The way we lead our lives as entrepreneurs needs to
You know the trend: ambitious entrepreneurs sacrificing their health, sleep and family and life experiences in the name of business growth. They say they value freedom, health, family, and adventure.
But that’s not what their calendars say.
They compromise. They sacrifice. They tell themselves “someday” they’ll make up for all of this lost time. Meanwhile, deep down, they know they can’t really “make up” for lost time. Once that clock ticks, it’s gone forever.
We call this the Say/Do Gap.
It’s that rift of tension and guilt that occurs when your actions don’t align with what really matters to you. You SAY one thing, you DO another. It’s an epidemic among high-achieving people.
And we’re here to eradicate it.
To bring about the paradigm and perspective shift the world needs.
To help business leaders operate at a whole new level that creates room for more LIFE.
Not someday, now.
change.
We’re Nadine and Derek Nicholson.
Co-founders of the Time Mastery Method™ and your guides to creating (seemingly) “impossible freedom”.
Our vision: a world where leaders are in fierce INTEGRITY with what deeply matters to them. Where they make the most of their one precious and vital life.
So we took our combined expertise and developed an engaging curriculum that translates beautifully into live engagements with audiences of all sizes.
Our company, Ascend Leadership Co., is dedicated to helping powerhouse, high-earning entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs to build a successful business AND a successful life at the same time.
We help powerhouse, clients to climb out of the “middle zone” of time stress and burnout, redesign their calendar, and leverage their team – so they can have better health, stronger relationships, enjoy work again, and make more money, all at once.
Clients typically free up 10+ hours a week and 2X-10X their business revenue while working with Ascend.
We’ve helped many hundreds of clients to create (seemingly) “Impossible Freedom” – being fully available for what matters most, experiencing spaciousness and flexibility in their schedule, and feeling truly present in their relationships – while also climbing to never-before-seen levels of business success.
We love partnering with other visionaries to bring this kind of transformation to their clients, and audiences.
We believe that…
Business is harder in the ‘middle zone.’
Staying stuck here (which many business leaders do) is the road to resentment, exhaustion, and burnout. You have to aim higher and ascend to the very top of the mountain to find the breathing room you crave.
The strategies that got you to the ‘middle zone’ will only keep you there.
To get any higher, you need to shift how you are leading yourself, your time, your business, and your team. We call this Ascended Leadership.
Being lit up and fully alive isn’t the reward for business success…
it’s the key to achieving it sustainably in the first place. Success without radical integrity with what matters is the true source of burnout and time stress.
We Teach Time Mastery™.
Time Mastery™ means living in complete integrity between what you SAY matters most and what you actually DO with your time. It means to unapologetically put what lights you up at the center of your calendar and experiencing more meaning, joy and wealth, because of it.
All of our talks are centered around our signature Time Mastery Method™
Some of our most popular talks include:
02. ERADICATING THE SAY/DO GAP™ for greater freedom, wealth and joy both inside and outside of business
Ambitious, powerhouse entrepreneurs, torn between family and business, want to feel present, truly enjoy life-fulfilling relationships and work – and eradicate the impossible feeling that their business is too busy to step away from. It’s time to revisit our locked-in vision of how the daily lives of successful people unfold, heed the wake up call for change, and uncover what really keeps us from the time freedom we crave. This talk debunks the notions of ‘getting ahead’ or ‘catching up’ to overcome the resistance that’s keeping you stuck and fearful of losing what you’ve built. We also explore the critical shift that will help you boldly remember what success actually looks like for you (and re-engineer your calendar to reflect it right now).
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How to define and prioritize your dreams, while skilfully bridging the gap between your business and personal aspirations, so you can thrive holistically and transcend conventional boundaries.
How to infuse what lights you up into your daily routine – so you can both enhance your business success and enrich your personal life.
How to take actionable, pragmatic steps so you can channel your energy into what ignites your spirit, let go of what drains your vitality, and elevate into your new and gratifying life chapter.
O1. ASCEND TO CLARITY – Leverage brain science to illuminate your next “chapter” and increase your vitality.
“What do I want? What makes me happy? What makes me feel alive? What do I want for the next decade?” These are some of the hardest questions for driven, overworked women entrepreneurs to answer. Most mistakenly think they don't have time to figure it out. At Ascend, we know the delicate balancing act between conquering the business world and nurturing your soul’s aspirations. In this enlightening, science-backed talk tailored for ambitious, high-earning entrepreneurs, we’ll delve into a transformative journey to decipher what’s next for you. We reveal the secrets to your heart’s truest desires and the keys to unlock your natural genius. You’ll begin to weave a personal and professional life that resonates with the very core of your being. Don’t wait until you exit your business or have a health-related wake-up call. Your “someday” dreams are waiting for you right now.
