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"Meg (my career coach) helped me define what is most important to seek opportunities that fit best into my value system. She doesn't do the work for you. She will push, prod or coax you into taking the time to reach your own decisions. Meg cares about her client's success." – Chris Duffy, Connecticut

Career Coaching for Lifelong Career Management

What Is Career Coaching?
What Is a Career Coach?
Career Coaching for Executives
Career Coaching Enhancements
Career Coaching for Groups

Abilities Enhanced® Clients want more from their careers. They seek career coaching for various reasons like how to:
Rise to authentic leadership roles.
Master radical career change.
Achieve successful career transitions.
Explore entrepreneurial dreams.

Career Coaching helps you proactively create your own job security with lifelong career management strategies. Who uses career coaching? No client is typical. Everyone is unique. My clients achieve amazing results! Many learn to manage radical career change. Others start their own businesses, overcome long term unemployment, or move up career ladders.

See a list of Abilities Enhanced® career coaching successes. You can be next!

My name is Meg Montford, one of only three Master Certified Career Coaches worldwide. My motto is: “Believe in yourself and everything is possible!” While most of my clients are Sales and Marketing Executives, I partner with others, too, who face the challenges of career changes. We determine our "fit" during your free Career Evaluation.

I gladly supply references. A graduate of both Career Coach Institute and Corporate Coach University with 300 hours in coach training, I have acquired over 1000 hours of coaching experience with clients. I know first hand what career change is like having “fallen” into a 12-year career in student financial aid administration that I left in 1986 to start anew in the career management field. Learn more about my experience and credentials.

Are you ready to achieve your dreams? You can — with individual or group career coaching. Are you coachable? Do a self-assessment. See if career coaching is right for you, the choose your career coaching program today!

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Check out this affordable 12-week coaching program to help YOU find your new life direction!

What is Career Coaching?

Career Coaching connects you with a personal career trainer dedicated to your career success. As your Career Coach, I focus on you while you focus on yourself. I listen intently to what you say and offer feedback and ideas to help you manage career change. I always tell you the truth and protect the confidentiality of our coaching interactions. Through "you-centered" career coaching, I help you clarify what is most important so you can create an action plan for your career path.

What barriers get in your way of the satisfying and rewarding career you want? We work together on choosing your career and setting your goals. I partner with you to identify how to achieve career success, whether you want to move up the career ladder, move on to another opportunity, or move back into the workforce.

Career tools can help assess your values, skills, and interests. However, not everyone needs assessments to move forward when they experience the coaching process. Would you like to "try on" career coaching to see how it "fits" your needs? Request a free Career Evaluation. Take the first step to achieve the changes you want in your career. See for yourself how career coaching can work! Find out how you can work your passion!

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What Is a Career Coach?

As a Career Coach, I am a trained professional who does not practice counseling or therapy. Even as a special relationship develops between us in coaching, I won’t act as your best friend. I support your journey of self-discovery and honor your commitment to reach your goals. I offer you ideas, suggestions and feedback. I will challenge you to do your best and am always there for you.

Career Coaching for Executives

“Get Ahead of the Curve”— 6-month Career Coaching Program to help you design and implement a lifelong career management strategy — Career transitions and progressions are equally challenging. Determine your goals and achieve them faster and easier, whether changing careers or resolving workplace issues. Package is customized to meet your unique needs with 24 one-on-one weekly telecoaching sessions, Processing Order Survey, entire set of Authentic Vocation™ Worksheets as fieldwork, relevant career resources, and unlimited email support throughout your program.

“Discover Your Authentic Vocation”— 3-month Career Coaching Program to help you discover your passion and achieve radical career changes — Changing careers is never easy. Explore your options, create an action plan, and reach for your goals! Package is similar to six-month program but includes only 12 one-on-one weekly telecoaching sessions.

“Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction™”— 3-month Career Coaching Program to help you figure out once and for all what you really want for your life and career— Highly structured including text and workbook with weekly assignments. Weekly telecoaching by career coach and Authorized Life Blueprint® Facilitator. Based on book with same title by acclaimed trainer and life coach, Laura Berman Fortgang, MCC. Includes 12 one-on-one weekly telecoaching sessions and unlimited email support throughout your program.

