success stories

Workshops

Coaching

Keynotes

Duke NUS, Premaraj Jeyaraj

Director Transplant Centre

“She was an amazing speaker and conducted the whole retreat, which to put it simply, was incredibly amazing. It is the unanimous opinion of all doctors, nurses, dieticians that she single handedly made this retreat an overwhelming success. Marianna has the ability to distill complex issues that we discussed plaguing us engage us with activities to overcome these obstacles that have troubled us.”

HP, Jason Anthony

Customer Assurance and Service Strategy

“I asked Marianna to facilitate a virtual workshop around communication, collaboration and understanding needs and perspectives. Marianna executed perfectly with real-life examples and anecdotes, getting everyone to participate and have fun. She put the key objectives of the training across simply and in a way that made it easy for us to apply going forward!”

UOB, Koo Phaik Jin

Head of Talent & Organization Development Human Resources

“Marianna is the consummate professional in designing and delivering the right program for her audience.  She takes great care to understand the needs, explore solutions and deliver great results. She has a genuine commitment to help others grow in their capacity to present well.  She demonstrates that through very personal and engaging post-training follow-ups with her participants.  Marianna sets a high standard in her work and is always open to experimenting to set the bar even higher.”

L'Oreal, Hema Majumder

HOD Learning

“Marianna brings a lot of passion and finesse to her craft as facilitator. It is evident that she loves what she does and has great attention to detail with regard to participant experience and learning. Our participants loved their interactions with her and left much more confident in their ability to present and speak to their audiences. Keep up the great work!”

Platts McGraw Hill Financial, Vandana Hari

Head of HR

“Marianna delivered on all our expectations, and then some! She is clearly a master in her craft, which combined with her meticulous preparation, constant fine-tuning along the way and a very warm personality, ensured the trainees stayed fully focused and engaged through the workshop. The very interactive style of the workshop and the individual attention Marianna gave each of the trainees made it interesting and instructive.  I was very impressed.”

Allianz, Carmen Chan

Learning and Development Executive

“’I would like to take this opportunity to recommend Marianna who ran training titled “Communicating to Influence” for Allianz. Her training style, coupled with her constant flow of uplifting energy, is just inspirational. Every participant walked out of the room feeling encouraged because Marianna made it applicable and achievable for people of all functions and job roles.”

Johnson & Johnson, Elvira Sabitova

Global Senior Manager

“Exceeded expectations and proved to be incredibly impactful, practical and engaging. 100% of participants found it relevant and helpful. Before the training only 50% felt confident in clear communication, post training, it soared to 100%! Highly recommend!”

Anglo American, Hwee Bin Tan

Head of Talent and Learning

“Marianna works with several of our senior leaders in their presentations and facilitates programs for our staff. Marianna is very professional and has made a positive difference in the communication skills of many our staff across the globe. We recommend her highly!”

Microsoft, Melissa Libhart

Business Applications Sales Leader- US State & Local Government

“Marianna delivered The Audience Journey for our senior sales and technical team. The session was excellent. Her methodology is different from anything we have done before and her Audience Journey methodology was highly practical and relevant. She also customized it so that our team could apply the learning immediately. Everyone gave it very positive feedback” , Business Applications Sales Leader- US State & Local Government

INTEL, Rob Milstrey

Senior Principal Engineer

“We ran a survey in 2021 (prior to our engagement with Marianna) and again in 2022 (subsequent to our engagement with Marianna). The survey showed a 7-10 point improvement in psychological safety scores across the employee base. A 7-10 point improvement is spectacular! That improvement is directly attributable to Marianna’s training.”

Advantest, Tuck Choon Lui

Consulting Director

“Over the past few years, we partnered with Ms Marianna Pascal to deliver communications workshops for our colleagues in the region. Marianna improved communication across our teams, in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines, achieving 98% satisfaction.”

Intel, Kathy Sing Yee Sim

Senior Project Development Manager

“Marianna gave us a totally new way of looking at the way we get buy-in from others, and it gave our employees a very actionable framework. She also made it highly engaging with case studies and real-world examples. This workshop has received NPS score of 89 from participants, which is the highest score so far in comparison with other workshops WIN organized. Highly, highly recommend.”

Pharmaniaga, Roshada Daud

Head of Training and Development

“Marianna’s workshops have produced strong results in several areas. In post-training surveys, managers have seen that they contribute more in meetings, are more proactive when speaking with superiors and customers, and some have been given leadership roles as a result.”

