Strategic Corporate Communication
Background
An educator and coach, Shaun Fitzhenry has extensive experience in the education and training environment, gained in English language tuition and business communication and management training around the world. He has extensive management experience, having successfully repositioned a major Cape Town language school over a period of three years, as well as establishing and managing his own language business in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Shaun has worked in a variety of multi-cultural environments in South Africa, Taiwan and Germany.
Since launching his business in South Africa, Shaun has trained and coached over 800 EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers, a task involving a great deal of coaching and mentoring.
Bio
Shaun is a qualified English teacher and language coach, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and History, a post-graduate diploma in education and TEFL certification. He has also completed language coaching courses by ILCA and works as an educator, course designer and coach. As a former language school owner, he has extensive entrepreneurial and management experience, and has learnt the true meaning of resilience. This knowledge and experience shape his coaching, sparring and mentoring style.
For his clients, he analyses and clarifies concepts, strategies and communications, simplifying them and developing processes for the presentation of concepts and strategies in English. Part of his strategy is to create and incorporate stories around clients’ personal experiences to enhance the authenticity of their communication. Through the process, he helps improve English language usage, focusing on pronunciation and confidence-building.