Rafal Szaniawski

I combine deep listening with thoughtful challenge. I tailor each conversation to the goal you named. I draw on evidence-based coaching, solution-focused practice and mindfulness.

When grief enters a coaching conversation I want to stay present, without rushing to fix it, and I want a clear line between coaching and therapy. I also lead a grief course for coaches: six live sessions of two hours on Zoom, with at most 10 people, and I am the sole facilitator. We look at how grief shows up, at identity and meaning after loss, and at when a referral is the right step.

With leaders and teams I have also designed leadership programmes and facilitated workshops, and I mentor and supervise coaches.

I work with leaders, executives, teams and coaches who are in change, under stress, in a leadership challenge, in grief, or looking at personal growth. I also work with coaches who want mentor coaching or supervision, at ACC, PCC and MCC level, and with coaches who want to sit with grief more steadily.

I have coached leaders, executives, teams and coaches across a wide range of industries and cultures. In 2022 I led a workshop for ICF Poland on the basics of solution-focused coaching. I co-authored Solution Focused Team Coaching, first published in 2023. I am on the faculty at SolutionsAcademy.