Where a public speaking coach can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a public speaking coach already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Public speaking coaches provide, often private, instruction to clients in theory and techniques on how to improve their public speaking skills. They identify each client's strengths and weaknesses and tailor their instruction to their specific needs, which may include improving the client's vocal delivery, articulation, presentation abilities and body language. Depending on the background of the client, be it business, education or otherwise, public speaking coaches also instruct clients or students in persuasive arguing, rhetorical delivery and other debating techniques.

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

• corporate trainer 42% covered · difficulty 56.4
• further education teacher 42% covered · difficulty 62.2
• tutor 41% covered · difficulty 58.9
• adult literacy teacher 40% covered · difficulty 65.6
• vessel steering instructor 34% covered · difficulty 66.4

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a public speaking coach already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.