Live interactive coaching

Mara. The interactive performance coach for high stakes communication.

Camera on. Scored live on six areas. You see yourself improve between runs.

Built on the ICOP Method and proven with leaders from Netflix, Deutsche Bank and Channel 4.

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Mara · Live Session
Executive coaching, on camera.
Six performance areas, measured every session

Individual leaders from these organisations have trained with Jade, one to one

NetflixDeutsche BankChannel 4VodafoneHiltonSkyBBCHBOAudible

"I don't feel like the non-native speaker in the room anymore. I feel like the person leading the conversation."

Mateusz K. · VP Engineering · Berlin

What leaders say

Mara has completely changed how I communicate and has become my go to communication coach.

An absolute game changer in how I show up with prospects, customers and the C suite. It reads my wording, breathing, pauses, posture and tonality, and shows me exactly where to improve.

David Homewood · Global Head of Sales · Faro (Ametek)
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01 · How it works

Record. Reveal. Rehearse again.

Step 01 · Record

Speak as if you're in the room

Camera on, mic on. A pitch, a board presentation, a difficult conversation. The bot sets up a realistic simulation and listens without interrupting.

Step 02 · Reveal

See exactly what happened

What your delivery actually did, measured, not guessed. Mara shows you the moment your state shifted, and why the room felt it.

Step 03 · Rehearse again

Watch yourself improve on camera

A physical reset, one specific technique, then a second run. Watch both recordings back to back. The difference is visible. That shift is what you take into the real room.

Improvement does not happen in theory. It happens in repetition.

02 · What Mara does

Not a course. Not a video. A live coaching partner that watches you and tells you the truth.

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Practice
Structured runs. Scored debrief. Physical reset between each take. Start here.
C
Coaching
Full method. Voice, body, ICOP integration. The Killer Question. Mara pushes hard.
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ESL Leaders
For senior leaders presenting in English as a second language.
Select a mode above to see what happens inside it.

Tell Mara what you are preparing for

She adapts the entire session, the pressure, the personas, the language to your specific room.

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Investor pitch
Deliver your pitch. Mara is a sceptical Series A investor. She interrupts, challenges your numbers, pushes on traction. You hold your ground or you do not. Then she coaches the recovery.
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Board presentation
The impatient executive cuts you off at two minutes. The detail questioner drills into your numbers. Your close needs to land with authority. Mara runs the room.
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Sensitive conversations
The conversation that needs to land well, not just be had. Mara works on how you frame it, how you pace it, how you hold the relationship while delivering the message. Language, tone, and the moment you soften when you should stay clear.
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Time pressure drill
Set a countdown. 2 minutes for an elevator pitch. 5 for a client brief. What survives constraint is what is truly embedded. The countdown changes everything.
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Client pitch
The Busy Client has seen four agencies today. You have ninety seconds of real attention. Mara plays them. You find your power line or you lose the room.
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All-hands and keynotes
Large rooms, minimal feedback, one chance. Mara coaches your opening, your energy, your close. The silence after your last sentence is the measure of impact.
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Job interview
The question you dread. Answered clearly, under pressure, without the filler. Mara drills the moments that collapse most candidates until they feel automatic.
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ESL under pressure
Built for the pressure of presenting in a second language. Your accent is your authority.
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Media and camera
The camera close-up removes every environmental anchor. Mara coaches your register, your stillness, the pre-recording warm-up that changes what you look like on screen.

Every run scored across six areas

Pace
Vocal Range
Energy
Clarity
Presence
Impact

Not "be more confident." Specific numbers, specific observations, one technique per area. Your scores shift between runs. You can see it happen on camera.

03 · Who it is for

Anyone who has walked out of a room thinking I could have done that better.

Founders Preparing for investor pitches who need to land their message under real pressure.
Executives Presenting to boards who want to show up with authority, not just preparation.
Agency leads Pitching to clients who need to command the room and close it.
ESL leaders International professionals leading in English as a second or third language.
Senior managers Who feel the gap between how they are in low-stakes rooms and how they are in high-stakes ones.
Anyone Who has tried the courses, read the books, and found that nothing changed, because the block is not intellectual.

Three modes: Practice · Coaching · ESL Leaders.

05 · For ESL leaders

Non native English leaders?

You lead in English. You think and decide in another. In the room that matters, that gap can cost you the promotion, the deal, the mandate. The research is blunt.

23%
less likely to win investment, pitching identical ideas with a non native accent.
Passed over
Equally qualified leaders with a non native accent are rated less promotable and overlooked for leadership.
Discounted
The same point is judged less credible in a non native accent, even with identical words.

Sources: Wharton School research, Smith School of Business at Queen's University, University of Chicago.

What you work on with Mara

Clarity under pressure
Small talk and the room before the meeting
Difficult conversations
The personality you have in your native language, in English
Nuance, not just the words
Stronger international client relationships

How Mara solves it

The block is not your English. It is the state under pressure. Mara trains that state and sharpens how you land, in the exact rooms you walk into. The hesitation goes. The authority shows.

"Working with Jade wasn't about improving my English at all. It was about learning to think and lead in English."
Mateusz K. · VP Engineering · Berlin

06 · What actually changes

The version of you that belongs in every room.

Prepared but losing the room
Before

"I was producing good work but somehow it wasn't translating into how people perceived me."

↓
After

"Within one quarter I was leading high-stakes discussions rather than sitting quietly in them. My manager told me I seemed like a different person in the room."

Arjun S.

Senior Product Leader · Global SaaS · London

ESL · authority in English
Before

"I was being overlooked in rooms where I was the most technically capable person."

↓
After

"I don't feel like the non-native speaker in the room anymore. I feel like the person leading the conversation."

Mateusz K.

VP Engineering · Series B Fintech · Berlin

07 · Start now or go deeper

Two routes. One transformation.

Start immediately · the main feature
Mara
Live interactive coaching · available any time
£29 / month

The same performance methodology used with individual leaders from Netflix, Deutsche Bank and Channel 4. The full Mara workspace on demand: every mode, every scenario, every room.

  • Unlimited sessions · cancel any time
  • Live voice and body analysis
  • Five rooms plus The Programme
  • Session recordings and progress tracking
  • Built on the ICOP Method
  • Available 24/7 on your own device
Application only · limited
Private Coaching with Jade
6 to 8 weeks · London, Berlin, International

For senior leaders and founders who want the full transformation. Inner work to clear the root pattern. Outer work to build the presence on ground that holds. Mara included.

From a single Discovery Session to a full 20 module arc Scope and pricing discussed on call
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The brochure

The full interactive brochure: the ICOP Method, the five rooms with live demos, the three curricula, the six scored dimensions, and how Mara compares to everything else on the market. Read it in the browser or download the PDF. Leave your name once and it stays open on your device.

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Jade Matthew

08 · About

Jade Matthew.

Performance Psychologist · Communication Specialist · Award winning actress

Creator of the ICOP Method · Identify, Clear, Presence, Maintain

500+
Senior leaders coached
18
Years in practice
6
Performance areas trained
ICOP
Method creator

Channel 4 · HBO · Sky · Netflix · Deutsche Bank · BBC · Audible · Vodafone · Hilton

Winner · BBC Audio Drama Award · The only method that trains the inner state and outer presence in alignment

09 · The next step

Your next high-pressure moment is already coming.

Start using Mara now. Or apply to work with Jade directly. Either way, the version of you that belongs in every room is closer than you think.

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