Leadership and Professional Development Services

Keynote Presentations

  • Motivation Matters
  • Made for More
  • Customized Keynotes Upon Request

Live Webinar: 1-hour

  • Motivation Matters
  • MCode Motivational Assessment

Training Sessions: 2-hour

  • Fundamentals of Coaching

Training Session: 3-hour

  • Motivation Matters
  • MCode Motivational Assessment Included

Motivational Coaches Training Certification

Coaching Packages (3, 6, or 9 months)


Rise New Manager Program

  • 6-Month Virtual Cohort Based Program
  • 2x/Mo. 90-Minute Group Coaching Sessions
  • Individual Coaching Sessions
  • 24 Live or On Demand Leadership Success Webinars

Business & Organizational Consulting

  • Hourly Consulting
  • Project Based Consulting Packages

Individual Coaching Sessions

  • MCode Motivational Assessment
  • 1-hour sessions as needed

Complimentary Consultation

  • Contact MentorLead to discuss your individual or organizational needs

April Stensgard

Certified Coach  
Masters in Leadership

Certified Coach 
Masters in Leadership

An accomplished motivational and leadership coach with over 20 years’ experience, April has served as MentorLead’s Master Motivational Coach for over 15 years. She has also served as the Director of Career Development in higher education as well as the Director of Leadership and Business Development within various industries. April has developed proven training, coaching, and a certification program that are strategically focused on guiding professionals and teams in career advancement and enhancement.

April focuses her coaching on helping professionals clarify, develop, and achieve their career goals. She also specializes in coaching individuals and teams to better understand their top motivations and how to actively engage them in daily work resulting in deeper satisfaction. April utilizes a unique co-active coaching approach recognizing each person has unique motivations, gifts, talents, and strengths when identified and expressed increases engagement and meaning in their work and life.


April has a Master of Arts in Leadership and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. She graduated from Coaches Training Institute and is certified in various career assessments. She has honed her expertise as a Motivational Master Coach through her extensive study of motivational science from the team at Motivations AI and certification in Motivational Code known as the MCode assessment.