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Confidence and Executive Presence Coach Keynote Speaker · Corporate Trainer
Make your value undeniable.
You already do the work. I help Executive Assistants and administrative leaders communicate it with the confidence and presence that leaders trust, and I help organizations build teams that do the same.
Career inside the executive office at
EY · Optiv · Bank of America · Willis Towers Watson · Ribbon Communications
Supporting CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and SVPs
Co-founder, BEA Network · Founder, The Confident Communicator
The gap
Doing strategic work. Still seen as support.
You manage the calendar, protect the priorities, and catch problems before they reach the room. But when it is time to speak up, push back, or explain what you actually contributed, the words do not come out the way the work deserves.
That is not a skills problem. It is a communication and presence problem, and it is fixable.
Why Rhonda
I learned executive presence beside the C-suite, not from a textbook.
I started out in city government, where the rules were black and white. Corporate America was all gray areas, and for years I sat in the back of the room and said nothing, even when I had something worth saying.
Over time I learned what leaders actually notice: how you frame a recommendation, how you hold steady under pressure, and how you make your contribution visible without overexplaining it. Now I teach it.
- Supported CFO-level leadership through earnings cycles, investor conferences, and roadshows
- Led professional development for about 70 Executive Assistants at EY
- Recruited to build operations for a 212-person cybersecurity fusion center at Optiv
- Co-founder of the BEA Network and its State of the Black Executive Admin Profession report
Work with Rhonda
Where do you want to start?
Coaching
For Executive Assistants and professionals ready for their next level
One-on-one coaching built around your real situations, including The Repositioning for career transitions.
Resources
For anyone ready to start on their own
Books and guides, the free Confidence Reset Guide, and the Invisible Scorecard assessment.
How I coach
Confidence comes from knowing, not from showing.
Every coaching engagement follows the R.I.S.E. Reset Method, the same framework inside the Confidence Reset Guide.
Recognize
Name the patterns and internal dialogue that make you shrink.
Identity
Root your confidence in what you bring, not in the room.
Speak
Build the language, tone, and pace that carry authority.
Expand
Practice in real conversations until it becomes how you lead.
Speaking
On the stage and in the room
From association stages to podcasts and community sessions, I speak where professionals are ready to grow.
- IAAP Summit 2026, Los AngelesCo-host, BEA Network Connection Session · July 2026
- IAAP Dallas Branch (TX/LA Region)Presenter, From Invisible to Indispensable · March 2026
- IAAP Dallas Branch Mini-Summit with the BEA Network, PlanoCo-host and featured speaker · December 2025
- The Admin Spotlight: Behind the Front DeskPodcast guest, Episode 34 · September 2026
- BEA Network development sessionsCo-host
Free guide
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Not by changing who you are. By changing how you show up, how you communicate, and how you position the value you already carry.