Communication Training & Executive Coaching
Chris
O’Shea
Helping professionals find their voice — and trust it.
On the work
I came to facilitation through performance. Fifteen years as a professional actor — on stage at Lincoln Center and Shakespeare’s Globe, on screen for Netflix, HBO, CBS — taught me that communication is a craft, not a personality trait.
Presence is learnable. Clarity under pressure is learnable. I don’t teach frameworks. I teach people to find their own voice — and then trust it.
Workshops & coaching
Communicate Like You Mean It
Presentation skills & executive presence
Live practice, coached feedback, and actor-trained presence work for professionals at any level.
The Pitch Room
High-stakes communication
For sales, business development, and leadership. How to read a room and win under pressure.
Storytelling for Business
Narrative & persuasion
Turning complex information into compelling communication. Making data human.
One-to-One Coaching
Individual · Ongoing
For professionals at transition points — stepping into leadership or preparing for high-stakes moments.
Screen
Stage
Workshops & coaching
The work
Four ways to work together — group workshops and individual coaching.
Communicate Like You Mean It
Presentation skills & executive presence · Half-day or full-day · Group
For professionals at any level who present to clients, senior leadership, or large audiences. The focus is always presence before performance — what a person communicates before they open their mouth.
Participants work through live presentation practice with immediate coached feedback, video playback analysis, and actor-trained vocal and physical presence work. Results are immediate and visible to the room.
The Pitch Room
High-stakes communication · Half-day · Group
For sales teams, business development professionals, and leaders who need to persuade, negotiate, and win rooms. A repeatable framework for high-stakes communication, with techniques for reading and adapting to an audience in real time.
Participants leave with tools they can use the next day — not theory they need to translate.
Storytelling for Business
Narrative & persuasion · Half-day · Group
For product leads, strategists, consultants, and analysts who need to turn complex information into a compelling narrative. Drawing on literary and dramatic structure to help people make data human, and translate expertise into persuasion.
One-to-One Coaching
Executive presence & communication · Individual · Ongoing
Individual work with professionals at transition points — preparing for promotion, stepping into leadership, managing teams for the first time, or navigating a high-stakes presentation. Patient, practical, and direct.
Engagements are typically structured around a specific goal with a defined timeline, though ongoing relationships are common.
Background
About
Actor, facilitator, communication coach.
Pasadena, California
Available nationwide
MA Classical Acting
Royal Central School
of Speech & Drama
BA English Literature & French
University of Exeter
English · French
I came to facilitation through performance. Fifteen years as a professional actor — on screen and on stage — is an unusual foundation for communication training. But performance training is where the science of human communication lives: vocal control, physical presence, emotional authenticity, the ability to hold a room.
These are not soft skills. They are learnable techniques. My work draws on a decade of instructional experience across universities, corporate environments, and private coaching — combined with the craft of a working actor.
My work with individuals and groups draws on the same tools I use as a performer: scene work, physical and vocal awareness, improvisation, text analysis, and the discipline of genuine listening. I don’t teach frameworks. I teach people to find their own voice — and then trust it.
Selected screen credits
Selected theatre
Get in touch
Let’s talk
For workshop enquiries, coaching, or a conversation about your team’s needs.
310.463.9307
Pasadena, California
Available nationwide
Within one business day