Lurinda has one of the most unique facilitation styles of anyone I have ever met. Her ability to meet an audience where they are at, and land a message, get input and enable learning through the use of creative processes, narratives, humour and day-to-day scenarios are invaluable to generate energy, excitement and buy-in, whether for a formal intervention or to create team cohesion for team building initiatives.

Lurinda is a highly experienced leadership coach and facilitator. She makes you feel that it is OK to be yourself. This removes the pretences that stifle spontaneity, which enables leaders and teams to access their full creative potential. I strongly recommend her.

I have met Lurinda Maree several years ago where we both shared, participated, and presented topics during a weekly meeting. I also had the privilege to co-facilitate a leadership team journey with her which included one-on-one coaching and team facilitation during 2023/24. Lurinda’s ability to connect deeply with the team members and the team in an authentic way was something that stood out. Her energy, enthusiasm, empathy, willingness to share and learn and a deep understanding of the people left the team members with a growth experience where they could continue the journey on their own. Lurinda’s skills as a facilitator allows her to go and challenge growth in others where most facilitators will feel uncomfortable to go. Lurinda’s extensive experience, creativity and innovative skills made it very easy to co-create the process and delivered a seamless result. When it comes to future interventions where a deep understanding of people and organizational systems are required, she is definitely my first choice as a co-facilitator.

Lurinda has been an absolute light in my life and one of the greatest blessings I received as part of my Executive Development Program. Not only is she kind and relatable; but her ability to connect and engage with people on a personal level has made it so easy for me to share even the hardest and most difficult parts of my life. Lurinda has challenged me to dig deeper, connect more with myself and has held up a mirror to my face in the most loving and safe manner. I often wonder what my life looked like before I met her and before she encouraged me to explore parts of myself I hadn’t dared to and I genuinely cannot express enough how she’s changed the trajectory of my life.

I have known and worked with Lurinda for roughly 8 years. Over this period we have collaborated in fields of mutual interest and been members of various forums for like minded professionals, including Group Relations Conferences, psychodynamic consultancy & training groups and applied improvisation.

Most recently, she has facilitated applied theatre and games workshops for several diverse teams as part of 1-year transformation journeys I was running within a large financial services organisation. One of the characteristics of such work is that many of the patterns and dynamics that team members have to engage with are systemic, in that they originate outside of the team itself and are beyond the team’s direct control. Because of this, the systemic lens of Lurinda’s approach allowed team members and the leaders in particular, to clearly identify what was in their domain of control and how they could work with it constructively as part of the larger system. This is particularly challenging and nuanced work, requiring great sensitivity and Lurinda is gifted at it, exceeding her own high standards.

These workshops were designed to experientially enact and observe team dynamics in creative ways for deeper exploration and insight. Participants unanimously reported that these workshops were incredibly impactful, in no small measure due to Lurinda’s presence and style. Her deep knowledge of the underlying theory, her creativity, her energy and her enthusiasm created huge energy unlock for team members over a particularly difficult period in the organisation’s financial cycle as well as major ‘aha’ moments and realisations. She was always professional, built rapport and trust quickly, which established a very safe container to do the deeper work. One of the most powerful aspects of her work was helping people to laugh, to take themselves less seriously and hold things a little more lightly, to not be afraid to take risks and make mistakes in service of learning and growing and to engage collaboratively with one another.

I have learnt a great deal from working with Lurinda and would strongly endorse her work.

Lurinda is ‘n ongelooflike passievolle coach en fasiliteerder! Sy bring 100% van haar unieke energie en kundigheid na elke sessie wat lei tot gemaklike interaksies in enige groep. Sy het die ongelooflike vermoë om almal gemaklik te laat voel - al daag sy elkeen uit om vêr buite hulle gemaksone te floreer.

“Being coached by Lurinda is a special experience. She approaches career guidance from a unique, refreshing perspective that embraces the person’s whole self and gives them the encouragement to explore their next steps in a safe, inspiring space.”