About Marcel Life Coaching

Personal Testimony

Marcel Schwantes shares his spiritual foundation, and why he decided to dedicate his life to coaching others to succeed. Get to know his personal side. More >>>

Professional History

Marcel Schwantes has over fifteen years experience coaching and training individuals and leaders on soft-skills development to improve interpersonal / group communication, and increase personal/professional effectiveness. His corporate career has included human resources management, talent acquisition, and organizational change, training and development across multiple industries. He has architected workforce solution strategies for Fortune 500 companies, and directed capacity-building initiatives to improve delivery of services for small community and faith-based organizations.

Marcel now focuses his practice on transformational life design coaching for both individuals and organizational leaders seeking excellence in their personal and professional lives. He is especially passionate about coaching and mentoring men of all ages to succeed by elevating their leadership integrity, and relationship standards to new heights.

Coaching Niche and Style

Through the life design coaching process and prayerful guidance, men learn and apply new tools to confidently reshape their priorities, and elevate their standards of behaving, leading, and managing their lives.

Marcel's coaching style is redemptive, holistic and non-judgmental. He supports his clients by guiding them toward discovering their higher purpose, their authentic selves, and calling them to explore and fulfill their God-given potential. 

The beauty of the framework of a coaching relationship is this: people can take stock of where they are, figure out where they want to go, and decide what steps to take to get there. Outcomes differ, but often result in people shifting to improve their personal, spiritual and professional lives. Click here to learn more about Marcel's coaching specialties.

Education and Training

Marcel has advanced training and coaching experience in personal and leadership development, relationships, career management and organizational development. He is a graduate of the Institute for Life Coach Training--a world-renowned, best practices training program accredited by the International Coach Federation. 

As a Certified PeopleMap System Trainer, Marcel works with couples and organizations in the areas of communication improvement. Click here to learn more about the PeopleMap^TM System workshop.

Marcel has a Masters Degree in Organizational Psychology and a Bachelors Degree in Communications. In addition to his extensive coaching training, experience and formal education, Marcel uses several proven approaches when applying coaching including emotional intelligence, lateral thinking, reframing, positive psychology, boundaries, servant leadership, vision casting, and several personality typologies (DiSC, Four Temperaments, Myers-Briggs, Platinum Rule).

Speaking Engagements



Marcel is also popular speaker who loves delivering keynotes addresses, workshops, seminars and training to audiences ranging in age from 10 to 90.  He is often seen speaking at churches, church conferences, retreats and campmeetings across the country. Click here for more information.

For Churches: Ministry Background



Marcel has worked extensively with helping church organizations succeed. His ministry experience includes:

• Having developed and led creative ministries from small groups/cell groups to large outreach events drawing thousands.
• Having launched key church programs/projects taking direct ownership and responsibility for program success.
• Having delivered lay training seminars to enrich and empower personal growth of church leaders.
• Having co-led in the conceptualizing, development, strategic planning and implementation of various parachurch ministries.
• Having been an online editor for a leading Christian progressive journal.



Confidentiality and Code of Ethics

As a certified coach trained under the strict guidelines of the International Coach Federation, Marcel Schwantes has pledged to practice, adhere to and maintain the strictest levels of professionalism, including high standards of confidentiality and privacy found under Section 4 of the ICF Code of Ethics. Click on the PDF file below to read the ICF Code of Ethics.