What drives someone to love their work or quietly disengage from it? That question has shaped the past 20 years of my career, and it still fascinates me every day.
I work at the intersection of motivation, assessment and recruitment, partnering with organisations — from global corporations to start-ups — who share a simple but ambitious goal: hiring people who will genuinely thrive in the role, not just fill it. Over 20 years, thousands of conversations across five industries, four continents and every level of seniority — from the workshop floor to the C-suite — have given me a close-up view of what really keeps people engaged, fulfilled and committed at work.
What I have come to understand is this: motivation is not one-size-fits-all. A role that feels like a dead end to one person is a dream to another. When we take the time to understand why that is, hiring becomes less of a gamble and more of a genuine match — better for the individual, and better for the organisation.
I am increasingly bringing these perspectives into wider conversations because I believe the insights gathered from thousands of individual conversations have value well beyond the recruitment context. Understanding human motivation is one of the most underleveraged tools available to People leaders today.
Born and raised in Poland, I have lived and worked in the UK, Italy, Spain and am now based in Germany. I hold a degree in Social Sciences and speak English, Polish, German and Spanish. Cultural diversity is something I encounter almost everyday — and something I believe makes organisations considerably stronger.
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