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Executive & Communication Coach for Leaders and Teams

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Executive coaching for leaders who need their communication to match their ambition.

I help senior executives and global teams lead with clarity, presence, and influence — backed by postgraduate training in the psychology of behavioural change and a proprietary methodology for high-stakes communication.

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Trusted by leaders at some of the world’s most demanding organisations.

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    Unilever

    Strategic Storytelling delivered online to 350+ leaders as part of Unilever’s wider DigiOps initiative in 2026.

    A series of leadership workshops in New Jersey including “Leading through Change”

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    Atlas Copco

    Leadership & Communication coaching programmes over the past five years for senior leaders at Atlas Copco and Edwards Vacuum.

    Coaching is delivered one-to-one and online across to clients across Europe, Asia Pacific and the US.

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    HERE Technologies

    Executive Communication Coaching delivered to global teams in small group coaching programmes. A two-year relationship.

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    Appian Capital

    A series of Senior Executive Communication workshops for the team in London.

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    Smith and Nephew

    Leadership communication coaching and rehearsals for the board in the run up to a Capital Markets Day in London.

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    Affinidi

    A series of Executive Communication workshops for the developer and sales teams on the ground in Bangalore and Singapore.

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    Shell

    Leadership coaching programme for a VP transitioning to a senior role plus pitch presentation workshops to a London team.

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    Gilead Sciences

    Communication coaching programmes for leadership teams across Europe for Gilead Sciences. Delivered in person to senior leaders and cascades to smaller groups online.

The EndFirst Method.

The EndFirst Method is the methodology behind my communication coaching and Strategic Storytelling programmes: a structured way of thinking through what you want someone to do, feel, or decide — then building the message backwards from there. Free from unnecessary detail. It's been delivered at scale to global teams across pharma, energy and tech.

Rather than one-size-fits-all content, the method can be built as adaptive learning: each person's path adjusts to their role, experience, and the specific communication challenges they face — so a global team gets consistent grounding without everyone sitting through the same fixed course.

Whether you're one executive or a global team, the method works the same way: through The Storyboard, my structured planning tool, the Engagement Toolkit, and a module on AI in Executive Communication — helping leaders use AI tools effectively without losing the judgement and authenticity that makes communication land.

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Communication is where leadership becomes visible

How you're experienced in a room — whether people act on what you say — is the most immediate, measurable expression of your leadership.

That's why it's my specialism, not a skill bolted on, but the arena where behavioural change shows up fastest, and matters most.

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Signature Programmes

Executive Coaching

For senior leaders carrying decisions, transitions and pressures they can't fully talk through with anyone inside the business.

One-to-one coaching for the whole leadership challenge — not just the communication of it. Whether you're stepping into a bigger role, leading through change, or simply sensing that something needs to shift, we work confidentially and with a clear destination agreed at the outset. Grounded in the evidence on how people actually change, so what moves in the room holds when you leave it.

Strategic Storytelling

For the expert whose ideas are better than their audience ever realises.

The signature method. You’ll learn to structure any message around the one thing your audience needs to think, feel or do — and build everything backwards from it using the EndFirst Method. It’s the difference between informing and influencing.

Essential Executive Communication

For leaders who are good in the room but want to be unmistakable in it.

The full capability — clarity, influence and presence across every way you communicate, from the corridor conversation to the board. This is the flagship: not presentation tips, but a rebuilt instinct for leading with meaning in everything you say.

Confident Communication

For the ones who know their material inside out and still feel it slip when the room goes quiet.

Presence you can rely on under pressure. We work on what happens between knowing your point and landing it: the nerves, the delivery, the command of a room, so the version of you that shows up on the day is the one that is at ease and in control.

“We recently had the pleasure of hosting four workshops on Strategic Storytelling with Nicky Curran. Her expertise in storyboarding techniques was invaluable.

Highly recommend for leaders and executives looking to enhance their communication skills.”

— Unilever

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Executive Coach & Communication Specialist

My coaching is built on how people actually change, not instinct alone, drawing on Cognitive Behavioural, Gestalt, Solution-Focused and neuroscience-informed coaching, It's rigorous and accountable: we agree what needs to be different at the outset, and work toward it, together.

My particular strength is communication. I've built that into the EndFirst Method, a structured approach to leading with the outcome, not burying it

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