From London Roots to Global Confidence – Exclusive Interview With Lisa Sheerin

I’m Lisa Sheerin, a London-based executive communication coach and voice-over actor.

I work with senior professionals who need to communicate with clarity, authority and control in high-stakes situations – presentations, leadership moments, and career-defining conversations.

My background in performance and coaching means I understand how voice, presence and psychology work together. The result is simple: you don’t just sound better, you’re taken more seriously.

Lisa Sheerin Executive Voice and Presence Coach 

What inspired you to transition from a career in acting and film to coaching others in public speaking and overcoming imposter syndrome?

I moved into coaching when I saw the gap between capability and how people come across when they speak.

Highly capable people were being overlooked, not because they lacked expertise, but because they weren’t landing it.

I trained professionally and built my work around one focus: helping people close that gap so their communication reflects their actual level.

How do you integrate your experience into your approach to voice and presence coaching?

Communication is not just a skill. It’s a state.

Most people focus on the words. I focus on the person delivering them.

If your thinking speeds up, your body tightens, or your voice drops under pressure, your message loses impact, regardless of how strong it is.

I work on the full picture: voice, delivery, mindset and presence, so when the moment comes, you don’t just get through it, you hold the room.

In your work as a coach, what has been the most rewarding moment or breakthrough you’ve witnessed in a client?

One of my early clients was a CEO who didn’t believe her voice carried weight, despite leading a successful organisation.

Through our work, she shifted how she showed up, not by changing who she was, but by owning it more clearly.

She now speaks regularly at major events and leads with confidence.

That’s the work: not adding something artificial, but removing what holds people back.

What lessons from your background have shaped your approach to helping clients silence self-doubt and speak with authority?

My background in acting, group exercise and indoor cycling,  coaching since 2009, shaped how I work more than anything else.

Leading rooms in real time teaches you how to manage energy, read people instantly, and hold attention without forcing it.

There’s no script. No safety net.

That experience translates directly into the work I do now with senior professionals.

Whether it’s a studio or a boardroom, the challenge is the same: stay composed, stay clear, and lead the room.

Tell us about a pivotal moment in your life that brought you to where you are today.

A pivotal moment in my career came in 2016 when I realised that how you see yourself shapes how others respond to you.

That shift changed how I approached both performance and coaching.

Since then, my work has been focused on one outcome: helping people align how capable they are with how they are perceived.

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