Hunter Ambrose & Co. is a founder-led coaching and consulting firm. Founded in 2006 by Nicole Barbano.
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Building what comes next. There is nothing but opportunity.
Hunter Ambrose & Co. is a founder-led coaching and consulting firm led by Nicole Barbano, working with leaders, professionals, founders and organizations navigating growth, change and opportunity.
Executive coaching, career and brand strategy, leadership development and business advisory—shaped around what you are building, strengthening or preparing to pursue.
Meet Nicole
Experience that reaches beyond coaching.
More than 20 years advising leaders, professionals, founders and organizations
Founder of Hunter Ambrose, established in 2006
Built Hunter Ambrose into a nationally recognized recruitment and leadership advisory firm
Built the firm to achieve the #21 largest healthcare executive search firm in the nation by Modern Healthcare in 2022
Completed more than 1,000 professional and leadership placements
Experience working with ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices and senior finance leaders
Perspective spanning healthcare, finance, business, leadership, hiring, career strategy and brand development
Author of The HIRE
Direct, individualized coaching and advisory grounded in real-world business experience
Ways to work with Nicole.
Corporate
Strengthen leadership, performance and professional development through private coaching and strategic advisory aligned with your organization’s goals.
Business
Turn your experience, idea or professional reputation into a credible business with clearer positioning, services and direction. Become a stronger, more effective leader through private coaching focused on judgment, results, communication, executive presence, and accountability.
Career
Make your next career decision, professional transition or job search more intentional, organized and strategic. The job market is rapidly changing, and 80% of the 5 million people who start a new job every month don’t find it through a big job board.
Brand
Strengthen how you—or your organization—are positioned, presented and understood by the people you want to reach. Nicole has built and sold organizations and been a strategic partner to people and startups seeking to “build their brand.”
Self
Align how you earn with a life well lived—one that reflects your values, priorities and vision for what comes next.
JOB SEARCH ACCELERATOR
Run your job search like the valuable project it is.
The Hunter Ambrose & Co. Job Search Accelerator gives you a complete system for professional positioning, networking, outreach, interviews and follow-up.
Professional brand and résumé strategy
Complete job-search dashboard
Networking beyond job boards
AI prompts for research and outreach
Interview preparation
Follow-up frameworks
Nine daily practices for building momentum
Presale Price: $47
Price increases to $97 after Friday, July 31.
Summer Coaching Connection
End summer with a forward plan.
Four private coaching and strategy sessions focused on your leadership, career, brand, business or next professional chapter.
Your first 90-minute session establishes where you are, what better looks like and what needs to happen next. Three additional sessions build the strategy and momentum to move forward over eight weeks.
One 90-minute opening session
Three 60-minute private sessions
Email access to Nicole between sessions
Secure client portal
Signed copy of The HIRE
Eight weeks to complete the package
Investment: $1,150
Limited seats available
The HIRE.
Understand how humans hire—and get hired.
5 million people start a new job every month in America. Most of them never clicked a major job board to find it.
From Leonardo da Vinci’s résumé and the guilds of the Middle Ages to the Manhattan Project, applicant tracking systems and AI, The HIRE explores how opportunity has been created across centuries—and how today’s hiring process became so complicated.
Written for those who hire and those hoping to be hired.
Let’s Work Together
Choose from private coaching, group sessions, classes and live events designed for leaders, professionals, founders and organizations.
Explore this month’s schedule and reserve the option that fits what you are working toward.