Welcome! My name is Ryszard Skarbek. I am the founder of Empowerment Coaching, a growing family of experienced HR Mentors, HR Project Managers, and Coaches. We help both companies and individuals through HR consulting and mentoring services that are backed by innovative software for competency assessment and personality profiling. 30 years of my professional experience (out of which 20+ years were spent in a multi-national corporation) allowed me to experience the realities of the "corpo-world", all its pressures as well as unwritten rules. For over 10 years I worked in the HR department. My adventure with coaching started in 2012 after obtaining a Performance Coach Certificate (CfPAC) at the British Coaching Culture at Work institution, which follows the path set by the co-creator of the GROW coaching method, Sir John Whitmore. After certification, I started regular coaching practice. I was also the leader and an ardent advocate of the project, whose goal was to implement a coaching management style in the global service organization in which I worked (Europe, Asia, Africa, both Americas, over 600 employees). At the beginning of 2020, I left my job and decided to start my independent journey. Privately, I am a husband and a proud father of two adult sons. I live in a village near Krakow and I increasingly appreciate the simplicity of countryside Life. From this perspective, the "turning" of today's world is also much clearer. After the intellectual effort, I pick up an electric scythe or shovel/rake and go to the garden. I am also fascinated by wood and metal. For several years I have been renovating and bringing old rural tools back to life. Who knows, maybe the next step will be sculpturing ...