20 | Wealth & Finance Q4 2025 Management Consultancy of the Year 2025 – South East England & Client Service Excellence Award 2025 Specialising in promotion coaching for women working in the UK’s corporate environment, Speak to Shine takes its clients on a unique, exhilarating journey spanning self-discovery and professional growth. Guided by the belief that every woman has the power within themselves to become a magnetic force in any professional setting, the company simply helps to bring this to the surface via its executive voice and presence coaching, not to mention its proprietary power strategies. As touched on above, all of this starts with David Roylance, the co-founder and CEO of this consultancy. “As a former actor, I spent many years attempting to convincingly be someone else”, David told us. “Now, I spend all my time helping people be the best versions of themselves.” This is something primarily carried out for female business professionals who have been overlooked for promotions, as well as business owners looking to empower teams to lead better and institutions where everyone needs to step up. Diving into specifics, Speak to Shine offers a combination of group coaching programmes for emerging leaders and one-to-one coaching for established leaders aiming to bolster their impact. It also delivers workshops to delivery teams in need of motivation, something that is waning across the board as a result of cultural and economical shifts, not to mention the transition to an increasingly tech-focused world, which is driving industry change and eradicating some jobs entirely. However, it is far from all doom and gloom. “Leadership involves strategic thinking”, said David, “and that can never be replaced.” It is all about giving people the skills they need to continue to adapt and thrive, and this is where communication and influence come in. David is currently teaching post-graduate marketing students at UCL, supporting them in marketing themselves both online and in interviews. It is not about teaching the tech (they know it well) but about sharing with them the unwritten rules of engagement. The common thread uniting all of Speak to Shine’s client success stories and its service excellence is simple: confidence. David himself explained: “The most important thing is to empower people to be confident in themselves, starting with the physical attributes of confidence. Once a client knows how to inhabit this they can use it as a springboard for their mental and emotional confidence to step into situations they may previously have avoided, like volunteering to present or lead or speaking directly with a boss.” In exploring this further, David would again hark back to his career in acting, specifically the time he spent running his own theatre company as a director. During this period, David prided himself on giving his actors the best opportunity to shine. The same is true of his work now, but rather than his stage being a physical stage, it is the corporate environment. He said: “Everyone has blind spots, and me and my teams’ job is to shine a light so they can step into the spots they always avoid.” Committed to making this a reality for as many clients as possible, including work with entrepreneurs who need present to sell their services, across its operation, Speak to Shine works with several clients in an online-only capacity, as well as through low-cost, online group engagements provided to those clients who could not afford its one-to-one services. These provisions may make this consultancy little money, but what they do is more important than that. They transform. Looking ahead, David told us how Speak to Shine has discovered that there are currently more than 30 UK universities where the lecturers are desperate for communication skills training, the likes of which David has been delivering at UCL. Thus, plans are in place to corner this market as far as possible and serve all of these institutions, in the process helping them to nurture the next generation of confident and authentic leaders. More on some of the ideas discussed above can not only be found at the Speak to Shine International Ltd website linked below, but also through David’s bestselling book, ‘Be Seen, Be Heard, Get Paid You’re Worth’, available on Amazon. Company: Speak to Shine International Ltd Web Address: https://www.speaktoshine.uk/ Countless women in the corporate world are tired of feeling invisible and yearn to have both their voices heard and their presence felt. Empowering women to boost their confidence, unleash their strength, and skyrocket their potential, Speak to Shine International Ltd has a track record of success in this environment. Offering leadership and presentation skills training across the UK, the company comprises a team of expert coaches and trainers, led by David Roylance, who are united under a common aim. We sat down with David on the back of this win to find out more. Speak to Shine International Ltd
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