Finding Your language
You know what you've done. You just can't put it into words.
Four weeks, small group, online. For people who've spent their career in service to others, and find it hard to say who they are outside their job or organisation.
Your first step to becoming someone who speaks about their work with confidence.
Starts 3 September 2026. A small, confidential group of no more than 8.
in four WEEKS
What this programme helps you do
1
Stop freezing when someone asks what you do
Have a clear, honest answer ready, instead of scrambling for it on the spot.
2
Have real examples from your career
Specific moments that show your experience and your skill, ready to draw on.
3
Speak about your work in any setting
A CV, a cover letter, an interview, a networking event or even a conversation with your manager.
the moment you know
Someone asks what you do, and you don't know where to start.
You name your organisation, or you try to explain the whole thing, and you can see them lose interest. You walk away feeling annoyed, knowing that you could've done better.
For years, who you are and where you work have felt like the same thing. Without the organisation's name, it's hard to say who you are.
It's not that you have nothing to say. It's that everything you've done is spread across years, and you've never put it into words. So every time someone asks, you feel on the spot and scramble to say something.... anything!!
in their own words
Sound familiar?
These are some of the things people brought to the last workshop. If any of them are yours too, you're in the right place.
I find it hard to explain what I do, to strangers, to family, even to my own kids.
I left the UN, and now I realise I need my own identity outside it. Who am I without it?
I feel like I've done so many things, but why is it so hard to figure out what to say?
I've been struggling to find words that feel like mine for months! I'm done struggling. I want something more.
What you actually need
Spoiler alert. It's not a better CV.
You need a clear, full picture of what you bring.
When you can see that picture, and you really value what you bring, it changes EVERYTHING. You carry yourself differently. You're more confident because you're not scrambling for the right story. You already have your examples, and you know the ones that show who you are, for the right audience.
That's what this programme is for.
What you walk away with
Your values and your story, clear and yours.
Real examples from your career that show your experience and your skill.
A clear, honest answer to "so what do you do?" that you're not making up on the spot.
Language you can use anywhere: a CV, a cover letter, an interview, a networking conversation.
Your own questions to ask employers, to check whether they're right for you.
More confidence speaking about your work, whoever is asking.
It adds up to who you become
This is bigger than four weeks. Every example you gather, every time you say it out loud, every small step counts. They add up to someone who can talk about their work without freezing, and who feels sure of what they bring.
You don't get there in one go. You get there by doing the small things, again and again, until you can say it and mean it:
"I'm someone who has the words for what I do."
"I'm someone who takes action to feel more confident."
From a live session
Real wins from the room
These are the shifts people named for themselves, right after the work.
Realised she wasn't as bad at this as she thought.
"I made the decision in the room to just be myself. What I learned is I'm not as terrible at public speaking as I always think I am."
A workshop participant
The pressure came off.
"I love the idea of a story. If I had to narrow it right down, that's what I'd remember most from this. It's easier to tell a story, and it takes the pressure I impose on myself off."
A workshop participant
Stopped waiting for it to sound perfect.
"I've learned that you don't have to have something perfectly worded. It's about learning, adjusting, iterating, and showing the evidence in a way people can relate to."
A workshop participant
Found what people actually connect with.
"It's not just how do I explain this to them. It's what do you love about it, what's personal to you that they care about. You can bring a bit more life into it."
A workshop participant
How it works
Four weeks. A small group. With me.
Built on SCOPE, the framework I developed specifically for humanitarian and development professionals. We go through five core competencies that really set you apart. We work through all five, together, over the four weeks.
S: Stakeholder
C: Cross-Cultural
O: operational
P: Problem-solving
E: Emotional resilience
1. Who you are
Your values and what you bring, underneath the job title.
2. Your evidence
The real moments you made something work, gathered into examples you can use anywhere.
3. On the page
Turning your examples and what you want to be known for into clear language you can use in a CV, a cover letter, on your LinkedIn.
4. Out loud
Saying it with confidence, in interviews, at networking events, in conversations with partners, donors, your manager even, including the questions you ask back.
4
live sessions every 2 weeks, 90 minutes each
8
people maximum, confidential group
3 Sep
cohort begins,
Live weekly sessions. There's a clear structure, and there's room for the live sessions to follow the people in the room. You're not a number here, you are someone we care about and are rooting for.
included with your place
To keep you connected over the summer
Doing this work with other people is the whole point. So alongside your four weeks, you get two months inside Purposeful Futures, the community and podcast I co-founded with Agnieszka Pociecha. It's a taste of what it feels like to keep doing this work in company. If it fits, you can continue as a member after.
two months included, from when you join
Purposeful Futures
A private space for purpose-driven professionals away from algorithms, ads and performative culture, for people navigating questions bigger than their job title. Depth, not reach. Meaning, not metrics.
Monthly deep dives on leadership and values-driven work
Office hours with Linda and Agnieszka
A private platform, no algorithms or ads
The Work That Moves Us podcast community
Membership is normally 25 CHF a month. Your first two months are included in your 700 CHF, and you can carry on after if you'd like to.
Get your place in finding your language for 700 CHF
Enrolment closes soon:
ABOUT ME
I spent over a decade leading humanitarian teams through some of the world's hardest crises. I know the work you do, and how hard it is to explain it to anyone outside it.
Then I left, and trained as a coach: a Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring from Leeds Beckett University, and an EMCC-certified Senior Practitioner. Finding Your Language is the programme I wanted when I was making my own move. Somewhere to pause, be honest, and find the words for everything I'd done.
the investment
700 CHF
Join directly, or ask your organisation to sponsor your place. Four weeks of live coaching with me, plus the resources, in a group of no more than eight.
Places are limited to 8. Next cohort starts 3 September 2026. Perfect way to end the summer.
Questions
Who is this for?
People who have spent their career in service to others, in the humanitarian, development and nonprofit world, and can't put it easily into words.
Some of you are staying, and want to explain what you do without hiding behind the jargon or the logo. Some are going freelance and stuck without the name tag you used to borrow. Some left, or were cut, and are working out who you are now. The work is the same.
It's not for someone who wants a quick CV template and nothing more. This goes deeper than that, on purpose.
Do I need to be job-hunting?
No. Plenty of people in this work are staying where they are and want to be seen for what they bring. The language matters just as much in a review or a new team as in an application.
I've already left the sector, or I'm freelance now, is this still relevant?
You're exactly who this is for too. The harder it is to explain what you do, the more this helps.
Will it really help with AI screening?
Yes. AI screens for specific, evidenced, real language, and skips the generic version everyone else sends. The clearer you are about what you actually did, the better you come across, to the software and to the person reading it. That clarity is what we work on together.
Can my organisation pay for it?
Yes. Individuals can join directly, and organisations can sponsor a place for someone on their team. Email me <[email protected]> and I'll sort the details
What if I can't make a live session?
I encourage you as much as possible to join live, because we will have plenty of group discussions etc. That said, if you are unable to join, you will have access to the recordings, which are only available to enrolled participants.
What about timezones?
Live sessions run from 1400-1530 Central European Time. If you have a question about fit, email me before you join.
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