Marina, @marinanorkinav, Junior Researcher

What difficulty did you come to coaching with?

Before working with Zhenya, I had no experience of coaching sessions, so it was exciting, unclear what would happen and how. I liked the process and the result, I might even say it exceeded my expectations.

With Zhenya we dealt with the topic of "My strengths". The request/purpose was to identify for myself those skills that make me stand out, give me an advantage, just to understand my strengths. It wasn't easy because it was my first experience.

What did you like about the session?

During the session we did specific exercises in real time to work through different situations and identified those skills, abilities, one could even say behaviors that actually help a lot in difficult situations, in everyday work, in achieving specific goals, but were used by me not consciously and rarely, and some of them were not based on, not even considered a shortcoming at all. As a result: understanding that it is necessary to use these skills every day and/or according to situations.

What was most valuable during the session?

It was especially valuable for me to work in a group. From the outside, discussing with each other (other participants' situations) opens your eyes to yourself even more!

Thanks to Zhenya for creating an atmosphere where it was comfortable to share your thoughts, have a discussion ❤️