Marlene is a speaker, author and communication consultant who works with high level professionals who want to increase personal performance and break through the obstacles keeping them from living a life of passion and purpose. Marlene says, “Everyone has drama and drama manifests in various ways. Marlene’s signature process is known as “The Stop Your Drama” Methodology, a system to help companies and individuals align with purpose to achieve higher levels of success both personally and professionally.
Drama Manifests as Turnover, Negativity, Low Confidence
On the personal level drama can manifest as loss of purpose, low self-confidence, relationship conflict, and anxiety about the future. In your company or your professional life drama shows up as turnover, office gossip and low morale. All of these manifestations are obstacles to peace and prosperity.”
Drama is the leak in the boat, the rock you get stuck on,
the fog that adds to your confusion. Drama is what happens
in the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
There is Always Turbulence before Transformation
Right before a big change, whether the change is personal, professional or corporate, there will be chaos, or turbulence. This is a “sign” that shifts are taking place. Marlene Chism makes many distinctions between”The” drama versus “Your” drama. The Drama happens. Your drama is your reaction to what happens.
Marlene Chism understands the turbulent journey of reinvention. For over 21 years Marlene worked in manufacturing on the bottom rung of the production lines in general labor and blue collar work, simply going through the motions, and as she says, “rotating every hour to the next position.”
During the search for meaning in her work, Marlene experienced a transformation that lead to her life’s work as an author, speaker and consultant.
Marlene’s core values of personal development, education, and innovation motivated Marlene to return to college to obtain a communications degree from Drury University and a Master’s in development from Webster University. Marlene believes learning and development is a lifelong process and she continues her development by reading, attending national meetings and by interviewing other transformational visionaries so she can transfer this knowledge to her clients and audiences across the country.
Life is a Journey of Reinvention
Since her journey of reinvention, Marlene has been consumed with learning everything available about personal growth, how the brain works, the connection between mind, body and spirit and how to apply this information to life and to business. In addition she has authored a book sharing her reinvention journey, entitled, Success is a Given: Reading the Signs While Reinventing Your Life.
Marlene is gifted at taking intellectual concepts like the Karpman Drama Triangle, The Fulcrum Point of Change The Grid, The Energy Scale, and the LABOR principles and turning them into practical layman’s terms that are applicable with your employees, your spouse and your kids, improving both your personal and professional life.
Today, Marlene is a dynamic story-teller, and an energetic presenter with a heart and mind for reaching her audiences, whether hundreds of corporate executives or one person seeking a life change. Marlene’s message “cuts to the chase” freeing her clients to unlock their greatest gifts and potential.
She has shared her processes and programs with companies like NASA and McDonalds, offering down-to-earth, practical methods to help business owners, entrepreneurs and private practice professionals maximize their success, increase productivity an improve teamwork and personal performance. She has also appeared in radio and syndicated print, with a gift for delivering her message via any medium.
Marlene has been instrumental helping many individuals and companies, align with purpose to achieve their goals.
Marlene’s newest book, Stop Workplace Drama (Wiley 2011) was written to help managers and leaders identify and stop the personal drama and workplace drama that hampers personal effectiveness and productivity.
