You've Earned Your Seat.
Now Lead at Your Best.
Senior financial executives carry enormous responsibility for their organization, their team, and their own career trajectory. Jeff Garrett gives you the clarity, strategy, and accountability to lead at your highest level.
Leading a Financial Organization Has Never Been More Demanding
The Pressure Is Relentless
Regulatory complexity, margin compression, talent retention, and technology disruption — all demanding your attention simultaneously, with no playbook for what comes next.
You Feel Isolated at the Top
The higher you rise, the fewer people you can be fully candid with. You carry the weight of decisions alone — and the 60-hour weeks are starting to cost you more than time.
You Deserve More Than Survival
Executives at your level shouldn't just be managing through the chaos — they should be leading with intention, building legacy, and thriving both inside and outside the organization.
Getting Started Is Simple
A clear, three-step path from where you are to where you want to lead.
Schedule a Strategy Call
A confidential 30-minute conversation to understand your leadership challenges, goals, and what success looks like for you.
Receive Your Custom Coaching Plan
Jeff designs an engagement tailored to your organization, your role, and the specific outcomes you need to achieve.
Lead with Clarity and Confidence
With a trusted guide in your corner, you execute with focus, build a stronger team, and reclaim your life outside the organization.
Engagements Designed for Senior Financial Leaders
Every engagement is built around your organization's specific challenges and your personal leadership goals — not a generic curriculum.
Jeff Garrett Has Sat in Your Chair
"I understand the isolation at the top. The weight of decisions no one else can make. The 60-hour weeks that quietly erode everything outside the office. I've lived it."
Jeff Garrett spent 30 years inside financial services — leading sales teams of 134, managing P&L, navigating market cycles, and building cultures that perform under pressure. He founded The Ascent Performance Group to give senior financial executives the one thing he wished he'd had: a trusted, confidential guide who speaks the language of the industry.
When Jeff coaches a CFO, SVP, or regional president, he isn't reading from a textbook. He is drawing on decades of lived experience to help you navigate the exact challenges you're facing right now.
Jeff's Full StoryReady to Lead at Your Highest Level?
Schedule a confidential 30-minute strategy call. No obligation — just a conversation about where you are and where you want to go.
Schedule Your Strategy CallWhat Happens If Nothing Changes?
The executives who don't invest in their own development don't stay at the top. The pressures compound. The isolation deepens. The organization suffers — and so does everything outside it.
Imagine Leading Like This
What Senior Financial Leaders Say
"Jeff has a measured approach and an incredible ability to ask the right question to reveal the work I needed to focus on. He has been a steady influence to hold me accountable and make me more efficient, more focused, more empathetic, and a better leader. I feel more empowered and confident to consider taking the next step in my career."
"I was working an average of 60 hours a week. Since I began coaching I am currently at 45–50 hours a week. I am able to achieve more in less time."
"Jeff's guidance and support made all the difference navigating the intricacies of negotiating my contract and ensuring a smooth integration with my new employer. His ability to break down complex concepts into actionable steps has been a game-changer."
"The structure and order that coaching has brought into my life has significantly reduced stress and after-hours work. My overall demeanor has changed from a washed-out feeling of not getting enough done to confidence and control from a solid plan."
How Strong Is Your Leadership Vault?
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Your Organization Needs You at Your Best.
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