Speaking Up Your Game, LLC

Helped 250+ busy professionals grow their careers, their income and their influence in the workplace by increasing their confidence, skills and credibility when speaking and presenting.  

We offer 4 services:  1) 1:1 Coaching,  2) Team Workshops,  3) Cohort Coaching and 4) Our Signature Online Course to help business professionals and teams maximize their impact with communication.  

We've developed a UNIQUE process for helping you understand the REAL reasons you get nervous and how to transform those nerves into confidence and excitement.

We've developed a 4 PART FORMULA to help you drive more VALUE when you speak and present - to your organization, clients and customers when you speak and present thereby helping you win more business, serve more people, make more money and grow your impact.

We've coached since 2018 and early in our days were rated as one of Thumbtack's Top Professional Public Speaking Coaches for 2019, 2020 and 2021 with 40+ 5 star reviews.

Founder & Business Speaking Coach

Trend Wise Insights, LLC

We help small & medium size businesses leverage their existing data for more actionable insights to grow revenue and margin.  Small businesses have lots of data, but often, it requires a savvy skillset to know how to leverage to bring insights and action 

Examples:  
1) Marketing Analytics - we help ensure Google Analytics is capturing your web traffic data properly to gain more insights to know where you customers are coming from.  H
2) Customer Analytics - discover your best customers so you lean in and grow their accounts.  We also help you uncover who is 'at risk' of churning and why so you can course correct and retain revenue.
3) Sales Analytics - understanding the bottlenecks in your sales process can unlock greater revenue growth.

Chief Insights Guy

Amyris

Lead the analytics and insights team to support our growth with scalable action from insights for 9 different Shopify stores, Klaviyo accounts and Google Analytics accounts.

Lead DTC data platform build project across 9 brands to ingest, transform, join and standardize data to create automated PowerBI dashboards, integrating data from Google Analytics, DTC store and ESP.  

Facilitate the migration and transition for all Ecommerce brands to implementing and adopting Google Analytics 4.

Director, Analytics

Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc.

Primarily responsible for creating scaled and commercialized solutions to help us grow top line revenue and margin by leveraging data.   Includes product recommendation engines, customer clustering, churn modeling, reporting and feedback solutions.

Manager - Outlet Execution and Insights

Key responsibility is ensuring quality advanced analytics and machine learning to transfer outputs to action within the organization.  Build initiatives from pilot to long-term, sustainable processes across channels of Coke United’s business.  
* Winners of 2017 Data Analytics Business Impact Award from the Technology Association of Georgia for implementation of a product recommendation engine.
* Finalist of 2019 Data Analytics Business Impact Award from the Technology Association of Georgia for predictive ordering solution implementation.

Go-to-Market Innovation Manager

Coca-Cola Refreshments

Leverage business analytics to determine, implement and steward the strategies (presenting results) that help Coca-Cola prospect and retain more local market Food Service and Retail Customers.
- Recommended, implemented and commercialized key improvements to customer retention strategy resulting in greater retention of customers as well as increased revenue and profit.  
- Implemented performance management changes for inside sales team that drove 19% improvement in increased productivity for obtaining new business leads.
- Responsible for new data discovery and analysis which led to new recommendations, performance management routines and process improvements that resulted in increased revenue as well as faster customer onboarding for new accounts.
- Led pilot program through design, creation and implementation for a sales support role for new customer onboarding resulting in 20% improvement in sales performance for front-line sales team.
- Led division in content creation of supplemental training materials to improve front line sales effectiveness.
- Completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training following completion of 2 projects delivering over $5M in revenue over 2 years.

Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Primary responsibilities included:
- Conducted comprehensive analysis and provided insights surrounding business performance and key company initiatives for Coca-Cola's national retail customers (WalMart, Kroger, Walgreens, etc)
- Created and developed innovate business solution to enhance performance management routines and solve for gaps in business performance
- Supported development of company annual business plan by providing key analyses

Business Analysis Manager - National Retail Sales

- Delivered analysis and insights surrounding internal and competitive strategies, initiatives and products, creating actionable insights for senior leaders.
- Developed actionable scorecards, reports and routines to drive profitable business growth
- Initiator of providing solutions for new methods of data collection and reporting that create time-efficiencies which are easily analyzed and reported to organization leaders for faster decision making.

Business Analyst, Marketplace, Competitive and Business Intelligence

Primarily responsible for maintaining and growing retail accounts.  Grew volume 14% and profit 9% in 4 months by understanding customer goals, leveraging great customer service and building client relationships.

