Marion Adamson
Marion Adamson has 20 years of experience working in the fields of people development, including facilitation, leadership coaching, and training, both locally and internationally.
Marion’s coaching philosophy centres on subtle yet powerful interventions. She understands that leaders inundated by daily tasks often lose sight of their most impactful tools: presence, connection, and intentional micro-interactions. By emphasising small, strategic nudges and fostering deeper organisational awareness, she helps leaders reimagine uncertainty not as a threat but as an invitation to innovation.
Behind her professional approach is a deeply human understanding: that organisations thrive not through rigid control, but through wisdom, empathy, and the courage to embrace complexity. Marion doesn’t just coach leaders—she accompanies them on a journey of discovering their most authentic and impactful selves.
Marion coaches clients both on an individual basis and when working with teams, utilising her process design and facilitation expertise to create conditions conducive to knowledge sharing, engagement, and co-creation, thereby harnessing the collective expertise available in the room.
Credentials
- Diploma in Practitioner Coaching (life and business)– The Coaching Centre, 2005.
- Neurozone® Advanced Coach – Neurozone, 2022
- Persolog® Personality Profile Trainer (Personal Mastery and Leadership Mastery Profile)
- Professional Certified Coach (PCD) with International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- Senior Credentialed Coach Practitioner (CSP) with COMENSA
- Member of International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
Specialisation
- Developing leadership presence
- Building collaborations within teams and across stakeholder groups
- Navigating career pivots, change and transitions;
- Well-being, resilience and work-life balance
Chidi King, Chief, Gender Equality Diversity and Inclusion Branch, International Labour Organization, Development Sector. –
Our sessions have been extremely valuable in helping me to approach my stated goals of managing and navigating change and multiple transitions in a high pressure and unfamiliar environment, enhancing my assertiveness and self-confidence in m y decision-making and honing my leadership skills. Ms Adamson has been a patient, thoughtful and insightful coach. It has been a very positive and enabling experience.
Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, Research Sector –
Marion asked the right probing questions to make me dive deeper into our various topics so that I would be more explicit about my self-awareness and then explore the implications for my practice as a manager.
croc E moses, Poet and musician, Cultural and Creative Industries Sector –
Marion is an intent and expert listener. The work I did with her followed a natural unforced process. Always with focus. The results surprised me. It felt like teamwork!