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Ascent 

A Strengths-Led Career Programme for Leaders

A four-month career consultancy built around your unique strengths, to clarify your direction, sharpen your positioning and plan your next move with confidence.

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About Ascent

Ascent is a premium, one-to-one career consultancy for leaders and senior professionals ready to invest in their next chapter. Over four months, you get eight core sessions and four briefing calls,  over ten hours of dedicated support, to clarify your value, sharpen your positioning, and design an ambitious, sustainable career path built entirely around your strengths

Is Ascent for you?

Ascent is for leaders and senior professionals who are at a genuine crossroads. You are capable and experienced, but you want to be more deliberate about what comes next. You might be coming out of a role that ended unexpectedly, aware that you have drifted from work that actually energises you, or approaching a transition you want to get right this time. What you have in common with every Ascent client is this: you are done with generic advice and ready to do the real strategic work.

Pre-Programme Diagnostic

Before we begin, you will complete the StrengthscopeLeader™ assessment. Validated by the British Psychological Society, it is a rigorous, research-backed diagnostic that maps your unique strengths, leadership risks and performance habits. This forms the evidence base for every conversation and recommendation throughout the programme.

Your Four-Month Ascent

Ascent runs over four months, with two 60-minute consultancy sessions and one Ascent Briefing Call each month, giving you structured, consistent support from start to finish.

Month 1

Diagnostic & Direction

Session 1: StrengthscopeLeader™ debrief - your strengths, your risks, and what they mean for your next senior move

 

Session 2:

Career direction -identifying the right role and environment where your strengths create the most value

Month 2

Strategy & Positioning

Session 3:

Leadership strategy -defining your authentic leadership style and the boundaries that protect it

Session 4:

Positioning consultation -your CV, LinkedIn and bio audited, edited and aligned to your leadership narrative

 

Month 3

Execution & Preparation

Session 5:

Visibility strategy  - who needs to know you, what they need to see, and how to build your presence with purpose

 

Session 6:

Interview preparation

high-stakes interviews, senior panels and board-level conversations rehearsed around your strengths and story

Month 4

Consolidation & Forward Plan

Session 7:

Results review - live opportunities assessed, what's working, what needs to change

Session 8:

Closing consultancy - a forward plan to sustain momentum and keep your strengths working for you

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Specialist Support Built In

StrengthscopeLeader™

Full diagnostic and feedback session, validated by the British Psychological Society, to uncover your unique strengths, leadership risks and performance habits.

Positioning Consultation

Most senior professionals are underselling themselves on paper. This session fixes that your CV, LinkedIn and bio are audited and rebuilt around your real leadership narrative.

Interview Preparation

Senior interviews are high stakes. This is focused rehearsal built around your strengths and the level you are going for.

Format

Hybrid/Online

Ascent is delivered on a hybrid basis. In-person sessions are available at Forsyth House, Belfast, with virtual delivery available for clients across the UK and beyond.

Duration

4 months / 8 engagements

Model

1-to-1 consultancy

Ascent is a premium, all-inclusive programme. There are no add-ons or hidden costs.

Pay in Full

£2,995

Single payment prior to programme start.

Investment

Payment Plan

4 x £750

Monthly instalments over the four-month duration.

Everything is included in your fee - there are no hidden costs.

The Work That I Do

For the past three years, I have worked one-to-one with senior leaders and executives to help them make significant, well-considered career moves, repositioning themselves, rewriting their story and landing roles that reflect their real value. Twelve years in employability and career development before that means I understand both the strategy and the human reality of getting a senior transition right. That combination is what Ascent is built on.

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Ready to invest in your next career chapter? Ascent gives you four months of structured, expert-led consultancy, built entirely around your strengths.

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