Cameron Oil, Alan Tan

Learning & Development Specialist

“The workshop conducted by Marianna was excellent! The workshop was very lively and interesting. She is able to engage the participants very well and make them willingly to learn!”

Chung Cheng High School, Amos Goh

School Staff Developer

“This is a note to express our thanks for the session conducted by Marianna. Not only was it engaging, the workshop was indeed meaningful. Without a shadow of doubt, what transpired today will go a long way in positively shaping the culture in our school.”

University of Malaysia, Amrah bt Yahya

Manager Student Employment

“Marianna conducted programmes for our undergraduates for two consecutive years. Excellent feedback was received due to her vibrant personality and highly interactive mode of workshop delivery.  She has improved the employability rates of UM students.”

Amazon, Alessia Capocasale

Program Manager

“She opened up space for sharing and connection between us – challenging in remote work time.”

Siegwerk, Siti Hawa

Head of HR

“The training was lively, entertaining and produced long-lasting results. Marianna is full of energy and able to get all participants completely engaged throughout the whole program”

Societe Generale, Olivia Chen

Managing Director, Head of Distribution Sales

“…an exceptional woman and coach. She has the capacity to put clarity and give the tools to organise our minds!”

Red Hat, Sara Kelly

People Team

“An incredible coach, delivering next-to-immediate results.”

Conscious Culture, Joanna Barclay

Expert on Corporate Culture Change, Author

“WOW!!! What an amazing Speaking Coach Marianna is. Marianna made incredible suggestions which improved the talk. What incredible value she provides.”

Flow Leadership Consultancy, Dalia Feldheim

Organisational Psychologist, Founder

“She helped me evolve from Good to Great with ratings consistently above 9.5/10- can’t recommend her enough!”

International Keynote Speaker

Author, International Keynote Speaker and Advisor

“The next time I delivered the keynote it was far more succinct and engaging. She went way beyond what I had expected.”

Anglo American, Lina Arbelaez

Venture Capital in ClimateTech

“It was a valuable journey thru the power of simplicity, visualisation, conveying emotions. Mariana was committed to my success and put lots of personal effort to help shape the results.”

Mehrish, Mehrish

Executive and Team Coach, Global Speaker, Author

“Marianna elevated my existing keynote to another level. She is a phenomenal story teller and a master of her craft!”

Coach for CEO & Business Owners, Ronawati Wongso

Business Consultant

“She spent the time to dig deeper and to get to know my expertise to help her see where I come from and how she could highlight and spotlight my expertise in a way not in “telling” mode but more on “show don’t tell” mode. Some of Marianna’s findings were eye-opening for me!”

Leadership Keynote Speaker

Middle Manager

“Marianna’s ability to provide an audience perspective AND expert guidance with speechwriting means I now have a powerful message that will inspire my audience.”

Organisational Culture Consultant

International Delightful Experience

“Marianna Pascal is probably one of the best speaking coaches in the world!”

Anglo American, Hyaline Jiang

Head of Commercial Strategy

“Marianna taught me speech skills, shared tips to write speaker notes and spent time with me to exercise. I felt comfortable with her suggestions and sometime challenges. And we have trust btw us so that I was also comfortable with her constructive feedback.

EGN

Co-Founder & MD

“Over the sessions I saw real improvement in my talk. Marianna is very hands on with highly structured coaching sessions. She gave me lots of feedback and confidence along the way. I was very pleased with the outcome”

Imageworks Associate Director, Cindy Tien

Emotional Resilience Speaker

“Marianna has a gift for creation and a true ability to elicit an authentic message!”

THE DIFFERENCE PROJECT, Jeff Schwisow

Host of THE DIFFERENCE PROJECT Helping businesses 'make strategy'

“The best talk of the whole event…by far! …Brilliant!”

Amazon Luxembourg , Alessia Capocasale

Program Manager

“I would recommend Marianna for the added value she can share with you in just one hour!”

Advisor, Robert Allender

Corporate energy affairs advisor

“It’s hard to stand out amongst two days of top professional speakers but her speech was a highlight of the event.”

Astro, Suhaimi Sulaiman

CEO

“I was glued to my seat and enjoyed your presentation. Brilliant.”

CSP Teamocracy, Lindsay Adams

CEO

“She literally blew me away with her keynote presentation! The way she weaved in humour among the facts was masterful.”

