Testimonials
“Working with Nada was a big help in providing professional direction and gave clarity about personal values and attributes.”
“As a result of working with Nada I can be confident about achievements I have made; that they are not insignificant. I know I will always manage to handle whatever situation I may find myself in.
I would recommend Nada if you’re wanting to find direction in your career/a direction towards a career, or even in your life, and if you want to understand yourself better and the sort of things you could do.”
Halja Bryndzia, Chair and Director, Kalyna Care
‘Nada is expert in guiding an exploration of career and life values, and helping to define a strategic career direction.’
‘Having been retrenched, I was unsure about my value, my future career direction, or how to resolve that. Nada guided me, (and I needed guiding) through a series of analysis exercises. I now clearly understand what success is to me, what I need to succeed, what my strengths are and how to express that. I have a direction in finding satisfying, successful career roles, and can express what those are. I can recommend Nada to anybody seeking career clarity and direction.’
Robert Schagen, Applications Project and Service Delivery Manager
‘[She] helped me get clarity on my vision’
‘I engaged Nada’s services to help me get clarity on my goals and action plan.
I thoroughly enjoyed talking to Nada and liked her approach that involved several self-assessments, which helped get clarity on my vision, and put together an action plan while focusing on key areas of potential growth. I would highly recommend Nada’s insights, knowledge and structure if you are ready to move to the next level in your life and career!’
Iris Saar Isaacs, Designer & Creative Director, inSync design
‘I’m genuinely excited by the work we’ve done together’
‘I can’t tell you how inspired and energised I feel. I’m so genuinely excited by the work we’re doing together. It’s all just clicked for me and I definitely feel as though I’m on the right path – there’s no internal struggle. It’s been a challenge for me to trust my intuition and this process – but now I feel as though I’m starting to get some traction on a path that is exciting and I’ve let go of the internal battle and am following my heart.’
Karen Reilly, Company Director
‘I would highly recommend Nada’
‘I had a wonderful session with Nada, who provided in-depth feedback on my MBTI Personality Type and on how this relates to my communication style, emotional intelligence and interactions with self and others. Her insights have helped me improve my communication skills and have taught me the importance of understanding how I communicate with different personality types. I would highly recommend a session with Nada to discover your MBTI Personality type and what that means for your communication style.’
Hacia Atherton, CPA, Chief Commercial Officer
‘I’ve been able to build… stronger relationships professionally’
‘Through our one-on-one leadership coaching sessions Nada Matijevic helped me build a stronger self and social awareness, building action plans for managing up, down, and sideways. As a team we're making better use of everyone's strengths, and as a result we've seen a notable improvement in our operational efficiency.
The leadership program helped me identify where my technical skills could translate to benefits, and also the other areas I'd need to develop to be successful in this role. We set well defined and actionable goals for my current position ensuring they addressed my own career advancement needs as well as success for the business and my team.’
Josh Melvin, Warehouse Team Leader / Engineer at GrainCorp
‘She has been in similar situations herself and has the know-how to help’
‘I came to Nada under recommendation from a friend. I sensed that I needed a change from my current position, but was unable to determine what was best. This caused an added stress on not only my working life, but also personally.
With the tools Nada implements, it was quickly determined that a change of environment was needed. I've continued to use the MindPT tool on a daily basis (even after finishing the program) which helps towards calming and focusing my mind and thoughts; resulting in additional motivation and production for whatever I'm doing that day.
If you find yourself in a situation where you're unsure what the next move is in life (career or otherwise); I believe you'd get benefit working with Nada; she has been in similar situations herself and has the know-how to help.’
Stuart Edwards, Support Manager, IT Services
‘Helped me know myself better and also know others’
‘Nada created a space for me to step back from life’s busyness and gave me the tools to reassess, to celebrate the achievements and refocus on the big picture and the next step of my professional journey.
Working with Nada has continued to help me know myself better and also know others. I would recommend Nada to those seeking to reconnect with who they really are and how to be their best, to reassess their career journey and to devise strategies to achieve better alignment in their career.
