Marie Dzanis
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Marie Dzanis emerges in this interview as a Catalyst, someone who ignites potential in people and organisations by connecting values to performance. She repeatedly frames leadership as the art of unlocking others, citing unconstrained thinking exercises, three-coach mentorship models, and deliberate diversity accountability as tools for transformation.
“If you can do it alongside people that share a common goal and a common vision and feel empowered and feel that your voice matters in an organization, I spent a lot of time up front understanding how my contribution would be heard and whether or not it would be valued.”
on joining Northern Trustundated
“I like to have the discipline and encourage my leaders to think: if you could solve this problem in any possible way without constraints, what would that be? When you are unencumbered by limitations, you get to the right solution.”
on encouraging risk-takingundated
“We left products on the cutting room floor to say it didn't meet the standard we were expecting. That takes great discipline because product manufacturing takes a lot of investment in time and research.”
on fiduciary disciplineundated
Money Maze Podcast: “Marie Dzanis, Head of EMEA for Northern Trust Asset Management”
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