Voice Coaching

Voice and Presence for Leaders
The voice is the most-used tool on the job, yet many of its most valuable resources remain untapped. Research shows that much what we communicate to others is not contained in our words, but in our tone of voice, pacing, facial expression, physical posture, gestures, and other subtle cues.

Leaders face particular challenges in wielding their personal power through voice and presence. Unconscious vocal habits can interfere with delivering a clear, understandable message to co-workers and clients alike.

Sessions are available in 1-hour, 1.5-hour, and 2-hour formats.
They are ideal components for leadership retreats and conference workshops.

In these interactive sessions, participants:

• Learn the most common vocal habits that interfere with powerful leadership
• Understand how to access five essential leadership qualities through the voice
• Increase awareness of vocal habits -- those that support effective leadership and those that don’t
• Discover practical ways to use the voice more effectively as a leader -- and to better “hear” what other people are expressing through their voices.

Contact Barbara for more information. (barbara@barbaramcafee.com)

Barbara has a great talent for recognizing where people are holding back physically, in their breathing, and in their voices, and guiding them to let go and discover the power of which they are capable. As an executive coach I have introduced clients to Barbara to work on these issues. They consistently report, and I observe, that they not only learn new and deeper ways of leading, but that those changes are sustained over time.
Tom Goodell
Integrated Knowledge Systems

Barbara is a sage who helps unlock what is inside of me. I begin to understand my potential, not just as a singer or leader, but as a human being.
Charlie Hartwell
Vision Coach

Sample Clients:

Groups:

• Ameriprise Financial, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• University of St. Thomas Women’s Leadership Circles, Minneapolis, MN
• Institute for Women Entrepreneurs, St. Paul, MN
• Sales Innovation Center, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
• Van Sickel, Allen & Associates (architects), Minneapolis, MN
• College of DuPage, Chicago, IL
• National Wellness Conference, Stevens Point, WI
• United Hospitals, St. Paul, MN

Individual Leaders from:

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota
• GMAC Financing
• Cummins
• Business Incentives
• Minnesota Public Radio
• Guthrie Theater
• University of Minnesota

Executives, entrepreneurs, sales people, software consultants, ministers, investment bankers, physicians, writers, trainers, performers, teachers, therapists, and others who want to find their voice.