Mary Hoddy

Mary is an independent consultant who teaches seminars and facilitates work teams that enjoy coaching and learning together as they accomplish their goals. She designs programs that focus on learning rather than teaching so that learners have skills that they can use in their work and personal lives.

Mary was Director of Staff Education and Training for the 1,400 student and permanent employees of the Wisconsin Union at the University of Wisconsin – Madison for over 27 years. In this role she loved coaching her team of student facilitators, who taught live and blended classes in a variety of onboarding topics. Mary taught classes at the Union, on campus, and at numerous conferences in communication skills, coaching, respect in the workplace, supervision, performance management, and appreciative inquiry. She also taught workshops (often with fellow GLP teacher Jay Ekleberry) in designing and delivering training to staff who discovered that they would be training as part of their jobs.

Facilitating work teams and campus committees arose as a natural strength throughout the years. Mary brought her skills of learning, organizational development, building to strengths, and coaching to teams whose leaders needed guidance to be more effective.