“I came to coaching because my employer offered a couple of sessions. I wanted to try, not really knowing what to expect from it. After the first session, I knew I wanted to commit fully to it and not only for 2-3 sessions. For the first time, I was dedicating some time to sit and take responsibility. Eight months after, I couldn’t be happier about the result. We immediately had a connection with Jitka, who is a great listener, asks relevant questions and goes straight to the point. She takes you by the hand and help you find the answers within yourself. I got to learn so much about myself, self-development routines, my life purpose, my talent and what holds me back to achieve my full potential. Coaching gives you all the tools to become a better you, and obviously 80% of the work has to be done by yourself outside of coaching sessions. Jitka is a wonderful coach and I can only recommend her if you want to consciously choose your life, take decisions, boost your self-confidence and become better both in your personal and professional life.”
- Fatima Sator - International Committee of the Red Cross
“I’ve been working with Jitka for a few years now, and initially I came to coaching because I was constantly struggling with different aspects of my life, mostly around lack of confidence, trying to figure out what I wanted from my life, what roles to go after. Working with Jitka has given me so many things:
I am so grateful to Jitka. Over the years, we’ve peeled the layers off the onion and worked on so many different things, I am now a much happier and content person, and am continuing to adapt and work towards my dreams. Jitka has a vast wealth of tools in her coaching kit and has the expertise to always use the right one. I would thoroughly recommend Jitka as a coach!!!”
- Neeta Darragh - Senior Manager at VM Ware
"I had the pleasure of working with Jitka in the summer and fall of 2020 and the coaching sessions had an enormous positive affect on my professional results, my self-awareness and my overall well-being. When I first met Jitka, I felt very anxious in a new higher position within my organisation and lacked the confidence to step into my own. From the first session, I felt that Jitka understood exactly who I am in ways that people I have known for year did not. She saw me and created a comfortable space for me to work on myself. Working to identify my core values really helped me to understand what is important to me and why, which has made it easier for me to navigate the political environment and frustrations of my professional life. Through visualisation exercises, I was able to step out of my anxiousness and lack of self-confidence and trained my mind to stop the flow of negative thoughts. After 4 sessions, I was able to make a longer public speech at work – something that had been unthinkable just months prior.
I deeply thank Jitka for sharing her wisdom with me and highly recommend Jitka to others in need of professional coaching."
- Lene Groenkjaer - Field Team Leader, Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR)Sous-Délégation de Ziguinchor
"When I started the coaching program, I didn’t know anything about coaching. I started having coaching sessions with Jitka after I was laid off. At that time, I was unable to think clearly and had mixed feelings. She helped me to organise my thoughts and re-evaluate what was important to me to find my purpose in life.
Working with her was a life changing experience, she is extremely personable and has the ability to connect with you quickly, she is a “cable to earth”.
She is very empathic and professional. My sessions with her helped me truly move forward.
I have gained a lot more than I expected from life coaching. This is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life, this is the beginning of a new book!
Jitka is part mentor and part cheerleader. She has a way of repackaging your own thoughts and feelings in a way that adds meaningful direction.
She helped me to “unpack my emotional baggage”, identify my life purpose and encouraged me to go after my dreams focusing on the things that really mattered to me and how I could achieve them. The exercise that moved me most emotionally was the meeting with “my captain”; this is something that everyone should experience! I can’t recommend enough hiring Jitka’s services as a Coach!"
- Monika Hernandez - Partner Operations Manager at Cisco
"I was feeling confused about the next steps in my career and education because I am at a crossroads with my contract coming to an end in 18 months, I needed to decide on the next steps. I then worked with Jitka who helped me discover my values and the importance of aligning myself to my values. From this I was able to define my life purpose. I now have clarity in that any decisions I make will be in line with my life purpose for me to be fulfilled. I thus feel confident to make the right decisions and take control of my life thanks to Jitka.
I have conducted research on the universities that offer the course I am interested in-Masters in Negotiation/Humanitarian Diplomacy and I will apply for the September 2021 intake. With Jitka’s help, I have identified schools offering certification in coaching and applied to start in January 2021, since this is useful in my current job and for my future."
- Caroline Wanyonyi - Ombudsman for Asia & the Pacific, International Committee of the Red Cross
"I came to coaching for the first time in my life – I felt that my path was lost. I had challenges to focus at works as much as in private life. Like I had a hug grey cloud in my head.
With the coaching sessions we used visual techniques which helped me to re-focus, analyzing situations with a new perspective and all in all trust that the sense of ‘confusion’ would be a temporary thing to accept!
I liked the visual exercises, the wheel of life work which helped me to get clarity of what priorities and values are most important to me. It is by identifying them that the journey towards change has started.
With the help of the coach is possible to stop the brain from wondering, to focus, to be introspective and be accountable for the efforts it takes to feel better to grow as a human being"
- Barbara Silvestri - Business Development and Operations Manager at Cisco
