About Mary

My philosophy

I live with a few basic assumptions about leadership:

  • Great leaders create what matters most because of a strong set of internal assumptions that drives their behavior.
  • Great leaders tend to be competent in 5 areas: they achieve results, they are aware of how systems work, they are authentic, they are self aware, and they relate well to other people.
  • When we seek to comply with others, protect ourselves, or overcontrol situations, we are missing huge opportunities to lead.
  • What you focus on is what you create.
  • Leaders grow other leaders.  

 

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My Education and Training

Amherst College: B.A. English 1981 http://www.amherst.edu/

Yale School of Management: M.B.A. Organizational Behavior 1988
 http://mba.yale.edu/

Coaches Training Institute:
-Trained and certified as a “Certified Professional Co-Active Coach” (C.P.C.C.) 2007 http://www.thecoaches.com/certification.html
-Leadership Program- certificate of completion 2008  http://www.thecoaches.com/leadership.html

Center for Right Relationship:   http://www.therelationshipcoaches.com/
-Trained as an Organizational and Relationship Systems Coach
-certificate of completion 2008

The Leadership Circle

http://www.theleadershipcircle.com/

-Certified to administer the The Leadership Circle Profile (TLCP) and the Leadership Culture Survey (TLCS), the two most highly validated and respected 360 assessments on the market.

-Certificate of Training 2009

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My Work Experience

Lots of different work experiences have influenced my coaching. After graduating from Amherst College in 1981, I taught English at Northfield Mount Hermon School, and conducted research about women and work at the research institute, Catalyst, in New York City. After returning to school to get an MBA at Yale in 1988, I worked as an internal organizational effectiveness manager and human resource development manager at Cummins Engine Company and G.E. Capital for six years. I then set up my own organizational consulting practice, and consulted for a dozen years to elementary schools, principals, and educational change organizations throughout Connecticut on leadership, organizational change, and school improvement issues.  Along the way, I also provided career coaching and counseling to students at the Yale School of Management Career Development Office. For the past few years, I have received extensive professional coach training (see My Education and Training), providing me with additional tools to augment the coaching, advising, and consulting I have done for twenty years. My current clients include leaders and organizations that are committed to furthering sustainability. They are highly educated professionals who are leaders in sustainable development, energy conservation, biofuels, cleantech, renewable energy, education, sustainable food production and distribution, journalism, consulting, and nonprofits.

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Services

 

 

Free Coaching Consultation

If you are ready to make some dramatic improvements to how you or your organization is working, call or e-mail Mary today for a free, no obligation coaching consultation.

 

Tel: (203) 389-7343
E-mail: mary@marygorham.com