About
“Whether seeking expertise and rich experience in professional coaching and mentoring, project design and evaluation, training in capacity building and/or diversity inclusion, there is no-one I would recommend more highly than Maria Eliadis.”
– Tina Karanastasis AM, Equity and Inclusion Consultant.
What I use in my practice
- Adaptive Leadership principles and practices: a Harvard University program Adaptive Leadership is great for working with complexity, context and the challenges of perception while diagnosing situations because it’s amazing how often we’re solving the wrong problems,
- Dynamic facilitation approach: I use experiential, interactive person-focused design and heuristics which ensures your lived experience and personal knowledge frameworks guide our work,
- Neuroscience and Brain-Based Coaching: which fosters personal insights, connects to motivation and engages with challenges.
- Vertical Development Practices: VD specialises in catalysing personal growth and transformation.
- Evidence, evidence, evidence: will move us forward and drive the learning and development.
- Skin in the Game: as well as coaching I still contribute to making a positive difference. I am co-founder and co-CEO of B-HART a social enterprise response to stubborn practice challenges facing the disability services sector.
What motivates me
Identifying your dreams and goals so you can realise the impacts you want to have while embracing your unique way of ‘being’ you.
Designing coaching experiences that promotes personal awareness and insights that build positive energy, confidence, and courage.
Unpacking bias and resistance both conscious and unconscious because we are not always aware of what is holding us back.
Making a positive contribution in people’s working and personal lives as well as our communities is a huge motivator.
My qualifications and credentials
My education and training qualifications and professional certifications and affiliations include:
- Bachelor of Arts, Politics & Sociology (Hons), Flinders University of SA
- Masters of Social Policy, Melbourne University
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (2021)
- certification in Brain-Based Coaching through the NeuroLeadership Institute
- Alumni of Harvard University’s The Art and Practice of Leadership Development program (Adaptive Leadership) a program for leadership development practitioners
- Certificate in Vertical Development Practices for Coaches and Leaders with the Vertical Development Institute
- Trained in Restorative Practices.
- A member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Australian Evaluation Society (AES), the International Association of Public Participation, and the South Australian Social Enterprise Council.
This list is always growing!
