I’m very happy with the coaching that Maris has brought to my team and enthusiastically recommend him. He is a natural coach and brings his experience as a management consultant to his coaching relationships. I especially appreciate his ability to speak the language of technology organizations.

-- Alex Betancur, GM, PublishersClearingHouse.com

I enjoyed being coached by Maris and highly recommend him. He helped me develop and focus on specific goals. He helped me understand my team's point of view on my management style, strengths and weaknesses. My management scores improved with my team after Maris completed his coaching with me. The results from the coaching have been very positive.

-- Bob Viscovich, Sr. VP Online Technology, RedcatsUSA

When I started working with Maris, our initial coaching goal was to develop my life plan.  After the first session, it became clear that we need to focus further on the career aspects of my life.  Over the course of the coaching sessions, we were able to validate some of my original career goals through visioning and prioritization exercises. We then moved quickly to see what actions I needed to take in the short term to put me on the right path toward goal achievement.  I would recommend Maris's coaching to anyone who is in a rut in their job, who is looking for something more or who just needs some direction in their life.  Overall, Maris is an outstanding coach. 

-- Lisa Schmidt, Global Strategist, IBM Wireless Broadband & Sensing Solutions

After selling a small business that I had built over five years, I had been spending a lot of time trying to figure out what I wanted to do next. I have experienced the pros and cons of working at big corporations and smaller, more entrepreneurial companies. After a few marginal experiences in the past, I was not pre-disposed to working with a “coach” but I recognized that I was treading water in my career planning.

As a well-rounded and knowledgeable coach, Maris has proved to be a real asset. He was able to focus my thinking, play-back comments on what was important to me and facilitate my progress in defining the right career path for me.

I’m looking to start a new business and am excited about next steps.  I look forward to touching bases with Maris as I go forward. I would recommend Maris to anyone who’s looking to better understand where they are and where they want to go, all in the context of what’s really important to them in life. He will make a meaningful difference in the quality of the decisions made.  

-- Stuart Schantz, Entrepreneur

I was out of work for over a month and planning to start my job search campaign in earnest. In my second session with Maris, he helped me to put into perspective the urgency to get started NOW!

Maris really kept in touch with what was going on with me and was genuinely interested in coaching me through my decisions. He feedback was candid, but never harsh, and even when I felt like I ‘failed’ he helped me to stop the fretting and get back to business. --- Looking back, the biggest win of our relationship was when we set the goal. I thought finding a six-figure job in less than two months was almost too nonsensical to even mention. Without my coach I would never have shot for the stars. Maris coached me through my job search tactical plan, and in just over two months I had the offer in hand!

-- Carolyn Dennis, Director of Operations, MNA Creative