Advisory & Executive Coaching
Counsel for leaders carrying
real weight.
I partner with executives and their teams two ways: trusted advisory for organizations navigating high-stakes leadership moments, and one-on-one coaching for the leaders who carry them. Both are honest, discreet, and built for people the rest of the room is watching.
Leadership Advisory
Strategic counsel executive leaders rarely get.
Ongoing, confidential partnership with executives and their teams. I help leaders understand how their decisions, timing, presence, and perception are landing across the organization, so they can address risk, alignment, and leadership impact before misalignment compounds.
Who it's for
- CEOs and senior executives carrying enterprise-scale responsibility
- Leadership teams navigating change, scrutiny, or misalignment
- Organizations who need candid counsel they can't get from inside the building
Strategic Counsel
Discreet, unfiltered counsel on consequential decisions, timing, and executive risk.
Communication
Executive communication and stakeholder engagement when the stakes and scrutiny are high.
Presence & Influence
How leadership presence, tone, and timing land across the organization.
Trust & Culture
Building trust, accountability, and alignment at the top before misalignment compounds.
Resilience
Sustaining effectiveness and judgment under sustained pressure and visibility.
Team Dynamics
Strengthening cohesion and performance across leadership teams.
Signature Format · Privately Hosted
Leadership Truth Rooms™
Confidential, privately hosted gatherings where senior leaders step out of performance mode and into real conversation. Organizations host Truth Rooms to build openness, alignment, and psychological safety at the top, because culture starts in the room where truth is spoken.
Executive Coaching
One-on-one coaching for the leader behind the title.
A confidential, transformative partnership for senior leaders who want to lead with clarity, hold hard conversations without defensiveness, and stop self-abandoning at the top. We build your map, rep your message, and design a rhythm that lasts.
Who it's for
- Senior leaders who feel the cost of performing instead of leading
- High-achievers ready to lead with more honesty, presence, and joy
- Executives navigating a transition, a stretch role, or a crossroads
Lead with clarity
Redefine success on your own terms and make decisions from conviction instead of pressure.
Say the hard thing
Hold difficult conversations without defensiveness, and stop softening your truth to keep the peace.
Own your presence
Show up grounded and credible in the rooms where you're being watched and weighed.
Stop self-abandoning
Lead at a high level without burning out or losing yourself at the top.
In their words
Trusted by leaders the rest of the room is watching.
“Tash Durkins provides the kind of strategic executive counsel enterprise leaders rarely receive: unfiltered, discreet, and grounded in real operational complexity. She helps CEOs and executives understand how their decisions, timing, presence, and perception are landing across the organization, so they can address risk, alignment, and leadership impact before misalignment compounds.”
“I relied on Tash as a trusted advisor in high-stakes leadership roles carrying enterprise-scale responsibility, regulatory scrutiny, and significant external visibility. Her ability to assess how executive behavior, timing, and tone are interpreted across an organization is rare. She helps leaders pressure-test consequential decisions, strengthen credibility, and address misalignment before it compounds.”
“Working with Tash as my executive coach has been a truly transformative and empowering experience. She created a safe space where honesty, vulnerability, and growth were always present, and helped me redefine what success looks like on my own terms. I now walk through my professional and personal life with more clarity, confidence, and joy.”
Let's talk about what you're carrying.
Whether you need counsel for your organization or a coach in your corner, it starts with one honest, confidential conversation.
Or email tash@fiercely-joyful.com