
Marcie Stern
MHA, RLC
IL, USMarcie Stern is founder and president of Marcie Stern & Associates, a professional development business that helps busy professionals focus on what matters most and be more engaged at work and in life.
She combines her corporate background with two coaching designations to deliver evidenced-based and engaging programs. By teaching the WAAMM™ principle (What Actions & Attitudes Matter Most) and providing concrete tools and ENCORE strategies, Marcie helps audiences get focused, engaged, and in action on managing priorities, leveraging strengths, and accelerating goal achievement. Inspired by her passion and energy, Marcie's audiences are equipped to become show-stopping performers in their work and personal lives.
As a "MotivACTIONal" Speaker, Marcie ensures that her audience is motivated to take action and is armed with the tools and structure to immediately implement key insights. She does this by combining a warm and compassionate style with a kick-in-the-pants approach that creates personal accountability.
Marcie brings over two decades of progressive leadership and entrepreneurial experience as a coach and motivational speaker with special expertise in the healthcare industry. She holds a Masters in Health Services Administration from Arizona State University. She is a graduate of The Coaches Training Institute and Registered Leadership Coaching and is trained as a Corporate Athlete© facilitator. Marcie is a member of the National Speakers Association and International Coach Federation. Marcie authored the book, So Long Inner Critic, Hello Inner Champion: 25 Tips to Master Your Mindset which was endorsed by Mark Sanborn, Best-selling Author of The Fred Factor.
Marcie is a natural "show-stopper" and has given encore performances as a professional speaker. She speaks nationally to a wide variety of professional groups and associations and also conducts workshops on a vast range of topics including: Work/Life Integration, Employee Engagement, Leadership & Legacy, Energy Management, Communication Skills, Team Development, and Self-Care Practices. Marcie brings additional value as a trained facilitator for topics on Energy Management; Positive Psychology and Emotional Intelligence. Her most requested programs include:
- WAAMM™! 5 Steps to Manage Your Work/Life Priorities©
- Master Your Mindset: 3 Steps to Foster Positive Energy & Engagement at Work©
- ENCORE! 6 Secrets to Leading Show-Stopping Teams©
- Lead With Legacy and Unleash the Leader in You©
- WAAMM™! Communication Skills that Matter Most©©
- Me Time: Strategies for Establishing Self-care Practices & Reducing Stress©
Some of Marcie's recent clients include:
- Allstate Insurance
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- National Association for College Admission Counseling
- American Association of Diabetes Educators
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Northwestern Medicine
Marcie Stern is founder and president of Marcie Stern & Associates, a professional development business that helps busy professionals focus on what matters most and be more engaged at work and in life.
She combines her corporate background with two coaching designations to deliver evidenced-based and engaging programs. By teaching the WAAMM™ principle (What Actions & Attitudes Matter Most) and providing concrete tools and ENCORE strategies, Marcie helps audiences get focused, engaged, and in action on managing priorities, leveraging strengths, and accelerating goal achievement. Inspired by her passion and energy, Marcie's audiences are equipped to become show-stopping performers in their work and personal lives.
As a "MotivACTIONal" Speaker, Marcie ensures that her audience is motivated to take action and is armed with the tools and structure to immediately implement key insights. She does this by combining a warm and compassionate style with a kick-in-the-pants approach that creates personal accountability.
Marcie brings over two decades of progressive leadership and entrepreneurial experience as a coach and motivational speaker with special expertise in the healthcare industry. She holds a Masters in Health Services Administration from Arizona State University. She is a graduate of The Coaches Training Institute and Registered Leadership Coaching and is trained as a Corporate Athlete© facilitator. Marcie is a member of the National Speakers Association and International Coach Federation. Marcie authored the book, So Long Inner Critic, Hello Inner Champion: 25 Tips to Master Your Mindset which was endorsed by Mark Sanborn, Best-selling Author of The Fred Factor.
Marcie is a natural "show-stopper" and has given encore performances as a professional speaker. She speaks nationally to a wide variety of professional groups and associations and also conducts workshops on a vast range of topics including: Work/Life Integration, Employee Engagement, Leadership & Legacy, Energy Management, Communication Skills, Team Development, and Self-Care Practices. Marcie brings additional value as a trained facilitator for topics on Energy Management; Positive Psychology and Emotional Intelligence. Her most requested programs include:
- WAAMM™! 5 Steps to Manage Your Work/Life Priorities©
- Master Your Mindset: 3 Steps to Foster Positive Energy & Engagement at Work©
- ENCORE! 6 Secrets to Leading Show-Stopping Teams©
- Lead With Legacy and Unleash the Leader in You©
- WAAMM™! Communication Skills that Matter Most©©
- Me Time: Strategies for Establishing Self-care Practices & Reducing Stress©
Some of Marcie's recent clients include:
- Allstate Insurance
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- National Association for College Admission Counseling
- American Association of Diabetes Educators
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Northwestern Medicine
ENCORE! 6 Secrets to Leading a Show-Stopping Team©
Breathe new life into your team’s potential by putting them on stage for the performance of a lifetime! In this jam-packed keynote, Marcie Stern draws an unforgettable 6-point comparison between what is demanded of business leaders and Broadway actors. The stages may be drastically different, but how we go about engaging our people and creating "encore performances" is strikingly similar. The Broadway analogy will inspire you and your team to deliver with more...
Get Out of Your Own Way: A 5-Step Process to Turn Your Inner Critic Into Your Inner Champion©
As a leader or manager you may be your own worst enemy and critic. Consider these behaviors: you steamroll or hold back because you feel disempowered around certain people; you are burned out because of a belief that you need to work harder to stay in the game and be relevant; you contribute to your team’s dissention by tolerating poor behavior. If you believe the inner critic voice you may experience disengagement, defensiveness, ineffective delegation, or either low or inflated...
Lead with Legacy & Unleash the Leader in You©
What is your legacy as a leader? What kind of leader are you and what kind of contribution do you wish to make as a leader? How are you applying your unique strengths and passions in being the most effective leader possible? With mounting challenges on today’s leaders, it is important for them to understand what kind of leadership their organizations and teams need, the level of leadership they are currently providing, and where the gaps exist. In particular, new...
WAAMM™! 5 Steps to Managing Your Work & Life Priorities©
Are your employees constantly juggling work, family and community commitments? Do they effectively prioritize their work? Do they lack boundaries and the ability to say “no” to distractions? Over-commitments, multi-tasking, and unclear priorities keep us from feeling balanced and productive. WAAMM™ is a process for helping busy professionals focus on What Actions and...
ENCORE! 6 Secrets to Being a Show-Stopper at Work ©
Breathe new life into your career by putting yourself on stage for the performance of a lifetime! In this jam-packed program, Marcie Stern draws an unforgettable 6-point comparison between what is demanded of business professionals and Broadway actors. The stages may be drastically different, but how we go about creating "encore performances" is strikingly similar. The Broadway analogy will inspire you to work with more engagement, confidence, and impact.
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“Me” Time: Strategies for Establishing Self Care Practices©
Busy professionals, especially women, are constantly planning, questioning and doing things for others in their life while not taking the time to do the same for themselves. They tend to over-commit, multi-task, and put others’ needs ahead of their own. As a result, they feel unfocused, unfulfilled, and wondering, “What about me?” Taking care of your self – in body, mind and spirit – is far from being selfish; it is soulful. Caring for oneself is an important...