Market Development Manager

Marcus & Millichap

Compensated as an investment real estate broker, selling over $90M in commercial real estate.  Built and maintained relationships with private and institutional commercial real estate investors.  Leveraged financial analysis, market analysis and DCF Modeling to underwrite commercial property portfolio values.

Investment Sales Broker

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA

Invested time in students to help grow their leadership, character and faith through mentoring and speaking.  Responsible for fundraising salary and ministry budget through personal donations.

Campus Staff

Generating ROI from better insights from data. Growing your Confidence and Credibility at Work through Better Speaking and Presenting.

I run two businesses:  1) helping professionals grow their confidence and skills when it comes to communication and speaking in business.  2) helping small businesses leverage their existing data to gain clarity and take impactful action thru actionable reports, insights and dashboards.  

Speaking Up Your Game started 6+ years ago and now helped over 500+ workplace professionals.  Today, we have a customizable 1:1 process as well as a digital online course focused on helping busy professionals get the critical elements of communication right to advance their careers.

Trend Wise Insights uses data & analytics to improve revenue and profit.  Experienced in leading collaborative business environments to affect change.  Seasoned in financial planning, statistics, performing advanced analytics and driving actionable insights for positive business outcomes.  Project management experience in commercializing analytic solutions, utilizing Six Sigma and driving business change.

Cooper Camak

Modern Leadership Meets Mindfulness | Coaching Ambitious Professionals to Lead with Clarity & Purpose | Ex-L’Oréal | Founder of ELEVATE Urban Retreats

Across nearly two decades at L’Oréal, I built a dynamic, international career, and a deep passion for helping people grow, lead, and thrive.

I started as a Marketing Intern in the Netherlands, moved to Asia, and by 30, became a General Manager, building teams, launching brands, and expanding distribution across diverse markets.

After stepping away for a personal time off, during which I trained as a yoga teacher and studied holistic health and mindfulness, I returned to L’Oréal in the U.S. I stepped into a strategic role, then transitioned into Human Resources, where I deepened my commitment to people-centric leadership and meaningful organizational change.

Each chapter sharpened my understanding of people, performance, and purpose.
And I realized: true success isn’t just about what you achieve: it’s about how you feel while you’re achieving it. Energized. Aligned. Connected to what matters.

That insight reshaped not only how I led teams, but how I wanted to live, and how I help others lead today.

I founded Flow Grounds to support professionals in finding clarity, mastering their mindset, and building positive, lasting habits.
Through 1:1 coaching, group programs, and company partnerships, I help individuals and organizations lead with greater presence, purpose, and sustainable performance; thriving not just at work, but across their whole lives.

🌿 I also created ELEVATE: The No-Escape Escape. A leadership urban retreat for those craving clarity, energy, and meaning, without needing to leave their real lives to find it.
The first edition took place this June in Singapore (link in featured section).

If you’re ready to lead, and live, with greater clarity, purpose, and sustainable growth, I’d love to connect.

Pauline Leung

What if the 80% that actually matters,

is the part you’ve been overlooking?

As a High Performance Coach,
I see this with leaders all the time.

Most people obsess over the 20%:

The perfect workout plan.
The next productivity hack.
The smartest strategy on paper.
The right words to ace a presentation.

But sustained performance isn’t built there.

It’s built in the foundation.

- Habits before hacks.
- Energy before intensity.
- Purpose before perks.
- Presence before persuasion.
- Consistency before creativity.

Be honest:
Where are you investing your energy in the 20% because it feels exciting…
while avoiding the 80% that demands discipline?

_

Protect your energy so your ambition lasts.
Clarify your purpose so your work has direction.
Train discipline so your ideas don’t remain intentions.

The 80% creates stability.
The 20% creates acceleration.

Aligned together, that’s where excellence lives:
✨ Your stamina increases.
✨ Your leadership strengthens.
✨ Your relationships deepen.
✨ Your team feels it.

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High Performance Coach | Ex-L’Oréal GM & HR | Founder Flow Grounds | Mindful Leadership - Elevating Leadership Through Mindset, Energy & Presence

Everyone talks about ambition.

Almost no one audits their habits.

After 2 decades in the corporate world, 
I’ve seen this again and again:

Ambition is inspiring. Talent is impressive.

But repetition wins.

And here’s the truth:

✨ You don’t become what you want.
You become what you repeat. ✨ 

Good habits aren’t dramatic.
They are the small things you repeat every day.

