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The Leadership Presence Studio works with capable professionals feeling the strain of pressure, visibility, or self-doubt.
Through coaching and hands-on experiential learning, we help you see yourself clearly, shed what's holding you back, and move toward a version of fulfillment and impact that's entirely your own.
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Capable leaders carry more than anyone sees.
Higher stakes, the weight of being watched, the quiet worry of being one hard moment away from getting found out.
Under that load, how you show up happens on its own. That's your presence, the impression you make and the energy you bring, and it shapes every room whether you're aware of it or not. You already have a set of reactions.
Under that load, how you show up happens on its own. That's your presence, the impression you make and the energy you bring, and it shapes every room whether you're aware of it or not. You already have a set of reactions.
If you're thinking...
“This role is a new level, and I’m not fully grounded in my leadership style yet.”
Let's change that to:
“I trust myself to recover, no matter what breaks.”
She found that out on paper, before a high-stakes moment at work ever tested it. The painting she finished wasn’t the one she started, and she wasn’t quite the same person who picked up the brush.
Lead Anyway: A Watercolor Workshop
“I’m torn between what I want to do and what makes sense to do.”
Let's change that to:
“I know where I’m headed, and it’s a direction I chose.”
She’d been forcing two question into one: what she actually wanted, and what everyone around her had convinced her was sensible. Separating them made the choice hers.
1:1 Coaching
“When a plan falls apart, I don’t trust myself to handle it.”
Let's change that to:
“I know how I lead. It’s mine, and it holds up under pressure.”
A 360 assessment showed her how others actually experience her leadership better than she feared and different than she assumed. She built her style on that evidence and her values.
The Leadership Circle Profile 360 Assessment
Leadership coaching and hands-on experiential learning
How we can work together:
For Organizations
Lead Anyway: A Watercolor Workshop.
A five-hour experiential session for leadership teams. Watercolor can't be fully controlled, and that's the point: your team watches how they respond to that pressure in real time, then talks through what the pattern revealed. Real evidence of how your team operates under pressure, no artistic skill required.
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1:1 Coaching
One-on-one work for leaders in a moment of higher stakes: expanding scope, growing teams, harder questions. We work from an established coaching framework, never a template. What we build together, your leadership identity, is grounded entirely in your own values and experience
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The Leadership Circle Profile 360 Assessment
A 360 assessment that surfaces the beliefs and patterns actually driving how you lead, then turns them into a development plan you'll actually use. Available on its own, or as the foundation under coaching or team work.
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Why this works differently
Most leadership development stops at insight: a report, a workshop day, a reflection exercise that names a pattern and calls it done.
Then you're back at a desk full of fires, and by the time the first one hits, the insight is already gone.
This work starts with insight too, whether it comes from an assessment that names what's actually driving your behavior, a coaching conversation, or a workshop your team lives through together. The difference is what happens after the insight lands. You test it under real pressure until the steadier response is the one that actually fires, so it holds up the next time a hard moment starts, because you've already practiced it, not just read about it.
Then you're back at a desk full of fires, and by the time the first one hits, the insight is already gone.
This work starts with insight too, whether it comes from an assessment that names what's actually driving your behavior, a coaching conversation, or a workshop your team lives through together. The difference is what happens after the insight lands. You test it under real pressure until the steadier response is the one that actually fires, so it holds up the next time a hard moment starts, because you've already practiced it, not just read about it.
What clients are saying:
“Ashira has the rare quality of providing coaching in a way that feels both supportive and nurturing, but also challenges your long-held narratives and helps shift your thinking and approach.”
F. Parkes
F. Parkes
“One of the immediate traits that led me to work with Ashira is her ability to listen without judgement. This ability put me at ease, and that I wouldn't feel guilt or shame in bringing up a particular issue.”
J. Brodzinski
J. Brodzinski
"Although I honor my introverted qualities, they were seen as a deficit in my current environment. Coaching helped me own my voice in a way that is organic and authentic to me."
N. Shaffi
N. Shaffi
“Everybody needs coaching to bring out their best. Athletes, professionals, even coaches need coaches. I would recommend Ashira’s coaching to everyone that is serious about development.”
C. Chongo
C. Chongo
“Thanks to Ashira, I now approach professional and personal challenges with confidence, aligning my values with success. Her highly personalized and intuitive coaching style has truly transformed my perspective and leadership approach.”
J. Williams
J. Williams
Meet your coach.
I'm Ashira D. Jones, founder of the Leadership Presence Studio. I've been coaching leaders for more than fifteen years, and along the way watercolor taught me something my certifications never did, which is what led me to build the Lead Anyway workshop. You can walk into a painting with a clear vision, and the paint will still do what it wants. You can meet that with frustration, or you can get curious, intentional, and creative with what's actually in front of you. Leadership asks the same thing of you: when things shift without warning, you get to decide how to move forward, on purpose.
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Meet your coach.
I'm Ashira D. Jones, founder of the Leadership Presence Studio. I've been coaching leaders for more than fifteen years, and along the way watercolor taught me something my certifications never did, which is what led me to build the Lead Anyway workshop. You can walk into a painting with a clear vision, and the paint will still do what it wants. You can meet that with frustration, or you can get curious, intentional, and creative with what's actually in front of you. Leadership asks the same thing of you: when things shift without warning, you get to decide how to move forward, on purpose.
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Notes from the studio
A newsletter about leading when you can't control the outcome. No chatter, just real connection.
