Do you have a nagging feeling that you are not fulfilling your potential? That you have much more to offer but are unable to find out how to do this? That you have a sense of what matters to you but cannot express this? That you are torn between where you are and where you want to be? You are not alone. I've felt like this for much of my employed life. Even after making significant changes - doing (yet another) degree, joining (yet another) programme, and switching careers -

I left Poland as a teenager to obtain education, first in Germany and then the UK. I started my career in investment banking and consultancy

Are you feeling unfulfilled in your job? In need of a change but not sure how to achieve your dreams? Perhaps you aren’t even clear on what

In this instalment of our series ‘Getting your dream job’, we share Hernan Gonzalez and Gosia Sztandera’s advice on how to make an impact in the corporate world. Argentinian-born Hernán Gonzalez Merlani works for HSBC, heading up their talent management team in London. He is an accredited coach and enjoys investing his time supporting other people. Polish-born Gosia Sztandera for almost 10 years partnered with companies from various sectors such as, oil & gas, information tec

You worked hard at school to get into university, studied for your degree and then gained professional work experience; now, you would like to get your dream job here in the UK. This is the ideal time to start making your CV work for you. Examples and templates are easy to find online, but it is hard to know which one to follow or trust. At Onpartu, we enlisted coach and trainer Gosia Sztandera with 10 years of recruitment experience to co-create and host a video series for f

I first discovered Onpartu when I was still working as lawyer in the City seeking a side project where I could do something different and help make a meaningful impact – and so I joined Onpartu’s social media team. I’ve since moved on, but I LOVE following Onpartu’s journey and seeing the amazing impact it has on the lives on many women! Now I’m grateful to be able to write this guest blog post and share my story with you. 18 months ago I quit my career as a City lawyer and t

One of the classic problems that most people struggle with is that they experience bumps in the road or difficulties in general as being unnecessary or unfair. When we were children so much of the world was handled for us by our primary care givers, parents etc. At some point in our later teens/early adulthood we went through a time where the bumps that our parents smoothed over now gave us stubbed toes, headaches or even anxiety when we failed to adjust to these changes. Gro

Grammy award winning singer Adele’s latest album, 25, has sold more than 4.2 million copies in the U.S. and is officially the first album to ever sell one million copies for two weeks in a row. She is an extraordinarily successful singer and songwriter, yet surprisingly she admits to feeling crippling stage fright before her acclaimed stage performances. There is hope for anyone who is sometimes lacking in confidence if someone with that level of success can sometimes feel in

Some time after a series of meetings with my mentee, in which we established her values and goals, she rung me, scared that she was making a wrong career decision. She was concerned that she was not going to be good at the role she decided to pursue. It was one of those rare cases when it was a good idea to tell someone the story of my life. Eva, I said, do you know that my first career decision was the worst I could have taken? At school I loved writing, I was a regular at t