Learning Leader Journey: Coaching Toward Self-Mastery
Introducing the Integrated Leadership Presence Model (Being and Doing Integration)
In complex, high-pressure environments, coaching effectiveness is not defined by tools and techniques alone. It is shaped by the quality of the coach's presence. This 90-minute interactive session introduces the Integrated Leadership Presence Model, an original framework developed by Madhavi Jodhpurkar that reframes leadership and coaching through the integration of being and doing.
Most leadership development emphasizes practice: skills, frameworks and observable behaviors. This model brings forward the dimension that shapes them. Presence is the internal state from which a leader operates, including self-awareness, character, values and emotional regulation. Practice is its external expression. The model asserts a clear and often overlooked truth: the ceiling of doing is determined by the depth of being.
Participants will examine how presence and practice converge into self-mastery, understood not as self-control but as self-awareness translated into conscious choice. The session moves from concept into applied reflection, mapping individual triggers and reactive patterns and practicing the Integrated Leadership Presence Reset, and closes with a personal commitment.
By the end of this session, participants will leave with:
- A working understanding of the Integrated Leadership Presence Model and the distinction between being and doing.
- Insight into how internal state shapes coaching practice under pressure.
- A practical framework for recognizing and regulating reactive patterns in real time.
- Clarity on your own growth edge and a defined commitment toward self-mastery.
About the Presenter: Madhavi Jodhpurkar
Madhavi Jodhpurkar brings more than 20 years of management experience to her work as an organizational development consultant and coach. She has led teams of 15, 30 and 60 people, and she consults from that lived leadership experience rather than from theory alone. She holds a BS in Leadership Development and an MS in Organizational Development and Knowledge Management from George Mason University, where she was recognized as a GMU Kindness Ambassador, and she maintains a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt along with a range of coaching and assessment credentials.
Her practice spans for-profit and non-profit organizations, government contracting, international development and financial services, at both national and global scale, and she currently serves as an Organizational Development Expert at Bechtel Corporation. Across these settings, her work centers on leadership development, team effectiveness, executive coaching, change navigation, and psychological safety and wellbeing. A systems thinker who works well in conditions of change and ambiguity, she is known for a grounded presence and an inclusive, outcome-oriented approach.
