Group Programs & Speaking Topics

“Awesome speaker…Very inspirational…Best workshop we’ve ever had.”
-Audience evaluations

Amidst today's challenges, we really need to evolve into new ways of thinking. The old formulas won't take us into our new future. Marian will create an interactive program custom-tailored for your group. We need inspired, conscious leadership and engaged contributors now more than ever. This is not your father’s leadership course, management tip of the month, or fluffy self help. We'll equip your people with a whole new way of thinking, being and doing.

Marian Baker makes an utterly persuasive case that success in the 21st century requires a combination of spirit and strategy. Smart professionals who want to wake up looking forward to each day should..." 
Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind, former chief speechwriter for Al Gore

"Marian is inspiring, authentic, energetic and entertaining. She is one of the best speakers we've ever had. The audience was engaged and motivated to "Wake Up Inspired." I highly recommend Marian - she was a joy to work with. Great Results, Expert, High Integrity."  
Ellen Rogin, President, Strategic Financial Designs & Director, Metropolitan Capital Bank

Example of topic/ take-aways:

Wake Up Inspired

Create Healthy Success & Inspired Leadership in a Whole New Light

We get to redefine success and revolutionize "working smart." Join growth-seeking achievers for a provocative discussion and leave equipped to wake up to the meaningful life, livelihood and leadership you're meant to enjoy. Discover a new roadmap and tools, inspired by 14 years privilege of coaching acccomplished professionals, decades of research and study with today's brightest thought-leaders. Want to learn what it really  takes? Want to have fun becoming the new kinds of leaders we need for better lives and a better world? Interested in personal and professional fulfillment, inspired success, smarter work/life habits and transformational leadership development? To begin fostering this new kind of dream, don't miss this program.

• Debunk myths and discover new breakthroughs. Go beyond "balance"!                                                                                                                                       
• Discover the secret to sustainable success, boiled down to two powerful questions. 
• Answering these questions is life-changing in macro meaning and micro day-to-day task habit patterns, work performance and livelihood satisfaction.
• Learn a renewable energy system for human beings that fuels your greater mission.
• See how you really can make a difference and love your life.
• Blend the best of both worlds: Healthy mind-body-spirit and pragmatic ambition & achievement
• Boost confidence, clear obstacles to professional and personal growth
• Unleash the highest potential in self and others.

Imagine your future self is calling you. Today, don't let it go into voicemail.

Beyond material wealth and technology, we have a poverty of inspiration. If you’re tempted to dismiss this as a warm fuzzy, think again. Underneath our financial depletion lies the real crisis and opportunity. Lack of inspiration is expensive. It’s a threat to our personal, business, socio-economic and global health. The good news: We are rethinking success and reclaiming true prosperity. As more of us support each other to create harmony and soul satisfaction within our own lives, and Passion Meets Profit in business, we will fuel harmony in the world. It all starts with one new conversation. Are you curious?

Named one of 50 top coaches in America, Marian Baker is a master certified coach, speaker, and award-winning author. She specializes in equipping growth-seeking professionals to create sustainable, fulfilling success and be the new kind of inspired leaders we need in the 21st century.

The Wake Up Inspired message is a highly popular topic, drawing audiences inside companies, conferences and associations. They enjoy the mix of humor and meaning to foster renewal, self-empowerment and lasting, inspired success in life, livelihood and leadership. Achievers seeking more balance, authenticity and aliveness will benefit. This is also an excellent "Executive Renewal" program, to prevent productivity loss and promote enhanced fulfillment, performance and commitment.

Other topics/titles include:

• Inspired Leadership for Women; When Women Wake, Mountains Move
• Chief Inspiration Officer: Inspired Leadership to Unleash Passion and Purpose in Yourself and Others
• Passion Meets Profit: Breakthroughs in Productivity and Enthusiasm at Work
• Passion Meets Profit: Discover Your Inspired Livelihood and Mobilize Your Joyful Mission
• “Have Your Spirituality and Ambition Too:” Blend Mind-Body-Spirit Vitality with Real World Achievement
• Balance is Not a Math Problem: What Does Really Work for Inspired Success
• How to Fuel Inspired Performance & Commitment: What it Really Takes

Audience evaluations include:

"Excellent!" "Incredible." "This gave me a path, ideas and tools."

"Terrific. One of the best facilitators I’ve seen (and I’ve seen a lot).”

....Read more audience/group comments.

Also available:

Leadership Retreats/Group programs for smart companies who recognize that achievers are inspired to give their best when they are well-fueled and performing in sync with what matters most to them. Gain the power of a different I.T. (inspiration technology). This is the advanced, 21st century version of “working smarter.”

Marian will personally work with you to develop your people to be more:

Empowered:
Taking responsibility for creating their own well being and success at work. Enhance their sense of choice and pride in offering high-value contributions at work.

Engaged:
Aligned with their values, passions and purpose for greater fulfillment and performance.

Equipped: Learning concepts, tools and smart work/life habits for Optimal Energy Management (superior to typical time management). Leveraging mind-body-spirit principles plus logical, strategic approaches to enhance work productivity, initiative and innovation.

Effective:
Support for the employees in applying the above in real-life, practical ways.

Custom Group Facilitation/Coaching (e.g. an executive retreat, planning session, etc.)
With any program "event," follow-up coaching is recommended for lasting value and greatest return on your investment of time, money and energy.

Clients include
Kraft Foods, Inc. • Athena International Leadership Summit• Kellogg (MBA) Women's Business Conference Soroptomist International Leadership Conference • Loyola University Women's Leadership Conference  •Spirit of Leadership Conference • McDonalds Corporation • University of Chicago Alumni• Leo Burnett USA • U.S. Government, Department of Education • Galileo International • Sara Lee Foods • Nalco Chemical Company • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network • American Express • Elmhurst Health Care Systems • Network of Women Entrepreneurs • Northwest Business Network • Business Women’s Network • W.I.S.E. (Women in Spiritual Evolution) • Infinity Foundation •American Association of University Women • YWCA Leadership Conference • Exhale Spa • The College of DuPage Executive Development Network • Ernst & Young • Illinois Women's Chamber • Moravian College • and more