Nada sets people at ease so they can feel comfortable in opening up in order to achieve breakthroughs.’
Kistin Gunni Operations Manager | Branch Director at Business in Heels
‘Nada helped me find my direction’
‘I worked with Nada to find direction in my career path for the next decade and to set goals toward those career objectives. Nada helped me to synthesize the noise and helped me to find my direction and to focus on the path.
Nada is authentic, exudes a quiet confidence and builds trust, which made me comfortable to open up, explore and build my self-awareness and career journey.’
Mathew Cheriyan, Qualified CPA, Financial Controller
‘Helping me work through my thought process and asking leading questions was really valuable.’
‘Even though I had done the MBTI profiling a few years ago, it was good to revisit my personality type and to reconnect with my strengths and preferences after changed employment conditions and in order to reclaim some balance in my life. It gave me the opportunity to draw breath, and to analyse and reassess my direction and to decide what I really want to be doing.
Having Nada’s skills and expertise in helping me to work through my thought processes and asking leading questions was really valuable.’
Louise Armstrong, Director, Dore Holdings, Benalla Health Board Quality and Safety Sub-committee, Chairperson
‘Fully present and sincerely cares’
‘Nada builds trust, is fully present and sincerely cares. Nada is a good listener and very genuine and attentive. She knows her stuff around the MBTI Personality Types and strengths and presents the information in an easy to understand, clear and concise way.’
Alison Fowler, Founder World Projects
‘Allowed me to think beyond my current position’
‘Nada was a great support during the first few weeks of my redundancy. It was an opportunity to think about what I wanted to do next and to have that support during that time.
It was great to get positive reinforcement when setting new goals, and the encouragement to go for what I really want rather than letting the negative
thoughts cloud my ideas and ambitions. The personal discovery has allowed me to think beyond my current position and has given me some insights into what I could do going forward.’
Melissa Say, Exploration Geologist
‘Working with Nada has dramatically increased my self-awareness’
’Initially, I wasn’t sure whether career coaching was going to help me, but working with Nada has really dramatically increased my self-awareness and given me a much clearer sense of direction and purpose. It has given me the confidence to express my personality and to use my strengths to my advantage.
Nada prompted me to think about questions I never would have asked, which helped me to more confidently make a decision to go in a certain direction. It has given me the clarity and confidence to take a risk and free my natural abilities. ‘
Ben – Finance Industry
“Genuine warmth and commitment”
“From our first meeting, Nada has demonstrated a genuine warmth and commitment to my success. Of course, she has the required skills and experience to be superb in her role, but her greatest strength is her obvious passion for helping people like me to find their purpose and direction.”
Paul Zsidy
Stakeholder and Relationship Manager | Director Zsidy Racing Pty Ltd
‘Nada was fantastic in providing guidance … in an incredibly difficult period of my life’
’Working with Nada and RJA Careers has given me a renewed sense of confidence … in my abilities and potential but also in my preparedness to stand my ground’
Charlotte Feehan, Beer Anthropologist, Brewer
“With the help and guidance from Nada, I felt empowered, in control”
In August 2020 I had had enough. I knew inside that even though I had done well in my career so far, deep inside I was unfulfilled. This is where I met RJA and then Nada as my career mentor and coach. She knew where I was at, what I needed to go through and what outcome I was seeking. I trusted her completely.
Through this process I had rebuilt trust and confidence in myself to dig deep and bring out exactly what I needed. With the help and guidance from Nada, I felt empowered, in control and networking became an easy hurdle to master.
I was able to maintain a buyer’s mindset and say ‘No’ to other offers that did not serve me. I was not under the control by recruiters which had dictated my next career opportunity. This was a significant change. A real game changer for me. I had control of my career and the next step.
C Level IT Leader
‘I’m excited for what the future holds’
‘Working with Russell and Nada my career has now taken a different direction, one with purpose and direction and a clear 5 year plan that will create more opportunities and advancement, I’m excited for what the future holds!’
Ben, Senior Manager, Tech Advisory