Leadership Coaching Feedback
Head of Commercial Development - Advertising
We initially engaged Zana, to commence leadership coaching with our Executive management. As she demonstrated an incredibly high level of acumen and professionalism, her involvement with our company has grown to include strategy facilitation, mid-level coaching and business growth training. In addition to her formal qualifications and diverse industry background, Zana has an innate ability to adapt her coaching/facilitation style to each tier of team member and in a relatively short time she has become an asset to our business. We highly recommend Zana to any organisation looking to grow their people!
Communications Manager, financial services
From ‘stuck’ to dream job!
"Working with Zana was transformative in so many ways. I initially spoke to her because I felt stuck in an unfulfilling job. During a few sessions, Zana asked me all the right questions to identify what kind of role, team, organisation and industry I wanted to work in. We then compared my ideal environment to my current role. This opened my eyes to why my job wasn’t the right fit for me, and helped me stop blaming myself for the issues I was experiencing.
Zana encouraged me to go after what I really wanted in my career. Within a month of speaking with her, I landed an interview somewhere completely new and landed what I had identified as my ‘dream’ job – in exactly the kind of team, role, environment and organisation I’d identified with Zana.
I’d highly recommend anyone questioning their current job/career speak with Zana and aim big. I never realised how powerful career coaching could be!"
Business Transformation Manager
"Zana's energy for life is infectious. She brings wisdom and great questions into all her conversations and you leave her presence feeling like you know yourself just that little better every time. Cannot recommend her services highly enough."
Business change champion – Vic Government
"Zana's extensive experience both in Leadership development, coaching & Learning & Development enabled her to quickly understand what we needed. But it was her authentic energy and style that enabled our team of managers to quickly open themselves to the development opportunities she delivered. The thoroughness and care she demonstrated enabled us to feel like she was more than just an expert helping us, but for a while she became part of our team and has left an impact we still talk about today."
Chief Operations Officer - Management Systems
“Zana at Grow Leadership is the answer to achieving your ‘people’ goals. Whether your business needs and injection of morale, an increase in emotional intelligence, or new and more sophisticated and effective ways to have your teams engage, Zana is amazing. Grow will provide solutions and strategies to significantly raise the quality of leadership and team interactions, and ultimately leverage your business in your market and increase market-share (with improvement in the customer experience a direct result of happy, healthy and cohesive teams). Zana provides customised and high impact solutions in a respectful, empowering and highly engaging manner and you will never look back once you’ve engaged her as an asset to your business.”
Director – Media Advertising
"I can’t recommend Zana enough, her empathy, her professionalism and chameleon like style means that she can adapt to varying personalities in any environment. Be it one on one or in a group setting. She is dedicated, she is intelligent, she is incredibly insightful and she knows how to disseminate information in such a way that is practical and clear in moving you and your business goals forward."
Program Development manager – energy sector
"I had the opportunity to work alongside Zana and she is truely amazing. She is so enthusiastic and insightful that you can not help but grow when you spend time with her. I was lucky enough to get some time with Zana when I was last in Melbourne and it was for just a catch up, however she provided me with some tools and ideas to implement when I got home because a change in job is imminent and they have set me on the right path. I love your work and your passion for it as well as the passion you have to help people grow."
Workshop Feedback
Operations Support Manager
"Zana didn't just offer me a suite of options, she genuinely partnered with me to understand our need and design a bespoke solution. This included developing our Team Leaders' understanding of people's communication preferences via DISC workshops as well as developing their capability as coaches via workshops focused on the industry best practice GROW model. Zana took the vision and made it real, designing and delivering a compelling program of development activity which our coaches will take with them for the rest of their careers.
I have had the privilege of working with Zana over a number of years, especially focusing on Leadership development programs. Zana’s approach to DISC learnings and discovery was one of the best I have attended. One of Zana’s many strengths is her engagement both one on one and in a group environments, she has an undefinable energy, and she takes you on a self-awareness journey. I look forward to continuing our journey."
Project Change Leader – Service Industry
"Working in an environment that requires a number of key stakeholders to work together on a process change, I found that I was stuck in moving the project forward. I needed to get the stakeholders together, but I didn’t want to lead the discussion.
Zana was able to come in and facilitate a number of sessions with the working group – she kept the team on topic, she asked insightful questions with limited knowledge of the topic, and her energy kept all participants engage . She introduced us to tools that helped us gain insightful knowledge of the process
– it’s not necessarily what she says but how she says it, and the journey she takes you on…"
HR Manager - NYSE / Global $3bn Manufacturing / Service Company
"I was introduced to Zana at Grow Leadership when our Executive Leadership Team undertook DISC Advanced profiling in 2017. We used Zana to run a DISC Workshop for our Leadership team and also for a group of High Potentials and Key Employees. Zana is an authentic, warm and engaging facilitator who has a genuine passion for what she does and helping people GROW! Our Leadership team have seen real benefits in understanding the DISC model and applying to their work each day and we look forward to partnering with Zana again to continue helping our employees GROW."
Career Re-boot Feedback
Payroll Manager - Energy Sector
"Going through Zana's career reboot program has been such a great experience and came at a time where I felt so uncertain about what was next. The weekly exercises got me really thinking and eventually understanding what is important to me. Zana's guidance has been like a lighthouse in the fog and I've come out on the other side with a crystal picture of what I need and what and why I won't settle for anything less! I cannot thank Zana enough for her ongoing support, insight and honesty."
Entrepreneur
"I'm not going to sugar coat it, my career had taken a dive and I had lost a lot of confidence. I was drawn to working with Zana (and the career program which I've forgotten the name of) to surround myself with tough, supportive women so that I could build my confidence back up and take my career to the next level.
With Zana I found a new way of framing situations and the power of language to describe circumstances. Quitting my job, working in areas that I'm really passionate about rather than settling for the status quo.
Zana has an infectious enthusiasm which, when blended with pragmatic advice, can help you find direction and clarity."
Senior HR Advisor
"I have been working with Zana for the better part of a year with the Career Re-Boot series as well as some individual leadership coaching. The self-paced and coaching support series has helped me develop a clear and tangible plan on setting career goals, understanding my strengths, my likes and most importantly my values; breaking each of them down into small and achievable steps that I can manage whilst still focusing on the bigger picture. Zana has held me accountable and challenged me in a supportive and encouraging way through the series to clear through the SMOG and I have ended up with an invaluable Career Focus portfolio that I can reflect on when I need to."