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Melissa⬤

Melissa Jones Briggs is an expert in power and presence.

On faculty at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business Melissa Jones Briggs co-teaches Acting with Power. She lectures in the flagship Stanford Executive Program among others, and is an affiliate at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

In the UK, Melissa serves as an Associate Fellow at the Oxford Character Project at the University of Oxford. Off campus, Melissa works with executives and teams at some of the world’s top corporations and hyper-growth startups, NGOs and national institutions.

She helps people show up more effectively and responsibly in their leadership roles. She elevates leaders’ power and presence by combining research from the fields of social science with the practical application of performing arts techniques. Her approach is experiential, creative, and supported by leading and emerging social and psychological research.