Guides and workbooks available now
Human skills are power.And within reach.
Professional development coaching through the book, workshops, and practical guides. Build storytelling, leadership, executive presence, and critical thinking that help you stand out with substance at any career stage when AI is everywhere.
- Professional development for every stage
- Six capability areas that compound over time
- Book, workshops, and guides, not courses alone
- 15 years developing professionals who stand out
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What's available now
Start free, then go deeper when you are ready. The full book is on the way.
Free
Guides & Chapter 1
Six practical guides on the human skills AI cannot replace, plus the free first chapter of the book. Read them now, no signup required.
Available now
Workbooks
Put the guides into practice with printable workbooks: self-assessments, exercises, and action plans. $39 each, or all six for $99.
Coming soon
The book
The Substack gives you practical advice today. The book drills down deeper. Be Remarkable is coming to Amazon soon, with workshops to follow. Follow along on Substack to hear the moment it lands.
Every career stage
Early career, job changers, and experienced hires who want the extra edge.
Six capability areas
Storytelling, leadership, executive presence, AI leadership, critical thinking, and emerging leaders.
Book plus workshops
The book you read, sessions you attend, guides you use on the job.
Built for the AI age
Stand out with human presence when everyone has the same prompts.
Professional development for
Early career
Launching your first role or building professional presence from the ground up. Interviews, first teams, and the moments that set your trajectory.
Job changers
Switching careers, industries, or roles and need to translate your experience into a story that lands. Show up with clarity, not starting over from scratch.
Experienced hires
Seasoned professionals who want the extra edge: executive presence, sharper thinking, and leadership that cuts through when AI handles the routine work.
Why Be Remarkable
Professional development built for your stage, not just the C-suite.
Most communication and leadership programs assume you already have a title, a team, and years in the room. Be Remarkable meets you where you are: launching, changing, or leveling up.
Typical training
Be Remarkable
Built for senior executives only
Professional development for every stage
Courses or coaching only
The book, workshops, and practical guides
Polish and performance focus
Capability and substance, not hype
Generic corporate communication tips
Human skills for standing out when AI does the work
Mission
Stand out with substance, on purpose.
The goal is not hype. It is capability: the ability to persuade, lead, and show up with calm confidence when it matters most.
Be Remarkable exists because professionals today are armed with tools, prompts, and polished deliverables, but rarely taught the communication skills that actually separate them.
This is professional development for standing out with substance: how to tell stories with clarity, how to lead with influence at any stage, how to project executive presence, and how to think critically when AI makes the first answer easy.
The goal isn't hype. It's capability, so you can walk into team meetings, client conversations, and high-stakes moments knowing you bring something AI never will. The book, workshops, and guides give you practical tools for any role.
What you'll build
Six capabilities. One unfair advantage.
Storytelling, leadership, executive presence, leadership through AI, critical thinking, and emerging leader development for professionals who want to stand out with substance, not just prompts.
Capability
Storytelling
Turn your experiences into narratives people remember. Build storytelling skills that cut through in presentations, meetings, and the moments that define your work.
Stories that stick
Capability
Leadership
Show up as a leader before you have the title. Lead with clarity when the stakes are high, earn trust, and move work forward at any career stage.
Lead with confidence in any room
Capability
Executive Presence
Project the calm confidence that makes people listen. Show up with clarity and presence when the stakes are high, from first interviews to executive rooms.
Make people listen
Capability
Leadership through AI
Use AI as leverage without outsourcing your judgment. Lead decisions, meetings, and teams while the tool handles speed and structure.
Stay in charge of the call
Capability
Critical Thinking
Evaluate ideas and challenge assumptions when everyone has the same first answer. Make better recommendations that hold up under pressure.
Think one layer deeper
Track
Emerging Leaders
Build the habits new and newly promoted leaders need: clarity, trust, and momentum in the first ninety days and beyond.
Earn trust fast
Supporting skills
You'll also build real-world capability.
The six capability areas compound over time. These supporting skills round out how you show up in interviews, meetings, and everyday work, built from 15 years coaching professionals across career stages.
Personal branding
Define how you show up online and in the room before someone else defines it for you.
Active listening
Read the room, ask sharper questions, and make people feel heard in meetings and one-on-ones.
Interview presence
Walk into interviews with clarity and substance, not rehearsed answers or AI-generated scripts.
Difficult conversations
Navigate feedback, conflict, and hard topics with directness and respect early in your career.
Self-advocacy
Ask for opportunities, credit, and growth without waiting for someone to notice your work.
Written communication
Write emails, messages, and updates that get read, remembered, and acted on.
Built for
Professionals at every stage who refuse to blend in.
