Intentional communication is the key to a better world.
The power to transform ourselves and the world is within us all. Let’s use it!
Meet Maryanne.
Maryanne O’Brien helps individuals and organizations strengthen how they communicate so they can build trust, create clarity, and move their work forward.
Over the past 30 years, she has worked across brand strategy, communication, and leadership development—partnering with companies like Nordstrom and Apple, as well as non-profits and growing businesses. Across all of it, one pattern has held true: how people communicate determines whether things break down or actually move forward.
Her work today brings that insight together. Through training, coaching, and strategic brand work, she helps people become more intentional in how they show up—so what they say, how they lead, and how their organizations communicate are aligned and effective.
She is the author of The Elevated Communicator (Simon & Schuster, 2021), and her courses and programs have helped thousands of people strengthen their communication in practical, lasting ways.
She lives on 60 acres outside Minneapolis with her husband and their animals, where they are learning the realities of regenerative and tree farming. It’s a daily reminder that what you build, in business or in life, depends on creating the right conditions, staying adaptable, and having the patience to let things take hold.
Client Experience.
Maryanne started her career at Fallon Worldwide, where she spent more than a decade working on big brands and leading internal professional development programs. For the past 20 years, she has immersed herself in world of consulting, coaching, and training, helping people and organizations communicate effectively and grow.
In 2020, we committed to planting 1,000 trees as a way to give back and care for the planet.
What started as a project turned into something much more personal. It changed how we think about responsibility, impact, and the role we play in shaping what’s around us.
That shift led us to purchase the 50 acres of farmland next to our home so it would no longer be sprayed with glyphosate, a common agricultural chemical that depletes soil health and contaminates surrounding water systems.
Today, the land is beginning to recover. No chemicals. Health returning to the soil.
We’re now transforming part of it into a Christmas tree farm, creating a space for families to connect and a way to continue restoring the land over time.
It reflects the same belief that shapes my work: what we put into the world—through our words, our decisions, and our actions—shapes what grows from it.
Creating Change in Our Own Backyard
