Leadership Training for Organizations in Austin, TX
True North Coaching delivers custom leadership training programs for corporations and nonprofits that address the specific developmental needs of your leaders, rather than a one size fits all.
Most Leadership Training Does Not Stick. Here Is Why.
Organizations around the world spend an estimated $370 billion annually on leadership development, yet most employees still report that their direct manager is their single biggest source of workplace stress. What separates a training event from genuine leadership transformation is rarely the content. It is whether the program is willing to go beneath the surface and address what is actually driving problematic leadership behavior. At True North Coaching, that inner work is where everything begins.
Leadership Development That Works at a Deeper Level
Shelley Pernot's training programs go well beyond tips and frameworks. Leadership tips and tricks are valuable, but they consistently fail when they do not address the underlying reasons why leaders are struggling in the first place.
Sustainable behavior change does not come from putting a bandage over something that is not working. It comes from looking beneath the surface at the stories, beliefs, values, and deeply held needs that drive the way your leaders show up every day. Shelley's programs address both the practical tools and frameworks your leaders need to perform, and the deeper inner work that makes those tools stick.
Leadership Training Topics for Organizations
Shelley has created and delivered successful leadership programs across a wide range of topics. Every program is built around your organization's specific needs, and can be delivered as a standalone workshop or as part of a longer development series.
Assertiveness
Finding and using your voice in a way that commands respect without sacrificing relationships.
Coaching Skills for Leaders
Building the mindset and tools that turn managers into leaders people actually want to work for.
Communication and Influence
Developing the clarity and presence that moves people, not just informs them.
Conflict Management
Navigating disagreement and tension without avoiding the conversations that matter most.
Delegation and Accountability
Addressing the beliefs and behaviors behind micromanagement and building systems that actually work.
Emotional Intelligence
Understanding how you and others respond under pressure, and leading more effectively because of it.
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Building a feedback culture that is honest, timely, and genuinely useful.
Goal Creation and Vision Setting
Developing and communicating a vision that motivates teams and connects daily work to something larger.
Growth Mindset
Shifting the internal narrative that keeps leaders stuck in fixed or defensive patterns of thinking.
Managing Change
Guiding teams through uncertainty and transition without losing trust or momentum.
Mindfulness and Resilience
Practical tools for staying grounded and making better decisions under pressure.
Personal Branding for Leaders
Understanding and articulating your leadership identity so you lead with intention rather than by default.
Presenting Skills
Building the confidence and structure that make leaders compelling in front of any audience.
Psychological Safety
Creating the conditions where people speak up, take risks, and do their best work.
Teamwork
Strengthening the dynamics, norms, and trust that allow teams to perform at a consistently high level.
Transitions in Leadership
Supporting leaders stepping into new roles, expanded responsibility, or significant organizational change.
Why Organizations Choose True North Coaching
Most leadership training vendors send a roster of rotating facilitators delivering content from a generic catalog. True North Coaching works differently. When your organization engages True North, you work directly with Shelley Pernot throughout the entire engagement, from the initial discovery conversation through program design, delivery, and any follow-up support.
Shelley's background in risk management and corporate leadership across global organizations gives her an immediate credibility with the professionals she trains. She spent years working inside the kinds of environments her clients operate in, which means she is not facilitating leadership conversations in the abstract. She brings real experience into the room.
The True North Difference
One consistent coach — not a rotating bench of facilitators you have never met.
Custom-built programs — designed around your organization's specific goals, not a generic catalog.
Real-world credibility — Shelley's background in risk management and global corporate leadership means she has been in the room.
End-to-end partnership — from discovery through delivery and follow-up support.
How the Process Works
Discovery Conversation
Every engagement begins with a focused conversation to understand your organization's leadership challenges, culture, and goals. This is where Shelley identifies the actual problem needing to be solved, not just what a job description or org chart suggests.
Custom Program Design
Based on that conversation, Shelley designs a training program built specifically for your organization. Topics, format, session length, and delivery method are all shaped around what will move the needle for your specific team and context.
Training Delivery
Shelley delivers the program directly to your team, in person at your location or virtually. Sessions are interactive and grounded in real leadership scenarios, designed to generate the kind of honest conversation that changes how people think about their role as leaders.
Ongoing Support
Real change takes time to take root. Follow-up coaching and support options are available to help your leaders apply what they have learned and sustain the progress your organization has made.
What Organization Are Saying
Real feedback from coaches who have worked with Shelley.
The care, time and attention Shelley devoted to me during my coaching sessions was invaluable. She leads with compassion and I gained many insights about my career and future.
Shelley helped me understand my strengths, navigate workplace dynamics, and take real action steps in my career development.
Shelley helped me grow personally and professionally while building a strong coaching foundation.
Shelley helped me define who I wanted to become as a leader and supported me through major career transitions.
Shelley helped me reflect deeply and recognize behaviors that were shaping my leadership journey.
Working with Shelley transformed my leadership thinking and helped me challenge my limiting beliefs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every program is built around your organization's specific needs, so there is no single fixed format. Most engagements begin with a discovery conversation, followed by a customized training program that can range from a focused half-day workshop to a multi-session development series delivered over several months. Shelley works with you to determine the format and scope that will generate the most meaningful results for your team.
Session length depends on the program design and your goals. Half-day and full-day workshops are common for single-topic engagements. Multi-session programs typically involve shorter sessions delivered over a longer period, which gives participants time to practice and apply new skills between sessions rather than absorbing everything at once.
True North Coaching offers both in-person and virtual delivery. In-person sessions are available for organizations in Austin and the surrounding area. Further locations are available in person with associated travel expenditures. Virtual delivery is also available for organizations across Texas and beyond.
True North Coaching works with corporations and nonprofits of varying sizes. Because every program is customized and delivered directly by Shelley, the work is particularly well suited to organizations that want a high-quality, focused engagement rather than a large-scale standardized rollout. If you are unsure whether your organization is a good fit, the best first step is a conversation.
The most significant difference is that your organization works directly with Shelley throughout the entire engagement. There are no rotating facilitators and no repurposed content from a generic catalog. Every program is built from scratch around your context, and every session is led by someone with both deep coaching credentials and real corporate leadership experience on multiple continents. That combination is rare.
Yes. In addition to leadership training for organizations, True North Coaching offers one-on-one leadership coaching and burnout coaching for women in professional and leadership roles. Many organizations find that pairing group training with individual coaching for key leaders produces the strongest and most lasting results.
Ready to Invest in the Leaders Your Organization Needs?
Strong organizations are built on strong leaders, and strong leaders are built through the right kind of development. If your organization is ready to move beyond surface-level training and into something that creates real, lasting change, Shelley would welcome the conversation. Contact us now to get started.