They look like:

• Resting without guilt
• Starting meetings on time
• Pausing before you respond
• Letting someone finish their sentence
• Prioritizing sleep as non-negotiable
• Moving your body even when you’re busy
• Saying “I don’t know” instead of pretending
• Closing your laptop when lunch or dinner starts
• Sending the difficult message instead of avoiding it
• Asking yourself why you lead, not just what you lead
• Keeping your word, especially when it’s inconvenient
• Apologizing to your team quickly when you misbehave
• Listening to your loved ones without checking your phone
• Admitting you were wrong without blaming circumstances
• Replacing the worst moment of your day with three things you’re grateful for

None of these make headlines.
All of them shape who you become.

Ambition is declared.
Character is demonstrated.

And character shapes leadership.

✍ Before Monday begins:
What will you repeat?
And what will you change?

Share below a daily habit that you can add to this list👇

If you’re always the smartest person in the room,
your team will eventually go quiet.

And the moment the leader needs to be right,
the room stops thinking.

_

I spent 19 years in corporate.
I’ve spent the last decade coaching high performers.

Here’s what I’ve learned:
Strong leaders don’t protect their ego. 

I’ve sat in meetings where the team seems to agree.
Heads nodding. 
No hard questions. 
No one pushing back.

Later, the real opinions came out in the hallway.
That’s not alignment. That’s people playing it safe.

I’ve also worked with leaders who pause and ask:
• What is missing?
• Who sees it differently?
• What would challenge this idea?

And when someone speaks up, there’s no tension. No shutdown. No punishment later.

Just: Good. Let’s explore that.

Because the way you respond teaches people whether it’s safe to be honest.

➡️ If no one feels safe to challenge, the team weakens and disengages.

Here are five signs a leader truly wants real feedback:
1. They invite opinions from the team
2. They stay calm when challenged
3. They admit when they’re wrong
4. They thank people for honesty
5. They change when needed

Leadership isn’t about getting everyone to agree.
It’s about people thinking, sharing, and owning their ideas.

Strong teams don’t sit in silent rooms.

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The Most Attractive Trait isn’t Looks, Wealth, or Status.

It’s Energy.

Not just calm energy.
But optimistic energy.
Kind energy.
Safe energy.
Fun energy.
Passionate energy.

The kind that makes you want to sit closer.
Stay longer.
Collaborate more.

In leadership, and in life, 
they remember how they felt around you.

Did they feel judged…
or encouraged?

Tight…
or at ease?

Drained…
or expanded?

Energy is contagious.

And what really matters:
regulation.

✨ A steady nervous system builds trust.

✨ But so does optimism:
Believing things can work.
Seeing possibility before problems.

✨ So does kindness.
Choosing respect when it’s easier to be sharp.

✨ So does joy.
Laughing.
Being human.
Enjoying the people you work with.

High performance without warmth feels cold.
Warmth without standards feels weak.

But when you combine clarity, presence, and genuine care for people,
that’s *magnetic*.

You cannot fake this.

Because energy is a reflection of how you feel about people.

If you truly love working with people,
their growth, their quirks, their strengths,
they’ll feel that.

You have to love people ❤️ 

Not in a naïve way.
In a responsible way.

The most attractive leaders are not the most perfect.

They are the ones whose energy says:

“It’s safe here.”
“I believe in you.”
“We can do this.”
“And we can enjoy it.”

Energy is contagious.
Spread the kind you’d want to catch.

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Confidence didn’t make me a better leader.
Responsibility did.

When I moved to Vietnam as a first-time General Manager,
I had never led a full team before.

I was young.
Far from home.
And I didn’t feel ready.

There was doubt.
There were sleepless nights.

After 1 year, I broke down in front of the Head of HR in Paris.

He was kind.
He told me he’d support me if I chose to step back.

I almost did.

But I chose to stay.

And that decision changed everything.

Because from that moment on, it was *my choice*.
Not pressure. Not pride. Not ego.
Choice.

That shift changed how I carried responsibility.

I stopped trying to look confident.
I focused on being steady.

When sales missed target
month after month, my instinct was panic.

Everything in me wanted to push promotions.
Chase volume.
Show quick recovery.

Because when you lead,
missing numbers don’t just hurt performance.
It hits your credibility.

Instead, we stepped back.

We clarified priorities.
We doubled down on service.
We refused short-term discounts.
We focused on quality, not quick revenue.

Was it easy? No.

