What BRODY Pro does

BRODY Pro (legally Brody Communications Ltd., doing business as BRODY Professional Development) is a professional development services company founded in 1983 by Marjorie Brody and headquartered in the Philadelphia suburbs (Jenkintown and Wyncote, Pennsylvania). The firm delivers customized training programs, individualized executive coaching, and consulting engagements focused on communication, presentation, and leadership skills to corporate and organizational clients. Its primary vertical is Life Sciences — specifically pharmaceutical and biotechnology — with additional reach into higher education, financial services and insurance, government, consulting and technology, and manufacturing/utilities.

The core offering is a catalog of 14 named training programs (e.g., Present With Impact, Executive Communication, Speaker Training for Key Opinion Leaders, Business Storytelling, High Impact Facilitation, Confident Conversations, Influence Without Authority, Understanding Behavioral Styles, Write With Impact, Leadership Presence, Master Meeting Excellence, Training Facilitation, Coach With Courage, Emotional Intelligence, and Virtual Presentation Skills), supplemented by individualized coaching for leaders and top performers and consulting engagements for team integration and organizational change. Delivery is split between onsite sessions at client sites and virtual sessions, both conducted by subject-matter experts with over 20 years of experience and a global network of Master Facilitators spanning five continents and 23 countries. Underlying methodology is anchored in proprietary frameworks — PAL™ (Purpose-Audience-Logistics), PREP (Position-Reason-Example-Position), GROW (Goal-Reality-Options-Way forward), ACL (Act-Communicate-Look), and SBI — which structure presentation planning, coaching conversations, feedback, and leadership presence. The firm is WBENC-certified as a Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB).

Revenue is generated through professional services engagements priced on a quote basis and tailored to each client's needs, budget, timing, and logistics; multi-year enterprise contracts are the norm. The go-to-market is sales-led and consultative, with leads captured through the corporate website (book a demo, book a call, book a training), content marketing across LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and a blog, and an email newsletter. Named enterprise customers include Roche/Genentech, Bristol-Myers Squibb, University of Pennsylvania, and medical education companies. The firm reports having helped more than 600,000 professionals and that over 90% of business is repeat and referral. Leadership transitioned from founder Marjorie Brody to current CEO & Owner Amy Glass, with Heather Shafter as COO. No external funding rounds have been disclosed.

Name

BRODY Pro

Legal name

Brody Communications Ltd. Dba BRODY Professional Development

Website

https://brodypro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BRODY Pro is a Pennsylvania-based professional development firm founded in 1983 that delivers customized training, coaching, and consulting in communication, presentation, and leadership skills to enterprise clients, with primary focus on the Life Sciences sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Development Training Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Management Consulting Services (54161), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategic Leadership & Business Acumen (EDABAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Coaching, Feedback & Mentoring Skills (EDABAMAM), Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology (EDABALAU), Corporate & Leadership Development (BPACANAA)

Keywords

• Professional development training
• Executive coaching services
• Communication skills training
• Presentation skills workshops
• Leadership development consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Jenkintown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Training Services: Professional development training programs including presentation skills, communication skills, leadership presence, and more. Delivered onsite and virtually to corporate clients and organizations.
2. Coaching Services: Individualized coaching initiatives tailored to role, organization, and industry. Includes executive coaching, presentation skills coaching, and interpersonal communication coaching. Each coach has over 20 years of experience.
3. Consulting Services: Customized consulting initiatives to support organizational change, team building, and team alignment. Includes facilitated discussion, training, coaching, and process development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BRODY Pro delivers customized professional development training (covering presentation, communication, and leadership skills), individualized executive and leader coaching, and team/organizational consulting focused on alignment and change. Services are delivered onsite at client locations and virtually by an in-house bench of subject-matter experts (each coach with 20+ years of experience) and a global network of Master Facilitators on five continents. The company serves Fortune 500 and enterprise clients, with particular depth in the Life Sciences (pharmaceutical and biotechnology) sector, alongside higher education, financial services, manufacturing, utilities, and government.

