Mariana Marcano Franco
Mariana is passionate about empowering individuals and organisations to unlock their full potential and achieve greater fulfilment and productivity in the workplace. She aims to help people thrive in today’s dynamic environment by fostering continuous learning and development, ultimately leading to sustainable growth and long-term success.
A certified organisational coach by the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL), Hogan-certified in personality assessments and a life coach certified by Robbins Madanes Life Coaching Training, Mariana also holds a Master of Business Management. With extensive experience across the private, not-for-profit, and public sectors in Australia and LATAM, Mariana has worked as a consultant, bringing a global perspective to her approach.
Whether coaching leaders and teams, facilitating business workshops, or delivering sessions on leadership skills, Mariana brings passion and insight to every interaction. Her areas of expertise include building high-performance and collaborative teams, extracting lessons learned from projects to inform future visions, managing change and conflict, effective communication, fostering creativity and innovative thinking, and strategic business planning.
Mariana is fluent in English and Spanish.
‘Mariana is persuasive, has excellent skills and experience and a quiet and respectful manner that enables her to provide robust, professional advice in a palatable way.’
"Thank you for your amazing guidance. You've encouraged me to overcome my fears more often. Doing it in a safe space was also very helpful."
“Mariana's great energy and emotional intelligence to ask the right questions guided me to the core answers.”
“Mariana's empathy and questioning skills were crucial in providing clarity and a sense of progress at the end of each session, even when I felt mentally overwhelmed.”
“Mariana is great at listening and guiding people to find the answers we have in our minds and hearts. She is very patient and follows up consistently to ensure you stay on track and achieve your goals. She creates bonds of empathy in her sessions. I recommend her 100%!!! Thank you, Mariana.”
Areas of Expertise
Career transition and skill transfer (interview role play)
Strengths, personality and core motivators
Communication mastery
Emotional intelligence and self-awareness
Influencing and managing change
Impostor syndrome and self-confidence
Difficult conversations management
Career development
Performance enhancement
Change management
Conflict resolution
Strategic business planning