inspire. Lead.
influence. energize. Engage.
What is Coaching?
Coaching is a partnership. You and I will work together to create the life, business and team you truly want.
I am a Certified Professional Coach, who uses a proven methodology that helps you dig deeply, honestly, and objectively into your energy and mental programming in order to access who you are and who you want to become. We work together to uncover your inner blind spots and create a long-term solution for sustainable transformation. As your coach, I help you identify these blocks, which can include your inner limiting perspectives, defeating thoughts, negative self talk, and outdated beliefs picked up from family, society, and the media.
Coaching can help you:
- Create a greater awareness of how you think, feel and act.
- Perform better and accomplish greater results with less effort.
- Reduce stress by changing your reactions to circumstances.
- Empower you to become an agent of change in your own life and the lives of others.
Begin your journey to a better life with inspiration, energy, passion, and joy.
Offerings
Inspire. Lead. Influence. Energize.
Leadership
Coaching
Designed for current leaders or leaders in transition (new to a team or recently promoted).
One-on-one coaching sessions to help you tap into your passion, values and goals to become the leader you are meant to be.
Coaching will include various assessments & tools to help you determine your leadership attitude, values, goals & work/life plan and to help you create a more energized, dynamic, productive and engaged team.
Entrepreneur
Coaching
Designed for the unique challenges entrepreneurs face.
One-on-one coaching sessions to explore your goals, dreams and passions and how to make them a reality.
Coaching will include various assessments & tools to help you determine your values, goals, & work/life plan and to help you create the company of your dreams.
Group & Team Coaching
Coaching Topics Included (but are not limited to):
Time management
Team building
Goal Setting
Values
Gratitude
Confidence
Self-induced obstacles and how to overcome them
Problem Solving
Dealing with difficult customers
Deescalating situations
Providing exceptional sales & service experience
Expectations
Health & well-being
Assessments
Assessments are offered as a part of one-on-one or group coaching.
ELI Assessment is a data driven assessment that determines how you show up in life & under stress.
360 Leadership Assessment provides measurements in 36 key areas of leadership, based on feedback from your superiors, peers & direct reports.
Assessments can help provide a starting point to determine what areas in your life & career you want to seek improvement.
About Me
One of the most important parts of finding a coach is making sure you connect with them and you can trust them.
To build that trust, you need to get to know each other. Our coaching sessions are about you, so I thought I would take a moment to give you a glimpse of me.
So here I am.
My name is Mary Ann Marko. I currently reside in Savage, Minnesota (a southwest suburb of Minneapolis). I’m here because I believe each of us has potential to do amazing things. We often let our own negative self-talk, limiting beliefs, and inner blind spots prevent us from reaching our maximum potential. We let what has happened in our past and what others have said about us, impact our ability to reach and exceed our goals.
I made the decision to become a leadership and success coach because I was sick and tired of seeing people not live out their potential.
There has never been, and will never be, another person on earth like you.
The world needs you. Not part of you, not some of you…all of you. And the best part of you! I have watched businesses struggle, teams fall apart, employees run for the hills…all because of a lack of leadership. Great leaders are not born, they are made. They study and learn and work at it. What would you say if I said you had the potential to be a great leader and change the world like Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela and others? I’m going to guess your first response was no. You probably thought you are not like them.
Well I disagree, and that is where my coaching comes in.
Each of us has the potential within us to do amazing things. We just have to get out of our own way.
I believe, through my coach training, life experience and passion to make a difference, I can help you create the business, team and life you truly want. You deserve to become the amazing leader and individual you were made to be, and I have a drive and desire to help you get there.
My expertise is in the coaching process and holding space for you, while challenging you to explore what is most important to you and how to achieve it. Working together, I believe I can help you and your team do amazing things, far exceeding anything you ever thought was imaginable.
I believe in lifelong learning and investing in myself. I hope you do too, because you are worth it. If you are ready to take your life, your business and your team to the next level, then reach out.
My Affiliations & Certifications Include:
Others have described me as:
Giving, Caring, Compassionate, Smiles, Inspiring, Kind, Genuine, Humorous, Positive, Encouraging, Energetic, Focused, Committed, Real, Loyal, Ambitious, & waggish (I had to look this one up).
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a brief glimpse of the last few years of my life in pictures.
What my clients say
I loved working with Mary Ann as my coach. Not only is she insightful and intuitive, but she's also friendly and comforting, which always made it feel natural to open up to her and be honest about what was going on in my life. She also has a great sense of humor, which brought a lightness to our conversations. I highly recommend working with Mary Ann to pursue your goals, as she will definitely help you get where you want to go and learn more about yourself on the way.
Check out my Blog
I’ve always had a million thoughts rolling through my head. What better place to share them then here. My blog topics include everything from what is coaching and why you should choose me as your coach, to the latest book I’m reading, lessons I’ve learned from my dad, and other inspirational thoughts.