Product overview

BRODY Pro is a professional development services company offering a portfolio of training programs, coaching, and consulting services focused on communication skills, presentation skills, and leadership development. The core offerings include Training (onsite and virtual workshops), Coaching (individualized for leaders and top performers), and Consulting (team integration and organizational change). The training catalog includes 14 named programs covering presentation skills (Present With Impact, Executive Communication, Speaker Training, Business Storytelling, High Impact Facilitation, Virtual Presentation Skills), communication (Confident Conversations, Influence Without Authority, Understanding Behavioral Styles, Make Your Voice Heard, Write With Impact), leadership (Leadership Presence, Master Meeting Excellence, Training Facilitation, Coach With Courage, Emotional Intelligence), plus individualized coaching and team consulting services. Programs are delivered by subject matter experts with over 20 years of experience, emphasizing experiential learning, customized content, and interactive facilitation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Training (Core Service) Onsite and virtual training programs covering communication skills, presentation skills, leadership presence, and team alignment, delivered to corporate clients by BRODYpro's expert trainers and Master Facilitators.
• Coaching (Core Service) Individualized coaching services for leaders and top performers, tailored by role, organization, and industry, including executive coaching, presentation skills coaching, and interpersonal communication coaching.
• Consulting (Core Service) Customized consulting initiatives for teams addressing goals and challenges, including facilitated discussion, training, coaching, and process development for organizational change and team alignment.
• Present With Impact (1-Day) A one-day presentation skills training program providing tools, strategies, and coached practice for delivering compelling presentations with strong message design, credible delivery, and audience connection.
• Executive Communication Training focused on communicating effectively with senior leaders, tailoring messages to executive priorities, presenting ideas clearly, and responding to challenging questions.
• Speaker Training Speaker training for Key Opinion Leaders in the Life Sciences, helping physicians and medical professionals hone speaking skills while practicing with company content.
• Business Storytelling Training enabling participants to use stories to persuade and move people to action, covering narrative flow, memorable anecdotes, and engaging delivery.
• High Impact Facilitation Training on facilitating audience interaction and discussion during presentations, covering techniques for generating questions, feedback, and managing participation.
• Confident Conversations Workshop equipping professionals with tools to navigate difficult conversations with clarity, empathy, and confidence to build trust and strengthen relationships.
• Influence Without Authority Training on building influence skills for matrixed organizational environments, covering connection, clarity, and communication strategies.
• Understanding Behavioral Styles Workshop providing insight into behavioral styles to enhance communication, collaboration, and persuasion across different personality types.
• Write With Impact Business writing training covering planning, layout, systematic editing, and writing for audience impact to develop professional written communications.
• Leadership Presence Training program developing leadership presence through the ACL (Act, Communicate, Look) framework to project confidence, credibility, and authenticity.
• Master Meeting Excellence Training on planning and facilitating effective meetings using the Plan, Facilitate, Advance framework to drive progress and productivity.
• Training Facilitation Training for training professionals on strategies and techniques to keep learners engaged, facilitate discussions, and ensure learning transfer.
• Coach With Courage Program addressing barriers to effective coaching, covering the SBI Model for feedback and the GROW Model for coaching questions.
• Emotional Intelligence Training on emotional intelligence (EQ) covering self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, and interpersonal skills for managing emotions.
• Virtual Presentation Skills Training on delivering compelling virtual presentations, covering virtual messaging, delivery skills, and audience engagement in virtual environments.
• Make Your Voice Heard Workshop on assertive communication techniques to encourage others to listen and boost ability to communicate assertively.
• Individualized Coaching Tailored coaching initiatives for leaders and top performers, including 360 interviews, live observations, and feedback on recordings, with coaches having over 20 years of experience.
• Team Integration Consulting Customized consulting initiatives for teams addressing goals and challenges through facilitated discussion, training, coaching, and process development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600,000 professionals and teams helped with communication and leadership development
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Dale Carnegie Training: Dale Carnegie is a long-established global training franchise specializing in presentation skills, communication, leadership, and interpersonal effectiveness delivered through certified trainers. It is the most direct comparable to BRODY Pro given overlapping course catalogs (presentation, communication, leadership) and similar in-person plus virtual delivery model.
• Crucial Learning: Crucial Learning (formed by the merger of VitalSmarts and Crucial Conversations) offers training in communication, influence, and leadership skills to enterprise clients worldwide. It is directly comparable to BRODY Pro because both teach communication, feedback, and influence skills through facilitated workshops and coaching engagements targeting corporate buyers.
• The Ken Blanchard Companies: Ken Blanchard Companies is a leadership and management development firm built around proprietary frameworks (e.g., Situational Leadership) and trainer/certification networks. It is a strong direct peer to BRODY Pro given similar model of framework-led content delivered via certified facilitators to enterprise clients.
• Center for Creative Leadership: CCL is a research-driven leadership development provider offering workshops, coaching, and customized programs to corporate and public-sector clients globally. Comparable to BRODY Pro because both sell customized leadership and executive development programs with a strong coaching component to enterprise buyers.
• Wilson Learning: Wilson Learning provides sales, leadership, and interpersonal skills training delivered through a global network of consultants to enterprise clients. Comparable to BRODY Pro in offering customized communication and leadership training with global facilitator delivery to Fortune 500-style buyers.
• BTS Group: BTS is a global professional services firm focused on business acumen, leadership development, and sales effectiveness using simulations and customized programs. Comparable to BRODY Pro as a customized business/leadership training provider serving enterprise clients, though BTS has a heavier simulation and assessment practice.

Broad incumbents

• FranklinCovey: FranklinCovey is a large, publicly traded leadership and organizational performance company offering The 7 Habits and related frameworks via certified facilitators worldwide. It is a broad incumbent peer: overlapping content (leadership, effectiveness, communication) but much larger scale, broader portfolio, and subscription/all-you-can-learn delivery models BRODY Pro does not offer.
• DDI (Development Dimensions International): DDI is a large global leadership and talent management provider specializing in leadership development, assessment, and selection for enterprise clients. It is a broad incumbent comparable to BRODY Pro on the leadership-training side, but DDI operates at much larger scale with broader talent management scope.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with a substantial leadership development, coaching, and learning solutions practice serving enterprise clients. Comparable to BRODY Pro as a buyer of leadership and communication training/coaching services, but Korn Ferry is a much broader HR consulting and executive search incumbent.

Emerging players

• ExecOnline: ExecOnline is a digital-first leadership development platform partnering with top business schools to deliver cohort-based executive programs to enterprise buyers. Comparable to BRODY Pro because both sell leadership development to enterprise L&D buyers, but ExecOnline represents the digital, cohort-based, scalable model that contrasts with BRODY Pro's customized live-facilitation approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCBuvYbUggarq1U6u0UGJg4A
• Facebookfacebook.com/BRODYProfessionalDevelopment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brody-professional-development
• Xx.com/BrodyPro_com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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