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What our clients say

Team & Communication
I valued the open approach to step our team through communication skills and tools, to be able to table specific situations within our organisation. I'm interested in follow-up team building now. The instructor was as much a role model as teacher/mentor. Very smooth and easy to relate to methods. A great opportunity in a safe environment to build relationahips with team members, and rediscover (or learn new) things about the team, self and organisation." Ria Brejaart, Academic Director - Tertiary Study, Eco Quest Education Foundation.  

Influencing at work
"I was angered with my work situation for months, and began disliking every aspect. This was impacting on the people that reported through to me. Maria spent time coaching me to be certain about what I wanted, and to set my focus on results. She taught me how to use specific types of language to influence getting what I needed. I am astounded at how a few small adjustments in what I was thinking, and what I was saying to others could make such a difference to my work performance and environment. Brilliant!"  Brian Davidson, Client Services Manager, AKL.

"I wanted to start running my own business. It was very informative and helped me to even know myself and my goal better. I got direction on how to implement my idea." Fereshteh M Farahan

Career goal
"When in NZ earlier in 2009, I attended a seminar where Maria was speaking on NLP. I found it fascinating and decided to use her as a coach. I had a career goal that required me to implement a large project on time, and at a professional standard. I met with Maria approximately five times over three months. I wanted someone external to my situation to facilitate my focus. She did that, stretched my capabilities, offered a clean sounding board, and made certain that decisions led to my goal. She is a highly accurate, functional and intuitive coach." Glen Willis, Marketing Consultant, Brisbane, Australia.    

Coaching and mentoring
Maria is a big picture thinker who performs at a highly detailed level. As a coach she has helped me move in the direction that I want in my personal life and achieve traction with developing my career as a trainer. Maria employs her experience in the industry to create and deliver inspirational and relevant training programmes designed to increase the effectiveness of staff at all levels. I consider myself lucky to have such a good mentor to learn from!” Stacey La Hack, Contact Centre Trainer, Auckland.

"Very capable instructor and excellent communicator."L.C., Field Leader.  

Coaching and managing
“Maria is a truly inspirational person whose skills are to be envied. As a coach she ensures that clear goals are established and maintained, as a manager she is supportive and ensures that her staff are always extending their skill range, and I consider myself to be privileged to have access to an amazing person!” Jason Palmer, Contact Centre Trainer, Auckland.

Communication
“I attended one of Maria's trainings on communication. I have attended a few communication courses in my time and did not expect to get anything too different then usual. I was incorrect. The course information she taught has really improved how I now interact with others, and incredibly my relationships continue to change for the better. She is a warm and inspiring trainer who put the group at ease, and sometimes in stiches with laughter!” Daniel Sunderland, Delivery Service Manager.

“Offers a great deal of information and helpful direction. A very thought provoking coach, with evident skills.” D.Henry, Business Development Manager.

Memory improvement
"Maria ran a two hour seminar on memory improvement. I was amazed how in two hours I went from believing I had a bad memory to realising I have a great memory. And with a few small techniques, how I can retain pieces of information without writing it down. Surprisingly, attending this seminar has even helped my confidence. Thanks Maria, I hope you run a longer course soon, because I want to know more." Andrea Green, Executive Assistant, Auckland.