Hi, I'm Ann Farrell - Founder and CEO of Quantum Endeavors, Inpowered Coaching Institute® | Corporate Coaching Academy and Former Fortune 200 "Serial" Executive.
THE LONG VERSION of how I got here... 47 years on all sides of the Corporate Coaching table
47 years ago now, I launched my 30-year career as a Fortune 200 Company Executive at the lowest level entry clerk and remain the only woman in my company's 170-year history to rise from entry level to the Top!
At 19-years old, I was offered a full-time job at the end of a summer internship as a lowest level clerk. I jumped at it! My success during the following 30 years was built on hard work and long hours, relationships and genuine joy and passion for whatever we were doing, as I always sought out the tough, high-stakes, firestorm assignments. My roles included Chief Procurement Officer responsible for the $8 billion buy and 80% of the company's expenses during tough economic times, the leadership of our first ever $billion truck development program from concept to market, and 28 years on the "must make it happen" Operations side of a Fortune 200 Company in the most male-dominated part of the Automotive Industry- Big Trucks Big Engines.
My experience with executive coaching during my corporate career included two executive coaching engagements (with non-trained coaches) and when, after 28 years creating success, I was "outed" as a people and team developer, my last role before my "retirement" gave me full responsibility for culture and people as the VP, HR and Leadership Development. While in the HR executive role, I and my team were responsible for all talent development and the hiring of the executive coaches to support us in it.
20 years into my great career, an even greater gift came into my life - our son, Steven. The moment he was born, I knew I would find a way to be with him even more than my corporate career would permit. In addition to my personal experiences of executive coaching, when my son was just a toddler, my organization also included me in a yearlong Master Executive Coach Certification program by Senn-Delaney, and over the years, I also got to complete all of the Center for Creative Leadership's Executive Leadership Development programs.
Since all my favorite moments in my roles were the ones when I was able to support others to "see and be" more of their full potential, what I would do next post "retired" was very clear to me. I launched Quantum Endeavors, Inc., an executive and leadership development firm in 2006 and grew it to 6-figures in 3-months, exceeding my big executive salary within 3-years WHILE taking our son to and from school almost every day until he left for college! It has continued to grow in impact & income and with $0 investment in marketing.
In 2007, I began mentoring and supporting coaches to also have what they need to close the gap between 1:1 Coach Training and delivering high-value Coaching for Organizations through my products and programs. I have been supporting coaches ever since to build, grow and scale their own very successful businesses and invited the best of the best to also help me deliver in my Quantum Endeavors engagements.
Three years ago, I began the full transition to My Legacy Chapter with the mission shared above. Supporting coaches full-time now is both paying it back and forward and is a gift to me and my life every single day.
Throughout all of this work, and even more today with AI and coaching platforms, I have personally witnessed and experienced the significant difference in the quality and impact of coaching when done by trained and credentialed coaches. Just as true is, while coach accreditation significantly elevates the coaching skills of the coach, it does NOT provide what is needed to deliver HIGH VALUE Coaching for Organizations.
This now brings us to today...
Supporting Coaches to close this big gap, is my Mission, my Superpower and my LEGACY Work!
I Specifically, do so in three ways:
1) Through my proven Inpowered Coach Suite of Coaching Engagement products that provide everything needed to meet all of the needs and expectations of Organizations and support you to be a strategic partner for their Talent Development Needs. With over 17-years of 100% Client-company re-engagement and Client Growth Assessed rates, each of the Inpowered® Coach Suite of products supports you to deliver to specific needs with Optimized, not Commoditized, Coaching.
>>Learn more on our Products page.
2) FastTrack Business Building Programs provide the strategies that really work to land this work directly with organizations and range from a 3-hour "How to Build and Grow Your Business" Virtual Workshop to the FastTrack Business Builder Online Self-paced Program to the FastTrack Results NOW 8-week experience with hands on mentoring support as you discover and use strategies and tools to "jump in it to win it" in weeklong "competitions" designed to get into action! Not only do their strategies work, they also transform business building to feel good! No salesy tactics or gimmicks here. Just what really works to build, grow and scale directly with Organizations.
>>Learn more on our Programs page
3) Without my support, products & business building tools, coaches waste time, money and opportunities trying to figure all this out on your own! They also can get distracted by marketing strategies meant for landing 1:1 personal clients that just don't apply or work for landing business with Organizations. Being a part of my Coach Community that understands the abundance in this $20 Billion market segment and the fact that we do not compete with each other, combines for "one for all, all for one" support for each others' success! Check out my Coach Success MentorRing group and 1:1 support to grow even faster.
>> Learn more on our Work With Me page.
Here for you and your quantum endeavor - living your great life doing your greatest work!
With love and in service,
Ann