About us ...
The company specializes in diagnosing and developing the leadership potential of middle and senior management leaders.
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Each training and development activity must result in a noticeable improvement
Our philosophy is to produce results for our clients. This is reflected in the realization of measurable business objectives, which are set by our clients prior to any development project. The effectiveness of our approach is measured by our client’s bottom line.
Every professional change starts with a personal change of the individual.
While providing training that aims to improve the business’s proficiency, one must remember that it is impossible to separate the professional sphere from the personal. Therefore, we operate our programs on two levels: professional and personal. We try to empower individuals to transfer effective practices on their non-professional relationships to improve their personal lives.
The success of every process of change is determined at the onset
The preparation stage is equal in every one of our projects. That applies both to analyzing our client’s problems and internal conditions, then adapting our methods and tools to best suit our client’s needs.
People have knowledge – what they are missing is the key to that knowledge
The organization, and most of the people working in it, already have the awareness they need to overcome difficulties or to achieve higher levels of business performance. Our job is to show them the path to this knowledge and to improve their skills.
Our Client’s business… is our business
Our ambition is to establish long-term cooperation with our clients. Therefore, as a key indicator, which measures the effectiveness of our work, we strive to make a noticeable improvement in our client’s results. We believe that such an approach will provide for a strong, long-term partnership.
In order to learn effectively, we need to make it fun
Every person carries within themselves – more or less hidden – a “child;” a precious “relic” of a period in which learning was curious and fun. That being said, our training stands on games and exercises that take participants back to the days when testing new ways of doing things was without risk of failure, stigma, or rejection.
Andrzej Śmiech
Numerous years of management in international corporations, an Economic background (MBA), and a long-established consulting and coaching practice based on knowledge of business psychology (post-graduate studies) guarantee his Clients a unique Evidence-Based Approach aiming at High-Performance Results.
Andrzej’s areas of focus are:
Executive Coach heading projects on enhancing and developing ways of management influence on subordinate teams, based on the Emotional and Social Intelligence model.
Management structure consultant excelling in restructuring organizational systems and building an entrepreneurial approach in organizations.
Leadership Trainer specializing in developing Leadership Competencies among Management Teams that ignites a full capacity of Human Capital within a Team.
30 years of work experience. He has a distinctive cooperation practice with his insurance, bank, financial intermediation, and FMCG clients. He started his professional career in Logistic & Distribution Systems company, where he was responsible for selling, developing, and introducing logistic systems for FMCG companies.
Next, as a manager, he was building sales structures for Pramerica and developing that company in the Polish market. In the following years, he was a sales forces trainer and then a Training manager in Allianz Polska.
After leaving Allianz, he joined ŚMIECH & PARTNERS (previously CATALYST) as a partner and co-owner.
He graduated from Leon Koźmiński Academy and Bradford University – School of Management, where he did his MBA specializing in Change Management and post-graduate studies on Business Psychology. He is a Member of FORBES Coaches Council and Coaching Chamber in Poland.
His Leadership Competency Development Programs have been attended by over 30, 278 participants (over 17,584 training hours) in the Management and Sales field. He is successfully running Executive Coaching practice in Media, Financial and Industrial field since 2001 with over 5,828 hrs of Coaching and 112 Individual Leadership Programs accomplished.