Meet Maria Padbury, Founder of The Padbury Group
“Empowering leaders, so that together, we can change the world”
Maria Padbury brings over 25 years of extensive experience in Learning and Organisational Development to The Padbury Group. Her expertise is complemented by relevant qualifications and accreditations, including Organisational Psychology, Whole Brain® Thinking HBDI, Six Sigma, and Organisational Coaching. Maria's professional journey is based in the values of courage, compassion, and community.
A Commitment to Excellence
Maria believes in optimising individual and team performance by fostering unity around common goals and ensuring every member feels valued for their unique talents and skills. Her approach encourages a culture where individuals are empowered to freely express themselves, contributing to a collaborative and innovative environment.
Diverse Industry Experience
Maria's career spans across diverse sectors including fast-moving consumer goods, technology start-ups, energy, government, finance, engineering, mining, transport, advertising, education, environmental sustainability, telecommunications, retail, and superannuation services. This breadth of experience equips her with a deep understanding of various organisational dynamics and challenges.
Empowering Success
At The Padbury Group, our mission is clear: to leverage our expertise and resources to support your journey towards success, however you define it. We are committed to serving others by delivering tailored solutions that align with your goals and aspirations. Whether it's enhancing leadership capabilities, driving organisational change, or fostering a culture of continuous improvement, Maria and her team are dedicated to helping you achieve sustainable growth and excellence.
Partnering for Your Success
We believe that everyone has the innate potential to succeed. Through collaborative partnerships and impactful interventions, we empower individuals and organisations to unlock their full potential. Maria's hands-on approach ensures that each client receives personalised attention and strategic guidance, resulting in tangible and meaningful outcomes.
Get in Touch
Ready to elevate your organisation's performance and cultivate a thriving workplace culture? Contact The Padbury Group today to explore how Maria Padbury and her team can support you on your journey to success.
Email maria@thepadburygroup.com or call 0413 164727 and let's explore how we can work together.
Testimonials
“We were looking for an external trainer to provide an engaging, effective and unifying training package to deliver leadership training for our leadership team of 14 managers, inside our SME based in Melbourne. We 'interviewed' a large number of potential providers, but Maria stood out above all others due to the fact that she really listened to what we were trying to achieve and provided clear and specific guidance as to what she could deliver and how she could deliver it. Not only that but the price was very reasonable, especially considering the notable hours of one-to-one training Maria was to spend with each manager prior to the day - I would say that the value on offer was outstanding. So, the decision to engage Maria's service was taken, and to say we were not disappointed is an understatement. The pre-training one to ones were highly engaging and got everyone on board right from the off, then the training on the day was outstanding, and a huge amount of fun too.
Maria kept us all engaged throughout the process and there was 100% buy in from all. Since the training we have seen significant improvements in performance and communication amongst team members and the impact has been both instant and highly positive - plus we have updated our core values and company purpose statement based upon the work we undertook on the day. I would highly recommend Maria to anyone who has a leadership team, from within an SME (like ours) all the way up to a large corporate; if you need leadership training, Maria is an excellent choice. 5 Star review. Thank you so much Maria".”
M.H - Managing Director, Purple Line Pty Ltd
"Maria is an exceptional practitioner and a trusted advisor who helped me to achieve the following people and company goals:
Identifying and assisting leaders execute clear strategies toward achieving aligned company and personal values and goals,
Coach senior management to develop leadership capability,
Guide senior executives on identifying pathways and practices to lead, develop and manage highly effective teams, and
Working with small and large businesses to identify strengths and weakness and develop effective change management plans that benefit people and the company."
M.E –Director, Not for Profit
"Maria developed and delivered an in-house workshop for various staff members across multiple different teams within our business. The program was very well received by all participants.
We have had more staff express interest in participating in the program, since the program was completed.
Maria was very thorough ensuring that she understood the requirements of Funtastic and what outcomes that we were trying to achieve.
The quality of Maria’s program was of a very high standard.
Maria was professional in her dealings with the key stakeholders within the business and ensuring all were fully briefed on the program outcomes and also followed up post the workshop to ensure all outcomes were achieved. The program was a great success and I would highly recommend Maria to any other business."
J. M – Director, Human Resources, Funtastic Ltd
“Maria Padbury’s work on the Strategic Capability Uplift Program made a significant and valuable difference to the Global Practices business area of Telstra: Maria worked diligently and effectively with senior stakeholders to map a capability framework designed to uplift the capability of technical engineers, project managers and consultants within the Telstra Global Services area, with the end result being the commercialisation of these roles and skills for Telstra.
Maria was a delight to work with: she is calm under pressure, she partners with stakeholders effectively to influence the desired outcome and has a strong background and understanding of large scale capability programs and projects.
Maria added enormous value to the project and received outstanding feedback around her working style and results obtained. Thanks Maria!"
J.B - Global Learning Advisor, Telstra.