"Coaching with Christi has meant guidance, insight, getting in touch with who I am and what I want, being accountable to reach my goals. I can do anything! Everything is possible!" ~ Denise Vazquez, Des Moines, IA

 

"Thank you so much for your publications. The look is clean and professional, the content is helpful, and you've done a fine job creating a useful resource for your readers. Congratulations!" ~ Cheryl Richardson, Bestselling Author, Life Makeovers

 

 "Your words mean so much - thank you! May you enjoy continued success and joy and purpose!" ~ Victoria Moran, Bestselling Author, Creating a Charmed Life

 

 "This is outstanding! Your coaching style is incredible. I cannot tell you how much better I feel since we started this process." ~ Liz Dean, Aitkin, MN

 

 

 

"I loved your recent article, 'The Impact of One.' It was inspiring on so many levels!" ~ Kathleen Paris, Ph.D., Madison, WI

 

 What if you could wave a magic wand and instantly work in your ideal career?

What would you do each day? What difference would you make? 

What would "success" mean to you?

We love to watch people light up as they answer these questions. Even more, we love to help them make their vision a reality! 

Since founding MAP Professional Development Inc. in 2003, Dr. Christi Hegstad and her team have helped thousands of clients design meaningful careers and purposeful lives. Who knew work could be so much fun?

Our Name

MAP stands for Meaning And Purpose, two elements often missing when it comes to our careers. As Rabbi Harold Kushner says, "Burnout results not from hard work - people are capable of working very hard - but from a sense of futility, the fear that all the hard work isn't making a difference."

We all need to know our work - paid or unpaid - contributes to our purpose, our communities, and the world at large.

Our Mission

We help busy professionals achieve extraordinary career success!

Dr. Christi Hegstad believes that everyone can succeed at work ~ and do so with strength, joy, and a sense of contribution. For our clients, success typically means stronger leadership, career advancement, streamlined workdays, and accomplishment of high-level goals. We guide people to align their passions, strengths, and profits - all within the framework of a meaningful career and purposeful life.

We love to help leaders create a crystal-clear vision, clear away the excess, and streamline their success in a powerful, meaningful way. It's such a delight!

Are You Floundering?

Our clients tend to have a lot on their plates: expectations, responsibilities, goals, projects. (Sound familiar?) They have a strong desire to make a difference in the world, or at least in their corner of it. They are motivated, positive, and active.

When they come to us, they are also often floundering, overscheduled, and 'spinning their wheels.' "I'm always busy but not accomplishing anything!" is a frustration we hear often and completely understand.

This is where we come in. We specialize in helping you clarify your vision, clear away the excess, and streamline your success so you can seamlessly move towards your most important goals.

It's such an incredible feeling to be able to reach your important goals and make your difference in a smooth and intentional way. And it doesn't have to be difficult - especially if you have the right systems and support in place! 

With our system, guidance, and support, our clients reach phenomenal goals: earning advanced degrees, leading organizational turnarounds, authoring books, communicating effectively with groups large and small, and landing their dream positions, to name just a few. 

And while they're accomplishing astounding career goals, they're able to spend more time with family and friends and take better care of themselves, too! Our holistic approach ensures that.

Our unique success system has proven itself in results time and again. You CAN reach extraordinary career success - and with the right system, strategies, and support, getting there is an absolute joy!   

How Can We Help?

If you want to design your meaningful career and purposeful life, let us know. Our work is grounded in theory and, with nearly all of our business coming from referrals, we are confident that we can help you apply what we've learned. Please feel free to peruse our Web site to begin finding answers to your questions. Contact us today to begin moving towards your extraordinary career success!

Here's to doing what you love!

 

 

 

EDUCATION

M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Human Resource Management)

B.A., University of Minnesota at Morris (Sociology, Human Services)

Coach Certification, International Coach Federation and College of Executive Coaching

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Career Development Association

International Coach Federation

Society of Human Resource Management

National Association of Women Business Owners 

Summit Group

Ankeny Mastermind 

Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce

International Association of Women Business Coaches

Greater Des Moines Partnership

Girl Scouts of America (Troop Leader)

PUBLICATIONS 

You can find Christi's work in various books, magazines, newspapers, and professional journals (click here for a partial publication list).