Testimonials

Synchronising Teams

General Secretary, Anthroposophical Society in Australia

I have known Anna for many years as we worked together in a non-for-profit organisation as chair and secretary. It was a pleasingly collaborative and successful team relationship.  I was delighted to be able to work with her again when I recently stepped into a national leadership role. I wanted to focus on bringing together a new working relationship with a team of people from across Australia, all in the midst of a travel ban and social isolation.

As I worked with Anna, I was given the opportunity to gently reflect on my strengths and my weaknesses in team work. Through this process I was able to identify and focus on playing to my strengths and let go of trying to be all things to all people.

Anna also supported me with practical structures for writing, speaking and facilitating as I began to settle into my national leadership role. These tools also helped to build my confidence as a member of the global team.

Anna also worked with the whole team to create simple, yet solid meeting structures and processes for alignment, sharing and listening to each other. She successfully facilitated team sessions, via Zoom, a platform that we were not used to using, which allowed us to share our aspirations and listen deeply to each other. These sessions led to an understanding of our commonality and built cohesion within the team whilst building a strategic structure or scaffold for our work.

Anna brings to her work a mix of practicality and simplicity along with her deep understanding of people and how they can work effectively in teams.

IT Help Desk Team Leader, State Government, Tasmania

I wanted to take that next step as a team and leader, so I sought help from HR who put me onto Anna’s consulting services. Our engagement included a number of interviews, DISC profile analysis, a report outlining areas for improvement and finally a team workshop exploring how personalities and teams mesh together.

The Team responded really well to Anna’s workshop which helped me gain new insights into the different personalities and how we can move forward together as a team.

Anna’s engagement with me was challenging at times, providing honest feedback but more importantly outlining opportunities where I can improve the team dynamics and grow as a manager. The next phase will look at the opportunities identified with a focus on improving team maturity which I will be using Anna’s services to guide me through this.

Purchasing Manager, Global Organisation

Anna worked with me to better understand myself, my personality and how to communicate more effectively with others. I have improved my confidence in being able to discuss things with people and now catch myself talking when it would be better to stop talking and listen. Anna helped us to standardize the way we communicate a message so that everyone is clear and provided us with practical tools to do this. She engaged with clarity and a conciseness of language which showed that she had truly listened.

Food Safety & Quality Systems Manager, Global Organisation

Anna has an ability to break things down in a way that others can easily understand and implement. She is highly skilled at simplifying processes and setting sustainable and practical frameworks to implement based on your own personality.  Anna was a strong mentor in supporting me to gain clarity about my work as well as building my confidence to successfully manage our laboratory and Quality Team.

Women of Wisdom

Business Improvement Specialist, wife and mother of 3 teens, 54.  In search of the perfect ‘work/life balance’.

I had met Anna in a work setting a few years ago and we instantly ‘clicked’.

We’ve kept in touch over the years and when Anna launched the Women of Wisdom Program I was keen.

Anna is a smart, easy going, insightful and emotionally intelligent woman who guided me through the program.  I would describe myself as quite hard on myself and others - especially those close to me.  I would set high standards and be disappointed when this was not met.  This program assisted by Anna with the tools to ‘take a good look at myself’ and realise maybe at times I could be ‘part of the problem’ not an easy thing to acknowledge for a control freak.  I have a lot of respect for Anna and realised she could be onto something and started to reflect on my interactions with my family, friends and work colleagues and started using some of the learnings from our interactive sessions.  Benefits of the program - things that used to annoy me have lessened, I have learnt how to manage challenging personalities (most of the time).  I am now a lot more grateful for the things in my life and realise I am doing ok.  As described by my family I’m a lot nicer to be around. I would definitely recommend the Women of Wisdom - Anna is a Woman of Wisdom,  the program really helped me.

Leadership Coach, Mother and Wife, aged 43

This program gave me a sense of relief and clarity about what I am going through at this stage in my life, and also helped to shed some light on my earlier life transitions as well. As a mum, it gave me the knowledge to understand my children better and to really see what they are going through too. I would recommend this program to anyone looking to grow  their wisdom, awareness, grace and capacity to navigate life with greater ease. Thank you Anna for your guidance, coaching and insight... what a gift it has been!

Small Business Owner, mother of 3, aged 60

Having the opportunity to reflect on one’s life, seeing the pathways mapped out is very empowering. Anna is very organised and facilitates the discovery beautifully. Seeing life’s pathways mapped out gives freedom to be in the place we should be.

Mother and wife, Professional, aged 52

An excellent opportunity to analyse one’s own story to see useful patterns, gain valuable insights and understand how life can unfold through this particular context. Anna is a skilled and experienced trainer with a passion for working in this domain. I highly recommend this workshop.

Wife, mother, 50 something, public servant

Anna shared the stages of life with us and through doing our biographies we learnt a lot about ourselves; our motivations, destinies, past hurts and how we can see them for what they are, and move on. Anna is wise herself, so she is a great teacher – it shines through! I am learning that I create my own destiny through my reactions to events “good” and “bad”.

Couples Workshops

Husband & Wife, Married for 20 years

Working with Anna and Stig was such a pleasurable, gentle and insightful process.

While we have each done work on ourselves independently, this was the first time we've spent time in a couples process to invest in our marriage together.

We are so glad we did it. We felt safe and listened to because they created a valuable space and opportunity for us to connect about where we are going as a couple and what is currently getting in our way.

The communication model and processes were really helpful and we have used them ongoing after the workshop.

This work with Anna and Stig is so special because it gave us a safe way to open up more difficult conversations about topics that we viewed differently, and we were able to navigate these with more love and understanding. And it was so valuable to have them share their own experience, perspective and wisdom to support us in our journey.

We would recommend this work for any couple who is recently married, or for couples who've been married for a long time.

This work is relevant for any couple who is looking to enrich their relationship.

Recently Married Female, aged 30

Anna and Stig provide an open and inviting environment that allows couples to work through their relationships in as little or as much detail as they like. Their work is well researched, relatable and they have a genuine passion for wanting to help others build strong relationships.

You’ll get out, what you put in from this workshop. So be willing to be upfront and honest with each other to get most from it.

Recently Married Male, aged 30

Working with Anna provided a practical framework and structure to apply to future relationship challenges – not only with my new Wife, but family, friends and work colleagues too.  Understanding personalities and communication styles has allowed me to develop my self-awareness to better manage the good and bad times in relationships. 

The session itself was personable whilst non-intrusive, in an excellent location and well catered for.  We recommend this workshop for those recently married (us!) right through to lifelong couples.