Marian brings 20+ years of cross-industry and cross-functional experiences, a global perspective, and expertise in leadership development, manager training, executive and leadership coaching, assessments, learning strategy development, and workshop design and facilitation to her individual and corporate clients. She catalyzes personal, team, and organizational transformation by enabling executives, people leaders, and individual contributors to develop the skills they need to become more effective leaders and team members and drive business results, engage stakeholders, and align with organizational objectives.
More specifically, through working with Marian, clients experience an improvement in the following areas: influencing skills, executive presence, managing up effectively, giving & receiving feedback, delegating, managing remote teams, leading change, communication skills, emotional intelligence, coaching skills, conflict resolution, strategic thinking & planning, motivating & engaging others, team building & collaboration, developing employees, time management, work-life integration, well-being, managing stress, finding one's purpose, career development & transition, perception management.
Marian is an empathic, direct communicator with a light-spirited sense of humor who is able to both provide and receive immediate, targeted feedback. She is known for her perceptive and supportive coaching style, combining curiosity, transformational listening, and a commitment to her clients’ potential, values, and ambitions. She creates dynamic, high-impact learning experiences in coaching sessions and workshops that transfer back to the work environment.
Marian has coached clients in, and consulted for, Fortune 500 companies in sectors, including IT, finance, accounting, pharma, medicine, manufacturing, ad tech, architecture, publishing, consumer goods, healthcare, higher education, and non-profit organizations. She served in leadership roles in architecture, healthcare, higher education, and non-profit organizations, worked for the United Nations, and held tenured Assistant Professor and Adjunct Instructor positions, teaching leadership skills to students in engineering, IT, bio-chemistry, and architecture. She has been developing, training, and coaching professionals in STEMM for over 20 years. It continues to be a gratifying experience for her.
Marian is a dynamic team and workshop facilitator with international classroom and online delivery experience for diverse cross-cultural and cross-functional audiences. She also custom-designs engaging leadership development and manager training programs and initiatives that align with organizational objectives, drive business results, and engage employees.
She is a skilled communicator in multicultural environments – visited, worked, or studied in 35+ countries and speaks 4 languages. She draws on these experiences to help her clients elevate their global leadership perspective. She resides in New York City.
Notable Client Achievements
Country CEO of global beverage company overcame a limiting belief and started motivating his team during restructuring.
Chief Diversity Officer integrated DEI practices in a beverage company with a homogenous workforce.
SVP of Engineering earned her seat on the Executive Team in a music technology firm.
SVP of Business Development at a pharma company got to the next level in his career.
VP of Technology at a computer company developed her team into a high-performing team.
Director of Product Management created a brand new business unit at an electric company.
