ABOUT THE AUTHOR
WHAT DOES IT take to influence others to change their lives for the better? That is the question Dr. Marcia Reynolds has been asking for three decades. She knew telling people what is best for them doesn’t work, even though she turned her life around before nearly destroying it as a teenager. She found her answer when she discovered coaching. She has since devoted her work to understanding the science of coaching—why it is so powerful in shifting people’s minds and behaviors and what the best ways are to effectively coach. She is passionate about teaching what she learns to coaches and leaders around the world. She knows coaching can bring people together in a respectful, caring way that makes our world a better place to live in for all.
As president of Covisioning LLC, Marcia coaches executives and teaches coaching skills to students and leaders, working in forty-one countries to date. She also consults with change agents who want to establish coaching cultures in their organizations. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and has presented at the Harvard Kennedy School and Cornell University as well as universities in Europe and Asia.
Marcia is a pioneer in the coaching profession. She was the fifth global president of the International Coach Federation (which became the International Coaching Federation in 2020) and was recently inducted into its Circle of Distinction for her many years of service to the global coaching community. Currently, she is the training director for the Healthcare Coaching Institute and is also on the faculty for the International Coaching Academy in Russia and Create China Coaching in China. She also teaches coaching skills classes in organizations around the world. She is recognized by Global Gurus as one of the top five coaches in the world.
Before she launched her own business, her greatest success came from designing the employee development program for a global semiconductor company facing bankruptcy. Within three years, the company turned around and became the number one stock market success in 1993.
Interviews and excerpts from her books The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs; Outsmart Your Brain: How to Master Your Mind When Emotions Take the Wheel; and Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction have appeared in many places, including Fast Company, Forbes.com, CNN.com, Psychology Today, the Globe and Mail, and the Wall Street Journal, and she has appeared in business magazines in Europe and Asia and on ABC World News.
Marcia is passionate about evoking transformation with coaching. Email or call her if you or others in your organization have a need that coaching can meet or you want to teach your leaders or coaches to have more transformational conversations: [email protected] or +1-602-954-9030. Her website is https://covisioning.com/.