Executive and Leadership Coaching in Austin, TX
The next level of leadership begins with knowing yourself.
Maybe you learned to succeed by working harder, having the answers, taking responsibility, keeping people happy, staying in control, or expecting more from yourself than anyone else ever could.
Those strategies may have served you extraordinarily well. But as your career evolves, they may not be what you need most anymore.
Coaching gives you the space to understand the patterns shaping how you lead, build on the strengths that got you here, and let go of what may now be limiting you.
Because at some point, the question changes from “What do I need to do to succeed?” to “Who do I want to be from here?”
Ready to thrive, not just survive?
I’m Shelley Pernot, an executive and leadership coach in Austin dedicated to helping driven professionals lead with confidence, compassion, and authenticity. My work blends practical leadership development with the deeper inner work that sustains it.
I’ve seen it too often: talented, high-performing leaders who are admired for their results yet quietly running on empty. The long hours, the constant striving, the weight of always being “on.” It takes a toll.
Coaching with me is a space to pause, breathe, and realign with what truly matters. Together, we’ll strengthen the skills and mindset that fuel effective leadership clarity, presence and emotional intelligence, while also tending to the deeper patterns that lead to burnout.
For many of my clients, especially high-achieving women, this work is about learning to lead from wholeness rather than perfection, from purpose rather than pressure.
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It’s easy to talk about emotional intelligence when life is going smoothly. But what happens when life knocks you off your game and the emotions you’d rather not feel come rushing in? Sometimes the most emotionally intelligent thing we can do is stop trying to fix ourselves.