Her Story
About Marsha
Marsha Coleman serves as the executive director or lead consultant at MWC Consulting, LLC, based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. For 15 years, she has provided organizational development consulting focused on leadership development, coaching, facilitation, and the study of robust organizational cultures. Her expertise includes conducting the When Cultures Meet workshop as a master trainer, where she certifies others and collaborates internationally. Coleman earned an MBA and completed a master's program in organizational development at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she also taught for about 10 years. She is certified in Myers-Briggs, DISC, cultural assessments, 360 assessments, and Hogan tools. She maintains memberships in Leading Age, the Power and Systems community, the Philadelphia Regional Organizational Development Network (PRODN), and Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Additionally, she serves as a board member of Positive Music for Positive Minds and participates in the Scholarship Committee and food ministry at Salem Baptist Church. Coleman attributes her success to a lifelong commitment to learning and embracing new ideas as an early adopter.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Marsha
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think because I'm always learning, I'm never even, you know, I'm always open to learn and open to hear new ideas, and I think that helps to evolve who I am and what I do. I'm pretty much an early adopter of things, so I probably was on Zoom before everybody else, and telling everybody, we really need to have Zoom accounts, and then it came, everybody got it, and embracing, with a lot of other people, AI, and I'm wanting to learn and to see how it can help us do more. So I think the fact that I'm open to learn has helped me.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
It was coaching from someone, and they asked me a question what do I want? What do I want? And because sometimes we listen to people outside of ourselves, and we don't listen to our own inner voice, and so by asking just that question, I continue to ask myself, what do I want? What do I want? So sort of more a question that helps We need to determine, and that kind of just Hung there for me, so whenever anything comes up I can think about it, and Say, do I really? Is that something I really want?
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I think it's The two things I would put together to really think about what they really want to utilize the differences that they have, and to embrace them, and use them as their strengths. And Try to take everything personal, because Sometimes it's not about them, but it's about the system they're in, and where people are in the system, and it doesn't have Sometimes it doesn't have to do with them.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I think, trusting trust, so I have right in front of me, and I'm a Christian, so I have in front of me, trust in the Lord with all your heart, but I think also just trusting in the process, and trusting in whatever's opening up. So Right, trusting, having faith in people that I work with. And then myself.
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