Who are we?
Executive Communication Coaching for C-Level Leaders
At No FoOol Communication, we specialise in executive communication coaching and leadership training for C-level executives, founders, and senior leadership teams. Our mission is to transform executive communication into powerful, measurable influence and impact, enabling leaders to inspire, engage, and lead effectively.
Our services include:
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Keynote Talks: Inspiring and informative speeches tailored for executives.
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Transformative Communication Coaching: Customized one-on-one coaching to enhance executive presence and influence.
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Bespoke Communication Training: Tailored training programs for leaders to refine communication skills.
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Leadership Summits: High-impact, executive-focused events designed to foster leadership development and communication excellence.
Founded and directed by Annette Yashpon, we are based in Berlin, Germany, with a strong presence across Europe, particularly in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. We focus on cities such as Berlin, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Basel, and Zurich.
We offer executive coaching sessions in both individual and group formats, available online or in-person worldwide. While our primary working language is English, we also provide services in German and French to ensure cultural nuance and clarity.
Transform your executive communication with No FoOol Communication — where effective leadership begins with clear, impactful communication.
Our Expertise
Trusted by C-level executives, board members and senior leadership teams across industries and around the globe, our expertise is in transforming executive communication into measurable results without compromising personality or values.
- True leadership isn’t about standing at the top — it’s about strengthening every level of the pyramid through clear, authentic communication.
- Companies don’t fail for lack of vision; they fail for lack of leadership and influence at every level.
- The smartest leaders build trust, clarity, and capability from top to base, creating a flow of communication and leadership that drives real, lasting growth.
No FoOol delivers a refreshingly modern, highly effective approach to Leadership Communication — through Keynotes and Communication Coaching and Training — that truly drives results. The proof is in the outcomes: repeat collaborations, client referrals, visible career growth, and measurable impact on leaders and teams alike.
Our work in executive communication coaching focuses on helping senior leaders translate vision into influence, trust, and measurable leadership impact.
This results-driven approach to executive communication coaching supports leaders in building clarity, credibility, and influence across every level of the organisation.
Do you care or just pretend to? The real you is revealed when no-one is watching - so who is the real you?! Are you an authentic leader?
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More InformationWhat do we do that's different?
Maybe you’ve felt overwhelmed by standard training programmes that tell you countless things to do and remember, along with numerous techniques to act on simultaneously?
No wonder - it’s almost impossible to learn authentic, constructive, and memorable communication skills this way.
Conventional training methods simply don’t work, especially when you’re about to deliver an important presentation or speak to an influential client, and the adrenaline is rushing, making recall extremely difficult!
Let me give you an example.
If a charisma trainer tells you to:
“Stand up straight with your chest out! Stop moving your feet so much! Turn your fear into fuel! Lighten up! Smile! Connect with your audience! Lower your pitch! Project your voice! Talk slower! Make pauses! Stop using filler words!… (!)…”
…will you now be able to communicate with charisma in a high-pressure situation, in a confident and authentic manner, with high impact and peak gain and a communication style unique to you?
The chances are – no.
This happens because:
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Your unique personality hasn’t been integrated into the training process.
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By being told what to do, your power to make choices - and reveal your full communication potential - has been taken away from you!
This is why we do things differently at No FoOol Communication, focusing on authentic, impactful communication that works in real-world situations.
Unlike conventional communication training, which imposes external methods and abstract techniques, we work from the inside out. We start with YOU – your unique identity, values, and essential personality traits.
Through High Performance Communication Coaching, we:
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Discover your Inspirational Goal
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Identify what you need to reach your full communication potential
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Guide you to unlock the real you
Next, High Performance Communication Training builds on these insights, focusing on Mindful Communication strategies for Voice, Mind, and Body. The mind connects your real self with voice and body skills, symbolised by the three “oOo”s in No FoOol.
High Performance means we don’t beat around the bush: your sessions are highly focused, challenging, and packed with practical exercises to deliver real, measurable communication results quickly. This isn’t a cushy ride – it’s for those who want tangible success and peak performance, and are prepared to work for it!
This inherent approach allows for bespoke, intuitive training modelled specifically for you. It:
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Reinforces skills so they stick and work instinctively, even in high-pressure situations
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Lets you brand your own unique communication style
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Helps you stand out from the flock, trust who you really are, and express yourself confidently
Communicating authentically and confidently is the foundation of leadership.
True leadership is about freedom from constraints.
No more semi-successful, rule-based programmes – only a fool would do that!
What Are the Results?
Clients who have completed the No FoOol bespoke personal Communication Coaching and Communication Training typically came far in:
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UNLOCKING their unique personality and developing a distinctive communication style
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Communicating with CONFIDENCE, clarity, and purpose using their own bespoke skills and presentation techniques
- Discovering stronger CONNECTIONS, passion, and purpose in professional and personal life
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Attaining high-impact RESULTS, measurable influence, and peak gain long-term
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Gaining RECOGNITION and esteem, frequently receiving the promotion or acknowledgment they deserve
Read for yourself! - WHAT PEOPLE SAY
How miscommunication and assumption - both verbal and nonverbal - can lead to disaster! We all communicate… but do we?!
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- Good-energy and powerful collaborations that help individuals and teams thrive
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Down-to-earth, fun and accessible — while delivering premium results!
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Breaking with convention to create a liberating and inspiring approach that truly works
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Honouring individuality: no one-method-fits-all at No FoOol Keynotes and Communication Coaching & Training
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Proving that gain withOUT pain is both possible and beneficial with the right mindset and methods
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Redefining leadership success individually and as something authentic, purposeful and sustainable
The No FoOol Story
Founder and Director
of No FoOol Communication
Annette Yashpon
Always Striving for More & The Crash
For as long as I can remember in my life, I was running – running towards More!
