. Pinpoint the specific patterns getting between your expertise and how senior leadership perceives you.

  • See the framework. Understand how a clinical, evidence-based approach builds promotable presence — without changing who you are.

  • Leave with one move. Walk away with one concrete tactic you can use in your next high-stakes meeting, this week.

THE RESOURCE LIBRARY


Not Ready to Make the Call?

Take the 3-minute Promotion-Readiness Communication Audit and get the The Meeting Presence One-Pager — sent straight to your inbox.

BEFORE GETTING STARTED

Frequently Asked Questions


  • Yes. In many cases, technical and analytical professionals are easier to coach, not harder, because they tend to respond well to structure, patterns, feedback, and clear frameworks.

    Communication coaching is not about becoming unusually charismatic or changing your personality. It is about making your thinking easier for other people to follow. We look at how you organize your ideas, how much context you provide, where your message loses signal, and how your delivery affects perception.

  • No, though the two can work well together.

    Executive coaching often focuses on leadership strategy, decision-making, behavior, team dynamics, and career development. SLP-led communication coaching focuses more specifically on the mechanics of communication: how thought becomes language in real time, how your voice carries authority, how clearly your message is structured, and how your delivery affects listener understanding.

    In other words, executive coaching may help you make big picture decisions. Communication coaching develops microskills to ensure people can actually experience that leadership when you speak.

  • That depends on your goals, starting point, and how often you practice between sessions.

    We begin with a diagnostic phase to identify what is affecting your communication signal. From there, we build practical frameworks for organizing your thoughts, rehearse live communication scenarios, and then transfer those skills into real meetings, presentations, interviews, or leadership conversations.

    Many clients notice early shifts in awareness quickly. More durable change usually comes from repeated practice, feedback, and applying the skills in the situations where visibility actually matters.

  • Possibly. Many employers use professional development, leadership training, continuing education, or learning and development budgets to support communication coaching.

    This type of work can be framed around measurable workplace outcomes such as clearer meeting communication, stronger presentation skills, improved leadership presence, better cross-functional collaboration, and reduced miscommunication.

    I can provide an outcomes-framed scope document for your manager or L&D partner so the request is positioned clearly as professional development rather than a personal expense.

The Emerging Internal Leader

CASE STUDY


Real screenshots from an actual communication analysis report, shared with identifying information removed for client privacy.


The Challenge

  • Worked in engineering at a large company; exceptionally intelligent and full of strong ideas

  • Still getting talked over, overlooked, or tuned out in meetings

01

What We Found

  • His speech rate was too fast in high-pressure moments

  • His average sentence length was too long for real-time processing

  • Listeners often lost the thread before reaching the most valuable part of his point

02

What We Worked On

  • Thought organization frameworks to make ideas easier to follow

  • Biofeedback for speech rate to reduce listener burden

  • Repeated refinement to improve clarity, pacing, and delivery in meetings

03

THE RESULT


  • Ideas became easier to understand in the moment

  • Stronger meeting presence and better follow-through from others

  • More visibility for the quality of his thinking


Communication that supported a promotion


FROM THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS REPORT

SPEAKING PACE

184.61

WORDS PER MINUTE


Well above the 170 wpm comprehension range for most listeners.

SENTENCES OVER 20 WORDS

4

SENTENCES


Added demand on listener attention. Longest sentence was 30 words.

WATCH THE WORK


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Short breakdowns of how public figures actually communicate - the same lens I bring to every session.

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RECOMMENDATIONS


Book Recommendations

The Confidence Gap by Russ Harris

The Organized Mind by Daniel Levitin

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow

Tool Recommendations

Communication Analysis (15-minute Sample)
$67.99

You can read every workbook in the world and still wonder what you sound like to other people. The Communication Analysis closes that gap.

Submit one audio or video sample, up to 15 minutes long — a real meeting, a recorded pitch, an interview practice, a presentation rehearsal, even a voice memo of you thinking out loud. Your sample lands in the hands of a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who analyzes it through the lens of the Resonance Method™: how you frame your ideas, how you sound, how you pace yourself, how you read your audience, and how the whole package lands together.

You get back a written report (practical, plainly worded, no jargon)that tells you exactly what's working, exactly where the friction is, and exactly which two or three specific shifts will move the needle fastest. Ten minutes is more than enough audio for a trained ear to surface the patterns that have been quietly costing you. We've seen it consistently: the things that hold professionals back are usually visible in the first 90 seconds.

