Mary Gardner
Executive Communication Strategist | Helping Leaders Speak with Clarity, Confidence, and Influence | Corporate Training & Leadership Development
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Inspirational Speakers Academy
- Location
- Orlando, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mary Gardner
I work with CEOs, senior executives, public leaders, and high-visibility teams operating in environments where decisions, messaging, and perception carry real consequence.I am brought in when influence is expanding, boards are watching closely, trust is at stake, or leadership must evolve alongside the organization. This often includes moments of reinvention, succession, crisis, or heightened public scrutiny.My role is to listen without intimidation, diagnose without ego, and guide leaders with precision, discretion, and clarity.This is not performance coaching. My work is informed by decades at the highest levels of business, media, finance, politics, and elite performance.I have worked on Capitol Hill, with Wall Street firms including Goldman Sachs, as a celebrity agent and publicist handling high-profile reputations, and alongside Olympians, Hall of Famers, NFL players, and senior public officials.I understand pressure.I understand power dynamics.I understand how reputations are built and lost in moments. I serve as a to leaders and executive teams to uncover blind spots before they become liabilities, align executive presence with authority and vision, prepare for board interactions and high-stakes visibility, strengthen leadership communication across organizations, and guide reinvention, succession, or transition beyond the CEO role.Whether a leader needs to command a room, deliver a defining message, stabilize trust during change, attract capital or talent, or reposition for their next chapter, I partner with them strategically and confidentially. I work privately, discreetly, and collaboratively.Engagements may include executive advisory, reputation and influence strategy, leadership communication alignment, visibility and messaging architecture, and preparation for critical public moments.PR, storytelling, and visibility are tools, not the product.The product is.If your role, reputation, or organization requires senior-level strategic partnership, not coaching, we should talk.https://go.marygardner.com/application-pagePrivate advisory conversations by referral or
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Inspirational Speakers Academy
Jan 2015 — Present · Orlando, FL, US
Education
Auburn University
Bachelor of Arts, Communications and Political Science
Skills
- Business Performance Coaching
- Experienced Speaker
- Blogging
- Inspiring People
- Leadership Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Communications
- Media Skills Training
- Leadership
- Training
- New Business Development
- Social Marketing
- Social Networking
- Team Building
- Corporate Communications
- Public Speaking
- Business Networking
- Presentation Coaching
- Transformational Life Coaching
- Social Media Marketing
- Job Coaching
- Marketing Communications
- Social Media
- Holistic Life Coaching
- Personal Branding
- Speech Writing
- Speaker Placement
- Managing Media Relations
- Motivational Speaking
- Strategic Planning
- Radio Spokesperson
- Executive Coaching
- Executive Team Coaching
- Career Development Coaching
- Key Message Development
- Problem Solving
- Business Coaching
- Marketing
- Selling
- Dynamic Speaker
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