Barbara Roche

Barbara Roche

M.S.

CT, US
Time for a shot of energy, humor, positivity, or sanity? You just found it.

Referred to by her clients as the "People Whisperer," Barbara helps career professionals stop running in place. She creates a safe and inspiring space to examine your satisfaction, performance and values in the context of your overall plan. Barbara's favorite slogan is, "No one can do push-ups for you."


Barbara launched her own company in 2005 in order to combine her three favorite jobs: workplace learning, organizational development, and coaching. She has clients who hire her for a holistic program, starting with a soft-skill workshop that transitions into executive coaching and culminates in executive team consulting. Her success includes engagements with JP Morgan Chase, DuPont, Discover Card, Cigna, Rapid7, and many others.


After many years of coaching, Barbara began to notice a trend in her coaching sessions: female clients experienced more acute and longer-lasting bouts of self-doubt. This led her to research the concept of women and confidence. The result is her book Commit to Confidence: 30 Strategies to Help Women Step Up and Stand Out.


Barbara holds an M.S. in Psychology from Northeastern University and certifications from Corporate Coach University and Right Management. She is also a proud member of Red Sox Nation. While not as impressive as Bruce Wayne's alter ego, Barbara lives a secret life as a fitness instructor.

Referred to by her clients as the "People Whisperer," Barbara helps career professionals stop running in place. She creates a safe and inspiring space to examine your satisfaction, performance and values in the context of your overall plan. Barbara's favorite slogan is, "No one can do push-ups for you."


Barbara launched her own company in 2005 in order to combine her three favorite jobs: workplace learning, organizational development, and coaching. She has clients who hire her for a holistic program, starting with a soft-skill workshop that transitions into executive coaching and culminates in executive team consulting. Her success includes engagements with JP Morgan Chase, DuPont, Discover Card, Cigna, Rapid7, and many others.


After many years of coaching, Barbara began to notice a trend in her coaching sessions: female clients experienced more acute and longer-lasting bouts of self-doubt. This led her to research the concept of women and confidence. The result is her book Commit to Confidence: 30 Strategies to Help Women Step Up and Stand Out.


Barbara holds an M.S. in Psychology from Northeastern University and certifications from Corporate Coach University and Right Management. She is also a proud member of Red Sox Nation. While not as impressive as Bruce Wayne's alter ego, Barbara lives a secret life as a fitness instructor.

Unleash Your Inner Badass!

The dictionary definition of luck is the things that happen to a person because of chance. When it comes to career success, that definition is insufficient. The real definition is

Timing + Preparation

This workshop is about the second half of that equation. It will help women be prepared and ready to seize the moment when opportunity knocks. We will focus on the role of confidence in bringing out our "inner badass:" clear, goal-oriented, focused, assertive, and very attractive....

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Fearless Feedback

Wouldn't it be great if all managers could give and receive constructive feedback? The kind that doesn't sting or sound fake, but really helps individuals improve? Whether it's the annual performance review or quarterly check-ins, this workshop will equip participants with the techniques to be better feedback providers.

Barbara weaves tangible techniques, research and neurscience to provide a tangible and illuminating program.  She ran it at the Internaional Association for...
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Secrets of High-Performing Teams

Format: ​45-60 or 90 minutes This program is perfect for:
  • ​mid to senior-level managers/leaders
The audience will leave with:
  • ​techniques to take back home and apply immediately
  • latest research on collaboration and supervision
  • assessment of internal team dynamics
  • a new mindset

​I've been running this program for 10 years and know what works.  Every 20 - 30...

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Nevertheless, She Persisted

This program is geared toward women's leadership events and networks.  Barbara has crafted a compeling and interactive program to help women step up and stand out.  

Participants practice assertive communication skills, tackle limting beliefs, and recalibrate their confidence meter.  

Past participants have raved about the program, saying that they went back to work and implemented their goal of speaking up more, talking to their boss, saying...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny