Testimonies

This is what other peak performers are saying about Maryanna Maresca

"Maryanna is a remarkably astute professional, and her work with us has brought remarkable rewards. Her highly intuitive intelligence, coupled with her excellent academic record, is complemented by her perceptive ability to systematically analyse complex situations to create more positive outcomes for the organisations with which she is involved."

Peta K. Smith, Executive Director,
Anglican School’s, Commission- Australia

"Maryanna’s words, both spoken and written, give us a small insight, like through a window, into the deep sensitivity and inner peace of this talented individual. I believe that by maintaining her global focus many thousands of others may benefit from her wonderful insights, imagination, and inspiration."

Dr. David W. Keys, Group Captain
Royal Australian Air Force

"Maryanna Maresca complements Sergio in a truly creative manner, while in no way submerging her own delightful uniqueness. She is a remarkable speaker, author, and presenter and her work in the career development field is tremendously impressive."

John Mulvey, President
National Speakers’ Association of Australia.

"Maryanna is a truly gifted individual. Her work bears the hallmark of a magnificent mind and a tenacious temperament."

Arthur Le Febvre,
Executive Director,
Waterless Printing Association of America.

"Gifted! Talented! The feedback provided on her work for us at Griffith University was outstanding. Each participant found something remarkable in the diverse and dynamic strategies she presented, using psychodrama techniques to teach English as a Second Language to adults from a culture significantly different their teachers. She is a rare combination of creative academic and dynamic practitioner – one of the best in her field."

Emeritus Professor John Tyrer,
Chairman, Queensland Academy of Languages

"Maryanna is a professional in whom I have the utmost confidence and for whom I have the greatest personal respect. Her work with me has been one of the most fulfilling experiences in my professional career to date. Her trademark is her uniqueness!"

Barry M. Parsons,
Head of Guidance and Counselling,
The Haydon School, London. UK.

"Maryanna’s warm and perceptive qualities, her love and excitement of life and all its tragedy and triumph, is shared in her writing and speaking."

Lea Rapoport,
Trainer – Grad.Dip.Business Management,
Harvard University, U.S.A.

"Maryanna is a very talented, highly accomplished and expressive individual. She has a command of the written and spoken word that demands attention and retains it. Her capacity to both inspire and instruct is very well regarded within her field by both her clients and colleages."

Bernie Hollett,
Executive Director,
Art Promotions Queensland.

"Maryanna’s warmth and insight engages at all levels, whether she is working one-to-one or speaking to a large audience. Her quest for learning means that her information and skills are at the cutting edge."

Dr Wendy Patton,
School of Learning and Development,
Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

"Maryanna is able to deliver often very poignant speeches, using her remarkably well developed, individual and articulate communication style to confidently and creatively capture an audience, fortunate enough to engage her services".

Sue Nancarrow,
South Regional Manager,
Xavier Children’s Support Network, Australia.

"Maryanna is indeed responsive to her learners’ needs, creating a uniquely individualistic approach to her clients. Her skill and expertise are beautifully nested in the challenge and excitement of her teachings. Her professional confidence is based on real life experience resulting in tremendous empathy with others as they are journeying through life."

Dr Janice M Hall,
School of Lifelong Learning and Educational Change,
University of Western Sydney, Australia.

"Maryanna Maresca’s instructional leadership, her organisational and administrative abilities, her care and concern for others and her support for the delivery of the highest possible delivery of professional standards are legendary. She is one of the most energetic and committed professionals with whom I have worked. Her skills as a communicator are without question, and her capacity to align with the vision of the organisations for which she has worked is really quite remarkable. Current demands on her expertise are frequent in many and varied forms. Without exception, the quality of her presentations and what she has to share inevitably leaves participants with a sense of enthusiasm towards the topic presented in her workshops. Her keen intellect, her personal drive and enthusiasm, her integrity and vision, make her an exceptional woman. Need I say more?"

Dr.L.T.Bishop,
Foundation Principal,
Sheldon College, Australia.

"Maryanna has always had an enthusiasm and commitment to the humanitarian principles of the Society. Her work with us was demanding, involving extensive travel and called for extra hours of duty on a voluntary basis, which she gave with an unparalleled willingness and dedication."

Brigadier L.R.Greville,
Executive Director,
Australian Red Cross Society

"Maryanna Maresca is not only a truly professional practitioner, for whom I have the highest regard and respect, but an outstanding and articulate speaker and presenter. At our recent conference, her workshop presentation was so well received that I would unhesitatingly recommend her to speak to anyone who wants not only to grow professionally, but personally and spiritually, as well".

The Rev.Dr. Apichart Branjerdporn,
President, Counselling Association of Australia.

"Maryanna’s work in designing, constructing coordinating and implementing a career development program for our senior management team has been both very beneficial for those members and the objectives of our company’s corporate culture. She is an exceptionally talented professional, whose energy, enthusiasm and efforts are well worth paying for. You won’t be disappointed".

Donald R. Crummer,
President EMF Management Systems, Inc.
South East Asia.

"This remarkable woman combines a corporate consultancy with an exciting career management practice. She also found time, as Editor of our Newsletter ‘Career Chat’ , to model a true portfolio career, and provides an astonishing role model for both her clients and colleages. Maryanna, I applaud and salute you! What a role model for Isabella to meet and match".

Sandy Maynes,
President, Australian Association of Career Counsellors, Inc.

"Having known Maryanna for my entire adult life, I can, without hesitation, describe her in one word – inspirational! Her ambition, as she describes it, "to grow people" is achieved daily through her work in her uniquely nurturing way."

Suzanne Clachair,
Multi Award-Winning Recording Artist,
Lyricist and Composer

"Maryanna Maresca is a gifted professional with a rare ability to base her work on a soundly integrated mix of high-level research and study and successful practical experience. She moves easily across the discipline boundaries of psychology, counselling, education, training, and management and career development to meet clients’ needs with both expertise and perceptive understanding. Add to this a professional integrity rare in these days, and we have a remarkable performer. She carries both my respect and my admiration."

Eileen M. Byrne,
Emeritus Professor of Education,
The University of Queensland.
Author of ‘The Snark Syndrome’

"It has been a pleasure to have engaged Maryanna to conduct the Career Development Program for our Female Executive Advanced Coaching Initiative over the past year. I first heard her speak at a Conference in Melbourne some three years ago, and have then and since been unfailingly impressed with the energy and enthusiasm she consistently puts into her work. She identified the challenges our cohort faced and has successfully shifted them from ‘paradigm paralysis’ into a bias for action. I would unhesitatingly recommend her to your organization. She certainly is one of the peak performers in her field.

Angelina Mucahly,
State Manager,
Collins McKenzie,
Victoria.

"Maryanna Maresca has an incredible insight into understanding the needs of her clients. It doesn’t take long to see that this is due not only to hard work and dedication in her field, but also a natural gift of being able to consult from her heart as well as her head. Being in business myself, I have great admiration for Maryanna’s skills in communication, counselling, training and consulting. Her follow-up after any input, whether it is verbal or written, within a very short time span, is something of which you would be advised to take note as well as admire. She is knowledgeable, focused and extremely professional."

Irene Armstrong,
Manager, Angus & Robertson Bookworld.

"As Director of the Institute of Modern Languages / Director, Centre for Language Teaching and Research, I have had the pleasure of meeting Maryanna Maresca. She displays outstanding leadership qualities. Having had extensive experience in the field of career development, she has given expert professional support and advice to government bodies: educational institutions, industry and business. Her expertise is in high demand. In addition, she maintains a particular interest in community participation in a voluntary capacity assisting a variety of professional and community -based organisations. Recently nominated for the Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year Award, she carries my respect for her commitment to hard work and her exceptional competence as a conference speaker and workshop presenter. Maryanna follows creative management principles and has proved again and again that she can handle difficult tasks through the use of clearly thought out strategies, analysis and argument."

Adjunct Associate Professor Maximilian Brandle,
OAM MA PhD,
Griffith University, Australia

"Maryanna has been an enthusiastic and tireless contributor to the development of career professionals. She has held key positions in the Australian Association of Career Counsellors for the past five years. Maryanna’s impact has been even more significant at the informal level. She personally challenges, encourages and supports the growth and development of emerging professionals. Often this almost invisible work goes unrecognized at a structural level but its influence is profound. Maryanna is a tremendous asset to our profession."

Col McCowan,
Author of "Career Education in Australia"
Head, Careers and Employment
Queensland University of Technology, Australia

"The energy and enthusiasm that Maryanna displays in her work is a great example to anyone. This dedicated professional not only enjoys the respect of her clients and peers, but that of her entire community. It is so pleasing to me to see someone of her spirit and vigour take up the mantle and run with it, in her own race."

Dr.Francine Chambers, M.B.E.
Senior Student Careers Advisor (Retired)
Institute of Applied Psychology,
Suisse Polytechnique (Geneva).

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