Marian Way
Director
A highly skilled facilitator and trainer, Marian, who founded Clean Learning in 2001, has developed and delivered training across the world. She is the author of Clean Approaches for Coaches, co-author, with James Lawley, of Insights in Space and co-author, with Caitlin Walker of So you want to be ... #DramaFree.
Marian is an expert Clean facilitator, an adept modeller, a programme writer and an inspirational trainer. She has a natural ability to model existing structures, find the connections between them and design new ways for people to learn.
Marian was a leading innovator within the Weight Watchers organisation, which included developing the “points” strategy, a local idea that went on to become a global innovation. She is a director of both Clean Learning and Training Attention CIC, world leaders in clean applications for corporate, educational and community development.
She designs our programmes and workbooks, leads workshops and teaches on all our courses. She’s trained people in Great Britain, Russia, Sweden, Germany, Australia, Japan and the USA. Marian has a Level 5 qualification in coaching and mentoring from the ILM, is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the ICF (International Coaching Federation) and is a recognised Clean Assessor.
Upcoming events
Clean for Teams February 2026 - Mornings
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Thursdays 12, 19, 26 February and 5 March, 9am to 1pm GMT each day
Practice Group February 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 16 February 2026, 7pm to 9pm GMT
ICF Coach Training: Your Questions Answered - March 2026 - Swiss event
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 9 March, 2:30pm to 3:30pm GMT
Practice Group March 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 16 March 2026, 7pm to 9pm GMT
Advanced Fine Tuning April 2026
- Sold out
- 14 Anson Grove
- Friday 17, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 April 2026, Day 1 10am to 5.30pm, Day 2 9am to 5.30pm and Day 3 9am to 4.30pm
Practice Group April 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 20 April 2026, 7pm to 9pm GMT
ICF Clean Coach Certification Programme Switzerland 2026
- Places available
- Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
- 10-13 June and 16-19 September 2026, 8:30 to 5:30 CET each day
Adventures in Clean 2026
- Places available
- The Practice
- Sunday 12 July (2:30pm BST) to Wednesday 15 July (2pm BST), 2026
Northern Taste of Clean 2026
- Places available
- The Practice
- Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 July 2026, 9:30am to 5:30pm BST each day
Systemic Modelling August 2026 - Marian’s House
- Places available
- 14 Anson Grove
- Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August 2026, Day 1 10am to 5:30pm, Day 2 9am to 5:30pm and Day 3 9am to 4:30pm
Clean for Teams September 2026 - Afternoons
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesday 1 to Friday 4 September 2026, 2pm to 6pm BST each day
Advanced Fine Tuning - October 2026
- Places available
- 14 Anson Grove
- Friday 2, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October 2026, Day 1: 10am to 5.30pm, Day 2: 9am to 5.30pm and Day 3: 9am to 4.30pm
Systemic Modelling Online October 2026 afternoons
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesday 6 to Wednesday 7 and Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 October 2026, 2pm to 6pm BST each day
Clean Coach Certification Programme - November 2026 - mornings
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Mondays 9 November 2026 to 1 March 2027, 9am to 1pm GMT each day
Clean Coach Certification Programme - November 2026 - afternoons
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesdays 10 November 2026 to 2 March 2027, 2pm to 6pm GMT each day
Systemic Modelling Online November 2026 mornings
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 16 to Friday 20 November 2026, 9am to 1pm GMT each day
Personal Journey - December 2026
- Places available
- 14 Anson Grove
- Saturday 5 to Sunday 6 December 2026, 10am to 5pm GMT each day
Blog posts
How Metaphor can Evoke Awareness in Coaching
26th Sep 2024
9 Reasons to Learn and Use Clean Space
14th Apr 2019
How do you remember?
28th Mar 2019
Testimonials
Having recently undertaken a coaching course and learning the importance of asking 'open questions' and drilling down to identify the underlying issues, I quickly saw the positive impact that Clean Language has. It is as beneficial in team groups to ensure their engagement and ownership of projects/actions. I would highly recommend Caitlin and Marian for their skills, knowledge and expertise in facilitating Clean Language workshops for your business.
Angela Mays , HR Manager, Fasset Limited.
I have attended two online courses with Marian - Clean for Team and Clean Approaches for Coaches. I appreciate Marian’s teaching very much. First, she delivers the theory part very clear and succinct, second, she uses examples and demo to illustrate the application in practice. Thirdly, she is very attentive to our questions, she gives clear and convincing answers based on her rich experience and solid understanding of the theory. She is a role model for Clean Language. She has inspired me to further study Clean Language as an important approach within my coaching practice.
Julie Feng, Executive Coach, Positive Change Practitioners Center, Philippines
Marian’s ability to keep an agenda, cover the content and at the same time follow the group was impressive.
Filippa Dietmann