The problem is often nerves, not your English.
When you are nervous, your thinking speeds up, your breathing changes and your body tightens. That happens to everyone. In a second language it is harder to manage, and you sound less like yourself.
Nerves
Breathing and calming techniques that actors use before they go on stage.
Mindset
Work on the worried thoughts you have before and during a meeting.
Delivery
Coaching on how you speak in your real meetings and presentations, in English.
What the research says about accents at work.
Nobody is asked to lose their accent. We work on how clearly you get your point across.
Less likely to win investment
Founders pitching identical ideas with a non native accent were less likely to be funded.
Wharton School research
Rated less promotable
Equally qualified leaders with a non native accent are rated less ready for leadership.
Smith School of Business, Queen's University
Judged less credible
The same statement is judged less believable in a non native accent, even with identical words.
University of Chicago
Working with Jade wasn't about improving my English at all. It was about learning to think and lead in English. I don't feel like the non native speaker in the room anymore. I feel like the person leading the conversation.Mateusz K. · VP of Engineering · Series B Fintech · Berlin
Jade Matthew
Twenty years as a professional actor across Channel 4, HBO and Sky, and twelve years coaching senior leaders who work in a second or third language. The coaching is built around your language, your level and your real meetings.
The English Performance Ladder
A free five minute test of how clearly you speak English under pressure. It scores clarity and nerves, not your accent.
Tell us about the meeting you are preparing for.
Jade reads every application and replies within two working days. London, Berlin, Amsterdam and online.