Coaching Blog - Personal Development

We all make mistakes in both personal life and professional environment. It is natural for human beings. And in fact, we learn the most from our mistakes, not our successes. Sometimes, we can quickly correct the situation and prevent the undesired outcomes. In other cases, we can forget about the error and move on. But it also happens that our mistake is a serious one. There is no longer a way to fix it. It is the worst-case scenario. We have to face severe consequences the m

When you're trying to balance work and family, work and personal life, it's good to have an understanding and supportive boss. Someone who doesn't frown when you want to leave work early to attend your children's school event or when you ask for time off to take one of your parents to the doctor. But what if your manager doesn't understand your family's responsibilities? Or worse, is your boss disrespectful or even hostile to your family matters? How do you deal with a boss w

To make the right choice for your new career path, you need to decide what factors are most important to you in your new job, and then choose the option that best reflects them. And it works on two levels - rational and emotional, "intuitive" . You will only be truly happy with your decision when they are matched. This post presents a method that can be used to analyze options at both levels and design your new career path. As you begin preparing for the career change you wan

Sometimes, to improve our quality of life, it is necessary to make big changes to it. Such as saying goodbye to your current career and starting a new career path. When should you consider changing your career path? There may be several reasons for such a decision. Your current job has been boring for a long time, you feel that you are not developing at all, and the obligations imposed on you have little to do with your education and skills. Or maybe you feel burnout and the

In previous posts, we discussed the topic of a clear direction for professional development. Today, while continuing to look at this issue, we will try to answer the question "How to set career goals?" It seems like an obvious piece of advice to think about what you want to achieve. The key, however, is to approach these considerations wisely. When setting career goals, the so-called SMART method is often used. How to approach setting professional goals? Thinking about what w

One of the common questions you may hear in an interview is "Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?" Although frustrating, it has a very specific intention: this way the employer wants to see what idea you have for yourself and your professional development, and whether you are a good candidate for the job. Answering this question can help you get your dream contract, but it's worth it know me for myself as well. A clear definition of our aspirations helps in finding a suit

Both young people who have just entered the labor market and people with many years of experience who are reevaluating their priorities struggle with the problem of determining their direction of development. On the other hand, for some people it is a very easy task - from their teenage years, they showed interest in one specific field and are 100% sure that they want to choose a related career path. Fulfilling your dreams about a career, achieving a specific position, and ga

The moment has come for the "grand finale" of this series, and therefore a story about an Adult. However, before we start - one digression.

How to set healthy boundaries? Assertiveness is honesty towards oneself and others. I say what I think (not always and not to all of course)

Nowadays, personality tests are no longer only the domain of psychologists. They find more and more use in the business world

One of the simplest methods of developing greater self-awareness is the quartet of the following questions

Appreciative intelligence is an extremely useful psychological competence. Above all, it helps us to recognize our strengths but also...

Change is a challenge in itself. And leading a multicultural team through change is even more of a challenge. Especially for the leader.

When I thought about this situation, I realized the phenomenon of the authority, which I was a witness and, in a sense, a victim of

You work hard to get recognized at work. You have the constant feeling that you are not getting things done well enough. As if you are...

In the previous episode, we outlined three people inherent in us: Child, Parent, and Adult. Today, a lot more information about...

Today I will risk saying that many of us are not fully aware of what words we use every day. And most of all, we don't realize that ...

The topics of assertiveness and public speaking are the two most cited areas where people would like to improve at work

Today I would like to show how the GROW method in which I work can be wonderfully applied to self-coaching.

Today, we are starting a series of columns that are intended to provide specific tools for working on ourselves. They can be used both for..