LCG SAS Founder , Marlene González, specializes in leadership development, team effectiveness, and executive coaching. Her primary goal is to advance, develop, and promote minority leaders. She is a renowned executive coach and facilitator, passionate about training and development.Marlene is the author of the Leadership Wizard coaching series, the #1 New Release book in the Education and Leadership category. Her book series focuses on transformational leadership topics and offers easy-to-implement actions with a straight-to-the-point approach.To share her insights and resources on transformational leadership, Marlene combines Insights Discovery, the psychology of C. G. Jung, neuroscience, and her corporate career experience and professional coaching expertise. She partners with organizations to inspire and transform individuals and teams. Through studying various psychological techniques and exercises, she aims to understand what makes a leader confident, assertive, and emotionally resilient to stress.Marlene is a first-generation Venezuelan American who has held corporate executive positions in the US, Europe, and Latin America. Previously, she served as the Senior Director of Global Training, Learning, and Development for McDonald’s Corporation. Marlene holds a B.S., an Executive MBA/PAG, and a graduate diploma in managerial issues in the global enterprise from Thunderbird University.In her free time, Marlene enjoys cooking, reading, trekking, and exploring the world for new experiences with her husband, Carlos. They reside in Chicago, Illinois.

Changing the business world one brain at a timeWe are a global leader in applied neuroscience, offering innovative solutions and educational programs so that organizations and people flourish. We assess the disconnect between what research shows and what organizations do by using the latest neuroscience research. We provide interventions and education that improve organizational performance and wellbeing.

Marlene Gonzalez is the founder and the president of Life coaching group LLC. focusing on Leadership development and executive coaching. She passionately pursues one vision- "To advance, develop and promote minority leaders." She is a renowned executive coach and facilitator. She is responsible for setting strategic goals and objectives, supervising daily activities, monitoring performance, and driving business growth. She leads client-related initiatives with an emphasis on executive coaching and accelerating leadership development solutions. She provides thought leadership to ultimately inspire new products, new services and new ways of doing business. Manages client satisfaction, growth, and retention to ensure exceptional experience in all client/agency interactions.She is the author of the coaching series Leadership Wizard, "Number 1 New Release book in the Education and Leadership category". Her book series specializes in transformational leadership topics. She is passionate about sharing her insights and resources on transformational leadership through a combination of Insights Discovery, the psychology of C. G. Jung, her corporate career experience and her professional coaching expertise. She decided to study various psychological techniques and exercises to understand what makes a leader confident, assertive and emotionally resilient to stress.González held many executive level corporate positions in the US, Europe, and Latin America. She is the former Senior Director of Global Training, Learning, and Development for McDonald's Corporation. Marlene holds a BS, an Executive MBA/PAG, and a graduate diploma on managerial Issues in the global enterprise from Thunderbird University.October 2007-Present (15 years, 6 months). I lead a boutique coaching, training and consulting firm in Chicago, IL.

Rev1 is a unique investor startup studio that helps startups scale and corporates innovate. This is much more than funding. I provided business strategy, process improvement and change management advice. I helped them create community engagement programs, connections with potential clients, and the space they needed to bring their ideas to market. Set strategic goals and objectives, supervise daily activities, monitor performance and drive business growth. Lead client-related initiatives emphasizing executive coaching and accelerating leadership development solutions. Provide thought leadership to inspire new products, services and ways of doing business. Manage clients’ satisfaction, growth and retention and ensure exceptional experience in all client/firm interactions.Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures

Lead the design, development, global implementation, and instructional strategies for learning technologies.Set academic teaching quality standards for global Hamburger Universities, including curricula, training delivery executive development.Led 25 employees to encourage maximum performance and dedication; instructional designers, professors, translators, and operational experts. Develop learning management systems and eLearning technology to ensure the application of adult learning principles. Establish high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency globally. Foster a culture and framework of innovation and excellence. Managed, developed, implemented, and evaluated the global training and departmental learning budget.Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures.Set comprehensive goals for performance and growthOversee operations, budget and execution of strategiesEvaluate performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metricsWrite and submit reports and conduct presentations to the C.E.O., COO, VPs and global partners.Manage relationships with partners/vendors.

Managed overall business functions, training heads of departments, managed budgets, developed strategic plans, created policies, and communicated business goals. Drove operational improvement and change management strategies and customer satisfaction and customer experience—strategic thought partner in developing people, improving employee satisfaction and creating a better organizational culture. Played a critical role in the refinement, design and integration of organization-wide, cross-team systems and processes to ensure alignment and increased operational efficiency. Lead the operationalization of the strategic plan with a human-centered focus.