It meant owning missed targets on regional calls
and carrying the consequences.

But leadership isn’t about protecting your image.
It’s about protecting the long-term health of the business,
and the morale of the people building it.

That was the call we made.

Over time, I learned:

Energy shapes strategy.
Calm beats confidence.
Listening builds authority.
Team silence isn’t alignment.
Busyness hides weak priorities.
Your team borrows your stability.
If everything is urgent, nothing is strategic.
Achievement without alignment feels empty.
Exhausted leaders react. Rested leaders decide.
Carry the pressure. Let the team carry the work.

Leadership isn’t about how confident you feel.

It’s about how safe your team feels.
How steady your presence is.
How intentionally you show up, 
especially under pressure.

You don’t have to feel ready.

You have to be willing.

♻️ If this reflects your journey, pass it forward.

💬 What was the moment that reshaped your leadership? 👇

High Performance Coach | Former L’Oréal GM & HR | Founder Flow Grounds | Mindful Leadership - Elevating Leadership Through Mindset, Energy & Presence

When I first started my career, I was told

I'd never be more than an Assistant.

That I simply didn’t have what it takes to be more.

I cried silently.

But I didn’t argue.
And I didn’t rush to prove them wrong.

I stayed in the work.

I treated it like data.
Information, not identity.

Then I built.

Nineteen years.
Four countries.

There were promotions.
There were rejections.

I learned not to wait to be chosen.
I asked for opportunities.
I negotiated when it was time.

Sometimes I got the seat.
Sometimes I applauded the person who did.

And then, at the height of it,
I chose to step down.

Not because I couldn’t go further.
But because growth requires courage in both directions.

So I became a student again.

And I was clapping for others who continued to grow.

Not because I didn’t want the growth.
But because I had learned something in my first decade of corporate life:

Careers are long.
Reputation compounds.
Preparation compounds.
Character compounds.

Mindset compounds too.

➡️ And over time, I began to see something clearly:

Not every leader believes in growth.

Some operate from abundance.
Others from fear.

And certain mindsets cost you more than you realize.

Jealousy consumes energy that could have been invested in building.
Scarcity makes success feel like a limited seat.
Bitterness narrows your perspective.

I don’t know what drove that early comment about my future.

But I do know this:

✨ Supporting others never delayed my progress.
It strengthened it. ✨ 

Because when you focus on building
instead of comparing,
you expand.

And here is what 2 decades have taught me:

Your moment isn’t luck.
It’s alignment meeting preparation.

Support others loudly.
Build yourself quietly.

The ones who stay in the work long enough
don’t need to chase their turn.

It meets them.

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The sky belongs to those who make it theirs.

When I moved from the Netherlands to the other side of the world, 
I asked L’Oréal for a lateral role.

Relocating already felt significant.
A new country,
a new culture,
a language I knew, but had never led in.

That felt like enough growth.

Instead, they asked me to lead a team.

I wasn’t sure I was ready.

Not because I lacked capability.
But because part of me still felt small.

I had delivered strong results and earned the opportunity, 
yet I still questioned whether I was “big” enough for it.

L’Oréal saw leadership in me before I fully embodied it myself.

And then reality began.

In my first leadership role, I made mistakes.

I was too direct.
I made people cry.

My leadership style, shaped by Dutch directness,
landed very differently across cultures.

I cared deeply about performance.
I cared about standards.
I cared about the business and the numbers.

What I didn’t yet understand was how my energy landed on people.

That became my real leadership education.

Not strategy.
Not KPIs.

*Awareness*

How to regulate before reacting.
Learning how to be clear without being cutting.
How to hold high standards without shrinking someone else.

That moment could have made me retreat.

It would have been easy to say, “I wasn’t ready.”

But growth is not given.

You have to want it.

You have to be willing to look at yourself.
To adjust.
To expand your capacity.

Responsibility stretched me.
Willingness transformed me.

If I had given me the lateral role I asked for, 
I might have stayed comfortable for a few more years.

Instead, I grew.

We do not grow because we feel big.

We grow because we step into responsibility before we feel ready,
and choose to learn along the way.

The sky didn’t feel mine at first.
I had to grow into it.

Today, I see this in many high performers:

They execute brilliantly.
They carry real responsibility.
Yet internally, they still minimize themselves.

✨ Humility keeps you grounded.

It was never meant to keep you small.

You can honor your humility.
And still claim the sky.

Pain is part of growth.
Self-pity is not.

Careers aren’t linear.
Neither is growth.

