Hi, I’m Faith.

Welcome to Esper Collective, consultancy and home to the Soft Skills Forest.

What are soft skills?

Necessary

Call them soft skills, durable skills, professional skills, work skills, or a combination - whichever your preferred term, they’re increasingly necessary in 2025’s ever-evolving world.

Lacking

They’re also increasingly lacking - from soft skills gaps in the Gen Z workforce, to managers not taught how to manage, to exceedingly talented technical and/or creative folks navigating the business world.

Learnable

The good news? You can learn soft skills - and with practice, you will improve. A few popular soft skills you may recognize: strategic thinking, communication & presentation, leadership, and prioritization.

Why a forest?

There’s as many paths through the forest as there are people to take them.

There are also paths that are smoother, and ways to go that avoid more pitfalls.

Soft skills are just like that.

There’s no “one right way,” but there are tactics, strategies, and actions you (and/or your team) can take that are more or less effective.

The Soft Skills Forest provides a guide - a chance to practice, learn, grow, and change in a science-backed, sustainable, and fun way.

Services

Individual soft skills workshop requests

Build crucial soft skills your team needs. Workshops are interactive, science-backed, and fun. Attendees practice live and take away tangible, actionable strategies.

Time for business impact 

Soft skills consulting & upskilling programs

Need something bespoke? Soft skills consulting projects include an organizational diagnostic in order to create a tailored, comprehensive upskilling program.

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Soft skills strategy for the creative & technical

Personalized 1:1 soft skills strategy for the highly creative, technical, or both looking to start and scale their business. Focused on accountability, sustainability, and growth.

Let’s work together

Reviews

  • I had the privilege of working one-on-one with Faith while building out my team. Her guidance and expertise were absolutely essential to my success. She provided me with invaluable guidance for navigating the challenges of leadership and team dynamics. I truly couldn’t have done it without her. Faith is a game-changer, and I highly recommend her to anyone looking to elevate their skills and achieve tangible results. 

  • I am a tech nerd. I only speak code and Python libraries, and if you are too, you'd know that doesn't fly in the real world. Faith masters the art of communication and masters the art of teaching it in all its forms! All it took was two sessions and a couple of coffee chats with Faith, and I was, for the first time, picking up a skill I always knew I needed but was never successful at learning. Her sessions are so intuitive, exciting, and swift!

    Here's a story: one time I was stressing over my resume for 3+ months. I had a 30-minute meeting with Faith. My resume came out 10x stronger, and I got 4 responses literally a week after. END OF STORY!

    If you're a tech nerd like me applying for jobs, or an aspiring entrepreneur trying to sweet-talk VCs, or whatever it is literally, Faith is exactly who you need in your corner. She’ll help you crack the code of communication just as smoothly as you debug your programs!

  • Faith values relationships, and that’s what means the most. I reconnected with Faith after 2 years of first meeting each other.

    I got my dream job offer within 3 months of working with her. The first week, we identified the career goal and game planned how to get there. She coached me A-Z and beyond: with the application materials, crafting and presenting my story to land the interview and then practice to crush the interview! 

Let’s take a stroll through the Soft Skills Forest together

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