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Think Clearly. Speak Cleanly. Own the Room.
The Time Signal Ltd
Our Difference makes a Difference
Why Us?
I began my professional life behind a live microphone. In broadcasting, you learn something quickly. Hesitation is audible. Over-explanation loses the listener. Defensive tone narrows authority.
Years later, working with senior leaders and internal coaches, I recognised the same pattern. Boardrooms behave like studios. Shallow acting will be exposed.
The Time Signal develops leaders, mentors and presenters who need their public voice to match their private conviction. Authority is not improvised. It is built.
What We Actually Do?
Executive Authority & Presence. We work with senior leaders operating in visible, high-stakes environments. Investor briefings. Board scrutiny. Media exposure. Staff forums. When pressure rises, tone shifts. Answers lengthen. Authority thins. This is rarely a knowledge problem. It is structural.
We address what happens beneath the visible moment, so composure and clarity hold when tested.
Our Framework
Leadership presence rarely fails because of nerves.
More often, it shifts because something underneath is unsettled.
Most communication development concentrates on what can be seen. Delivery. Composure. Message control.
Those do matter. But they sit on top of something deeper.
When the internal structure is misaligned, the technique begins to strain. Under scrutiny, strain is visible.
The Time Signal works beneath the surface to make this an instinct.
Inner Architecture
Authority thins when internal commitments compete.
A leader may understand the strategy, yet still tighten when challenged. Answers lengthen. Explanations defend rather than clarify. Tone narrows.
This is rarely incompetence. It is structural tension.
Drawing on behavioural change research, including Robert Kegan’s Immunity to Change framework, we surface the hidden commitments that undermine authority under pressure.
Defensiveness, over-explanation and guardedness are not personality traits. They have structure.
Once understood, they can be reworked.
Public Craft
- Clarity is a discipline.
- Speech under questioning.
- Response under interruption.
- Authority without aggression.
- Composure without withdrawal.
This is not theatre. It is a professional capability built through structured practice. The microphone exposes drift quickly. So does the boardroom.
We develop disciplined public thinking so that it remains intact when challenged.
Sustained Expression
Real authority holds over time.
When inner alignment and public craft are established, leaders stop managing appearances and begin expressing conviction.
- Board presentations feel cleaner.
- Investor briefings feel steadier.
- Media exposure becomes less guarded.
- Internal communication feels less scripted.
The public setting is not a rehearsal space. It is the proving ground. Without structure and craft, presence erodes.
With both in place, authority endures.
Organisational Engagements
Leadership presence is not an individual trait. It is an organisational capability.
When senior leaders avoid unscripted settings, rely heavily on managed messaging or respond inconsistently under scrutiny, the impact extends beyond the individual.
Credibility is shaped by how leadership behaves when watched.
The Time Signal works directly with senior teams and individual directors operating in high-visibility environments, including conferences, podcasts, town halls and media appearances.
Engagements typically begin with focused diagnostic work to identify structural tension beneath visible behaviour.
From there, disciplined development strengthens clarity under questioning, composure without retreat and authority without force.
All work is principal-led and deliberately limited.
Presence cannot be improvised when it matters. It must be built in advance.
Our team
The Time Signal takes its name from the broadcast time pips. A simple signal, delivered precisely, marking the moment with clarity and restraint.
It is a small detail, but it carries an idea. Authority does not need volume. It needs timing, structure and control.
The advisory was founded by Michael Comyn. For thirty-eight years, Michael has worked in training and coaching roles across broadcasting, leadership development and executive education. Long before the language of “presence” became fashionable, he was working with individuals who had to speak clearly when it mattered.
His early career in broadcasting shaped much of this discipline. Live radio does not reward over-explanation or defensive energy. The microphone exposes hesitation quickly. You learn that composure is built in advance, not improvised in the moment.
That understanding was reinforced through aviation training, where communication must remain calm even when conditions shift. In both settings, performance is visible. What determines its quality is the structure behind it.
Over time, this experience merged with behavioural change work, particularly the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey. The insight was straightforward. What tightens under scrutiny is rarely a lack of knowledge. It is a competing internal commitment. Until that structure is understood, the technique will not hold.
The Time Signal integrates that behavioural architecture with the craft of public speaking. The aim is not polish. It is congruent. Leaders should sound like themselves when they are tested, not like a managed version of themselves.
Paul Moriarty supports the advisory through his extensive broadcast experience and his role as a producer. Paul brings production discipline, narrative judgement and operational oversight to the training and coaching interventions. His involvement ensures that developmental work translates into sustained, real-world expression where required.
The advisory remains principal-led and deliberately limited in scope. All client engagements are conducted directly by Michael. The work requires depth, discretion and sustained involvement.
Leadership presence is not a personality trait. It is built carefully before it is needed.
If you would like to begin a conversation, contact Michael directly.
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