I find it very important to take care of the soul and heart of teams so one can grow on the individual and on the group level as well safely. If teams are dysfunctional, it will be more challenging to the individual to grown, and vice versa, so it is inevitable to focus on both when we are aiming to grow and transform.
My journey as a trainer / team facilitator / team coach started with the volunteer years, as I was responsible for organising workshops, classes and fun activities for kids. It gave me pleasure to search for games and other activities to make sure everybody will be involved, have fun and learn at the same time. I can still recall the excitement and the fear when I stood in front of the kids for the first time. Kids with whom I did not speak the same language.
Needles to say, I had to be resourceful and creative to educate and entertain.
Since the feedback was great and I felt fulfilled and empowered, I decided to do it in a more professional level, so I took part in numerous European project abroad ( Ireland, Iceland etc.) to see, how it is done properly. As a part of a local NGOs I could organize workshops, trainings to put all the knowledge into practice, until today, I am playing active role in non-formal education. Workshops are held in various topics such as team building, conflict management, D&I, team coaching on several topics, evaluation meetings, integration meetings and so on.
At the same time, I managed to grow as a leader in a multinational company, I became responsible for a dozen of people, I felt that I needed to implement some of the training tricks in my everyday life to be able to cope with expectations from above and from my people as well. I participated in leadership trainings in all shapes and sizes, I got appointed as mentoring new leaders, and I was given the opportunity to train coach students on a global level which was a true honour for me.
I combine successfully the ease and flow of the trainings from civil sphere with the knowledge and perspective of a for profit sphere and spiced it up with all the wisdom of the science from my latest university course on workplace mental health.
My mission as a team coach and a mental health professional is to create a safe workplace, a healthy work environment so that people can thrive and grow in a comfortable phase, which gives more ideas, innovation and success to companies after all.
