— Leadership development, coaching, and facilitation
Find Your North Star.
Navigate complexity with clarity, purpose, and lasting impact.
In a world of constant change, competing priorities, and relentless noise, even the most capable leaders can lose sight of what matters most. At Aspire@Work, we work with leaders to find their North Star - grounding their work in purpose and values, and bringing clarity to where and how to focus their energy.
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Leadership development programs
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Executive and team coaching
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Facilitated retreats and meetings
Trusted Expertise Since 2005
Executive coaching, leadership development, and facilitation for meaningful workplace change.
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Clarity Quest℠
Be bold. Get clear. Have impact.
A practical path for leaders and teams moving through complexity.
20+ years
Working alongside leaders and organizations.
MCC coach
Founder led by a Master Certified Coach.
17 countries
Leadership programs delivered across five continents.
Six Paths
Research-backed leadership transition thinking.
— Integrated leadership services
Leadership development, coaching, and facilitation designed around your goals.
Aspire@Work does not rely on a one-size-fits-all approach. Each engagement is shaped around your organization’s context, culture, and leadership needs.
Leadership Development
Practical programs and workshops that strengthen leaders at every level, from emerging talent to senior executives preparing for greater scope.
Executive and Team Coaching
Customized coaching engagements that help leaders and teams build awareness, shift habits, and make progress on the work that matters.
— Assessment tools & coaching credentials
Certified in trusted leadership and team development assessments
Assessments give leaders and teams a shared language for growth. Aspire@Work uses respected tools to clarify working styles, emotional intelligence, leadership patterns, and development priorities, then turns insights into practical action through coaching and facilitation.
— How we use assessments
Insight first. Action next.
We help clients choose the right instrument, interpret results, and translate feedback into conversations, commitments, and measurable development goals.
① Select the tool that fits the leadership or team need.
② Facilitate clear discussion around results and patterns.
③ Build practical next steps for stronger performance.
MBTI®
Helps individuals and teams better understand personality preferences, communication styles, decision-making patterns, and how people work best together.
Enneagram
Helps individuals and teams understand their core motivations, communication styles, decision-making patterns, and interpersonal dynamics, fostering greater self-awareness, stronger relationships, and more effective leadership.
GLP
The Global Leadership Profile (GLP) offers leaders a powerful lens for understanding how they make decisions, respond to challenges, and engage with complexity. By revealing established patterns as well as emerging capabilities, the GLP creates a foundation for deeper self-awareness, more effective relationships, and meaningful leadership growth.
DiSC®
Helps teams improve communication, collaboration, and trust by identifying behavioral styles and working preferences.
Leadership Circle Profile™
Connects leadership behaviors with underlying patterns and assumptions, helping leaders see how their approach impacts performance and culture.
ICF Master Certified Coach
Our coaching work is supported by MCC-level certification through the International Coaching Federation, reflecting advanced coaching experience and professional standards.
Best used for
Executive coaching, leadership development, team effectiveness, board development, culture change, and succession planning.
— Leadership challenges we help solve
When the work is important, clarity cannot be left to chance.
Leaders often come to Aspire@Work when growth, transition, conflict, or culture change requires a stronger way forward.
The vision is there, but the path is not yet clear.
We help leaders define the future they are trying to create, identify what matters most, and align people around practical action.
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Sharper priorities and decision making
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Stronger alignment across stakeholders
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Clearer goals for leadership growth
A team has talent, but trust or accountability is strained.
Team coaching and facilitation create space for more honest conversations, stronger collaboration, and shared commitments.
A leader is stepping into a larger role.
Onboarding and executive coaching help leaders navigate new scope, new peers, and the first decisions that shape credibility.
The culture needs to shift from intention to action.
We use assessments, focus groups, surveys, and facilitated planning to help organizations move from insight to momentum.
We must maximize our time together
Retreats, board meetings, and strategy sessions are designed to surface the right input and move the group toward decisions.
— Issues we solve by audience
Building capacity for leaders, teams and organizations.
The right support depends on where the pressure is showing up: in a leader’s role, a team’s dynamic, or the organization’s broader direction and culture.
For Leaders
Develop influence, prepare future leaders, and navigate senior leadership transitions with more clarity and confidence.
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Developing your leadership influence
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Identifying and developing future leaders
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Transitioning into a senior leadership role
For Teams
Build stronger collaboration, resolve conflict more productively, and equip virtual or hybrid teams to work well together.
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Building high-performing teams
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Resolving team conflict
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Equipping virtual teams
Founder and CEO
Meredith Persily
Executive coach, leadership expert, facilitator, and co-author of Six Paths to Leadership.
— Experience and thought leadership
Guided by deep leadership expertise and a belief that work should matter.
Meredith Persily has partnered with leaders since 2005, helping executives and organizations navigate complexity, strengthen teams, and create meaningful impact. Her work combines coaching expertise, practical facilitation, and a global perspective on leadership development.
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Master Certified Coach
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MBA,Chicago Booth
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Brown University honors graduate
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Featured by national media
— Clarity Quest℠ process
Clients value practical insight, thoughtful preparation, and real partnership.
Leadership work is personal, contextual, and consequential. Aspire@Work creates learning and coaching experiences that help people apply new insight immediately.
Meredith is one of the best trainers around. She combines relevant, timely information with a fun and lively presentation. I appreciate that she offers very specific and practical examples that can be applied immediately in the workplace. I highly recommend talking with Meredith about your training needs!
Amy Plaster, Executive Director at CMS Energy
I’ve worked with Meredith for several years in the delivery of executive education. Meredith creates a challenging and energizing environment where senior leaders are able to effectively apply complex concepts to solve organizational challenges.
Patrick S. Malone, PhD, Director, Key Executive Leadership Programs, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University
I have been able to continue to call upon Meredith’s expertise in navigating difficult organizational challenges within executive branch agencies. She provided invaluable assessments and recommendations for change, calling upon her understanding and sensitivity to the interpersonal component of organizations. Without hesitation, I would strongly recommend Aspire@Work to any organization seeking to improve or transform, particularly in these times of rapid change.
Robert Taub
— Leadership consulting questions
What leaders often want to know before starting.
Use these questions to help visitors decide whether coaching, facilitation, or leadership development is the right next step.
Can Aspire@Work customize programs for our organization?
Yes. Engagements are designed around your goals, culture, leadership challenges, and available time.
Do you work with both individuals and teams?
Yes. Aspire@Work supports individual leaders, executive teams, boards, teams, and organizations.
Can this work support virtual or hybrid teams?
Yes. Team coaching and facilitation can help teams collaborate, communicate, and build trust across locations and ways of working.
What is the best first step?
Start with a conversation about what you are trying to accomplish, what is getting in the way, and what kind of support may be most useful.
— Schedule a consultation
Ready to focus on the work that matters most?
Share a few details about your goals. Aspire@Work will help you think through the right starting point for leadership development, coaching, facilitation, or organizational change work.
Leadership development, coaching, facilitation, and consulting