Create space.
Lead with clarity.
Deliver results.
I help individuals, leaders, and organizations navigate complexity, strengthen performance, and create meaningful change.
With more than 25 years of experience leading people, teams, and complex enterprise operations within a Fortune 15 organization, I bring a practical understanding of what it takes to translate strategy into execution.
My background spans operational leadership, people management, organizational development, governance, risk, compliance, and enterprise transformation—giving me a distinctive perspective on both the systems that drive results and the people responsible for delivering them.
Throughout my career, I have led teams through change, built accountable and collaborative cultures, developed emerging leaders, and helped organizations improve how work gets done.
I understand the realities leaders face: competing priorities, difficult decisions, organizational pressure, evolving technology, and the responsibility of supporting people while maintaining high standards of performance.
My work combines this operational and leadership experience with professional coaching, mindfulness, and emotional-regulation practices.
Through leadership development, organizational consulting, coaching, workshops, and The Mindful Pause™, I help people create space between pressure and response so they can think more clearly, communicate more effectively, lead with greater intention, and move important work forward.
Whether working with an individual seeking greater clarity or an organization strengthening its leaders and operations, my approach is grounded, strategic, and human—because sustainable performance requires both effective systems and well-supported people.
Ann Marie is the founder of Blue Labrador Consulting and The Mindful Pause Method.
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A Message from Ann Marie
As a single working mom, I've navigated some incredibly tough years. At the time, I was striving to make it through each day. But with hindsight, I've come to realize that I possess the capacity to conquer adversity and an abundance of grit and resilience. Most importantly, I want you to recognize your strength – your inherent ability to triumph over life's challenges.
Resilience can be challenging to define concisely, but I lean toward this interpretation: Resilience is the art of maintaining a positive outlook, effectively managing challenging emotions and devising solutions even in the face of adversity.
Reflecting on my journey, I've accepted that life doesn't always follow our expected path. Yet, through these unexpected detours, we gain strength and cultivate a fresh perspective.
I'm confident that whatever challenge you face, you too will emerge from it – perhaps not without scars, maybe a bit weathered, but undeniably stronger.
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Education & Credentials
- MBA with Project Management emphasis
- MA in Leadership & Organizational Development
- Professional Coaching Certification and ICF-credentialed coach
- MasterMind Meditate Certified Mindfulness Facilitator
- Board Member, Peace, Harmony & Joy Alliance
- MBSR qualified facilitator
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Ann Marie is amazing!
I began my mindfulness journey about a year ago with her. Even after the first session I felt refreshed and more at peace. Now a regular, the sessions have changed my life.
Ann Marie has taught me how to level set my day, reduce stress and ultimately how to approach my work and my family differently. No longer am I over rotating, speaking before I think and reacting to what's around me. Instead, she taught me how to take a step back, think, and align my thoughts before acting.
Even better she's given me tools to pass this approach on to my teams and others. If you are on the fence about working with her, don't. Jump in and don't stay there.