Anna Maria Newton

I have combined a long professional career with a lifetime fascination for the science of self-actualisation. – This fascination continues to be a rich journey which informs what I bring to my work in every way.

Clients – very kindly – speak of my skill in eliciting clarity and focus – my tenacity in coaching for growth and crucially: for real and lasting insight.

Essentially a pragmatist I believe coaching is always about the bottom line. But equally that success is not just about what you have achieved but who you become.

Working with business executives since 1999, I have again and again, sought to bring out the A-ha moment….because the client does know best – they just may not know how to surface that ‘best’.

How I work

My approach is very much to surface these insights – and provide the tools so clients can be self-sustaining and then I exit.

With a team I might work briefly with each team member – design and deliver the intervention – and come back to do a maintenance check before exiting.

Exit is a very important concept here: in and out –no dependence allowed. Indeed dependence is the antithesis of the process. The core principle is realisation– and on, to the next level of development and growth.

Moving on

I’m at the end of a phone for questions – or a fresh intervention after the original has become a competency and people are ready to move even further on.

But really, the core principle is enablement. Insight changes our experience of life – and hence everything about our lives.

I work with senior executives and teams in the UK and internationally.

I was very sceptical when a former GM in the division asked me to take the Birkman test. I had done a few of those profiling tests in the past and was certain this was going to be just another one…Well, I couldn’t be more wrong. Maria was the consultant hired to help me understand the results and, without ever seeing me (it was before the Zoom era :)) described me better than I could describe myself. Since then, I have used Birkman and Maria many times – in hiring processes, in coaching and mentoring processes and even in my personal life.

Fernando Alperowitch

Business Director, North America - Graphics Solutions Business (Industrial) at HP

Maria has provided unique and excellent advice to myself and the broad HP Indigo team for 16 years in our hiring process, talent management and team building. Her broad experience, intellectual curiosity and ability to articulate in a concise way complex ideas are really special. i see Maria as a key contributor to my development and would highly recommend her in a consulting role for managers or for those trying to figure out what they want to do when they grow up.

Alon Bar-Shany

General Manager, HP Indigo

I have watched Maria take on very difficult coaching and facilitation assignments with senior executives of multi-national corporations, and help them through major business challenges. She has assisted them in gaining a deeper understanding of their relationship needs and tendencies, and how to work much more effectively with other corporate and national cultures.

John W. Epperheimer

President, The Workpath Group

Maria is an expert in all forms of communication and human interaction and a valuable contributor to any development initiative as she ensures focus and outcome achievements that stretch and grow all involved.

Denis Tebbutt

Chairman, The Pearcey Institute, Sydney

Maria contributes to organisational effectiveness and development as a result of her outstanding experience using the excellent Birkman Methodology. Theory is hugely supplemented by past experience as a very senior marketing and communications practitioner with world class technology and publishing entities. I have used Maria’s services on many occasions and value the contribution made in each and every situation.

Paul K. Beard

Owner, Transaction Mercantile Limited

I recruited Maria to be the MD of FT Conferences, and got to know her as a friend and colleague. Over the years we have stayed in touch and I have always been inspired by Maria’s insight and ability. She is a rare individual who helps people achieve much more than they think they are capable of.

Christine Watson

Senior VP HR at Pearson, BMW, Compaq