Marlain Polovin is an accomplished professional. From your interactions with her, you can expect attention to detail, thoughtfulness and a keen awareness of the latest research. Marlain has run client workshops for my company, where she provided highly insightful knowledge on the Enneagram with practical applications for everyday life. As a committed lifelong learner, Marlain has a wealth of expertise in many disciplines, so time spent with her will always leave you feeling enriched.

Understanding the enneagram was enlightening and I was able to immediately benefit from a deeper understanding of myself, friends and colleagues. Marlain is a very professional facilitator and I enjoyed every moment of her course.

Marlain conducted Enneagram assessments for both myself and my partner. We live together and are business partners and both have very strong personalities. Through our assessments and understanding the way we respond to life situations, Marlain assisted us in having a better understanding of why we behave the way we do, and through this understanding, enabling us to have more mature, emotionally intelligent responses to each other. Marlain has also assisted us with the development of our business strategy and brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, intuition and acute perception to the meetings that we have had with her. 

Marlain is an incredibly talented, professional and passionate coach. Her values-centered individual coaching and guidance has challenged me to think outside of the box. Her style of coaching is intuitive, caring and responsive. Her follow-through is remarkable. She has offered perspectives and opened my mind to other possibilities, giving insight to my personality through the Enneagram and focused coaching. She has effectively supported me to identify my strengths and helped me to establish and enhance my personal brand. This has been instrumental throughout my career and personal growth over the past 11 years. Marlain's uplifting and fun personality makes her very easy to trust, open up to and wonderful to work with. Marlain has got vast experience in various industries and continuously up skills herself both locally and internationally. She has not only been an amazing coach but also a caring mentor, and the strategies and lessons she has provided have inspired and motivated me to live a life congruent with my values and passions. Marlain is an outstanding facilitator of various Enneagram coaching groups and leadership programs. 

Coaching was a concept that I initially approached with some apprehension and suspicion. Marlain was able to alleviate those feelings early within the first session. Her ability to understand and suitably “unlock” feelings enabled me to proceed with the coaching process with confidence and positivity.

Marlain became my coach when our organisation and my position in particular were in the midst of organisational and structural change and she had an immediate insight into the corporate angst that I was experiencing. She was able to show a deep insight and understanding of the feelings that I was experiencing and she was also able to develop those feelings into energy that was used positively and contructively in my life – both from a corporate perspective and on a personal level.

Her ability to empathise and constructively unpack feelings, emotions, perceptions and the actions pursuant to those made her an ideal confidant and an excellent coach. She has enabled me to be self-aware and to constructively assess myself, and this has assisted me in being empowered to make better decisions and to interact more positively with leadership, colleagues and team members.

The process Marlain and I engaged in has stood me in good stead and played a role in my subsequent promotion. 

I had the pleasure of working with Marlain Polovin for a period of seven years from 2010 through 2017. Throughout this period I participated as both presenter and student on various programs that were developed and facilitated by Marlain.

A series of highly successful Leadership Development programs were implemented throughout our organization. These were utilized to prepare key performers for roles of greater responsibility. The sessions were extremely well received by participants. Apart from providing a number of new tools for accelerated development, the experience was repeatedly described as ‘life changing’.

In addition, Marlain ran a number of workshops to our high performance Executive Team. The standout program was the implementation of the  Enneagram framework. This was extremely useful in understanding more about myself, my colleagues and the impact on our organization. We learnt how application of these concepts would culminate in becoming better leaders, a more effective team and ultimately a stronger business.

My interactions with Marlain assisted me to step back from the daily challenges and to continue on a personal development journey. Her role as a sounding board in this field has, and continues, to be extremely valuable. 

After attending Marlain’s Introduction the the Enneagram Depth Programme, my understanding of the Enneagram was deepened and I was able to immediately benefit from a deeper understanding of myself, friends and colleagues. Marlain is a very professional facilitator and I enjoyed every moment of her course.

I have worked closely with Marlain Polovin for over ten years. During this time I have personally benefited from Marlain's tireless work ethic, her incredible generosity with her time and expertise as an executive coach, leader, HR practitioner ,facilitator and mentor.

Marlain is an expert on the enneagram and is dedicated to constantly improving and bettering her already extensive knowledge in this field. She has successfully used her expertise to improve communication, team building and relationships with Senior executives and management.

I would highly recommend Marlain without any reservation.