I help senior leaders close the Edge Gap — the distance between their capability and how they're experienced — so they become the person the organization trusts, promotes, and calls on for critical decisions.
I'm the trusted advisor who sees you clearly, tells you the truth, and helps you navigate the nuances of your specific situation.
Mission
My mission is to ensure high-capacity leaders are no longer doubting themselves by equipping them to think clearly, stay composed under pressure, and lead with decisive authority in the moments that define their careers and lives.
Leaders hire me to help them be valued, relevant, get promoted, excel at a new role, navigate the nuances of their personal situation.
YOUR NEXT MOVE DESERVES FIREWORKS!
You Have My Commitment to:
Curiosity about the whole picture.
Relatability to your experiences because I have either experienced your situation or have served many similar clients and know you have everything you already need inside you.
Dedication to share the benefits of my experience, certifications, and natural gifts as I listen to what you want, hear what you need, and partner with you for the freedom of both.
Collaboration alongside you as an honest, wise and trusted friend. I have your back.
Vision
That leaders know what to do with thoughts that don’t serve them so they can show up effectively without being held back by doubt. They don't need inspiration. They are the inspiration. I show them crucial skills that I call 'The Three Things' they don't teach in school:
1) Self-awareness
2) Self-regulation
3) Self-acceptance
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Coaching Options
There are two ways to work with me:
1. The Executive Edge - I am your trusted advisor who sees you clearly, tells you the truth, and helps you navigate the nuances of your specific situation. I help you close the Edge Gap between your capability and how you’re experienced—so you stop being overlooked and sidelined and become trusted, promoted, and revered for critical decisions. Set up an Edge Assesment Consultation.
2. Urgent Issue Coaching - to help you with a critical issue in real time.
You are welcome to email me if with questions: [email protected]
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If you enter a room with 15 people one of them will stand out. She will have confidence that people notice. Others will stop talking and listen to him. Executive presence exudes the message, “I belong here.” And they show up with the same calm, self-control in their personal lives too. The easiest way to build executive presence is to stop doing the things that undermine it. They're all in this report. Watch Mary Lee in an ASK THE COACH session.
Clients are...
Undervalued leaders between 30 and 59
In need of executive presence
Not sure of a good career or retirement path
Strong in character yet not promoted or hired
Corporations with an emerging leader or difficult employee
Having a hard time letting go
In transition from a job loss, divorce, grief
Disconnected in relationships and/or faith
Unjustly labeled and not sure how to undo it
Dissatisfied, anxious, dealing with addiction, feeling empty
Mary Lee has coached for corporations and individuals from: Google, Merrill Lynch, Amazon, Ford Motor Company, Johnson & Johnson, United States Department of Labor, PNC, Adobe, Nokia, PayPal, Philips, US Chamber of Commerce, The University of Southampton - UK, The Pittsburgh Steelers, ConnectiveRx, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, IBM, US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Sage Intacct, Mitel, John Wiley and Sons, Department of the Air Force and more.
Corporations seeking leadership coaching may reach out to Mary Lee directly at [email protected]
Listen to Mary Lee's Podcast: The Still Space
The Still Space Podcast is where Executive Coach Mary Lee Gannon and her guests share fun and simple strategies to manage yourself so that you can show up the way you want in work, relationships and life and not default to past behaviors that leave you disappointed. The Still Space is where you learn to take an intentional moment to challenge habitual assumptions that hold you back with enlightened truths that boost your genius. We transform drama, resentment, doubt, unmet expectations, and self-sabotage to executive presence, self-control, deep sleep, healthy choices, and more connection with the people who matter while it still matters. It’s time. Be sure to like and subscribe.
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If you want to hear songs you know that rejuvenate, refresh, and reinvigorate you to be able to adjust to the many changing situations in your personal life, relationships and career, this is for you. Roll down the windows and sing, get inspired, remain calm, and notice what matters here - Agility. Life is good today. Let's feel good!
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The Way a Person Lives YouTube Channel
The Way a Person Lives is Mary Lee Gannon's YouTube Channel where you get mindful, creative and fun lifestyle ideas on how to make your home, garden, travel, and relationships interesting and peaceful no matter what is going on around you. This is where you make room for being the strong executive leader AND having playful fun! We all have a choice in how to live our lives. It's time we make choices that bring us joy. Work hard and play hard too.
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Mary Lee is awarded the Marquis Who's Who Distinction for expterise in Executive Coaching and Corporate Leadership
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