Speaker · Author · Corporate Consultant
MasterThe Unspoken
Code
The Confidence, Communication and Executive A-Game Impression that open doors — and determine who advances.
For women ready to be seen, heard and taken seriously.
Meet Marja
What would YOU do if you knew you could not fail?
Over the course of her career, Marja developed an unusual ability to recognize patterns — particularly the subtle behaviors and signals that influence how professionals are perceived, trusted and advanced. She saw talented women doing everything “right” on paper and still being overlooked. She also saw what the women who advanced consistently understood — often without anyone ever explaining it to them.
Marja Norris is a speaker, corporate consultant, author, and former Senior Vice President at UBS with more than four decades of leadership experience. Throughout her career, she has helped women navigate the unwritten rules of business, strengthen their professional judgment, and advance with greater clarity and authority.
As the author of The Unspoken Code: A Businesswoman’s No-Nonsense Guide to Making It in the Corporate World and a former nationally recognized financial advisor, Marja combines real-world business experience with practical guidance that inspires action.
The Unspoken Code
Success doesn’t happen from confidence alone. It happens when Confidence, Communication and Executive A-Game Impression work together. That’s The Unspoken Code.
Confidence
- Building self-trust
- Overcoming self-doubt
- Taking ownership of career growth
Communication
- Speaking with clarity and authority
- Influencing effectively
- Navigating difficult conversations
Executive A-Game Impression
- Appearance and personal brand
- Body language
- Executive presence and leadership impact
Services
Bring The Unspoken Code to Your Organization
Keynote Speaking
High-impact keynotes that reveal The Unspoken Code behind Confidence, Communication, and Executive A-Game Impression — helping women advance with greater clarity and authority.
Corporate Workshops
Interactive sessions that help teams strengthen communication, build confidence, increase influence, and create a stronger professional impression.
Strategic Consulting
Strategic guidance for leaders and organizations ready to strengthen, change, influence, elevate professional impact, and accelerated advancement.
Speaking Topics
Signature Speaking Topics
- The Unspoken Code: What Every Woman Needs to Know to Succeed
- Executive A-Game Impression That Opens Doors
- Communicating with Influence and Impact
Why Marja
Credibility That Speaks for Itself
Author & National Speaker
Former Barron’s Top 100 Women’s Financial Advisors
CFP® & CIMA® Designations
Former Senior Vice President at UBS
More Than Four Decades of Leadership Experience
The Book
The Unspoken Code Book
A Businesswoman’s No-Nonsense Guide to Making It in the Corporate World
Marja sheds an honest light on the realities of climbing the corporate ladder — and the tacit rules that shape who advances. The formula for success lives at the nexus of self-confidence, excellent communication, and creating an Executive A-Game Impression.
Audiobook narrated by Marja Norris.
Testimonials
Praise for The Unspoken Code
“Reading Marja Norris' The Unspoken Code felt like I had a personal coach guiding me through the inside path to success. Her insights are shared in a thoughtful and relatable style. Marja's tips and tools are invaluable and her plan of action at the end of each chapter is the laser focus necessary to develop and utilize those strategies. As a Leadership Coach who works with women in a wide variety of organizations, I consider this book a must-read.”
Tracy Tomasky, Ed.D.
CEO of Leaders Evolving, Inc.
“The Unspoken Code is practical and it engages the reader with the exercises. With plenty of real-life examples — both from Marja's own experience and from the experience of women in senior roles in Corporate America — Marja has pulled together quite a blueprint for other women to use to chart their own path to personal and career success.”
Mary Kramer
Group Publisher, Crain Communications
“The Unspoken Code provides a career roadmap for women to navigate potential workplace pitfalls and ably strive for their highest success. From finding a mentor to communicating with confidence and dressing the part, Marja imparts actionable advice on building a distinguished career for women everywhere.”
Teresa Taylor
CEO of Blue Valley Advisors LLC, author of The Balance Myth
Marja’s Minute Newsletter
The unwritten rules of advancement — one useful insight at a time.
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