Accent Training for the Work Place

In today's corporate American business world finding and maintaining a job position can be both difficult and challenging, especially for those who are struggling with their grammar and communication skills.  Competitive jobs require employees to have strong speaking skills, this is so because if one cannot communicate well with others, it can lead to difficulties in business relationships.  For my chosen blog post I decided to examine not an article, but the web page of a company devoted to training employees in the area of speech and communication.  Capital Accent is a professional company which was started by owner Laurie Aurelia, an accent modification specialist.  Capitalaccent.net is an online service meant to provide employers and employees with the opportunity to strengthen a one's communication skills for the workplace.  The company's over all goal is to assist people with the proper tools and training needed to overcome language barriers that may arise in a business setting.  Services provided by the company include both personal and online courses dealing with accent training, grammar and speech analysis, and overall training in communication skills and techniques.  Aurelia started the company in response to her own personal experience with overcoming a language barrier.  Prior to the company's launch, Laurie had spent several years in Taiwan where she discovered first hand, how poor grammar and communication skills can present a variety of issues when trying to accomplish a simple task such as basic conversation.  By starting Capital Accent, Laurie was able to improve the lives of those experiencing the same difficulties she did.  Since today's business world is so competitive Laurie's services give people the chance to compete with other workers at a high level by training them to lose their accent and reach their fullest potential in communicating in business.  Her company and its mission relate to my topic for my paper because it highlights the importance of grammar skills in relation to one's success in the workplace.  Without proper grammar it can be difficult for a person to advance in the workplace since so much emphasis is placed on communication.

So for conversation, do you feel like a service like this is needed for success in a competitive company?  Should companies not hire a person based on their speaking and communication skills?  Would you use a service like this if you were struggling with a language barrier in the workplace? And should a service like this be offered to someone by a company that wants to help them advance and improve their skills for the workplace, or is that crossing the line?  Any additional comments or views on the topic are helpful.