ABOUT MARY

Dr. Mary Barnes has devoted much of her life to setting organizations, their leadership, and their employees up for success. As a seasoned executive and change agent with 20+ years of experience across commercial, local, and federal government organizations.

Mary brings a deep knowledge of organizational dynamics, change management, and strategy development from both a practical and academic perspective. As CEO and founder of Evolve Your Performance, Mary helps CEOs and senior executives make sense of and improve their organizational culture and performance, specializing in the design and execution of large-scale transformation initiatives. She has a proven track record of getting the desired results and moving the organization forward. Mary’s most recent book, The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers, is used to teach change management in universities all over the world.

ABOUT EVOLVE

Evolve believes in a people-centric approach and that people are the key to solving problems and accelerating success. We provide a full suite of management consulting services focusing on people-centered design principles.

We know there are so many organizations dealing with the white water of change in today’s world – from forces both internal and external to the organization. Our goal is to support and enable as much transformation as possible by calming the chaos, ensuring alignment, and setting employees up for success… helping organizations effortlessly grow and profit as a result.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

“Mary sits at the intersection of strategy, change management and impact. I worked directly with Mary for more than five years as I watched her grow and mature organizational workforces. She has a devout following, passion for all things workforce transformation, and an eye for making lasting/impactful improvements to organizations. She is not afraid to tackle even the biggest of challenges, and doesn’t shy away from fighting the good fight.” – TJ Londagin, CEO and Founder

“I highly recommend Mary for any business or organizational transformation change involving human beings. Working with her and following her executive leadership program has brought significant return on expectation and investment to the Government of Canada. She has a unique ability to work with people they way that helps them best evolve. Coaching and mentoring from her enable myself and my team to deliver actionable solutions aligned with our organization’s priorities. Her coaching was fundamental in my leadership skills and knowledge evolution. Mary can deliver and support teams delivering innovative, meaningful, aligned results and solutions.” – Lisa Wong, Senior Program Manager

“Mary is a phenomenal leader, coach and mentor. She takes time to listen to your concerns, while helping you to learn and progress as a leader. I worked for Mary as part of a one year full-time Executive Acquisition Leadership (EALP) at GSA. Quite frankly, that was the best leadership training I’ve ever had hands down. Mary’s guidance and insights have been instrumental in changing the way that I think, do business, and relate to others. If you want to affect transformational change(s) in your organization, Mary is the right person for the job and I highly recommend her!” – Dion Duarte, Fourth Party Logistics

“Before you came, we hardly ever used the Conference rooms; we just didn’t collaborate that much. Now we have a hard time finding a free one because we’re always in there collaborating. We’re also following through on defining roles, which has helped build stronger teams. We’ve had other outside contractors who do this for a living come in and do this. They didn’t get to the heart of the matter like you did. We didn’t see as much of a change after they left like we did after you left. I’m really looking forward to having you come back next year to help us keep getting better.” – John Stamper, Division Director

“Mary was critical to helping me achieve some personal and professional goals. She served as a key sounding board as I worked to mature my office’s strategic planning, communications and human capital capabilities. She helped me identify resources to get initiatives off the ground. Most importantly, she was always incredibly encouraging, confident in my ability for success and her coaching helped me identify future professional paths. Despite her many competing priorities, she spent a significant amount of time giving me feedback on the application for a job I had wanted for many years, which I incorporated and am confident helped me secure the position. I’ve also witnessed her facilitation and leadership skills first hand, and have often learned from her. She is a great person to partner with!” – Jennifer Himes, Director of Program Management

“Working with Mary is like talking to a lifelong friend you just met. Her easy style makes the conversation just flow and before long you are having a deep, insightful conversation about goals you didn’t realize you had. Her inquisitive nature lets her easily ask probing questions about the past and present that serve as guideposts for contemplation about future opportunities. In the end, you just want Mary to be your friend, mentor, and counselor because everyone needs her kind of magic in their life.” – Michael Elkin, COO

LEARN MORE

If you would like to see an overview of Evolve’s capabilities and some examples of past projects, click here.

If you are interested in talking with Mary directly to see how she might be able to support you and/or your organization, you can book time with her at https://TimeWithMary.com.