“Career Review”— 1-month Career Coaching Program Try career coaching for 1 month to jump start a stalled job search, trigger career change considerations, or evaluate “what's next.” Package includes 4 one-on-one telecoaching sessions, fieldwork assignments, and unlimited email support throughout your program.

Fees for executive career coaching programs vary based on program type, length, and desired outcome. Retained executive career coaching is available upon request. Contact Abilities Enhanced® for a quote.

Request a free Career Evaluation today!

Career Coaching Program Policies

Career coaching is done by telephone, usually over the course of several months. Coaching produces long lasting results and is not a quick fix for anything. Contact coach to order services and get a reply within 24 to 48 hours. Call at (816) 767-1196 with your questions. Ask about easy monthly payment plans. Together we will make it happen!

Payment Policy: Coaching services are billed monthly in advance to your credit card. Coaching fees vary based upon program. Sessions are scheduled at least one week apart. The Abilities Enhanced® policy states that any session canceled without a 24-hour notice is not rescheduled. Clients pay all long distance phone charges for sessions. Program cancellations require a one-month notice. A 10% discount is given for three- and six-month programs purchased in entirety prior to commencement.

Privacy Policy: Your information is always held confidential and never sold, shared, or given to any other source. This applies to our coaching sessions as well as your online application. We guarantee that your privacy is protected to the extent that the law allows.

Career Coaching Enhancements

Career Power Hour—$200. Do you have a single career issue to resolve fast? In this 60-minute, highly intensive hour, we will do laser career coaching to get you to the heart of the matter and help you move forward quickly. (Not for the timid or very talkative or anyone with complex career challenges.)

Job Interview Coaching—$350. Two 45-minute career coaching telesessions to develop job interviewing strategies. Master situational and behavioral based interviews to become the top candidate! Includes the role playing of tough questions. Create your “CARs” to position your value to potential employers. Fieldwork and unlimited email support between sessions.

Elevations®—$350. Online career assessment for comprehensive career discovery. Easy to use and understand. Includes two 45-minute career coaching telesessions for assessment interpretation by a certified career coach. Discuss the assessment results and strategize your next career move.

PCSI©—$150. Personal Communication Styles Inventory© for building rapport with others through improved communication. Eliminate miscommunication that impedes your career. This assessment will give you insight into how others communicate, too. Easy to use and understand. Includes a one-hour phone coaching session for interpretation by coach certified in using this instrument.

Authentic Vocation™ Worksheets: Series of assignments for exploring values, motivators, interests, and skills to determine what is most important in your career. Results are tested through the “business reality filter” to ensure sound decisions are made prior to creating a career action plan. Included in the 3- and 6-month career coaching programs, and cannot be purchased separately.

Request a free Career Evaluation today!

Career Coaching for Groups

Experience the group dynamics of sharing, learning and growing your career in a safe environment with peers. Benefits include potential anonymity and cost-shared access to your Career Coach. Group coaching takes place using a teleconference phone line and is scheduled when minimum attendance is met. You pay your own long distance charges and Abilities Enhanced® pays for the phone line. Assemble your own group with persons you know or just sign up for your group of choice. Minimum three-month commitment required with payments made monthly. Are you ready to achieve your career goals? Complete the Career Evaluation form to put your name on the schedule.

Career Connection: Three 60-minute telemeetings per month at $150 per person.
Career Coach facilitates experience sharing among persons in job searches. You will role play job interview questions, share job leads, and discuss proven ways to get employed. List of tough interview questions included. Limited to 5 to 10 individuals per group.

Career Link: Three 60-minute telemeetings per month at $150 per person.
Career management coaching for persons employed in the same profession or field. Outline your career path. Discuss best practices for career advancement. Create networking strategies for lifelong career self-management. Limited to 6 individuals per group.

Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction: Four 60-minute telemeetings per month at $175 per person. Designed to help you figure it out once and for all. Don't you deserve to enjoy a purposeful and rewarding life based upon who you are intended to be? New group forming now. Limited to 8 individuals per group.


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