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A personal brand for an independent senior partner

An experienced operator working with CEOs and leadership teams.

An over-the-shoulder photograph taken in a podcast studio: an interviewer wearing headphones sits out of focus in the left foreground beside a microphone, while James Ashcroft smiles at the camera from behind a warm wooden table with his hands clasped, wearing a navy blazer over a blue and white checked shirt, a studio microphone in front of him carrying a cubic flag printed with a light blue angled numeral 7 above the white lines James and Ashcroft, a screen showing a neon blue chevron pattern at the left and a warmly backlit wooden slat panel at the right

// THE NEW DIRECTION

A position built around James as an independent senior partner who helps leaders see what matters and cut the rest.

James Ashcroft / Runway #236. An eighteen-second screen recording shown inside a silver laptop on a blue gradient background: the James Ashcroft site opens on deep navy with the headline See what matters. Cut the rest. above the line A handful of moves decide everything. Find that handful, say no to the rest, and align your team behind the call, a white button reading LET’S EXPLORE WORKING TOGETHER, a portrait of James at the right and a royal blue bar below reading When what matters is greater than what’s loud, the right things get decided. The page scrolls down through a bright blue section headed Why now? with dark cards reading After the deal., A new stage., A leadership change. and Before an exit.; on to a navy section headed An independent seat in the room: no equity, no agenda. beside the quote He ran and exited a successful business and brings that operator experience into every session. from Barrett Foster, CEO, In Charge Electric; and finally to a blue closing panel headed Decide what counts. Let go of the rest. above the same LET’S EXPLORE WORKING TOGETHER button and a navy footer reading Based in Austin, Texas. I work with CEOs nationwide.

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