Marie Hansen, J.D., Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, PCC

I engage and empower leaders at all stages with wisdom and tools that instill confidence and focus in order for them to achieve quantifiable success throughout the evolving circumstances of their careers, their organizations, and those they lead.

Dr. Marie Hansen is a dean, executive coach, leadership consultant and attorney with over 24 years’ experience in higher education.  Her career has included work with higher educational faculty, staff and leaders at all levels.  She currently supervises over 100 full and part time faculty and professional staff.  She has created leadership training for external and internal constituents (corporate training), worked on several grants, and led strategic planning, corporate partner and mentoring programs.  She has taught in the disciplines of business, criminal justice, law and organizational behavior.  As a coach, she enjoys helping guide individuals aspiring to leadership roles and those with many years of experience as leaders set career goals and achieve quantifiable success in the higher education environment through application of social and emotional intelligence and leadership principles.

As a PCC certified coach who focuses on social and emotional intelligence, Marie helps faculty, staff and leaders broaden their self-awareness to augment their own development.  As a coach, she listens, supports and encourages growth in all emotional intelligence areas in order for clients to understand themselves and be inspired.  Her coaching is informed through the lens of positive psychology.  In her own doctoral research and experience with those (particularly women mid-level managers) dealing with imposter syndrome, she finds great value in using mindfulness as part of her coaching.  Further, she emphasizes the use of tools related to: growing resiliency, organizational awareness, interpersonal effectiveness, conflict resolution, influencing skills, building trust, catalyzing change, and inspirational leadership to guide many of her coaching clients.

Marie is a life-long learner who holds a Ph.D in Organizational Leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, a JD from the University of Maine School of Law, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Maine.  Also, she earned certificates in education leadership from Harvard University and master level of portfolio assessment from DePaul University.  Further, she holds certifications from ICF (PCC); multiple speciality coaching areas including executive, change management and career coaching from the Center for Executive Coaching; Institute for Social and Emotional Intelligence (ISEI) as a Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach; the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as a Senior Certified Professional; and the American Council on Exercise (ACE) as a Health Coach and Personal Trainer.  Additionally, she serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Academic Committee and Strategic Growth Committee at The Chicago School for Professional Psychology; and as a consultant to review military and business experience for academic credit through the American Council for Education.

Testimonial –

I have had the pleasure and honor to have been working with Marie for over two years. Marie’s extensive experience as a higher education leader as well as her particular skills (her ability to listen, ask all the right questions, knowledge of relevant resources, caring and concern for whom she is working with), in my opinion, set her far apart from other coaches that I have worked with in the past. Had it not been for Marie, for example, I would not have endeavored or succeeded in navigating a particularly challenging work situation, that ultimately allowed me to significantly build my confidence, grow, and prepared me for even greater leadership roles in higher education.  

Michaela Zint, Associate Dean, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan.