Our clients are corporate professionals ranging from emerging, mid-career and senior leaders to executive leaders as well as physicians, small business owners and consultants. Our keynote, workshops and seminar training programs are brought in by corporations, professional organizations, government agencies, nonprofits, universities and health care organizations who have invested in their talent such as UBS, Allianz Global Investors, S&P Global, Anheuser-Busch, New York City DOT,  American Express, RBC, Aetna Healthcare, Sony Music,  Rutgers University, NYU Langone Medical Center, City of Jersey City, to name a few. 

We work with professionals who consider themselves confident, however aren’t always showing up confidently in their communication, owning their authority and being perceived as experts.  They want to learn how to self-promote authentically by recognizing their unique value, become more visible, gain more work/life balance, get unstuck, attract new opportunities, move their career or business to the next level or transition to something new by putting themselves out there with a strategy and action plan to consistently reach their goals.

Everything we coach and train on, rests on a proven step-by-step system and tool set that equips professionals to go further and longer in their careers with consistent results over time that works like a muscle, becoming their new normal. 

We combine proven career and business tools with life success principles and proven energy practices that directly affect your physical and mental health. We are not jacks-of-all-trades, this is professional and leadership development training with weekly accountability and confident mindset tools delivered as a step-by-step approach where we teach exactly what you need to do, motivating and mentoring you along the way. 

We are focused on anything and everything that works to get you feeling confident and moving ahead in your career or business by promoting your skill sets. What you get is no-nonsense undiluted expertise from Marisa’s, 19+ years of experience as an IT leader moving her career ahead on Wall Street to executive level throughout global financial markets. 

The programs were created for those who are serious about stepping into their full potential, feeling confident and in control of their next chapter. They are taking a stand for a fulfilling career goal which they can feel excited about because they are ready to recognize their worth – their self-worth. 

You can be in a low-energy place, have self-confidence issues, feel stuck as long as you are willing to trust and open yourself to possibility, setting your mind to what it is that you want in order to move ahead. You would be expected to take consistent action during our sessions, with a no-excuses approach to your goals which we outline as an action plan up front together and reassess during each session; just a very different way of thinking with full accountability and support while you achieve these incredibly exciting results.

The education here will not work well for skeptics and individuals who just want to make more money, look to us for figuring out what they want and also who consistently make excuses for not getting their assignments done or challenging aspects of the program. 

It is also not a good fit if you consistently resist the confidence mindset tools we deliver and focus only on the DO-ing aspect of our work. 90% of your success will be based on changing your belief system and how you see yourself. Maris is right there with you by your side, with sleeves rolled up, but can only produce results with you if you are open and give yourself permission to be supported. 

If you are one of these people we gently and respectfully ask that you do not reach out and hope you understand why. We’ll probably just not work well together and wouldn’t want you to waste your time or money.

It is a strategic blueprint to accelerate and reach a breakthrough career goal, map out a plan, own your confidence, change your mindset and attracting powerful opportunities after you have turned up the volume on your unique value. The system covers the foundation of first getting yourself out there by changing the stories you have been making up about your potential (your inner dialogue), turning away from the lack of support and recognition from peers, recognizing all of your value and going gutsy by taking consistent action. 

What inevitably happens with our clients is that they have been blind-sided to how much they really have to promote about their assets.  Often without an external resource, we don't recognize all that we bring to the table in terms of our career portfolio, talents and skillsets, and especially our results. Once we clear that path we dig in and get you out there and accelerating by taking consistent action as you step through the program and commitments to action. This is living by design not default, feeling fulfilled and building up to something that’s possible, maximizing your potential versus feeling stuck and restless which builds up deep down resentment over time.

Through our online learning platform, Gutsy Leadership Academy (GLA), we deliver both live and virtual training and coaching, and self-paced multimedia courses based on The Gutsy Leadership curriculum, providing professionals with a support structure that holds them accountable to reaching their career goals.

Yes! The result of our work is an approach to getting outside your skin, pulling up a mirror to all you bring to the table, your value, your assets, your accomplishments, your little and big wins, bumping up your self-worth and how you see yourself in your career or business which over time and with your dedication, works consistently to attract opportunities and have you confidently speaking about your business assets comfortably and naturally with anyone. 

The work you do in the program is not a one-shot deal. It stays with you in the long run so you can consistently keep advancing to higher and higher confidence levels, recognizing your uniqueness and taking on more, moving outside your comfort zone. We encourage you to check out the testimonials here from private clients and those who attended corporate events and training workshops all based on the same system.

Here you will learn more about the The Gutsy Leadership System and the results you will receive.

This depends on where you are right now and how much you put into the assignments. Within one month you will have experienced an internal makeover of how you see yourself in your career/business. We will have deep dived into all you do expertly and with your unique brilliance. After this milestone we leapfrog into the rest of the program because we now have a foundation to build from. 

We  hone in on the exact opportunities right for you and work on proven ways to build your professional pipeline and kick in the tools you learned as the new self-promoting, confident YOU who speaks comfortably about your value. You want to be sure the next path you take will sustain you for a while so you are not jumping around, which is why you receive more results over time versus a few sessions here and there. The resources and guidance you receive along the way keeps you staying consistently on track. 

The programs are based on a framework which has been proven to get the results for professionals needing to either advance their career or business. Based on how far along you are on either of these paths, we customize the program delivery given what you need right now versus rolling out a cookie cutter “just do this, we know it works” approach. 

There may be areas you have mastered already, and we will celebrate you for it and move on doing a deeper dive in another module. We also continuously add content given the changing business landscape. 

An absolute YES. I want you to stop for a moment to ask yourself: 

What is feeling more fulfilled and validated in my career or business worth to me? 

How will the rest of my life be impacted when I can come home happy from work, feeling confident and excited to be control of the next chapter? 

How will this affect my future relationships, the ones I have yet to make if I don’t attract them with a positive attitude? 

How will this interrupt my behavior patterns which have repeatedly had me stuck?

How much time would it take on your own to finding the right opportunities, leading with clarity on your message, no longer neglecting a professional network, making more money, getting to a level where you are confidently carrying yourself everywhere you go, attracting others to you naturally, making an impact? 

Investing in yourself is a no brainer because who else is going to? Putting a stake in the ground to advance your career, opens up every other area of your life because you are in a positive state and won’t accept anything less when it comes to your health, relationships, finances, for example. Energetically, it shifts the playing field in a BIG way.

The professionals we coach and train lead very busy lives between travel, family, and/or their pursuit of an MBA, or licensed program given their field of expertise for example. For these reasons, we have built into every program the ability to freeze your selected program for a given period of time when you feel you need some extra breathing room to balance everything.  

This means there is no expiration of time when you can return, and as an added bonus you are always invited to attend any calls we are running, those are open all year round. You can show up to simply “listen in” or jump in with a quick question. Many join simply for the motivation of being around others and hearing their individual challenges. Bottom line, if you feel you need one of these programs, but are concerned about time commitment we can kick off with a strategy call and then go from there, all based on your schedule. 

A strategy call would likely be your best bet.  We offer many tools to gain clarity on what your new direction should be, including tapping into your purpose and values. Important to note, be good to yourself. You are not meant to wake up in a week and have it all figured out, but this clarity call will absolutely get you moving your feet towards what has been calling for quite some time, even from childhood. You also gain full support following your call so it’s not “one and done.” This strategy session is incorporated into all full coaching programs, and absolutely something you may want to consider when you are seeking an external perspective on several possibilities you may not be seeing for yourself. Reach out to learn more.  

Yes! The programs support all professionals. Our clients are professionals who work in finance, tech, marketing, education, health care, sales and many more functions They range from corporate professionals, educators, physicians, nurses, realtors, copywriters, trainers, coaches. 

The professionals we serve have one thing in common, they are ready to up-level their professional brand and advance with impact, whether it be as an intrapreneur inside an organization or as an entrepreneur in their practice.

Congratulations! Please celebrate yourself because as hard-working professionals we don’t do that enough. Did you know that one of the most prominent characteristics of successful people is that they take action? They are decisive, take action and they move towards success faster as a direct result of this.  

Please send an e-mail here indicating your interest in enrolling in one of our programs and we will walk you through the different options to see which one would be best for you. There are different programs at different price points which fit every budget. Lastly, we are honored you have selected In Our Shoes to support you. There are many who have been in your shoes either as a workplace professional,  consultant, physician or small business owner. 

Let’s get started! You will be motivated to stay the course and reach your breakthrough goals with repeatable results over time and with momentum.