Work as an advisor, mentor, facilitator and trainer supporting companies in People domain. Help to create solutions that include various actions and activities that allow to introduce desired change on company, leader, team and individual level. With topics including company culture (values, norms and behaviours), OKRs building, creating efficient and happy teams, giving and receiving feedback, building learning organisation, fostering collaboration and dealing with failure. Huge believer in utilising your strengths and talents - Discovery Insights. I work with Google for Start-up with multiple acceleration or pre-acceleration program.
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Anna Kowalska
Start-up Consultant, OKRs coach, ex-Google
Bio
I'm a trainer, facilitator and consultant working with start-ups as a mentor in pre-acceleration and acceleration programs. For over 13 years I've worked at Google as L&D Program Manager. I have vast experience in learning programs design, delivery and evaluation. I'm supporting start-up with topics such as OKRs coaching, accountability, building great team, feedback giving, continuous and social learning and others within people domain. I love to learn myself my recent interest are Improv Skills and Positive Psychology. You can see my full profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-kowalska-b9026511b/
Expertise
Building a team
I have 13 years experience in Learning and Development at Google and part of my job I was helping different teams to become more efficient through increasing psychological safety, increasing accountability and dependability, working with their strengths and weakness
Mindset coaching
I have a Psychology degree and recently I've started specialising in Positive Psychology at Penn University. Moreover, I have coaching and mentorship experience. I can share some tips and techniques to help overcome setbacks, deal with failure, create a future vision and sense of mastery over time.
Remote work
I have worked remotely myself for over 10 years. I managed a group of 50 trainers from a remote location. I deliver coach/train people in a remote settings. I can share my experiences, tips and ideas on how to make that work more efficient: how to organise meetings, keep teams connected, deliver trainings and create opportunities for knowledge transfer.
Venting frustration
I am always happy to hear and to help to coach through some difficult times. I have experience as a mentor and coach. I can share some tips and tricks from my experience that can help to go through harder times.
Toolkit
Google Ads
20 years of experienceBasic tips for search and content ads - introductory concept for those who start CTR, CPA, CPC ect. How to choose your keywords for search, how Google trends can be helpful
Industries
Education
Serving as a mentor and trainer for startups in various domains as goal setting, building effective teams, continuous learning process, and personal coaching for founders.