Marietta is a seasoned coach and guide for people looking to live the life they aspire to. She is inspired to share the beauty of living in alignment with what we care about. She has a fascination for the human condition and our potential to adapt, change, and grow. This often is a spiritual journey […]

Marietta Vis has over 30 years’ experience in the field of learning, leadership, and organizational development. After her masters in Psychology, she held different roles in the fields of change, development, and transformational learning while working and teaching for universities and consulting for national government.
She now runs a private practice as a heartfelt Executive Leadership coach and facilitator of transformational embodied learning. Her presence is deep and inviting and communicates trust for leaders willing to grow and step into their authentic version of executive presence.
Her clients come from many different fields, backgrounds, cultures and countries. Because she coaches the person, not the problem she has become quite fluent in understanding the essence of issues that her clients bring from such different backgrounds and industries.
Her specialty in executive coaching is Embodied Leadership. As an ICF PCC certified coach, she is a Master Somatic Coach through the Strozzi Institute and an Executive Leadership Coach through the Institute for Transformational Learning at Georgetown University, both in the USA.
From a belief in our interconnectedness, she especially loves to work with leaders and organizations that have a mission to take better care of the planet and its people. Whether working with executive leaders directly or cohorts of women leaders who are longing to live the life they aspire to, she makes an impact with her deep presence and invites vulnerability and discovery in a safe space.
As a global citizen, she moved from Amsterdam to Washington D.C. and now to Johannesburg, and she has experienced the value of cultural literacy in building a successful coaching business. Moving around the world also creates an opportunity for self-development in meeting yourself in a completely new context.

Marietta has led a team of professionals in a corporate Academy, delivering state of the art Leadership Development programs. She has designed and delivered cutting edge leadership programs for top leadership in government. She enjoys taking the time to diagnose in collaboration with teams what get in their way to be at their best. Often what gets in the way of team effectiveness is in the domain of clear communication, collaboration, emotional intelligence, dealing with difficult conversations, setting boundaries and making requests.

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” —Mary Oliver.