Testimonials
Leadership By Design Webinar Series.
This masterclass series is a must for all middle managers!
It is the perfect balance between theory, examples and self-reflection activities. I loved how practical these sessions were; after each hour, I could walk away with something tangible I could work on or change to be a better leader.
Today something amazing happened to me and I want to share it with you because you had a big hand in it…
Last weekend, I delivered the best Marketing Plan presentation to a board - easily the best one of my entire career! I used what you taught me - thinking about the outcome I wanted from them. It went so well that on Monday last week, I asked for a promotion and a pay rise. And they gave it to me today!
You gave me the courage to ask for it unashamedly, with conviction and confidence that my skills and contributions have value to the organisation.
Just one year after the time you spent coaching me - I truly don’t believe I would be here today without your wisdom and insights. You helped me take the leap from a role where I had already hit the ceiling to the big, scary world of contracting… It was difficult but today I can honestly say it was worth it!
Thank you so much! I am grateful for your support and I want you to know that I sing your praises to anyone that finds themselves in the same spot as me.
This program was personalised to my needs, based on the day to day real life barriers I was facing as a leader. One of the powerful discussion points was establishing the best methods for giving and receiving feedback, including the feedack model Maree shared. I coached my team in this space and I know many of them are sharing wins with how directly giving feedback is improving relationships and removing blocks. Overall, the culture is much more positive. Learning to step away more from always giving my team answers, and instead, using open questions to help them reach their own conclusions builds more accountability.
This has been a great step towards becoming a stronger leader who emphasises a positive culture.
Transitioning from being a “doer' to a “leader' is quite difficult. As a leader, instead of creating the work content which you trust yourself to do, you instead have to develop a team and teach them how to create that work content in the best possible way, and trust them to so. Coaching definitely provides good perspective and tips to help you excel with this transition! Thank you.
Thank you for an excellent weekend leadership workshop – I really got a lot out of it, and am very glad to have been there. I left feeling enthusiastic about my role, having arrived feeling overwhelmed by work.
Thank you for your insightful workshop last Monday. Really enjoyed learning all about influence and persuasion, particularly around building rapport.
Leadership By Design webinar series.
Just one tip from a course is all you need to make attendance worthwhile.
Maree's 4 modules delivered way more than that, and the time between each module gave me plenty of opportunity to implement new learnings and reintegrate things that I had learned about previously that I had stopped practising.
Every year we get out of the office for 2 days and have a strategic retreat with all parts of ANUE. This allows us to get on the same page, agree on priorities so we can smash our annual strategic goals as one team. This year we were lucky that our retreat was facilitated by Maree Burgess. We got to learn how to manage relationships, navigate through change and refine our company values. A lot of companies think retreats can be time wasters but the last 5 years have showed us that, when they are well designed, they are an essential part of strategy execution and culture building.
The ANU Enterprise Pty Limited team took time out last week to meet together under the expert facilitation of Maree Burgess, for a strategic retreat. We thrived under Maree's guidance and expertise in culture and engagement. Not only did we emerge from the retreat with a clear sense of direction, we sharpened our engagement strategies and built our understanding of emotional intelligence in the context of delivering value to the The Australian National University. Thanks, Maree and thank you to all our people for attending giving so unconditionally.
The best part of executive coaching for me was having the opportunity to speak to someone who is able to provide an independent and fresh perspective while also providing thought provoking questions that made me look at all aspects of my thinking, reasoning, decisions, actions and behavior. In addition, being provided with new resources / tools for the 'toolbox' that I can implement within my role as a team member and also in my role as a manager. The conversations with Maree felt natural and like I had known her for quite a while, I felt comfortable sharing my thinking.
I learnt more about myself personally and my leadership style. Being given practical resources / tools that I could implement in between coaching sessions was fantastic and allowed me to see tangible results.
The information and resources provided will continue to assist me not just in all avenues of my career but in my day-to-day life. It has provided me with insight in to how I currently perform, what could do with a tweak and how I wish to grow further in my career in the future.
If you're like me - at a cross roads in your career, coaching provides you with 'food for thought' and helps in making decisions regarding your next step. It has also benefited me in my current role of managing a team who are undergoing significant change and has helped to identify how to build a strong, cohesive and functional team environment.
I have found our coaching sessions invaluable, in regards to providing me with guidance on how to manage my immediate emotional response to stress (both inside and outside of work).
- Providing me with the context and framework around how I'd set my goals as well as steps to achieving these.
- Giving me an arsenal of tools which I can apply in everyday work and outside of work life, to build better rapport and relationships.
Not only have I been able to apply what I've learnt from you, I've managed to coach my sisters through some stressful times, and have them successfully use the techniques from our coaching sessions.
Level Up is a great book for every leader who is moving up a level and needs to stop doing the work of their team. Full of practical advice and check lists, immediately actionable.
I have been reading Maree Burgess's latest book Connecting US today. It's so practical and hard to put down.