I help you solve a specific communication or business problem.

  • Per meeting
  • Per hour
  • Per skill
  • Strategic recommendations
  • Review/assessment
  • Templates and resources as appropriate

I help you develop a specific skill through guided practice.

Under 8 weeks / one skill

Includes:

  • Intake
  • Face-to-face sessions — Zoom or in person
  • Selected literature
  • Templates
  • Resources
  • Exercises
  • Practice
  • Feedback
  • Accountability
  • Skill-development goals
  • Progress evaluation

    Coaching is a collaborative process. Your progress depends on your participation, practice, and demonstrated effort.

I help you develop over time by sharing experience, perspective, guidance, and professional insight.

8 weeks to multiple years

This becomes your longer-term relationship.

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Product Design 101 for New Civilians (Veterans)

Product Design 101 for New Civilians (Veterans)

Barb – October 5, 2026
Product Design 101 for New Civilians One of the biggest adjustments when entering civilian life is realizing that your experience is not automatically a product. You may have spent years learning how to execute a mission, solve problems, manage people, operate systems, meet deadlines, and adapt under pressure. Then you enter the civilian marketplace and someone asks: “What do you do?” Suddenly, the answer isn’t as simple. You know what you have done. But do you know how to design it into value? Start With the Problem Product design begins with a problem. Before asking: “What can I sell?” Ask:...
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The Executive Who Understands Communication, Presence & Social Interaction

The Executive Who Understands Communication, Presence & Social Interaction

Barb – October 5, 2026
The Executive Who Understands Communication, Presence & Social Interaction Ironing the Soft Skills The Executive Who Understands Communication, Presence & Social Interaction There is a point in executive leadership when technical competence is no longer the primary differentiator. You know your industry.You understand your numbers.You can solve problems.You can make decisions. But leadership does not happen in a spreadsheet. It happens between people. The executive who understands this begins to “iron” the soft skills—not because they are weak, but because they recognize that communication, presence, listening, timing, emotional intelligence, and social awareness determine how their competence is actually experienced by...
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Reflection: Hanging Up with Elegance

Reflection: Hanging Up with Elegance

Barb – October 3, 2026
When You Know the Sales Script and It’s Time to Get the Hell Out of the Call A Lesson in Communication Mastery, Emotional Intelligence, and Strategic Self-Advocacy Have you ever answered a sales call and recognized the entire conversation before the person even finished introducing themselves? You know the script. You recognize the techniques. You can almost predict the next question, the manufactured urgency, the emotional appeal, and the carefully constructed attempt to overcome your objections. Perhaps you’ve even used similar techniques professionally. And somewhere in the middle of the conversation, a thought crosses your mind: How do I get...
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Daily Task: Problem-Solving Process

Daily Task: Problem-Solving Process

Barb – September 30, 2026
Have a problem you want to work through? Download the Problem-Solving Process worksheet and use it on your iPad or tablet. Grab your digital pen, open your favorite note-taking app, and use your creativity to work through the problem one step at a time. Identify. Explore. Create. Choose. Act. Improve. You don’t have to find the perfect answer. Start by creating space to think differently. Download the worksheet through Daily Tasks at IamJustBarb.com and make it your own. Copy of Life Coach Client Worksheets (US) - 53Download Disclaimer: This worksheet is an educational and self-reflection tool. It is not a...
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The Karate Approach: How Not to Solve Problems

The Karate Approach: How Not to Solve Problems

Barb – September 30, 2026
Karate teaches discipline, awareness, timing, control, and restraint. Those principles can also teach us something important about communication: Not every difficult conversation needs more force. When we feel challenged, misunderstood, disrespected, or pressured, our instinct may be to defend ourselves immediately. We may raise our voice, interrupt, over-explain, withdraw, or try to prove that we are right. But sometimes the harder we push, the harder the other person pushes back. A karate approach to communication is not about winning the fight. It is about recognizing the situation before deciding how to respond. What Karate Can Teach Us About Difficult Conversations...
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