Built as a stepping stone — sized for professionals who want real personalized feedback before committing to a coaching package. Treat it as a diagnostic. Use the report. Decide your next step from there.

After checkout, you'll get an automatic confirmation email with a link to our submission portal.

What's Inside Your Report

  • Communication Strengths — what you're already doing well, with specific timestamped examples from your sample

  • Top 2–3 Growth Areas — prioritized so you know where to focus first

  • Pillar-by-Pillar Notes — observations on Frame of Mind, Active Listening, Content, and Delivery as they showed up in your sample

  • Step-by-Step Recommendations — concrete, practicable next moves (not vague advice like "be more confident")

  • Suggested Next Step — which workbook, exercise, or coaching tier fits where you actually are

Who It's For: Mid-career professionals preparing for a promotion, interview, big presentation, or client pitch. Anyone who's read the books, taken the courses, and still wants a second pair of expert ears on what they actually sound like. People who aren't ready for a coaching commitment but want more than self-study can give them.

$67.99 · Digital report · Delivered within 5-7 business days

Communicate to Advance: Content Workbook & Tool Chest
$27.99

You had a good idea. You said it. People looked confused. Pillar 4 of The Resonant Communication Method™ fixes that gap.

Content is The Resonant Communication Method™ pillar of what you say and how you organize it. This workbook gives you the decision frameworks that sharp communicators use without thinking: frameworks for choosing appropriate topics, for avoiding inappropriate ones, for structuring a response under pressure, and tiered vocabulary so you can match your language to the person in front of you without dumbing down or showing off. You'll also practice adding interest with story, analogy, and data and build your first set of working notes.

This workbook pairs especially well with Delivery (Pillar 5) — content is what you say, delivery is how. Together they turn "she's smart but hard to follow" into "I always know what she means."

What's Inside:

  • Content Overview

  • Choosing Appropriate Topics

  • Avoiding Inappropriate Topics

  • Choosing What's Important — Part 1: Everyday Conversations

  • Choosing What's Important — Part 2: Professional Conversations

  • Choosing an Order

  • Response Framework 1

  • Response Framework 2

  • Choosing Vocabulary (tiered by audience)

  • Adding Interest (stories, analogies, data)

  • Using Notes (outlining and prep cards)

Who It's For: Anyone preparing for interviews, professionals leading meetings or giving updates, people who rehearse for days and still feel “rambly,” and anyone who wants an organized toolkit for structuring a response in real time.


Price: $27.99 · Digital PDF · Printable File: 23 pages

Thought Organization Workshop - 09-22-2026, 6-7:30pm CST
$69.99

This premium 1.5-hour virtual workshop is a limited-seat experience designed for just 15 participants. Unlike a standard webinar, this session offers rare access to our thought organization frameworks, real-time guided practice, and live use of biofeedback tools to analyze elements such as linguistic complexity, sentence length, structural clarity, pacing of ideas, and personalized recommendations to sharpen how your thinking lands in conversation.

Participants will not simply learn about thought organization. They will begin to observe, interpret, and practice it with greater precision in a highly focused small-group setting. Because of the depth of instruction, software access, and individualized learning built into the experience, attendance is intentionally capped.

This workshop is designed for those who want a more elevated, hands-on opportunity to understand how the structure of their thinking shapes perception, presence, and connection in the workplace. Great for mid-level professionals ready to level-up their presence or those managing the impact of neurodivergence on communication (e.g., ADHD).

Investment: $69.99


Or more free resources like this? Check out our Speech Mechanics Webinar or our Public Speaking Pump-Up Playlists.

OUR PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK

The Resonant Communication Method™

A proven five-pillar framework that transforms how professionals show up, listen deeply, and communicate with clarity and confidence - in any room, at any level.

Developed by Sydney Parriott, MA, CCC-SLP, MBA of Speak Like a Professional


01

Frame of Mind

The inner clarity and intentional presence that shapes every interaction before a word is spoken.

02

Active Listening

Deep, attuned listening that builds trust and unearths what is truly being said in order to connect.

03

Cultural & Social Factors

Navigating the unspoken rules and diversity that shape conversations.

04

Content

Crafting clear, compelling messages to resonate, persuade and move people to action.

05

Delivery

Voice, presence, and physical expression to carry your message with authority.

Interested in how we apply The Resonant Communication Method™ with professionals just like you?

LET’S TALK


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