Women on the front line
{post}: When I was saying to my 7-years old Zosia, that women can become whoever they want in life, that was not exactly what I had in mind. More than 20% of the Ukrainian army are women. 36.000 of women are…
Emotions during the war in Ukraine
{post}: We are now accompanied by a lot of emotions. The dominant ones are helplessness, anxiety and uncertainty about the further course of events. We consider various scenarios. We wonder how it will…
Employees should be listened to, but most of all they need to be heard
{post}: This very wise sentence was mentioned on Friday during the interview I had with the candidate. During yesterday’s walk by the river, this sentence was still ringing in my head. In this one sentence, I could…
My name is Ella. A fairy tale of equality and diversity
{article}: Do you remember the fairy tale about Cinderella? The story of a beautiful girl with golden blond hair, abused by her step-mother and her step-sisters. A girl who doesn’t lose her spirit of happiness waiting…
On HR’s struggle against COVID, current market trends, and love of sweatpants
{article}: Over the past couple of months, I have had the pleasure of having a virtual coffee with a handful of HR execs from a number of companies and industries. We discussed how their companies fared…
All in all, it’s a wonderfull life
{article}: There are some days that are rotten from the start. You open your eyes and you already know that everything is going to go wrong. Fortunately, relatively rarely and surprisingly, they can take an…
Three faces of ghosting: emotional, employee and recruitment
{article}: Until recently the term “ghosting” appeared in the context of male-female relations, specifically in a situation in which one says that they love the other and then all of a sudden disappear like a ghost. They stop…
When not everything goes as planned at your home office
{article}: A marketing communication agency cooperating with IMSA International Executive Search proposed the preparation of a global report regarding trends and changes, which senior managers will be facing…
It's about not returning from Gdansk to Warsaw on Sunday in the middle of summer
{article}: Sunday. Gdańsk. I am driving on the A1 highway hoping, that we will make it to my Warsaw home in 4 hours with my 3-years-old daughter Sophie, and if I put the pedal to the metal maybe even in 3.5 hours. After…
