Executive Communication & Public Speaking Coach in Singapore
I help professionals and leaders strengthen their executive communication and presence — so they can speak clearly and show up confidently in public speaking situations.
My name is Ellery.
Whether you’re navigating high-stakes executive meetings, difficult interpersonal interactions, or speaking before large groups, communication can break down not just because of a lack of skill, but because of what happens internally when you’re under pressure.
This is where I can help you as a public speaking coach in Singapore — to support you to speak up in group settings with more ease, while bringing influence and impact.
As an interpersonal skills coach, I work with how your body, emotions, and thinking interact in real time, so you can stay grounded, think clearly, and express yourself while keeping the conversation productive.
All these are in my wheelhouse, as an executive communication and public speaking coach. If you are willing to work on yourself, we can increase your range and your capacity to communicate — in one-on-one conversations, boardrooms, and townhalls alike.
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What communication issues are familiar to you?
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You want to speak up in group settings, but go blank or hold back
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Your overthinking is costing you clarity and impact
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Presentations and Q&A spike your anxiety, even when you’re prepared
- A lack of executive presence or interpersonal skills is holding you back from advancement
These are not flaws. They’re your communication patterns under pressure.
A Practical Approach to Executive & Interpersonal Communication, Tailored to You
I use an ontological approach as an executive communication coach, helping you to make agile shifts in your entire being – through your body, emotion and language.
This work is not about ‘tips’ or advice. Neither is it about positivity and ‘mindset’. Together, you and I will go deep to build up awareness of how you show up in high-stakes communication, and how you can make practical shifts in those moments.
In fact, most of my executive clients work with me to sharpen their interpersonal skills when they struggle to assert themselves, speak up in groups, or to remain clear and grounded under pressure.
Rather than rigid frameworks or memorised scripts, our work together is tailored to you – your nervous system, your patterns, and your real-world situations.
My Professional Credentials
I’m a Professional Certified Coach with the ICF and a Newfield Certified Coach through the Newfield Network. I’m also the first Embodied Yoga Principles Certified Coach in Asia. At the core, I’m an ontologically-trained life coach; I also draw from a diverse body of work, such as Gestalt psychotherapy and the field of Organization Development.
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Testimonials
Who I work with — and how it helps in real-life
My clients are capable, thoughtful professionals (mostly in leadership; sometimes in senior individual-contributor roles) who know they have more to offer, but find that communication pressure gets in the way.
Some have been newly promoted into leadership (or are gunning for it) and are aware that communication and confidence are the keys to their next level of success.
And many come specifically looking for a public speaking coach in Singapore because presentations, town halls, or panels trigger anxiety.
Others begin with interpersonal challenges – difficulty speaking up in meetings, managing conflict, or holding their ground – and later realise that public speaking is essentially the same issue, amplified.
Clients commonly experience:
- Greater ease and clarity when speaking in groups
- Stronger executive presence in meetings
- Less anxiety and overthinking under pressure
- The ability to speak spontaneously without rehearsing scripts
This is not performance training. It’s capacity building.
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The Practical Need for Coaching
(why coaching on communication & confidence can make a difference for you)
The differentiator for success often lies in our ability to communicate confidently. As this can look different for each individual and scenario, 1-on-1, personalised coaching can be highly practical for developing communication skills. This need is driven by a fast-paced and complex world, especially in a place like Singapore:
- AI and social media quicken the pace of work and raise expectations to overwhelming levels
- The world grows more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) by the day
- Hyper-individualization over traditional institutions (such as government, religion and family), results in many people having a BANI – brittle, anxious, nonlinear and incomprehensible – experience of life and work
- Post-COVID, professional and personal communities become even smaller and more decentralized, increasing the need to be competent at use of self and interpersonal skills
- Feeling alone, despite being connected 24/7. This can be especially true for executives and leaders, as they may have no one to confide in safely
- Our interactions have become “high-tech, low-touch”, less personable and empathetic – this is an advantage for those with superior communication skills and emotional mastery
As we scramble to cope – and hopefully, to flourish, we inevitably run into proverbial brick walls that we just cannot seem to get over. They could be big, dramatic events, or issues that are more low-key but consistently show up in certain areas of your life.
It could be a promotion you’re gunning for. It could be a boss that you cannot seem to please or a co-worker who you just can’t seem to get along with. Situations that repeatedly set your emotions off or silence you into submission. Something you feel is missing, that’s gotten you stuck in a pattern. Coaching can be a highly practical mode of support that helps you uncover your blindspots and fulfill your potential.
