MARA SINGER
Professor of Business Communication & Executive Coach
Your smartest people can't get their point across.
I coach female executives to speak up with courage, read the room with judgment, and say the hard thing with precision so their ideas land the way their expertise deserves.
Why me...
Most communication coaching comes from people who've only ever coached — they've never had to do the thing themselves, under pressure, with something real on the line. I have.
Before I coached executives, I was a nationally-ranked athlete and coach. So I was coaching people on performing under pressure as the clock was ticking.
That's not a metaphor for what I do now. It's the first version of it.
I honed my skills with over twenty years as a marketing and communication executive, where I learned firsthand what it costs — in money, in trust, in momentum — to get the message wrong in the room that mattered.
I bring all of that alongside a PhD in communication, so nothing here is a guess. It's tested, in the classroom, and lived, on the pool deck and in the boardroom.
Ready to communicate like the leader you already are?
Let's talk...a 20-minute call, no pitch, just a conversation about
where you're stuck.
Communication Coaching
You didn't get to this level by staying quiet. But somewhere between the boardroom and the budget meeting, the same directness that got you promoted starts getting read as "too much" or you soften it so much it stops landing at all.
That gap between what you know and how it's received is where careers stall. It's also exactly what I help close.
I work with women in senior leadership and the high-performers being groomed for those seats who need to communicate differently depending on the room: candid with their team, careful with the board, persuasive with clients, calm in a crisis.
Courageous, situational, and effective isn't a slogan; it's the actual skill set.
Executive Coaching
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A confidential thinking partner for how you communicate — not just what you say, but how you read a room and adjust in real time
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Preparing for high-stakes moments: board presentations, performance conversations, negotiations, crisis communication
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Executive presence: voice, pacing, framing, and holding the room under pressure
Workshops & Team Programs
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Bring this thinking to your leadership team or org. Interactive sessions on situational communication, difficult conversations, and building trust across a multigenerational workforce
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Flagship 2026 program: Courageous, situational, and effective communication
Communication Audits
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A structured, outside read on what's working, what's costing you, and what to fix first
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Review of key materials, structured findings, and a prioritized action plan — not a report you'll never open