Mel Interviews Marianna Lead

Mel Interviews Marianna Lead

From #100MasterCoaches with Mel Leow, MCC by Mel Leow

September 23, 2025 · 50 min · Episode 92

About this episode

Mel interviews Marianna Lead, a pioneering coach and educator in the coaching industry.

Welcome to the 92nd Episode of the #100MasterCoaches Show. In this episode, Mel interviews Marianna Lead, MCC. After joining the coaching industry in 2002, Marianna was twice elected President of the ICF-NYC Chapter and taught and/or designed numerous courses at New York University, including teaching coaching courses at the Master's Degree level. As the first Life / Career Coach to be featured at the Smithsonian Institution, she has been a pioneering voice for tapping the power of imagery, imagination, intuition, and emotion in coaching—and helped raise the public’s awareness of coaching as the creator/host of “Life Coach TV” (a primetime show on Manhattan Cable TV) and “Life Coach Radio.” In 2008, Marianna became a Master Certified Coach (MCC), continued to serve as an ICF Credentialing Portfolio Assessor, and founded an online coaching school, Goal Imagery® Coaching Academy. Marianna's Holistic Life, Career & Executive Coach Training™ program is currently taught online in six different languages, and her alumni span 90+ countries. Her mission was—and remains—to offer truly holistic, comprehensive, and affordable coach training—to help her students become coaches that people…

People in this episode

Host: Mel Leow

Guest: Marianna Lead

Topics covered

  • coaching
  • career development
  • education
  • self-improvement
  • leadership

Keywords

  • coaching
  • MCC
  • ICF
  • career coach
  • imagery
  • emotional intelligence
  • training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICF-NYC Chapter, New York University, Smithsonian Institution, FEMA, EY, American Airlines, Goal Imagery® Coaching Academy, ICF Coach Mentors

Books & works: Me, My Brand and WHY

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