Business communication coaching for leaders and teams

Great Work Demands a Clear Voice.

Beyond podiums and keynote stages, real leadership happens in the room: onboarding talent, navigating performance conversations, and aligning teams.

Leslie is the guide businesses turn to when capable professionals need to speak with clarity and confidence to move the audience to action, even an audience of one.

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30+ years of corporate speaking experience · Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan serving clients nationwide

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The moments that hold a capable team back

These are the everyday business moments where strong communication makes the difference. Your team has the expertise; what they need is a framework and the confidence to say it so it's heard.

1A project update that leaves the room with more questions than answers.
2A client conversation that gets buried in detail until the main point is lost.
3A capable leader holding the right solution, unable to rally the room behind the rationale.
4Hard feedback is delayed or watered down until minor misunderstandings turn into major organizational friction.

What the work builds toward

Communication that drives your business forward

The goal isn't to change who your people are. It's to equip them to speak with poise and precision. When your leaders can explain the work with clarity and confidence, you can trust them to represent the business without stepping in.

Clearer messages that land the first time.
Compelling recommendations clients readily buy into.
Leaders with the confidence to handle critical conversations.

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Three ways to work with Leslie

Choose the path that fits your goal

Develop Your Team

Equip your people with practical frameworks to speak with confidence and resolve friction before it escalates. Through structured communication training, your team learns to lead critical conversations and represent your business with authority.

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Strengthen Your Own Communication

Private coaching to build your communication skills so your expertise shows up in the meetings and conversations that shape your work and your client trust.

Develop your voice

Bring Leslie to Your Event

Dynamic keynotes and interactive breakout sessions that energize audiences with practical communication tools they can use immediately. Whether addressing an industry conference, leadership retreat, or annual company meeting, Leslie delivers actionable insights that inspire professionals to speak up, command attention, and lead with clarity.

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The primary coaching program

5 S.T.E.P.S. to Speaking Success

A practical, repeatable method Leslie developed to help professionals move from knowing their work to communicating it well. Each step builds on the last, so the skill becomes something your people can use long after the session ends.

SSummon Your Inner Champion
TTackle Obstacles Early
EEnergize & Engage Your Audience
PPrime Your Presence
SShare Stories That Stick

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Meet Leslie

A practical guide to speaking for your work

I'm Leslie Fiorenzo. I've spent more than 30 years speaking in corporate rooms, with a background in human resources and professional development. I help capable professionals and leadership teams build the everyday communication skills that turn expertise into trust.

My approach is warm and direct: real situations, clear explanations, and skills you can actually use. I'm based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and I work with people and teams nationwide.

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What changes when people can speak for the work

Stories from professionals who worked with Leslie, in their own words. Use the arrows or swipe to move between them.

The biggest shift wasn’t in how I spoke, it was in how I saw myself. Leslie helped me believe in my own voice.

Kimberly V.

Confidence doesn’t come from knowing what to say. It comes from knowing you can handle whatever happens.

Randy C.

I was a bit unsure about the 5 Steps to Speaking Success course at first; I wondered if it could really provide me with the missing pieces I had not found yet in my journey to become a better speaker. I decided that I wanted to reach the next level and was ready to invest, so I went for it. I'm glad I did. Every class has offered at least one golden nugget to help me improve my skills as a speaker. Leslie's 5 Steps to Speaking Success is worth the investment of time and money to become a more impactful speaker. Thank you Leslie.

Angela S

Leslie’s 5 step to success program is a great foundational course for improving comfort with public speaking. As someone who previously engaged often in public speaking, but the last few years not so much, I have found nerves/anxiety taking over more than I anticipated with recent opportunities. The course gives very practical and applicable ways to stay calm and prepared. I highly recommend it everyone!

Jessy V.

I met Leslie while networking, little did I know that our brief encounter would change my confidence in public speaking immediately. Leslie reassured me within our first few minutes of meeting that the audience wants me to succeed, and that we must simply train our brain to remember the positive experience ahead of us. Her expertise and simply ideas helped prepare me for my first large public speaking event where I took the stage in front of over 500 people. Since then, I've received compliments on my delivery, poise, tone, and presence, and I truly can't thank Leslie enough for sharing her wisdom and expertise with me. Run, don't walk, to Leslie's next workshop or training, you won't regret it!

Jenine T

Leslie Fiorenzo was amazing to work with! She helped me craft the perfect 60-second pitch and gave me the confidence to deliver it. Her guidance was practical, encouraging, and made all the difference. Highly recommend!

Katelynn S

The biggest shift wasn’t in how I spoke, it was in how I saw myself. Leslie helped me believe in my own voice.

Kimberly V.

I was a bit unsure about the 5 Steps to Speaking Success course at first; I wondered if it could really provide me with the missing pieces I had not found yet in my journey to become a better speaker. I decided that I wanted to reach the next level and was ready to invest, so I went for it. I'm glad I did. Every class has offered at least one golden nugget to help me improve my skills as a speaker. Leslie's 5 Steps to Speaking Success is worth the investment of time and money to become a more impactful speaker. Thank you Leslie.

Angela S

Leslie’s 5 step to success program is a great foundational course for improving comfort with public speaking. As someone who previously engaged often in public speaking, but the last few years not so much, I have found nerves/anxiety taking over more than I anticipated with recent opportunities. The course gives very practical and applicable ways to stay calm and prepared. I highly recommend it everyone!

Jessy V.

I met Leslie while networking, little did I know that our brief encounter would change my confidence in public speaking immediately. Leslie reassured me within our first few minutes of meeting that the audience wants me to succeed, and that we must simply train our brain to remember the positive experience ahead of us. Her expertise and simply ideas helped prepare me for my first large public speaking event where I took the stage in front of over 500 people. Since then, I've received compliments on my delivery, poise, tone, and presence, and I truly can't thank Leslie enough for sharing her wisdom and expertise with me. Run, don't walk, to Leslie's next workshop or training, you won't regret it!

Jenine T

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A free place to start

The Confidence Shift

A short, practical guide with a five-minute preparation routine for the moments before you speak. Before a meeting, a recommendation, or a client conversation, a few minutes of simple preparation can help you walk in steady and ready.

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Notes from Leslie

Practical ideas on speaking with impact, leading meetings, and communicating as a team.

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Let's talk about the conversations that need to go better

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