Marie works one-to-one with senior leaders and executives to strengthen
clarity, communication, self-awareness, and leadership effectiveness.
Her approach is practical, direct, and grounded in operational leadership
experience rather than generic frameworks or theory.
Most leaders are never formally trained to lead.
They build experience over time, develop patterns of operating, and carry increasing levels of responsibility — often without the space to step back and reflect on how they lead, communicate, and influence others.
Marie’s coaching creates that space.
The work focuses on helping leaders better understand themselves, their teams, and the systems in which they operate.
Marie’s coaching approach is bespoke and shaped around the individual, the environment, and the challenges being faced.
Rather than offering fixed programmes or rigid frameworks, the focus is on practical clarity, honest reflection, and meaningful change.
The work is often centred around:
Leadership communication
Decision-making
Executive presence
Team dynamics
Navigating pressure and complexity
Self-awareness and personal impact
Much of Marie’s work focuses on helping leaders understand how they think, operate, communicate, and impact the people around them.
Strong leadership is not about performance or perfection.
It is about awareness, trust, accountability, and the ability to lead effectively in real-world environments.
“Raw, personal and deeply honest, Marie is an exceptional storyteller. She connected with the audience in that rare way of making everyone in the room feel like she was speaking to them directly, taking them on her journey through the highs and lows of leadership, and life. Her story is a rollercoaster of emotions that reflects the true nature of leadership in all its forms, and will leave you feeling moved, inspired and uplifted.”
“It was fantastic, a very unique perspective. The team were very impressed and thought Marie was excellent. We were very happy with what she delivered.”
“Marie was fantastic! She had the room so engaged and her talk was definitely the highlight of the day for a lot of people. They found her story captivating and insightful, while also being so human.”
“Marie comes highly recommended as a leadership expert. She has a vast array of expertise to draw on and openly shares her knowledge. She reflects on her experiences in a most realistic and eloquent manner. Marie has the ability to capture the attention of an audience, through her story telling and evident compassion. There is no doubt that Marie is a gifted leader and puts people and team at the centre. Her core values, her own learning experiences and her ability to deliver a lecture make her a truly remarkable speaker.”
“Marie Gleeson has provided a number of inputs to our diversity sessions in the health service. Feedback and the response to Marie was outstanding with Marie sharing her experience in leadership, staff engagement and motivation theory. Marie has a relaxed and engaging style always with requests for further inputs.”
“Marie addressed our company (virtually) for the IWD 2021 and did an amazing job sharing her wisdom and insights into Leadership, high performance and authenticity. She is a compelling speaker and it was brilliantly well received.”
“Marie was amazing, the feedback has been super. She was so easy to deal with, such a lovely person and her talk was brilliant!”
“We had the pleasure of having Marie speak to our teams at Trigon Hotels as part of our Data Bites programme recently. Marie is uplifting, inspiring and motivational. She has a unique and powerful story and she tells that story in a way that captures an audience. Whilst the story is unique, it had the ability to resonate with a broad group of people in different ways. Marie’s experience in leadership and team engagement connected strongly with our own team while also having a very human side that gave a real sense of balance. I would highly recommend Marie as she has such an energetic and positive disposition and really is a pleasure to listen to.”
“Marie was the main speaker at one of our recent (virtual) partner events and she was fantastic. She shared her journey in the Irish Navy with a lot of authenticity and humility and shared many valuable leadership learnings with the audience. Feedback has been great, thanks Marie!”
“Marie addressed our company (virtually) for the IWD 2021 and did an amazing job sharing her wisdom and insights into Leadership, high performance and authenticity. She is a compelling speaker and it was brilliantly well-received.”
If you are exploring executive coaching or leadership advisory support, Marie would be glad to hear from you.