There are seasons of momentum.
And seasons that test your identity.

Hardship isn’t separate from growth.
It is the training ground for it.

You’re allowed to feel pain.

➡️ But here’s the distinction:

There’s the pain of the situation.
And then there’s the story you attach to it.

“This shouldn’t be happening to me.”
“Maybe I’m not capable.”
“I’m behind.”

That second layer is optional.

Feeling pain is human.
Staying trapped in a powerless narrative is a choice.

This isn’t blind optimism,
or pretending, or denial.

It’s responsibility 👈 

Ownership sounds like this:
“This is hard. 
What can I learn? 
What’s my next step?”

And notice the sentence running in your head.
Is it a fact, or a story?

Nothing changes by wishing.
It changes by moving.

Like any summit, the path isn’t straight.
There are dips.
Plateaus.
Moments that test your confidence.

But you are still climbing.

And every time you choose ownership over self-pity,
you build resilience.

In leadership.
In your career.
In your life.

Hard seasons aren’t proof that you’re off track.

They are part of the training.

💬 What narrative are you reinforcing in hard seasons?

The most common leadership confession:

“I’m tired.”

Tired of never being able to switch off.
Tired of always having the answers.
Tired of never showing doubt.
Tired of carrying the weight.

And when we go deeper in coaching…

It’s rarely the journey they’re tired of.

Most high performers aren’t afraid of effort.

They can handle responsibility.
They can handle stretch.
They can handle growth.

➡️ What drains them isn’t the work.
It’s the identity they’ve built around it.

The one who is always composed.
The one who doesn’t let cracks show.
The one who earns respect through results.
The one who feels responsible for everything.

Over time, that identity becomes heavy.

Identity is heavier than effort.

Effort can energize when it’s chosen.
Identity exhausts when it’s rigid.

✨ High Performance isn’t about pushing harder.
It’s about outgrowing the identity that exhausts you. ✨ 

High Performance =
- It’s leading with values, not ego.
- It’s discipline without self-neglect.
- It’s sustained clarity under pressure.
- It’s regulated energy when the stakes are high.
- It’s trusting your team’s expertise while owning the direction.

It’s saying, “We don’t know yet, but we’ll solve it.”

That’s strength.

Sometimes growth isn’t about doing more.

It’s about letting go of the version of you that was built to succeed, but no longer serves you.

So here’s the real reflection:

Are you tired of the journey?
Or ready to outgrow who you’ve become inside it?

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"We don’t have time for mindfulness.
And our leaders don’t need this."


A Fortune Global 500 leader told me this.

They already had leadership programs.
The training.
The surveys.
The feedback tools.

And still…

Stress was high.
Habits weren’t sticking.
Behavior wasn’t shifting.

➡️ Because leadership 
*doesn’t change when you learn more*.

It changes
when you can catch yourself 🌿 

Catch your tone.
Catch your tension.
Catch the need to defend.
Catch the impulse to interrupt.

Leadership doesn’t shift at the level of knowing.
It shifts at the level of noticing.

And noticing only happens
when your nervous system isn’t in overdrive.

When it’s regulated, there's calm.

One pause.
One breath.
One conscious choice.

That’s leadership.

A dysregulated leader cannot create a regulated team.

Stress isn’t the enemy.
Chronic and unmanaged stress is:

When sleep suffers,
when patience shortens,
when reactivity becomes the default.

And no training program can override a nervous system in survival mode.

Your nervous system is your leadership tool. 

It determines:
- how feedback lands
- how clearly you think
- whether new habits stick
- how safe your team feels

✨ Mindfulness isn’t about slowing ambition✨ 

It’s about building the internal stability
that makes performance sustainable ♻️ 

Having more awareness is the first habit.

Without it, nothing will change.

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A title gives you power.

It does not guarantee influence.

You can hold the role.
Make the decisions.
Run the meetings.

But leadership
is not measured in authority.

It’s measured in atmosphere.

What shifts
when you enter the room?

Do people straighten
or soften?

Do ideas expand
or shrink?

Is there energy in the room?

Or restraint?

The most revealing metric
isn’t your results.

It’s what people become
in your presence.

The best leaders I’ve worked with,
and worked for,
had something in common:

You felt bigger around them ✨ 

More capable.
More trusted.
More seen.

Their standards were high.

But so was their steadiness.

People didn’t just respect the title.

They were inspired by how it was carried.

And that kind of leadership
is never assigned.

It’s earned.

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