Confident Under Pressure™
FORBES COUNCILS EDITORS’ CHOICE (JAN 2026) • FORBES COACHES COUNCIL • KEYNOTE SPEAKER & ADVISOR
Leadership and financial confidence training for emerging leaders and the organizations that develop them.
Equine-Inspired Leadership • Emotional Regulation Under Pressure • Financial Confidence for Emerging Professionals
📍 San Antonio, Texas | 📧 [email protected] | LinkedIn: @melissaweathersby
As featured by and trusted through work with:
Forbes Coaches Council • Higher Education Institutions • Financial Education Organizations • Leadership Development Programs
Pressure Reveals What Training Can’t Fix
When stakes rise, most leaders don’t default to their values or intentions.
They default to:
Nervous system reactivity
Identity-based fear responses
Financial or emotional decision paralysis
Burnout disguised as “high performance”
This isn’t a motivation problem.
It’s an internal regulation and decision clarity problem.
The CONFIDENT Under Pressure™ Framework
Developed by Dr. Melissa Weathersby, CONFIDENT Under Pressure™ is a practical leadership framework that strengthens how leaders think, decide, and act when pressure is unavoidable.
Rather than teaching leaders how to perform under stress, the framework builds the internal steadiness required to lead well during it.
The result:
Clearer decisions
Stronger presence
Reduced reactivity
Sustainable leadership confidence
Who This Is For
Who Dr. Mel Works With
Dr. Weathersby partners with organizations and leaders who:
Operate in high-stakes or high-visibility environments
Are navigating change, growth, or leadership transition
Need calm, decisive leadership—not hype
Want reduced burnout without lowering standards
Understand that identity drives behavior under pressure
This work resonates with:
Executive and senior leadership teams
Higher education leadership
Financial and professional services organizations
Faith-adjacent institutions seeking professionalism, not performance culture
Why This Work Is Different
Most leadership training focuses on what to do.
Dr. Weathersby’s work focuses on who leaders become under pressure.
Her approach integrates:
Leadership psychology
Financial confidence and decision clarity
Identity-based behavioral change
Equine-informed leadership insight
Horses respond to internal state, not titles or intent.
Human systems do too.
Trusted By
Based in Texas. Speaking nationally.
Leadership • Financial Well-Being • Decision-Making Under Pressure