Marian brings 20+ years of cross-industry and cross-functional experiences, a global perspective, and expertise in leadership development, management training, executive and leadership coaching, assessmenst, learning strategy development, and workshop design and facilitation to her 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 balance, 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.
As an ICF certified PCC-level executive and leadership coach with 4K+ coaching hours, Marian expects to earn her Master Certified Coach (MCC) accreditation this year.
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 management 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
- Coached a VP of Technology at a computer company to develop her team into a high-performing team.
- Coached a Director of Product Management through creating a brand new business unit at an electronic company.
- Coached a Director of Global Strategy at a pharma company to own her competence.
- Coached an SVP of Engineering to earn her seat on the Executive Team in a music technology firm.
- Coached a Country CEO of a global beverage company to motivate his team amidst an organizational restructuring.
- Coached a Chief Diversity Officer on integrating DEI practices in a beverage company with a homogenous workforce.
- Coached a Director of Engineering at an online payment company to design a personal brand strategy to get noticed by key stakeholders to advance his career.
