Get ready to laugh, learn, and level up. Improv for Better Coaching and Leadership™ is an interactive, joy-filled workshop or a customized presentation designed for leaders, coaches, and professionals who want to communicate better, lead with confidence, and respond to challenges with calm and creativity.
This isn’t about being on stage — it’s about being in the moment. Through fast-paced improv games, cognitive regulation techniques, and powerful reflection, participants discover how to think on their feet, stay grounded under pressure, and retrain their brains for better performance. At the heart of the experience is The LAUGHS Method™, a brain-based process for reducing stress and increasing your ability to connect, pivot, and show up fully.
Speaker:
Sonya Calooy is on a mission to fire it—and promote laughter instead. An executive & leadership coach, speaker, and humorist-at-large, she’s spent 25+ years helping leaders and teams turn pressure into performance for global giants like Shell, Meta, and American Express.
A former stand-up comic and improv performer, Sonya now leads SpiritHawk Coaching & Consulting, helping executives swap poker faces for presence through her Improv for Better™ workshops, the CALM Journey™, and the LAUGHS Method™—a brain-based process that retrains the nervous system to respond to chaos with clarity, humor, and the occasional snort.
Armed with credentials from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Association for Talent Development (ATD), she backs every laugh with data—because humor isn’t extra credit for leaders; it’s the final exam in emotional intelligence.
Sonya inspires audiences to listen deeply, laugh often, and lead with purpose
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