Growing Your Business through Community Involvement

Wednesday, April 21, 11:30am-1:00pm
(lunch provided)
11:00am doors open for informal networking
BACK AT Location: Amore Victoria
Uptown Minneapolis
Free Lot Parking

As women, we are programmed to give.  We give to our families, our friends and our communities, among other things.  We give because it is important; it is fulfilling; and because others need the gifts we have to share.

However, as professional women, our careers and businesses can also benefit from the work we do in our communities.  By choosing the right opportunities in our community, such as those that allow us to showcase our expertise, or work directly with our target market constituents, we can create recognition and networks that can help us reach our own goals, while we do the work of helping others.

In this presentation, Martha Carlson, who is a committed community leader herself, as well a successful business woman, will help us discern what types of community involvement might be a good fit for each of us, depending on our interests, skills and goals.

Martha Carlson is committed to helping professionals find their unique style and voice as leaders. Her clients appreciate her ability to turn personal insights into actionable goals and inspire the focus to achieve them. She has launched several initiatives to build networks of professional women to explore and address the unique opportunities and challenges they face today.

Martha specializes in leadership development, executive coaching, team building, and facilitation. She works with individual leaders and groups of leaders to help them become more effective in driving business results with and through others.  Martha also founded The Exchange – A Forum for Leaders, providing relationship building and development opportunities for small groups of leaders. Martha is a skilled facilitator and speaker on topics such as “Effective Leadership in Challenging Times,”and “Ideal Career vs. Ideal Life – Can We Have It All?”

Martha joined The Bailey Group in 2006, bringing a blend of successful coaching and executive experience to the firm.  As founder of Carlson Coaching and Consulting, she provided coaching to business leaders on professional development and career decisions.  As an executive with Ameriprise Financial Services for 15 years, she focused on new business development and large-scale project management. Martha earned her MBA from the Carlson School of Management, and completed coaching training and certification with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI).

Martha is active in the community, supporting Girl Scouts and the YWCA, teaching confirmation, and singing in her church’s choir.  Along with her husband, Martha is a parent to three active children and enjoys attending their many activities. She is also an avid triathlete.

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