Is Your Spoken English Holding You Back? | Follow to Master It | Accent & Fluency Specialist | Executives, Founders & Teams Hire Me To Become Top Tier Communicators 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧 | Fluent in 5+ Languages

You’re brilliant in your native language.
You’re a confident and credible leader in your field.
But in English, it doesn’t 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 like it - and it’s costing you.

You might be competent at reading & writing in English,
But the moment you open your mouth, it's like you're not as sharp...
It's like they're working extra to understand you, and it's not getting better.

You feel it in meetings. In pitches. At events.
You know you’re not being seen as the expert you really are.

That’s what we fix.

I help international professionals speak English with 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, and 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, without needing to sound 100% native or study for hours a day.

We get real-world results:
	•	Ismail tripled his US sales in 3 months.
	•	Louise now leads European teams with confidence.
	•	Serge grew his law firm internationally and speaks at global events.

Our method works fast, because it’s not generic.

We start by identifying your highest-impact pronunciation, fluency, and communication issues with a data-backed diagnostic.
Then we build a 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑝 that targets the 20% of habits holding you back, and upgrades them step-by-step.

It’s called the EAR Method:
• Energy – Speak without strain or hesitation
• Accent – Sound clear and natural, not “foreign”
• Recognition – Be seen as the expert, not just “the person from ...”

We measure your progress.
We train with impact.
We make your English work 𝑓𝑜𝑟 you, not against you.

I’ve personally used this method to pass for a native in 6 languages, in under 3 months each time.
But this isn’t about me. It’s about your voice being heard, respected, and remembered.

If you’re not at a 9 or 10 on Energy, Accent, and Recognition…
It’s time to change that.

Book your consultation and get your custom roadmap:
www.latourlanguage.com

Ben Latour 🗣️

Shubham S.

Brand Manager at Dole Singapore-Malaysia | Consumer Goods Marketing | Helping new marketers grow in their careers

A believer in the power of brands to influence sustainable lifestyle choices, I love scaling brands from 1 to 10 rapidly. 

-------- Current Role:----------

At Grab, to grow key QSR brands’ reach and revenue in SEA. I am handling end to end enterprise services on Grab for them. 

-------- Past Roles:----------


I was building Kind Kones, a plant based ice cream brand with no palm oil or negative additives. 

Whether it's door to door selling to presenting in board rooms, I donned every hat with humility. 

I helped a team of 40+ people to expand the business in SG/MY/Middle East. 

Before that,  I expanded Dole's business through in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Mongolia and Brunei. 

I also led Dole juices launch in Jollibee, Fairprice and 2600 7-Eleven stores, apart from regular retail listings and marketing.

Previously, I was leading marketing and BD for India business where I helped Dole reach $1M + revenue in Year 1, including co-branded partnership with McDonald’s in 150 stores.
 
I also love to distill interesting marketing and startup concepts to help young folks grow.  

Hence, I write on LinkedIn. 

-------- Japan experience:----------

Previously, I was the youngest Project Lead in Japan in Energy sector but soon realised my heart was in marketing. 

To confirm that my heart's voice isn't a quarter life crisis, I conducted food tours in Tokyo, dabbled in own sandwich business and consulted in food industry. 

The love for marketing was confirmed!  

The issue of sustainability is also close to my heart. 

-------- Student life:----------

So, prior to FMCG life, I published research papers in the field of Sustainable resources and technologies like Bio-fuels, Bio-Lubricants, Gas Emission control and also filed a patent related to Fuel Oil Storage. 

I have also developed a sub-$100 Solar Dryer for rural community which can work beyond sunset.

My outdoor interests range from Copy Writing, Geo-politics, Snowboarding, Mountain Trekking.  Food-trotting in groups and other times I can be found writing and creating food recipes.

Chief Operating Officer

I buy the same eggs, bread, and red pineapples 🍍 every week. 

Yet, the price I see can change based on data I don't control. 

The person standing behind me in the grocery line might have bought the same bread for 20% less...or more, who knows?

Thanks to flex-pricing, we will now have personalized grocery prices. 

🍍 In the UK, Sainsbury's uses "Your Nectar Prices" for personalized app deals. 

🍍 In the US, Walmart uses digital shelf tags to change prices in seconds, 

🍍 Instacart shows upto 23% different prices to different people. 

🍍 Target also uses sophisticated algorithms for offers in their Circle program.

Ultimately it is about maximizing the profit pool and taking price transparency away from consumers. 

Nothing wrong with that...

But grocery staples evoke very raw reactions. 

There is something primal about not being able to get the same price as my neighbor. 

Stores can charge you more based on your distance from the store, desperation, frequency, and buying behavior on other apps.

Not sure how I feel about this yet. 

What's your view? 

#shubhamspeaks

Shubham Sharma 🍍

Grab | ex-COO Kind Kones | Bain Advisory | P&L Management | QSR

Limited authority, high accountability

When I started franchising, I hit a wall: 

I couldn’t just "roll out" marketing ideas like I did in my own stores.

In my own shops, I had total control. If I wanted a "Tuesday Special," it happened. 

But it was rather hard to implement something with franchisees. 

The same dilemma is faced by regional managers in QSRs or corporate; 

🍍 most have limited agency but high accountability. 

They "feel the heat" from corporate to hit aggressive growth targets, yet they have zero power over a franchisee’s final decision to participate. 

🍍Whether it’s a project manager without direct reports or a Public Health Official without legislative power, the result is the same - Inefficient work. 

In these situations, I have 2 solutions that helped me: 

1) Do a pilot with brand money first. 
2) For long-cycle innovation, co-create with the franchisees or local teams. Once they are cooking with you, they will eat as well. 

If you don't have innovation budgets or ideas, you are screwed. 

PS: If you were in this situation, how would you mitigate it?

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