Ascend Professional Group
Prepare for the interview. Develop the leader. Build what’s next.
• Interview Coaching
• Leadership Development
• Career Advancement
At Ascend Professional Group, we help individuals and organizations reach their full potential through preparation, professional development, and purposeful growth.
Through individualized, confidential coaching, professional assessments, realistic interview preparation, leadership development, and guidance from experienced hiring and leadership professionals, we help people better understand their strengths, identify opportunities for growth, and develop the confidence and skills to perform when it matters.
For organizations, we provide customized leadership development, professional assessments, team development, training, and consulting designed to strengthen people, improve performance, and build more effective teams.
Whether you’re preparing for your next opportunity, developing as a leader, or strengthening an organization, Ascend helps you prepare for what’s next.
“True leadership is grounded in integrity, guiding others with wisdom gained through experience and the courage to lead with purpose. Great leaders don’t simply follow established paths; they have the vision and courage to forge new ones, navigate the unknown, and illuminate possibilities others may not yet see. They mentor, empower and inspire others to grow, embrace new opportunities, and move confidently toward what’s next, together.”
— Dr. Brenda Rocha,
Ascend Professional Group
Why Coaching?
3 out of 4
Promotional interviews showed better performance. In a study involving promotional processes, candidates who participated in interview coaching performed significantly better in 3 of the 4 promotional processes studied. Journal of Applied Psychology
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Participants across 18 studies coached showed significant positive effects on performance and skills, well-being, work attitudes, coping, and goal-directed self-regulation. Journal of Positive Psychology
Preparation makes a difference.
We Don’t Want to Change Who You Are.
We Want to Bring Out Your Best.
Your experiences, strengths, communication style, leadership abilities, goals, and areas for growth are uniquely yours. Your development should be too.
Drawing on decades of leadership experience and hundreds of interviews, hiring decisions, and promotional processes, Ascend combines individualized coaching with the insight of experienced hiring managers, organizational leaders, and subject-matter experts who understand what happens on the other side of the interview table.
We help individuals communicate more effectively, make stronger decisions, perform under pressure, develop as leaders, and prepare not only for their next opportunity but for the responsibilities that come with it.
The goal isn’t to change who you are. It’s to help you become better prepared for where you want to go.
Introducing the Ascend Professional Development 360
Understand Yourself. Understand How Others See You. Build What’s Next.
Most assessments give you a score. We want to give you a direction.
Professional growth starts with understanding where you are today. The Ascend Professional Development 360 brings together three perspectives to create a more complete picture of your strengths, leadership behaviors, communication style, and opportunities for growth.
Self-Assessment
How do you see yourself?
We will help you take a structured look at your leadership, communication, decision-making, professional behaviors, strengths, and areas for development.
Confidential 360 Feedback
How do others experience you?
Confidential feedback from people who know and work with you helps identify strengths, patterns, perception gaps, and potential blind spots that can be difficult to recognize on your own.
Coach Evaluation
What does it all mean?
An Ascend coach brings the information together, looking beyond individual scores to identify patterns, strengths, gaps, and the areas where focused development may have the greatest impact.
Develop the Leader. Strengthen the Team. Influence the Culture.
Getting the leadership position is one challenge. Becoming the leader people need is another. Leadership responsibilities often arrive faster than leadership development. A new supervisor may suddenly be expected to manage conflict, hold people accountable, communicate difficult decisions, motivate a team, build trust, and represent the organization, all while continuing to perform the technical work that helped earn the promotion.
Ascend Leadership Development provides individualized leadership development for emerging leaders, new supervisors, experienced managers, senior leaders, and leadership teams. We begin by understanding the leader, the people they lead, the organization they serve, and the challenges they face.
Development can then focus on the areas that matter most:
Lead Self • Lead With Authenticity • Build Trust • Communicate With Purpose
Create Accountability • Develop People • Shape Culture • Lead the Organization
Through assessment, confidential coaching, realistic leadership scenarios, reflection, workplace application, and individualized development planning, Ascend helps leaders become more self-aware, authentic, accountable, confident, and effective.
WHAT ARE YOU PREPARING FOR?
The interview.
The promotion.
Your first leadership role.
The difficult conversation.
The organization preparing for what’s next.
Whatever comes next, don’t wait until the opportunity or the challenge arrives to discover whether you’re ready.