Mara B. Vernon is a certified leadership coach, facilitator, and consultant who has spent more than 20 years in leadership and development roles in corporate and higher education industries. Her roles ranged from director of training, to director of operations, to director of career & alumni services, to leadership coach. She is passionate about empowering others to consciously live the lives they desire.Mara launched Ripp Leadership LLC, which embodies her life purpose, to radiantly illuminate passionate possibilities, in 2013.Mara is certified in emotional intelligence, is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through The Coaches Training Institute and a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF) with more than 2,500 hours of coaching. She is a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, a highly experiential methodology based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown including curriculum for both The Daring Way™ and Rising Strong. Mara is also a Strengths Mentor and Advisor through Gallup, and a What Motivates Me Certified Consultant through The Culture Works.Mara is also an authorized partner and certified facilitator for DiSC, a behavioral assessment designed to increase communication and relational effectiveness, and an authorized partner and certified facilitator for The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. Mara holds a master’s in communication studies from UNLV where she taught interpersonal communication and speech , a bachelor’s in journalism from Northern Arizona University (Go Lumberjacks) where she taught photography and photojournalism, and trained in coaching and leadership through the Coaches Training Institute.Mara is active in her community through recreation and volunteerism with Colorado Young Leaders where she is a Board Member, The Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson’s where she is a member of the Victory Crew, and Habitat for Humanity where she spent years training other volunteers in coaching skills and where she’s built locally and internationally in Guatemala. Mara is always looking for opportunities to leverage her talents with organizations to make a difference in the world.
"I co-led a hiring panel that unanimously selected Mara for a large, lengthy and in-depth RFP. Mara contracted with my organization to design and facilitate a transformative workshop series on many different topics. She exceeded our expectations over the course of 7 months and continues to inspire us."
"Mara brings a fantastic style and depth of knowledge to work she does with groups and individuals...Leaders in our organization expressed that working with Mara, both in teams and as a coach, gave them additional confidence, skills, and leverage to effectively run their organizations."
Mara utilizes the original and research-backed Everything DiSC behavioral profiles to coach and lead group workshops with the goal of improving communication, teamwork, and effectiveness.Everything DiSC® profiles use the third-generation of the DiSC®assessment—a research-validated learning model—to create a highly personalized learner experience. Each profile is topic-specific, with in-depth information, including tips, strategies, and action plans to help learners become more effective.DiSC profiles help you and your team:Increase your self-knowledge: how you respond to conflict, what motivates you, what causes you stress and how you solve problemsLearn how to adapt your own style to get along better with othersFoster constructive and creative group interactionsFacilitate better teamwork and minimize team conflictDevelop stronger sales skills by identifying and responding to customer stylesManage more effectively by understanding the dispositions and priorities o
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Everything DiSC Workplace Certification is your best resource to gain foundational knowledge and tools for facilitating Everything DiSC. Designed with your busy schedule in mind, this online course gives you the flexibility of self-paced learning, paired with live-collaborative sessions led by Wiley’s expert trainers.
Increase your confidence and competence in delivering Everything DiSC Workplace in your organization. This course offers rigorous new content on the principles of the DiSC® model and the supporting research. During the live sessions, you will practice facilitating small groups and explore challenging scenarios that could arise during workshops. You’ll also learn how to keep Everything DiSC alive within your organization by creating a culture of DiSC and explore MyEverythingDiSC, the mobile-friendly, interactive learning portal that is exclusive to Everything DiSC.
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The in-person, Everything DiSC Workplace® Certification begins with online, self-directed learning and culminates in two days of practical application facilitated by Wiley's expert trainers. With Everything DiSC Workplace® Certification, participants will: