Executive Advisory · Leadership Alignment
Helping leaders navigate complexity with clarity, alignment, and confidence.
A trusted partner to executives and leadership teams — supporting the work of leading well through growth, change, and complexity.
Who I Work With
Growing organizations eventually reach a point where complexity begins to outpace alignment.
You may be experiencing:
- Strong leaders operating in silos
- Competing priorities across departments
- Leadership meetings that create more discussion than decisions
- Growth through expansion or acquisition
- A leadership team that needs to operate more cohesively
- An executive carrying more than they should alone
Executive Advisory
One trusted advisor.
A thoughtful partner for complex leadership decisions.
Leadership can be rewarding, but it can also be isolating.
I work one-on-one with senior leaders who are navigating change, organizational growth, difficult decisions, and the everyday complexity of leading people.
Our conversations create space to think clearly, gain perspective, and move forward with confidence.
This isn't about having all the answers. It's about having someone who helps you see what matters most.
Leaders often come to me for support with:
- Strengthening relationships with peers, direct reports, and executive teams
- Gaining clarity before making difficult decisions
- Leading through organizational change and transition
- Finding clarity in a role where you can't always be fully open with your team
- Managing your energy and responses in high-stakes environments
- Preparing for difficult conversations with confidence
Executive Team Alignment Intensives
Helping executive teams evolve from functional leaders into One Leadership Team.
As organizations grow, leadership becomes more complex.
Even experienced executives can struggle to align priorities, communicate effectively, and lead together across functions.
The Executive Team Alignment Intensive creates a shared foundation for how your leadership team thinks, communicates, builds trust, and works together.
The result is stronger collaboration, clearer decisions, and a leadership team better equipped to lead the organization forward.
Understanding Differences
Understanding how leaders process information, communicate, and make decisions under pressure.
Building Trust
Creating the conditions for open dialogue, healthy challenge, and stronger relationships.
Identifying Leader Behaviors
Naming the shared behaviors and agreements that strengthen collaboration, accountability, and execution.
Why Leaders Choose to Work With Me
Experience shaped by leadership in complex environments.
I've spent my career partnering with executives across healthcare, consumer packaged goods, the food industry, and nonprofit organizations — settings where leadership has a direct impact on culture, performance, and results.
Over the years, I've learned that lasting leadership is not created by having all the answers. It grows when leaders have the space to think clearly, strengthen relationships, and navigate complexity with greater confidence.
My approach combines executive advisory, organizational development, leadership coaching, facilitation, and practical business experience to help leaders and leadership teams move forward with clarity and purpose.
About Mary
Helping leaders lead with greater clarity, stronger relationships, and deeper alignment.
I believe the quality of leadership shapes the quality of every organization.
Throughout my career I've partnered with executives and leadership teams during periods of growth, transformation, and organizational change.
What continues to inspire me is watching leaders discover new ways of thinking, communicating, and working together.
Clients often tell me they leave our conversations with greater clarity, a broader perspective, and practical next steps they can immediately apply.
Whether I'm working with one executive or an entire leadership team, my goal remains the same: to help people lead with greater confidence, stronger relationships, and deeper alignment.
Trusted by Leaders
Trusted by leaders across industries.
Mary's ability to identify a person's natural work styles, preferences, and approach to leadership, then use that insight to help them perform at their best, is truly transformative. I can say without a doubt that I owe much of my success to my work with her.
CEO
Utility Industry
When a career opportunity crossed my path, I knew who I needed to talk to. Mary's insights helped me process my response and make the best decision for me.
Operations Executive
National Nonprofit
Perhaps her greatest strength is in understanding the people and social aspects of operational excellence. Asking questions and challenging the student to work the problem allows for greater retention and improved ownership. Mary does this very well.
Ian MacKellar
President and Chief Operations Officer
Begin the Conversation
Leadership doesn't have to be navigated alone.
Whether you're looking for support for a single executive or your leadership team, I'd love to learn more about your organization and the opportunities you're navigating.