top of page

About ARIA

ARIA I Maria Caras founder, executive coach and leadership development facilitator

Founded by Maria Caras, in 2018, ARIA is a network of skilled executive coaches and facilitators who bring deep expertise in executive coaching and leadership development.

 

With 25 years of leadership experience - 15 in senior leadership roles across global organisations - and over 10 years of executive coaching expertise, Maria and the ARIA team understand the challenges of leading in complex, high-growth, and evolving environments.

Our Approach

Practical    

 Human-Centred

Results-Driven

We don’t believe in days of theoretical lectures that are often a good break from the office but don't lead to much more.

​

Instead, we design a journey of small pieces of integrated learning over time.  We focus on sharing a tool or concept and then learning how to really use it through peer conversations and practical application. 

Support to have the right conversations

1

2

We start by understanding what your business objectives are in the short and long-term. 

​

Together we look at the key challenges you’re facing in achieving these objectives.

 

Then we align on the skills your leaders need to address these challenges. 

​

​

Understand your business challenges

3

​​We do this by creating a series of leadership

workshops that provide

practical, targeted

development, aligned with your business context.  ​

​

We also support leaders individually, through

executive coaching, enabling integration of learning with each leader’s unique

development needs.​​

Learning journeys through coaching and workshops

4

Leaders who don’t just learn about leadership - they embody it; experiencing a shift within themselves.   

​

Leaders grow in confidence and effectiveness - equipped to motivate their teams to deliver business results.

​

​

The result? Empowered leaders

ARIA I Using the enneagram to help teams collaborate
bottom of page