LIFE/LEADERSHIP
LIFE/LEADERSHIP
Coach Mary works with all leaders, understanding that no matter what their title or role or type of business, they face strikingly similar challenges like:
- An almost constant feeling of stress
- Time management “work/life balance” issues
- Lack of consistent confidence
- Difficulty transferring from strategy and plans to execution, action, and results
- Inconsistent performance and/or inability to perform optimally under pressure
- Occasional self-sabotage in decision-making or action-taking (or inaction)
- Trouble dealing with distractions and inability to adjust to change
- Inability to set and reach both short-term and long-term goals
- Loss of true enjoyment in work
- Lack of cohesive, reasonable, and comprehensive plan for overall development
Mary's expertise extends beyond athletics into the business world. She balanced her varsity softball career at Michigan State University with a degree in Supply Chain Management. She then embarked on a 20-year career at General Motors, where she tackled roles in Operations, Project Management, Purchasing, Sales and Marketing, and Strategic Management and Technology. Alongside her career, she completed an MBA in Supply Chain from Broad's Graduate School of Management at MSU.
This blend of education and experience taught Mary that success goes beyond physical abilities. True achievement is holistic, influenced by a range of factors including the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, and environmental. She believes in the power of energy and mindset to drive improvement, growth, and enjoyment in any endeavor. The right energy can maximize talent and outcomes, while mindset shapes this energy.
Mary combines her diverse background with training in COR.E Performance Dynamics, Energy Leadership Index, Emotional Intelligence, and Positive Intelligence to guide clients towards peak performance and realizing their personal best.
As a COR.E Leadership Dynamics Specialist, Mary uses a systematic and comprehensive program to build and use a leader’s capacity and potential to optimize performance in all aspects of life and work. This program empowers leaders to regain control over their performance, fostering ongoing engagement, joy, and fulfillment—crucial components of top-tier performance. Mary starts by meeting leaders exactly where they are, assisting them in devising their personalized Game Plan. She then helps them build a solid Energy and Performance Foundation, identify and leverage their Performance Influencers, master the 10 Core Disciplines, and fine-tune their Leadership Success Formula for optimal and lasting results. This approach provides the keys to success and equips leaders with the tools to replicate their achievements consistently.
"One of my favorite aspects of working with Mary is how supported I felt at each session. She is an exceptional listener and helped me confidently develop solutions so that I could work toward the goals that we set together. After working with Mary, I have a stronger sense of confidence in myself and my decision-making skills. I am more self-assured and feel far more capable of making decisions that align with my goals. Additionally, I approach situations with a more positive attitude and am more aware of how I live each day with my personal values and goals in mind."
"One of my favorite aspects about working with Mary is her ability to be my mirror. I always feel heard and seen, and I appreciate that she reflects my situation back to me either from a new point of view or objectively relays my information back to me. I’m able to see myself and my troubles from a new point of view, or I am able to come to a conclusion about my feelings because Mary creates a space for me to talk through my thoughts.
Mary holds me accountable. Everyone needs an accountability push sometimes, and what I love about working with Mary is that she holds me to our work and will call me out if I’m making assumptions or judgments that hurt me or tax my energy. I value how Mary keeps me in check. She doesn’t allow me to revert back to how I used to think or how I used to jump to negative emotions. Now, whenever I’m judging myself or the situation, and sometimes I need a nudge to get out of my head and back to objectivity, Mary is right alongside me, ready to help."