Even more achievement, even more success, eben more money, even more happiness... the perfect life, the perfect job, the perfect relationship…
I had to totally crash before I saw the light: an addiction, a burnout, a mid-life crisis.
Utterly exhausted, I started asking myself:
What am I doing? What is real success? How long will I keep chasing ideals before realising that true success — and sustainable impact — are brought about differently?
If you keep running toward more achievement, more success, more money, more happiness, the perfect life… you will CRASH! Discover how to stop the endless chase and find real fulfilment in yourself and your Communication.
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A New Companion & The Turning Point
Jolted into questioning the meaning of life, I was also fed up with everything always revolving around me. Getting a totally distraught and needy dog might seem like a weird turn-around for some, but suddenly there was a welcome and distracting shift in my energy and attention.
Only this helpless doggie was no foOol - Ebony mirrored my frustrations and became confrontational the more I tried to be a leader to her and control her.
Our relationship was a catastrophe.
I reached out to just about anyone for advice, forgetting to listen to my own inner voice and communication.
As Oprah Winfrey once said:
Often we don’t even realise who we’re meant to be because we’re so busy trying to live out someone else’s ideas.
When we don’t listen beyond words, we miss the deeper message — and risk losing real connection. No FoOol helps you build true communication through empathy and presence.
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More InformationMy New Beginning
Then a friend of a friend triggered that crucial inner journey - I will forever be thankful to you, Eszter!
She suggested I use only non-verbal communication with my dog for a week, followed by a week of whispered commands. Sound odd?
Well, it taught me to stop, breathe, observe, and fully tune in to the moment. I became calmer, more present, and deeply connected. I started really getting through to my dog and our communication reached a whole new level of respect and trust.
Through this process, I realised something profound: true success isn’t about running faster or doing more — it comes from presence, awareness, and deliberate action. The same lesson applies to leadership: the most impactful executives achieve extraordinary results by pausing, observing, and connecting before reacting.
Ironically Ebony became the best bespoke leadership communication coach I could ever have wished for.
From Dog to Calling – Today
What followed was telling: leaders and professionals began seeking insight, clarity, and direction.
The Voice–Mind–Body principles I had refined on stage were now delivering tangible results with others — sharper presence, purposeful communication, and stronger leadership impact.
Today, this work spans Leadership Communication Coaching & Training, as well as Keynote Speaking.
I guide executives and organisations to communicate and lead with intent, influence, respect, and impact!
Our team
Annette Yashpon
Founder, Director, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Communication Coach and Trainer
A Yorkshire lass – for those in the dark, that’s in the North of England! – now based in Berlin, Annette believes every decade brings new challenges and opportunities for growth.
After ten demanding years in the film industry, she redirected her focus to communication and the event world. Specialising as a trilingual Event Presenter and Pianist for companies worldwide, she also developed her work as a communication artist through voice, performance, and composition.
Annette has performed for audiences of up to 10,000 (SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany) and in host countries as far as Dubai, Singapore, and the U.S.
In her ‘third decade’, Annette founded No FoOol Communication, a strategic leadership communication authority transforming executive impact and performance through her proven Voice–Mind–Body Method.
Top leaders and independent thinkers are empowered to elevate their presence, inspire trust, align teams, and drive exponential growth — all while staying true to who they want to be.
Companies don’t fail for lack of vision at the top, but for lack of communication at every level. Real success comes when leadership runs through the entire pyramid, from boardrooms to base.
Recognised internationally as a Keynote Speaker, certified Coach, and bespoke Communication Trainer, Annette brings dynamic precision and pragmatic insight, enabling leaders and teams to communicate with authority, clarity, and unique impact, achieving real and measurable, exponential success.
Annette also guides the vision, innovation, and day-to-day organisation of the company.
Her global No FoOol client base spans Germany, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, the UAE, and Singapore.
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Languages: British English (native), fluent German and French
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Combined BA Honours Degree in French and German, University of Birmingham, England
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Piano: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Grade 8 final exam with ‘excellence’
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10 years in the film business: concepts, screenwriting and film directing
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Over 20 years' professional experience in communication, media, events, corporate consultation and leadership:
event/TV presenter, singer, pianist, composer, voice artist, communication & leadership coach & trainer, keynote speaker
References and further information: yashpon.com
- ICF ACC (Associate Certified Coach) professional coach accreditation with additional CCE (Team Coaching practice)
- Participation as a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) - "the Gold Standard for Coaches worldwide"
- Further interests: worldwide travel and hiking, Agility dog sport, horsemanship, horse-riding, yoga, mindful living, good food and wine, film and the Arts
CONTACT Annette Yashpon,
No FoOol Founder, Director
Keynote Speaker
Leadership Communication Coach & Trainer
Corinne Wilhelm
Marketing Manager, Coach and Trainer
Having started out in the world in Devon, Southern England and ending up - for now! - in Berlin, Corinne is Annette’s No FoOol Communication official ‘Partner in Crime’ contributing to the innovation, growth and organisation of the company.
A marketing expert and skilled wordsmith, she brings experience in corporate marketing across Europe and supports managers in communicating more convincingly, often in English as well as their own mother tongue.
She developed LANGUAGE ENERGY, a unique element of the No FoOol Communication modules, combining outdoor and online training. Through clever corporate communication in English, she helps clients make a stronger impression and achieve their desired results.
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Languages: English (native), fluent German, basic Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
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BA Honours Degree in Business Studies, Hull, England
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Experience in financial and technical services corporate marketing & communications across Europe
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Expertise in communication and intercultural awareness
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Interests: walking and the outdoors, cooking, wine
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✔ In-person (Berlin & international) or online
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