Whether you are launching your career, changing paths, or sharpening your edge as an experienced hire, the book, workshops, and guides meet you where you are.
Early career
Launching your first role or building professional presence from the ground up. Interviews, first teams, and the moments that set your trajectory.
Job changers
Switching careers, industries, or roles and need to translate your experience into a story that lands. Show up with clarity, not starting over from scratch.
Experienced hires
Seasoned professionals who want the extra edge: executive presence, sharper thinking, and leadership that cuts through when AI handles the routine work.
About the author
Rebecca Keen
Author and professional development coach
“Executive coaches teach polish. I teach capability. That is the difference professionals at every stage actually need.”
About me
Fifteen years building the skills AI cannot replace.
I am Rebecca Keen, and for more than 15 years I have worked directly with professionals at every career stage: early career entrants stepping into their first real roles, job changers translating experience into new contexts, and experienced hires who want sharper presence and leadership. My focus has always been the same: storytelling that people remember, leadership that moves work forward, and executive presence when the stakes are high.
Be Remarkable is not a side project or a rebrand of executive coaching. It is the work I have been doing all along, now shaped into the book, workshops, and practical guides for pivotal career moments at any stage, not only when you are starting out.
Most communication training assumes you are already in the room. I have spent my career with people who needed substance, not hype, whether they were launching, changing paths, or leveling up with years of experience behind them.
My mission is simple: help you stand out with capability in an age of AI. When everyone has the same prompts, presence, story, and leadership become your edge. The book, workshops, and guides exist to give you that edge on purpose.
- 15+ years across every career stage
- Early career, job changers, experienced hires
- Book, workshops, and guides, not courses alone
- Capability over hype, every time
Why it works
The Be Remarkable approach to professional development
For over 15 years, this framework has shaped how people show up in team meetings, presentations, and pivotal moments across every field.
Built for real moments
Interviews, team meetings, client conversations, career pivots, and the defining moments at any stage, not abstract theory.
Capability, not hype
Practical frameworks you can use tomorrow. The goal is real skill, not performance or polish for its own sake.
Book, workshops, and guides
The book you can read, sessions you can attend, and resources you can use on the job right away.
Human skills in the AI era
When everyone has the same prompts, presence, story, leadership, and judgment become your unfair advantage.
15 yrs
Developing professionals who show up with substance
6
Capability areas that compound
3
Learning formats: book, workshops, guides
Work with me
Two ways in, depending on where you are.
Whether you are just starting out or leading a whole team, the human skills are the same. How you build them is not.
For emerging talent
Starting out, or fresh from university
Storytelling, presence, leadership, and critical thinking: the skills no degree taught you, and the ones that set you apart early. Built to be affordable and self-paced.
- Practical workbooks from $99
- A skill guide for each capability
- Small-group workshops
For organizations
Build capability across your team
An ongoing partnership for teams serious about developing the human skills AI cannot replace. We build the system, measure it, and deliver the training that closes the gaps.
- A capabilities framework built for your organization
- Skills assessment and ongoing mapping
- Workshop delivery that targets the real gaps
Custom, retainer-based engagements.
FAQ
Questions about professional development in the AI age
Straight answers on storytelling, leadership, executive presence, critical thinking, and who Be Remarkable is for.
What is professional development?
Professional development helps you stand out with substance at pivotal career moments: your first role, a career change, or a seasoned hire where you want the extra edge. Be Remarkable combines the book, workshops, and practical guides on storytelling, leadership through AI, executive presence, critical thinking, and emerging leader development.
Who is Be Remarkable for?
Early career professionals launching their careers, job changers switching roles or industries, and experienced hires who want sharper presence and leadership in the age of AI. The book, workshops, and guides meet you at your stage, not only at the starting line.
What skills help you stand out in the age of AI?
The skills AI cannot replicate: clear storytelling, leadership that moves work forward, executive presence under pressure, and critical thinking that goes beyond the first answer. Be Remarkable teaches all of these through practical resources built from 15 years of coaching professionals across career stages.
How can professionals develop executive presence?
Executive presence starts with how you show up in meetings, interviews, and high-stakes conversations: speaking with clarity, leading with intention, and projecting calm confidence when others default to noise. Be Remarkable covers preparation, voice, and mindset for any career stage.
How is Be Remarkable different from typical communication training?
Most programs target senior executives with courses or coaching alone. Be Remarkable combines the book, workshops, and practical guides for professionals at every stage, with 15 years of hands-on experience and a focus on capability, not corporate fluff.
On Substack
Practical advice for standing out, straight to your inbox.
My Substack is where I share practical, no-fluff advice on the human skills that set you apart, plus first word when the book and workshops launch. Subscribe and follow along.
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