Executive coaching for directors, VPs, and senior leaders

Your work doesn’t speak for itself.You have to.

I help ambitious leaders communicate their value, strengthen their executive presence, and make the right next move.

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The step change

You’re not being overlooked. You’re being misunderstood

At a certain level, working harder stops being the answer. The people making decisions about your future need to understand how you think, what you see, and why your leadership matters.

Executor: Doing excellent work: Executive: Making your judgment visible
Executor: Waiting to be recognized: Executive: Positioning yourself deliberately
Executor: Being the person who executes: Executive: Becoming the person who decides

How we can work together

Three ways to work with me.

Start with the kind of support you need: a focused leadership experience, a team workshop, or private executive coaching.

Flagship experience

Off The Record

A curated 5–6 hour retreat for ambitious senior leaders to step out of constant output, talk honestly, and leave clear on what comes next.

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Teams and organizations

Leadership workshops for teams.

Direct, practical experiences for teams that need stronger communication, influence, leadership, and alignment.

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Selective private coaching

Executive coaching for high‑stakes career moves.

Sustained one-to-one work when the stakes are high and generic advice is not going to cut it.

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Real talk · Client testimonials

What my support unlocks for my clients.

“I reached out to Ashley at a time in my career when I needed guidance and someone to remind me how much I have to offer. Ashley is an expert at listening to you and truly understanding what you are passionate about and skilled at and then coming up with a strategy to get you into roles that utilize those skills and passions. I felt strongly about having a woman coach who truly understood some of the hurdles women face in career searches. With Ashley's expert guidance, I was able to ultimately a new role with a significant salary increase and leadership advancement opportunity.”

Assistant Director, Learning at an Ivy League Institution

“I initially sought a coach to help me find clarity and meaning in my next career move. What I received in Ashley was a coach who helped me unlock my purpose and instilled in me the courage to ask for what I deserved. She is smart, caring, and exceptionally strategic. Every time we spoke, I left feeling more empowered and confident in my abilities. She knows exactly the right questions to ask, and she was quick in tailoring her approach to meet my specific needs. Ashley has been an invaluable partner in the short time we've worked together, and I can't imagine a world where she is not a part of my journey.”

VP, Marketing at one of the world’s leading publishing powerhouses

“I was looking to work with a coach because I felt that I wanted some outside insight about my current role, my career, and my professional future. I especially wanted to work with Ashley because I knew there would be a level of shorthand because she is a high-performing senior level Black woman executive. This meant that we were able to be efficient with our time together; I wasn’t educating on intersectionality, identity politics, representation gaps, microagressions and more. She immediately understood what it meant to be a high-performing, high-level executive. Ashley provided validation, clarity, and tools to own my leadership free of self-doubt and fear. With Ashley, I have become a more sure-footed leader of teams that I managed. It has been valuable context for setting expectations and understanding my worth and value, not only in my place of employment, but also in my industry. Ashley, you are my secret power.”

SVP, Communications at an award-winning PR agency

“Ashley is an exceptionally talented coach and I would recommend her to anyone. From our first meeting, she instantly connected with me and was able to listen and uncover insights about myself that I was blind to - it felt like she really 'got' me, despite us having just met. For every session Ashley came prepared and clearly having put deep thought into the time we were going to spend together. Despite having a week or two between sessions, she was able to seamlessly pick up where we left off, continuing the flow of the prior work. I am so grateful to have worked with Ashley and would recommend her to any high performer looking to refine their vision and take action.”

Student at Harvard Business School

“I would describe my coaching experience with you as meeting with a highly qualified distant cousin. The coaching felt tailored to me, you gave me real-time feedback and homework, and you were very direct about the things I needed to improve versus where I was doing well. As someone who always looks for ways to do better, you took time to make sure I acknowledged my wins and not just move on to the next thing without congratulating myself. You were very encouraging, thorough, warm, and relatable. I appreciated how you allowed for space to vent a bit professionally, but you always tied it back to a few actionable items so that it didn't just feel like a venting session. You listened, processed, and then provided me with ways to solve the issue or pivot. I would give a 10/10 rating on coaching.”

HR & Experience Lead at a leading entertainment company

“I am more self-assured, empowered and intentional in how I communicate with my my CEO. When I started I felt like often what I said or shared with my leader fell on deaf ears or wasn't relevant. Now I have greater confidence in the impact, relevance and reception of what I communicate - that's huge! That's been a gamechanger for my sense of self worth at the work.”

Director of Executive Operations at a venture-backed tech company

“Ashley rotated between guide/coach, understanding ear, and mirror beautifully and in all the ways I needed it most but didn't know it. As a result, I was able to take a challenging onboarding experience into a new company and bring up my confidence. Working with Ashley has helped me to identify and name where issues and triggers come from, and as a result I truly feel like I got my mojo back. I am so grateful for Ashley. The only negative is that I've never had a coach before this experience and I am nervous that Ashley is as good as it gets?”

Head of HR in the Beauty Industry

“Ashley was able to help me think creatively and strategically through workplace challenges that were directly tied to my career progression in my organization. Her support and advice were precise, timely, and spot on. She was effective and helped me impress the right people. After the end of our initial engagement, I achieved all of the goals I had and was able to successfully get a major strategy approved. I look forward to working with her in the future and she comes highly recommended!”

Director of Digital Learning at a top non-profit

About Ashley

Former tech VP. Now I help leaders make their next move.

I went from individual contributor to tech VP in five years. I know what it takes to stop being known only for what you produce and start being trusted for how you think.

My work is direct, strategic, and grounded in lived executive experience. We get clear on what is actually going on, then decide what to do about it.

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Questions

Before you apply.

Who is this coaching for?

VPs, C-suite, senior leaders, and high performers ready to step into those roles, especially in fast-moving companies. If you're ready for a step change and willing to challenge your own assumptions to get there, this is for you.

Who isn’t this a fit for?

My coaching isn’t for everyone. If you believe the problem is mostly external (your boss, your company, your timing), this will be frustrating for you. Not because those things don't matter. They sometimes do. But my work starts with what you can control and shift right now. I'm also not a good fit if you're looking for ongoing emotional processing without a concrete strategy attached to it. My clients want clarity and a plan. If you're still at the "I just need to vent" stage, that's okay, but come back when you're ready for what comes after that.

How is this different from other types of coaching?

I'm a former tech VP, not a career theorist. My coaching is both tactical and strategic: we work to pinpoint what's actually holding you back, including the real fears and assumptions underneath it, then build a concrete strategy against that specific problem. My expertise is helping my clients unlock the right reframe and that involves less talking about feelings and conceptual theories, and more focus on changing outcomes.

What results can I expect?

Clients negotiate promotions and meaningful raises, nail high-stakes interviews, and finally get recognized as the strategic leaders they are, usually within a three-month engagement.

How long is the engagement?

The core partnership runs three months, with biweekly 60-minute sessions plus a comprehensive onboarding deep dive and assessments to tailor your plan.

How do we start?

Apply to work with me. I read every application personally, then follow up with the best way for us to work together, whether that's 1:1 coaching, a focused strategy session, or Reframed Insiders.

Tell me what to do

Not sure which kind of support you need? Start here.

I read every application personally, then follow up with the best way for us to work together, whether that's 1:1 coaching, a focused strategy session, or Reframed Insiders.

Apply for coaching