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Frequently Asked Questions On Working With a Communication & Confidence Coach in Singapore
1. What does a communication and confidence coach in Singapore help with?
A communication and confidence coach in Singapore helps professionals express themselves clearly, calmly, and credibly in situations that matter, such as meetings, difficult conversations, leadership discussions, presentations, and public speaking.
In my practice, clients often start specifically with public speaking, but the coverage quickly goes beyond delivery or performance. I work with how your body, emotions, and thinking interact under pressure, so you can speak up, assert your views, and stay present, whether you’re in a boardroom discussion or on stage.
2. How is an executive communication coach different from a public speaking coach?
A public speaking coach often focuses on presentations, speeches, and delivery in front of an audience. Executive communication coaching includes that, but also covers meetings, difficult conversations, stakeholder discussions, leadership presence, and moments where you need to speak up under pressure. Many professionals do not struggle with ‘stagefright’ – specifically, they struggle when challenged, interrupted, questioned, or watched closely. My coaching therefore works on your real communication patterns, not only how you appear when on a stage.
3. Can a public speaking coach in Singapore help me speak better in meetings?
Yes. Public speaking is not limited to formal speeches or large audiences. For many professionals, the harder version of public speaking happens in meetings, group discussions, Q&A segments, town halls, interviews, or senior stakeholder conversations. You may know what you want to say, but hesitate, overthink, rush, ramble, or go blank. As a public speaking coach in Singapore, I help clients build the capacity to speak more clearly and confidently in these everyday high-pressure moments.
4. Do I need presentation skills training or deeper communication coaching?
Presentation skills training is useful when you mainly need structure, delivery techniques, slide flow, or audience engagement methods. But if you repeatedly freeze, overthink, sound uncertain, become too forceful, or lose your words under pressure, the issue is usually deeper than technique. Communication coaching works on the person behind the presentation – your nervous system, emotional habits, thought patterns, and speaking choices. This makes the learning more transferable across presentations, meetings, pitches, and difficult conversations.
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5. What does interpersonal communication coaching help with?
Interpersonal communication coaching helps you communicate more effectively with other people, especially when there is tension, ambiguity, hierarchy, disagreement, or emotional discomfort. This can include being more assertive, setting boundaries, asking for what you need, handling conflict, building trust, and staying clear when others react strongly. My work as an interpersonal communication coach in Singapore is practical and embodied. We look at how you actually show up with others, then build new ways of relating, speaking, and responding.
6. What is ontological coaching, and why do you use it for communication?
Ontological coaching works with your way of being – how you observe situations, interpret yourself, harness emotions, inhabit your body, and use language. Communication is not only about choosing better words. It is also shaped by who you are being when you speak. You may be trying to sound confident, but your physical configuration, emotional state, and inner narrative may be evoking doubt or defensiveness within yourself. My ontological coaching approach helps you shift these deeper patterns so your communication becomes more natural and congruent.
7. What if I'm highly introverted?
Many of my clients identify as introverts. Heck, I myself indentify as introverted as well.
The goal is not to become louder or more extroverted, but to express your thinking fully and confidently in your own style. Introversion is not a communication weakness — it often comes with depth and insight that deserves to be heard.
Over my years of experience, I can say with 100% certainty that my introverted clients are still introverted after improving their communication and confidence with me. What matters is how much more easily (and powerfully) they are able to rise to the occasion during important discussions or presentations.
8. What kind of results do clients typically experience, and how long do they take to achieve?
Results and time needed varies, as each person has different capacities, resistances, environments, and aspirations. But typically, within 6 months or less, committed clients commonly experience:
- Greater calm and clarity in high-pressure conversations
- Stronger presence in meetings and group discussions
- Increased ability to speak up and influence decisions
- Less overthinking and emotional blocks
- More authentic and compelling communication overall
- Personal satisfaction and self-assurance of their contributions
- Direct feedback of improved communication and presence from their co-workers
9. How do I know if coaching with you is a good fit?
The most practical way is through a ‘chemistry’ coaching session, where you and I start unpacking your challenges and co-creating strategies, for real. Through this, you will experience our professional compatibility, first-hand.
Coaching is a individualised craft where the learning scope is uniquely-customised to your needs. If you value depth, self-awareness, and practical transformation (not just surface-level tips), it’s likely to be a strong fit.
On your part, a willingness to take responsibility for your own learning, to experiment, and to confront your blindspots are critical requisites.
"It takes two to know one."
~ Gregory Bateson