Jason Boron · Founder of Leading Strong
Leadership gets stronger when it gets intentional.
Jason is a coach, facilitator, and thinking partner who helps leaders understand what drives them, discern what matters, and turn that wisdom into intentional choices, habits, and relationships that make a difference.
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Why Leading Strong exists
The work is not about becoming someone else.
Since 2007, Jason has designed and led coaching, leadership programs, and workshops across public, private, and nonprofit organizations. His work has focused on leadership development, communication, conflict resolution, collaboration, engagement, and wellbeing.
He founded Leading Strong in 2017 after seeing the same gap again and again: insight can be powerful, but insight alone does not tell a leader what the moment requires. Jason created a practice that connects self-awareness with wisdom, intention, and deliberate action.
Drawing on psychology, sport psychology, experiential learning, strengths, facilitation, and behavior design, Jason creates experiences people can participate in, not just listen to. His style is thoughtful and direct, structured and playful, and always connected to the realities of everyday leadership.
Speaking and facilitation
Ideas people can use after the room clears.
Jason brings curiosity, energy, practical frameworks, and participatory learning to keynotes, workshops, and facilitated conversations. The goal is not a temporary spark. It is insight people can turn into wisdom and intentional action.
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The principles behind the practice
How Jason approaches the work.
Wisdom before action
Seeing clearly is the beginning. Wisdom comes from discerning what matters, what the moment requires, and what response best serves the people and purpose involved.
Practice over performance
Leadership is not a polished moment. It is a pattern of small choices that becomes more intentional with practice.
Legacy is lived daily
Your legacy is already taking shape in the trust you build, the questions you ask, and the courage you invite in others.
Certified expertise, integrated with purpose
Different tools. One way of helping change take hold.
Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
Helping people move from naming talent to applying it with intention.
LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator
Making complex thinking visible so teams can build shared understanding.
Certified Tiny Habits® Coach
Turning good intentions into realistic behaviors that gain momentum and last.
Appreciation at Work™ Certified Facilitator
Helping teams express authentic appreciation in ways people value and can feel.
A foundation for understanding performance
Grounded in psychology, learning, and community.
University of Notre Dame
B.A. in Psychology
West Virginia University
M.S. in Sport Psychology
Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce
Board member from 2019 through 2024 and Chair of the Board in 2021.
Strategic Doing Practitioner
Helping groups move from conversation to shared action in complex environments.
What clients experience
“The questions he’s asked me and the perspective he’s offered have helped me make decisions that have saved my business money.”
Jennifer Doyle Vancil, M.Ed., PCC
A good fit for the work
Jason works best with people who are ready to be honest and experiment.
You do not need to have the answer. You do need curiosity, a real challenge worth working on, and a willingness to try something different.
- Leaders stepping into greater responsibility
- Teams navigating growth, tension, or change
- Organizations building intentional leadership cultures
- People who want insight to become wisdom and action
Bring the real challenge.