Your Goals Are Individual. Your Development Should Be Too.
Whether you're preparing for an interview, pursuing advancement, or developing as a leader, Ascend provides individualized coaching built around where you are and where you want to go. Every engagement begins with a complimentary 30-minute consultation.
Ascend Prep
Designed for individuals preparing for an upcoming interview, oral board, assessment center, or promotinal process who wants focused, individualized coaching and realistic practice.
Complimentary 30-minute consultation — Discuss your upcoming opportunity, goals, timeline, and preparation needs.
Professional brand review — Review of your résumé/CV, cover letter, LinkedIn, and professional online presence.
Document review and recommendations — One review cycle with individualized feedback and recommendations.
60-minute private 1:1 coaching session — Focused on communication, response structure, professional presence, interview strategy, and preparation.
60–70 minute recorded realistic 1:1 mock interview or oral board — Customized to your specific position, organization, and selection process.
Individualized performance feedback — Clear feedback on strengths, areas for improvement, and priorities before the actual interview.
60-minute private final preparation session — Review performance, strengthen identified areas, refine your approach, and prepare for interview day.
Focused Interview Preparation 
Ascend Advance
Ascend Advance helps you understand your strengths, identify what may be holding you back, and build a focused development and interview strategy around your next opportunity.
Complimentary 30-minute consultation — Discuss your goals, upcoming opportunity, timeline, and preparation needs.
Professional brand review — Review of your résumé/CV, cover letter, LinkedIn, and professional online presence.
Ascend Self-Assessment — Identify strengths, development opportunities, professional patterns, and areas for growth.
Ascend Coach Evaluation — An additional professional perspective on your communication, presence, preparation, and development priorities.
60-minute private 1:1 assessment debrief — Review your results, identify key strengths, and determine where development can make the greatest difference.
Individualized development recommendations — A focused plan based on your assessment results, coaching observations, and professional goals.
60-minute 1:1 coaching session — Targeted development in communication, leadership presence, interview strategy, decision-making, and performance.
60–75 minute recorded realistic mock interview or oral board — Customized to your specific position, organization, and selection process for private developmental review.
Individualized performance feedback — Clear feedback on what worked, what needs improvement, and what to focus on before the actual interview.
60-minute private final preparation session — Refine your approach, address remaining concerns, and prepare to perform when the opportunity arrives
Assessment + Development + Interview Preparation 
Our Signature Professional Development ExperienceAscend 360 Complete
Ascend 360 Complete helps you understand how you see yourself, how others experience you, what you need to develop, and how to perform when the opportunity arrives.
Assessment & Development
Complimentary 30-minute consultation — Discuss your goals, upcoming opportunity, timeline, and professional development needs.
Complete professional brand review — Review of your résumé/CV, cover letter, LinkedIn, and professional online presence.
Ascend Professional Development 360 Self-Assessment — An in-depth look at leadership, communication, decision-making, professional behaviors, strengths, and development opportunities.
Confidential multi-rater 360 feedback — Gain perspective from individuals who know you and have experience working with you.
Ascend Coach Evaluation — An additional professional perspective on your strengths, development priorities, and readiness.
Comprehensive results analysis — Integrates your self-assessment, observer feedback, and coach evaluation to identify patterns, strengths, perception gaps, and development priorities.
60-minute private 1:1 assessment debrief — Review your Ascend 360 results and understand what they mean for your development.
Individualized professional development plan — A focused plan and timeline built around your assessment findings, goals, upcoming opportunities, and individual needs.
Coaching & Preparation
Two 60-minute private 1:1 coaching sessions — Focused on communication, leadership, decision-making, professional development, and interview readiness.
Behavioral and situational interview preparation — Customized to your specific position, organization, and selection process.
Clear, actionable development priorities — Focus your preparation on the areas that can make the greatest difference, whether your opportunity is immediate or part of a longer-term professional goal.
The Ascend Professional Panel Experience
A three-hour professional panel experience designed to provide realistic practice, direct observation, expert feedback, and high-impact development.
60–75 minute recorded realistic 3-person professional mock interview or oral board — Customized to your specific position, organization, and selection process.
Experienced professional panel — Your panel includes experienced leaders and subject-matter experts with significant hiring, interviewing, and promotional experience.
Relevant real-world perspective — Panel expertise may include public safety, healthcare, human resources, municipal government, and private-sector leadership.
Immediate panel feedback and coaching — Receive direct feedback from all three panelists while the experience is still fresh and actionable.
Final Preparation & Follow-Up
60-minute private final preparation session — Review panel performance, strengthen identified areas, refine your approach, and prepare for the actual interview or promotional process.
30-minute post-interview follow-up — Complete a structured after-action review following your real interview or assessment to discuss outcomes, capture lessons learned, and identify continued development priorities.
You will leave with a deeper understanding of yourself, insight into how others experience you, a personalized development plan, realistic professional practice, and a clearer path toward your next opportunity and continued growth.
Ascend offers individual coaching and customized engagements.
Not every client needs a complete program. Ascend offers individual coaching and customized engagements for clients who need focused support, additional preparation, or continued professional development.
Individual Services May Include:
Interview or oral-board preparation
Leadership coaching and development
Promotional-process preparation
Communication and professional presence coaching
Decision-making and situational coaching
Additional mock interview practice
Post-interview or promotional-process review
Continued development for returning Ascend clients
Sessions and engagements are customized around your goals, timeline, and development needs.
Pricing is based on the scope and level of support needed. Contact Ascend to discuss the right approach for you.