"Marian is incredibly gifted at helping people unlock potential, with the
mind of a CEO and the nature of a yogi."

Named one of 50 top executive coahces in America

Jedi trainer, Queen of Powerful Questions, “matrix extraction expert,” and “Merlin’s daughter” are names people have used to describe Marian.

Humbled and excited by well more than 10,000 hours delightfully obsessed with “What does it really take?” the new MLA Mastery of Leadership Arts is here to blow our minds, activate your infinite heart, connect with your true power source, and crack the codes to unleash your liberated, inspired response-agility. With a radical fuel change from adaptive achiever-driven to authentic, sovereign joy.

With the privilege of a 27-year learning lab, working with bright leaders and nuanced human beings in all kinds of real life situations, Marian’s approach has evolved into a unique fusion of modern mystic meets seeker-achiever business leader, mastering root cause inner alchemy and effective, enjoyable outer abundance. The new tools serve as human condition programming-melting, pattern-busting practices to equip you to become the 3.0 version of yourself. With fun & fierce compassion and healthy challenges, she will become your devoted champion and game-changing ally. Clients include wonderful millennials to modern elders at places like LinkedIn, Leo Burnett, U.S. Government, Kraft Foods, and a few conscious business startups.

Let’s look forward to our MLA journey fueling your new stories!

I want to meet you somehow, rather than just the typical “About” bio. I ask my deepest heart what it wants for you. One thing is for you to know that there are amazing possibilities for the strength and joy in your “higher self” to partner well with your “boots on the ground” every day life & work & people flow. That who you are and the leadershift you are meant to activate at this time is beyond what your conditioned mind tries to solve. There is a different way to feel better, lead better and discover the root cause of all your disappointments and healthier, happier desired outcomes.

Clients:

  • Credentials-wise, we could add: Speaker at Google, Kellogg, University of Chicago, Conscious Business Network +

  • Award-winning author, featured on ABC-TV, Chicago Tribune, Rank & File (click here)

  • Named one of 50 top executive coaches in America, Master Certified Coach

I promise to meet you right where you are, with whatever goals, challenges and circumstances are relevant. More importantly, I promise to not just talk about all of that with mostly left-brain, “seeker-achiever” strategic problem-solving or just socratic coaching questions or positive attitude performance pumping and action-tracking accountability or spiritual bypass pink frosting.

Inner alchemy & outer abundance operationalized. New Mastery. This requires some leaps in letting go of embedded patterns, and cultivating new trust, inside of you and with us (and fellow MLA champions, if you join the new cohort). So, please do ask me anything and share openly, so we can equip you in the most effective ways (including if something else might be a better fit for you for now).

I’m so excited to be “building the school” with the new MLA for your next great leadershift and our future.

You might be surprised at how subtle and sneaky the self-limiting layers are in suppressing your potential flow. We’ll uninstall those outdated programs and keep your talents & skills— for even better, authentically inspired, consciously chosen use! It’s not easy to allow yourself to zag, when your inner subconscious fear conditioning and outer world pressures tell you to zig. But it’s totally worth the patience, perseverance and new kind of tools and support it requires.

Imagine your new Future Self plugged into an infinite source of authentic inspiration & limitless possibilities. Add an inner “champion team” that LOVES you unconditionally, illogically, outrageously— knows what you are capable of more than your personality brain could conjure, and wants the best for you. What does that energy want for you? And then through you? (in that order.) My job is to help you break free of your normal programming (that’s now limiting, sabotaging) untangle inherited trappings of success, and equip you to activate your essence potential & true prosperity. Not try to climb ladders or chase bliss, but the real Journey Of You.

It’s profoundly mystical and poetic at times, and absolutely pragmatic. Recent client examples include…

  • Exceeding fundraising goals.

  • Getting ready to lead a town hall meeting by letting go of trying harder, opening to trusting higher and diving deeper to show up igniting their hearts & minds in their most challenging times, from real essence sparking their real Yes we can do this wholeheartedness.

  • Transforming a “weak link” problem employee into “now the person I rely on the most to keep our team together, and has become a friend.” 

Are you willing to explore “What do I want? and Why am I here?” like never before?

