Listening is a skill.
Almost nobody has been trained in it.
Behind the missed promotion, the team that won't open up, the relationship that feels harder than it should — there's almost always the same root cause.
Not a lack of care. A lack of skill.
I train people to listen in a way that others can feel. What changes first is your conversations. What changes after that is everything else.
2 minutes. 10 question. Personalised feedback in 24 hours
Samaritans-trained listener
Hundreds of hours of crisis listening
Trained in high-stakes listening
Where the quality of listening can be life-changing
Grounded in professional reality
Career-focused coaching for working professionals
How Listening Impacts Your Life
Relationships
Your connections with people can only go as far as your willingness to hear them.
Understanding
The understanding you need is already being said - you're just not catching it.
Opportunities
The best opportunities are hidden in what you're not hearing.
Influence
You can't change someone's mind until you've shown you've listened to them.
I've heard what listening can do
As a trained Samaritans listening volunteer, I've spent hundreds of hours in conversations where the quality of listening genuinely matters. That training changed how I understood every conversation I'd ever had.
Now I teach professionals the same skills: how to catch what's actually being said, ask the questions that unlock understanding, and listen in a way people can feel.
Edward - Founder, Listen up
Working Together
No off-the-shelf programmes. Every engagement starts with a conversation, and the package is shaped around what you actually need.
1
Start with a conversation
A free 30-minute call to talk honestly about where listening is holding you back, at work or at home. If you've taken the Listening Assessment, we'll start with your results.
2
Shape your package
Together we design a bespoke set of sessions built around your specific situations. Aimed to tackle the conversations, relationships and meetings that matter most to you.
3
Put it into practice
One-to-one online sessions where you build listening skills that people can feel, with practical exercises between sessions so the skills become habit, not just theory.
Founding clients
I'm currently taking on a small number of founding clients at no cost, in exchange for honest feedback on the coaching. If you'd like one of those places, book a call — when they're gone, they're gone.
The Good News is...
Listening is a skill. And like any skill, it can be measured, improved, and mastered. In just 2 minutes, you can discover exactly where your listening skills stand - and what's holding you back from deeper connections and greater influence.