
AMBITION TO EXCELLENCE

MEET CHRISTEN:
Where Corporate Mastery Meets Personal Breakthrough

With 25+ years leading multi-billion-dollar client relationships at Capital One, GE, and HSBC, Christen now brings high-performance strategy to your life and business. She blends real-world executive leadership with personal empowerment coaching to help you rise to your full potential, professionally and personally.
📍 Based in Clarendon Hills | Serving Clients Nationally

Coaching That Turns Ambition Into Excellence
1:1 Coaching Sessions
Personalized, goal-driven sessions focused on fierce self-leadership. Helping to unlock your own potential by guiding you to find your own answers through powerful questions, reflection, and accountability.
Hybrid Programs
For those who want both mindset mastery and action planning. Comprehensive coaching services address both personal and business goals, ensuring a balanced and synergistic approach to your development. Whether you're seeking to enhance your leadership skills, improve your work-life balance, or drive organizational success, I provide tailored solutions that elevate every aspect of your life.
Strategic Consulting
Expert insight to overcome barriers and elevate leadership. Involves expert analysis of your current situation, and providing advice or solutions based on my expertise and experience.
Group Coaching
Ambition to Excellence’s group coaching builds confident leaders equipped with the mindset, communication skills, and tools to inspire performance and strengthen team dynamics. Through guided, high-impact sessions, we foster collaboration, accountability, and measurable growth — driving lasting transformation across your organization.

Christen’s Elite Approach: Empower. Challenge. Elevate.
At Ambition to Excellence, my coaching approach is grounded in a unique blend of inspirational leadership, creative problem solving, and effective challenges. I guide clients to uncover their unique strengths and lead with purpose and authenticity, fostering a culture of positive influence and visionary thinking. By leveraging innovative strategies and forward-thinking solutions, I help individuals navigate complex challenges with clarity and confidence. I also believe deeply in the transformative power of constructive challenge; encouraging clients to step outside their comfort zones, engage in critical self-reflection, and unlock meaningful, lasting change in both their personal and professional lives.
What You Get When You’re Ready to Lead at the Next Level
When you work with Ambition to Excellence, you're investing in an elite coaching experience designed to unlock your highest potential and accelerate meaningful transformation. Each 60-minute coaching or consulting session is custom-tailored to your unique goals, challenges, and aspirations, delivered with the precision, strategy, and accountability you'd expect from a Fortune 100 executive leader. Your experience includes: 🔦 STRATEGIC FIT SESSION: 🔦 (30 minutes, complimentary) Before we begin, we’ll align on your goals and ensure our collaboration is built to deliver maximum value and real results. 🤳 UNLIMITED SUPPORT: 🤳 Between sessions reach out via email or text to share wins, ask questions, or request expert insight whenever momentum strikes. 🎯 LASER COACHING ACCESS: 🎯 (~15-minute check-ins) Need clarity or support between full sessions? Quick, high-impact calls are available to help you stay on track and power through obstacles. 📚 ON-DEMAND TOOLS + RESOURCES: 📚 Gain access to premium worksheets, assessments, and leadership frameworks, all designed to accelerate your growth and reinforce your success. 💡 THIS IS MORE THAN COACHING!!! 💡 It’s a catalyst for commanding your next chapter, with elite-level support, proven strategies, and a results-driven approach that puts your excellence in motion.

WHO DOES COACHING HELP:
Driven, Determined, and Done Playing Small

Driven Dana
Challenge: Feeling stuck mid-career
What You'll Gain: Executive presence + leadership power

Scaling Sam
Challenge: Overwhelmed running a business
What You'll Gain: Confidence + strategic clarity

Empowered Emily
Challenge: Burnt out by overachievement
What You'll Gain: Balance + fulfillment + fierce focus

Pivoting Parker
Challenge: Navigating a major life/career change
What You'll Gain: Identity clarity + actionable next steps

Strategic Steve
Challenge: Building leadership credibility
What You'll Gain: Influence, impact, and upward mobility

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