Asia's Premier Peer Network for C-Suite Executives & Entrepreneurs, Dona Amelia

Co-Founder of EGN

“The feedback was some of the best we’ve ever received for an event. Many commented that her session was ‘transformational.’”

Solaire Resort and Casino, GP Gianpietro

Senior Vice President hotel Operations

“Marianna’s keynote was ideal for us as a new entity needing our people to start strong, collaborate well, and move forward in the same direction.”

Microsoft, US State & Local Government, Melissa Libhart

Business Sales Leader

“Her methodology is different from anything we have done before – highly practical and relevant.”

Hindustan Coca Cola, Guarav Sharma

Chief People Officer

“Marianna is an engaging, inspiring & compelling speaker and involved the whole audience in making learning relevant and interactive. The audience walked away with clear ideas to put psychological safety into practice!”

University of Dallas, Texas, May Ling

Professor

“Ms. Pascal is a master of her craft and an electrifying spokesperson as well.”

Global, Brenda Bence

Global Keynote Speaker

“… absolutely brilliant. …a powerful, transformative experience that I believe would appeal to any speaker or executive.”

Grand Master of Memory, Nishant Kasibhatla

Guiness Record Holder

“Marianna simply rocked the house! Her speech was well organised, to the point, engaging, humorous and was so mesmerising.”

Dr Sarah Whyte

Helping people in high-pressure environments to improve performance

“What an amazing session! Marianna totally flipped my mindset.”

Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages, Juan Pablo Rodriguez Trovato

CEO

“Marianna inspired the team with great stories and examples. As a result of her keynote, our leaders have ideas and tools they can put into practice.”

The Brand Theatre, Jerome Joseph

CEO

“She is one of the best female speakers I have seen on the stage in Asia. Her delivery, eleqounce and stagemanship is brilliant.”

IYF Jamaica, Noel Esty

Senior Manager

“Her approach is focused on natural application and real life scenarios. It was impactful, engaging and fun – Amazing!”

Digital Co-Ventures, Bentley, Jakub Wachocki

Jakub Wachocki

“Marianna has provided clarity!”

Zonin1821, Kasi Kocjancic

Asia Pacific Director

“I am now able to inspire others and motivate my audience to act more easily.”

Anwar Jumabhoy

Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei at 21CC Education

“I’ve just attended Marianna’s session and it was so thought- evoking I actually could not sleep!”

GLP Perpetual Fund. Toyoyuki Ushioda

🇸🇬SVP

“Marianna took us on an insightful journey into a way of thinking about presentations I had never considered.”

Maldives Association of Human Resource Professionals, Afeef Hussain

President

“I received several compliments from our attendees, including prominent leaders who observed her speech and found it impactful, with incredible energy. Engaging audience content and the audience was in awe of her presence and contribution.”

Global Speaking Fellow, Fredrik Haren

CSP

“Marianna is one of my favorite speakers in the world. She is a born storyteller who is passionate about both her topics and her audience.”

Chung Cheng High School, Singapore, Mr Amos Goh

School Staff Developer

“Not only was her keynote engaging, but indeed meaningful. Without a shadow of doubt, what transpired today will go a long way in positively shaping the culture in our school.

Murphy Oil Corporation, Andrey Embing

Associate

“Really applicable to day to day working life. Clear and simple. Easy to understand.”

New York, Thomas Yang

Entrepreneur/investor

“Marianna was able to captivate her audience and effectively deliver the material.”

Sandelyn Lua

Republic Polytechnic

“Marianna presented the content in a very lively and interesting manner -engaging, animated and knowledgeable.”

at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Haripriya Elumalai

University of Illinois

“I can only say that probably the only reason I was able to reach out to the students in Mexico was because of the presentation style that you taught us about.”

Mapletree Investments, Toyoyuki Ushioda

SVP Group FP&A

“In the first 3 minutes or so, she got all my attentions immediately. Marianna took us on an insightful journey into a way of thinking about presentations I had never considered.”

Oregon Tool | Nordics, UK & IreIand, Kasi Kocjancic

Senior Sales Director

“Her methodology was truly eye-opening.”

Corporate boards and C-suites, Robert Allender

Advisor

“It’s hard to stand out amongst two days of top professional speakers but her speech was a highlight of the event. She’s brilliant at crafting and delivering a speech that engages the audience from start to finish. “