Tiger Woods has one. Barbara Streisand had one. Top CEOs have them. People at the top hire coaches. Anybody in business needs to have good speaking and communication skills in order to succeed.
I've seen bright, talented people lose sales, promotions, and job opportunities because of an inability to communicate. Many companies fail to get funding because they can't explain what they do. Read my quote in the January 11th NY Times article on Small Business and learn how being a top notch speaker translates into dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/business/11sbiz.html?_r=1&ref;=business&oref;=slogin