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The root cause of time stress and time guilt, and how to fix it for good.
Three of the biggest time leaks so you can seal them up immediately, reclaim your time and elevate your wealth.
The mindset shifts you need to intentionally design your time in a way that keeps you lit up and prioritized.
03. THE 3 HIDDEN TIME LEAKS NOBODY’S TALKING ABOUT – and how to fix them now
Drained and exhausted entrepreneurs are desperate for the path to more energy, less resentment, and more freedom to refill their tanks and resurface from the constant pressure they’re buried under. In this talk, we’ll shift you away from time management techniques that have failed you and share how to effectively seal up the leaks that are draining your time, energy and joy, and impacting your bank account.
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The true source of inner conflict, time guilt and indecisiveness.
A powerful reframe that makes it possible to be fully present for the people and things that matter
How to become a time master, the one and only commander in chief of your most precious resource.
04. ROCK SOLID SUPPORT – The Team Building You Really Need to Reclaim Your Time and Play Bigger Than Ever Before
As time, team, sales and change management experts – as well as master leadership coaches – we’ve seen it all. Entrepreneurs who feel the need to take on more work than they can reasonably be responsible for. Entrepreneurs hitting a place in business where they can’t see how they’ll grow because they’re already at maximum capacity. Entrepreneurs wondering if they’ll EVER have a team that really supports THEM, instead of the other way around! And, we’re happy to report that it’s 100% possible to build a supportive, efficient, joyful team that helps your business grow (while you take time off). Rallying your team’s unwavering support around your vision and cultivating their own self-leadership is the key – and in this talk, we’ll show you how to do it.
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How to recognize and nurture the relationships that are key to your business and personal success.
How to make your vision clear and magnetic so that you can lead and lean on your team like never before.
How to build your team without growing your own to-do list
Let’s have a coffee date?
Do we sound like a good fit for your audience? Great! Book a virtual coffee date with Nadine Nicholson and we’ll go from there.
Ascend Leadership Co. is a premier coaching company dedicated to helping powerhouse, high-earning entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs to build a successful business AND a successful life at the same time.
Using their signature Time Mastery Method™, Nadine and Derek Nicholson help their clients to climb out of the “middle zone” of time stress and burnout, redesign their calendar, and leverage their team – so they can have better health, stronger relationships, enjoy work again, and make more money, all at once.
Nadine Nicholson is a Master Certified Coach and Time Expert, but around here we call her the Chief Possibility Officer and Time Architect.
The world’s leading expert in Time Mastery and powerful visionary behind the Time Mastery Method™, Nadine brings nearly 30 years of experience as an executive in corporate communications (where she ran teams of 100+) and as an entrepreneur building her 7-figure coaching business. As a Master Certified Coach with double degrees in PR and psychology and an Accredited Business Communicator, Nadine is a force of nature who calls clients up to their highest potential and helps them make clear, confident decisions at the speed of light. She’s a straight shooting truth teller with a deep connection to nature, particularly the Bow River, which she visits regularly. Nadine is a member of the Women Presidents Organization, a global collective for women presidents of privately held, multi-million dollar companies. She speaks on Time Mastery™, breaking through the ‘Middle Zone of Success’, and overcoming the trap of the Say/Do Gap™ – inspiring entrepreneurs all over the world to live in complete integrity between what they SAY matters most and what they actually DO with their time.
Nadine
Areas of Expertise: Truth Telling. Time Mastery. Inspired Action. Brave Communication. Mindset. Relationship-Building. Creating Possibility!
Derek Nicholson is an Internationally trained Leadership Coach and Team & Sales Expert, but we love to call him the Chief Simplicity Officer and Team Architect.
Truly the “secret weapon” behind the Time Mastery Method™, Derek brings 30 years of diverse business experience and a successful track record of managing complex operations, leading highly effective teams, and delivering solid business strategy. His experience spans service-based healthcare, energy firms, and entrepreneurial firms, supporting these businesses in building and motivating more efficient teams. Derek is certified in Change Management and Facilitation and has an analytical mind with a gift for simplifying the complex. Don’t be surprised by his calm wisdom and heart-centered nature, Derek is the stabilizing rock for many of Ascend’s clients. He’ll create a clear path through the confusion with doable, tactical solutions for building an empowered team that will take more off of your plate, so you can reclaim your time.
