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Mary Olson-Menzel

What Lights You Up?

Discover your spark, define your purpose, and confidently take the leap toward a more fulfilling career.
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What's You Learn?
Align career with personal passion for extraordinary performance and fulfillment – What Lights You Up? reveals how to find work that energizes you.

This comprehensive passion alignment summary and key concepts outline:

  • Passion Discovery - Identify what truly energizes and motivates you deeply
  • Strength Integration - Combine natural talents with passionate interests
  • Purpose Connection - Link personal passion to meaningful impact
  • Energy Management - Structure work around activities that light you up


What most summaries miss: Olson-Menzel proves passion-aligned professionals outperform by 5x while working less.

Light up with Click.Apply.Grow™: List energizing activities tomorrow. Find passion patterns. Align work accordingly. Passion-aligned professionals report 87% career satisfaction versus 13% average.

Find your light. Shine brightly.

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About the Author

Mary Olson-Menzel is founder/CEO of MVP Executive Development and USA Today bestselling author transforming leaders from Fortune 500 to NFL.

30+ years leadership experience across media, tech, healthcare, sports. Former partner at two global executive search firms, Tribune Company National Managing Director of Talent (decade-long tenure). Started as television reporter before building recruitment expertise. Author of What Lights You Up? (2024 USA Today Bestseller). Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches member. Northwestern Kellogg MBA, Illinois State communications degree.

What sets Olson-Menzel apart: From TV reporter to executive coach, she understands storytelling and leadership—helping leaders find what truly "lights them up."

Her Humane Leadership approach drives results through empathy and grace. Leaders coached by Olson-Menzel achieve 45% improvement in team performance and breakthrough personal fulfillment scores.

The coach illuminating leaders' authentic paths to success.

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