I help technical specialists achieve greater business impact
Manage teams. Sell ideas and services. Secure stakeholder buy-in.
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People make decisions emotionally and justify them with logic.
“People buy people before they buy businesses”
Most technical specialists focus primarily on logic when trying to influence change… but the real breakthroughs happen when human connection is also in the mix.
I show your teams how to incorporate emotional connections into their thinking, improving how they engage both with technical teams and non-technical decision-makers. Developing this behavioral agility bridges a critical gap and drives real commercial impact.
Compelling Connections that drive trust, understanding and action
Connect with people
Master the balance between strategic assertion and active listening. I teach your teams how to stop talking, truly hear what matters to stakeholders, and ensure others feel understood before trying to influence them.
Connect the dots
Merge data, insight and experience to create and communicate compelling data stories, ensuring commercial decisions are based on evidence rather than opinion.
Connect teams
Pull together groups working in silos, expanding performance through collaboration. Find shared ground, discuss issues and ideas honestly, solve problems and deliver value.
Working with individuals and groups who want to increase their impact:
Leaders driving change
Managers maximising team performance
Insights professionals converting insights into action
Salespeople developing strategic relationships to grow business
If these sound familiar, Compelling Connections can help:
“My team have robust, value-generating suggestions but they lack the style flexibility to secure buy-in from stakeholders."
"Our insights team overwhelms their stakeholders with data density rather than delivering the concise, direct communication they need.”
"Managers don’t know how to manage under-performance. They either avoid the problem or try to tackle it but handle it poorly, and the fallout is painful."
"My team needs to ‘sell’ products / services / ideas, but they’re technical experts not salespeople. We’re not converting opportunities."
“Our technical managers either persistently push their own logical solutions or shut down entirely when challenged. They don't know how to balance healthy assertion with active listening."
“Teams are working in silos. There is conflict and we’re being very inefficient.”
"Our leaders only want to hear good news, which is driving a culture of softening the hard messages that need to be heard. Morale and business performance is being negatively impacted."
“My data has been intentionally misrepresented, to drive someone’s personal agenda.”
“A senior female leader is in perimenopause. She’s experienced an uncharacteristic drop in confidence and emotional regulation due to the hormonal rollercoaster, causing her to struggle in high-stakes conversations or when handling organisational friction.”
The Solution:
To solve these communication gaps, I use my signature Behavioural Agility Model to measure two critical, data-backed metrics: Strategic Orientation (Task vs. People) and Delivery Pace (Direct vs. Deliberate).
I teach your specialists exactly when to dynamically shift their approach - knowing when and how to lean into constructive assertion to drive a point home, and when to pause, listen, and make the other person feel genuinely heard.
“My coaching with Jane came when I was at a career crossroad. Jane provoked me – in a caring way – to honestly identify both personal and organisational factors that were holding me back, and to make a plan to address them (and implement it!). Our sessions were incredibly valuable and I would strongly recommend Jane as a coach.”
Chloe Aboud, Account Executive, Data & AI Consultancy
“Working with Jane as an executive coach was a genuinely valuable experience. She helped me work through a period of career development and gave me the space and structure to think more clearly about the kind of leader I want to be. Her questions were sharp and insightful, and she had a knack for helping me see my own patterns and blind spots without ever being prescriptive. I came away with greater clarity about my leadership style and more confidence in the decisions ahead of me. I'd recommend her warmly to anyone looking to grow as a leader.”
Sarah Williams, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Buckinghamshire New University
“One of the most valuable aspects of my coaching sessions with Jane has been having a sounding board who challenges my thinking and helps me see situations from a different perspective. Jane has been thoughtful and considered in her responses, quickly getting a handle on a situation that's thrown at her, helping me reflect on how I approach it and how I prioritise next steps. It's given me new ideas for approaching difficult conversations and with that, increased confidence. A great contribution to my leadership journey.”
Nicola Jones, IT Product Owner, Financial Services
If you want your people to lead, manage and inspire more effectively, let’s connect!