Imagine we’re having coffee. Let’s take a new look at “What do I want?” Don’t worry about being sophisticated or “conscious” or whatever. Just let honest wants gurgle up, in whatever shapes, sizes and significance. It’s fascinating how these simple four words can stir up so much. Some people find the question itself not easy to answer authentically. So, be kind to yourself. What do you want?

Your normal thinking and popular, well-intended advice is going to try to help you try to solve the want of “What do I want?” Understandably so. In this new Mastery of Leadership Arts, you’ll experience the radical change in pattern shifting right away with focusing on the “I." Asking, like never before—Who/what is asking and attempting to clarify and get the wants? This may sound simple, but I promise you it’s life-altering. Beyond just inner game or mindset. We’re activating an axial shift in what’s been running you for decades, uninstalling clever strategies, releasing buried stories, then stabilizing your effective embodiment of the new you. It happens in layers, like beginner to black belt and beyond.

Clients are saying things like, “I know we’ve had many moments over the years,

but what we just did was the most profound shift of my life.

Consider shifting from insidious persona patterns to Infinite potential and then operationalizing this in effective, healthy embodied action. This is not easy. And it’s the omg power-shifting “technology” that changes everything. Just when you think you’ve got it- your’e no longer run by your inner five-year old wound story and adaptive protector strategies, and feel empowered in your new self— another shapeshifting “impersonator” grabs the wheel again. No wonder we call this mastery.

A compassionate, curious heart and sense of humor come in handy often. We could have used this language in coaching calls 20+ years ago. But the new MLA activation keys and ways of equipping you to embody this are radically different now. If you are willing to play in this paradigm-shifting sandbox with me, I will fall into a kind of fierce Love with you, become your devoted Champion, and together we will discover new ways of letting the inspired Truth set you free. It can be a lot of fun. We’re hearing fabulous feedback from MLA clients, their reports, bosses, spouses, and maybe most importantly, their truly inspired, joy-fueled self. :-)

In the nitty gritty of private conversations and MLA group masterclasses, we will dive deeper and reach higher. We’ll also honor the pragmatic priorities of navigating your days. We always want to connect the profound and the practical for optimal flow. Everything from handling email to emotional resilience to innovation for out-of-the-box revenue growth in uncertain market conditions could be relevant applications of this inner deeper/ higher outer work.

How did I get here?
(If you’re curious about my story, click here to read more.)

Your journey will be yours. At some level we’ll share an old wound story deep down that had us programmed to try to earn worth, approval, feeling secure, getting liked, loved, et al. Our adaptive strategies (performing, pleasing, fawning, defending, avoiding…) can work great for a long time and we become applauded achievers, helpful, useful and so on. Your own story—birth, bliss, betrayals, other bumps in the road or yesterday’s triggers hold secret treasures for us. We’ll uncover superpowers in you ready to rise and shine soon.

Early adopter MLA clients are saying, “I’m a whole new person” and we’re hearing feedback from professional & personal folks that enthuse us to keep going with this new approach. So, let’s chat and see if you are meant to have a seat in the new Champion Circle cohort or other options to serve you best.

Marian has inspired & equipped many lives and missions through her speaking, coaching, teaching and leadership retreats for clients such as: 

Google • LinkedIn • Kellogg • University of Chicago • Conscious Business Network •Kraft Foods• Impact Engine Startup Incubator •Athena International Leadership Summit •Soroptomist International Leadership Conference • Loyola University Women's Leadership Conference •Leo Burnett • U.S. Government, Department of Education • Ernst & Young •Galileo International • Sara Lee Foods • Grainger • Nalco Chemical Company • CBRE Global Commercial Real Estate • Professional Women's Club of Chicago • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network • American Express • MetCap Bank • W.I.S.E. (Women in Spiritual Evolution) • Infinity Foundation • American Association of University Women • YWCA Leadership Conference • Executive Development Network •Spirit of Leadership Conference and more

“Baker has performed quite a feat of service by weaving previously divergent world-views into a cohesive whole that is both pragmatic and inspirational… enthusiasm and humility in an unexpected yet effective package.” - 5-stars, Amazon/ ForeWord Magazine

This book came out years ago; maybe parts were ahead of its time. There are great tools in here, and I am even more excited about the new MLA.

Some men see things as they are and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?
-
George Bernard Shaw