Liz CEO of Government agency

Laura has been a dedicated individual for many years and worked her way up to CEO of a large governmental agency. She’s an accountant by background, calm, quiet and introverted.  She hired Mary to help with her speaking.

Mary worked with Laura on messaging, and on presenting in public. Body language and tone of voice were key.  Learning to exert energy was another major addition and to own the stage.

On the big day, Laura was on a panel in front of all of the business community. She was prepped and prepared. She didn’t shy away! She shined!  She confidently took the microphone and lead the audience with her persuasive arguments and inspirational tone.  She was brilliant and knocked it out of the park!

Right afterwards, the buzz was, “WHAT HAPPENED TO LIZ?”  “OH my GOSH! Who IS she?”  All with an admirable tone of course!

That next year, Liz was given the award by the local Business Journal – CEO of the Year.  She came out strong and she earned recognition. This is the power of confidence in speaking and leading!

Craig C. of Simulation industry- Head of IT for public company

Craig called Mary off of searching on the internet for a speech coach because he had a presentation to give in Washington DC the following week. He had a PowerPoint presentation that the marketing department had prepared for him which were just the facts. It was up to Craig to make it interesting.

Mary and Craig worked for one VIP day – creating stories and metaphors that would bring the PowerPoint to life. Then practiced and rehearsed,

The day that Craig presented, they had a FIRE ALARM go off and so he was shaken up a bit, however, he had practiced so much he knew what to do. After the presentation he got several people who complimented him and told him he was the BEST speaker at the conference. He was given the “Best in Show” as a result and later asked to present that presentation to NATO in FRANCE. Smash success!

Todd of Aviation Company – CEO/Engineer

Craig called Mary off of searching on the internet for a speech coach because he had a presentation to give in Washington DC the following week. He had a PowerPoint presentation that the marketing department had prepared for him which were just the facts. It was up to Craig to make it interesting.

Mary and Craig worked for one VIP day – creating stories and metaphors that would bring the PowerPoint to life. Then practiced and rehearsed,

The day that Craig presented, they had a FIRE ALARM go off and so he was shaken up a bit, however, he had practiced so much he knew what to do. After the presentation he got several people who complimented him and told him he was the BEST speaker at the conference. He was given the “Best in Show” as a result and later asked to present that presentation to NATO in FRANCE. Smash success!

Ray- General Manager of Major Florida Company- From FIRED to HIRED! (VIP Day)

This client had enjoyed a long history of success at one company until he made a big mistake that cost him his career. The industry he was in was relatively small so the news of his departure spread like wildfire.

He was given a years’ severance and by month 8 was getting nervous about the fact that there were NO prospects. His outplacement firm that hired Mary was giving up hope that his client would be able to be placed in a similar job. They hired her for up to 8 hours and didn’t know if that would be enough for this very challenging client they now served.

Mary worked with her client in a VIP day where they reviewed his strengths and weaknesses. They evaluated his life mentally, physically, spiritually, financially. There were a lot of frank conversations about the “reality” of the situation such a the fact that as a 53 year old aging and out of shape executive was competing with the 35-40 year old executives who didn’t have the high financial requirements.

Discussions such as how to address “the incident” that occurred and whether to look within the industry or start over in a new one. At age 53, the options looked bleak to him.

Mary encouraged Ray to become open about his situation, and to understand how the incident tarnished his reputation and to start volunteering and administering severe self-discipline in areas that were possibly “questionable” to the outside critic.

Over the next few weeks Ray went to work recreating his life in those areas. He started networking as Mary suggested and within 3 weeks he had landed a terrific interview out West. Two weeks later he accepted the new job making $200,000 more in income with a terrific company.