Jelena Radonjic
Career Fulfillment and Leadership Development CoachHi, I’m Jelena! I am an award-winning Career Fulfilment and Leadership Development coach, helping conscious, aspiring professionals thrive in the careers they love.
About Jelena
An award-winning career and leadership coach, trainer and speaker, Jelena has coached 320+ corporate professionals worldwide, empowering them to thrive in the careers they love.
With 25+ years in global recruitment and education management, including MBA and EMBA careers, Jelena works with senior and mid-career professionals, as well as organisations, to facilitate career development, leadership development and fulfilment at work, creating win-win scenarios for all parties.
Through her powerful blend of career, business and leadership coaching coupled with transformational coaching and training, Jelena has elevated careers of global talent from Amazon, Uber, eBay, Siemens, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, BP, AstraZeneca, Diageo, Vodafone, Accenture, Deutsche Bank, GSK, The Cabinet Office, and many others.
A CTI qualified coach, Jelena has worked with thought leaders such as Deepak Chopra and John Demartini, she is a Forbes Coaches Council contributor, speaker, and author. Having lived and worked in 3 countries, including Japan, she is multilingual and culturally sensitive.
She is passionate about the Future of Work, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and partners with individuals and organisations to create improved work life outcomes.
🌟 I facilitate work life transformation of purpose driven senior professionals in career transitions 💫
⭐ ️ My corporate career was forged through a baptism of fire in a Japanese corporation in Tokyo, then London.
⭐️I’ve worked with global companies in international recruitment for 25+ years, developing multicultural sensitivity, commercial acumen and business building skills, serving clients from all corners of the globe.
⭐️I blend and combine Eastern and Western philosophies, business practices and spirituality, offering my clients who come from all over Europe and the UK, US, Australia, India, Singapore, China, Japan and many other countries, life changing transformative career coaching.
⭐ ️If you care about becoming the best version of yourself, growing personally and professionally, with purpose, – then I have what you need!
My Values & Beliefs
FRESH INSIGHTS - INSPIRED ACTION!
Coaching facilitates insights, but I take it further, I make you accountable to apply the learnings from each session. It’s both empowering and challenging. But that’s how you grow!
KNOWLEDGE IS BEAUTIFUL, WISDOM IS DIVINE.
This is my mantra so to speak. What does it mean? You can learn by yourself, from books, online, etc., but accessing inner wisdom, the best version of yourself – often requires facilitation. That’s what I help you unlock!
MINDSET IS THE NO:1 SUCCESS FACTOR IN CAREER AND BUSINESS
Having worked with thousands of people, including clients in my corporate career, and having coached more than 300+ professionals worldwide to career success, I have seen it time and again – mindset trumps all else. Many recent studies prove just that!
INFORMATION + INSPIRATION + ACTION = TRANSFORMATION & SUCCESS
This is the summary of my process in a nutshell. You will be informed, inspired and you will take action, all that will result in a transformation – inner and outer – which will give you the results that have been escaping you!
Highlights of training and speaking events:
Training for a 50 strong global team at ServiceNow, delivered across 5 time zones:
- Confidence and Winning Mindset (how self -awareness and self-management can help you reduce stress at work and perform well)
- Application of Emotional Intelligence in the workplace (EQ and Leadership)
– Keynote on “Win-win scenarios for employers and employees: What makes a great fit” at HSBC Bank, May 2024
– Part of “Global Leadership – Attracting and Retaining Talent” panel at HSBC, May 2024
– How to Future-Proof Your Career – live workshop for the Annual Conference of Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, June 2023
(two photos below, marked IoFA)
– Life After Corporate: Fireside chat – for European Women on Boards, May 2023
– Career Acceleration – live workshop for Indian Actuaries in London, April 2023
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– How to Accelerate Your Career Progression Through Networking – featured at Career Breakthrough Summit, December 2022
– Bespoke mini-workshops for Companion – a leading workplace well-being app:
- Effective communication for hybrid teams,November 2022
- Making work meaningful,October 2022
– How to Be a Better Leader – Women Business Leaders’ Summit, April 2022 (1-day workshop)
– Challenging Beliefs, Cultivating Compassion – A Precursor to a More Inclusive Workplace (This was commissioned by Amazon and was viewed by their worldwide employee audience), May 2022
– #Break the Bias! – delivered for Amazon global employee audience, March 2022
– Career Reinvention After a Crisis – panel speaker on Women Future Conference, November 2021 (US based annual conference, I was one of only two speakers selected from Europe)
– How to Deal with Rejection in Life and Career – Masterclass designed and delivered for General Assembly, August 2021
– Leading with Confidence for Women Leaders (Designed and delivered to 60 emerging women leaders in Amazon, 2020
– How To Create a Powerful Personal Brand and Leverage it for Your Career (Designed and delivered for Fairy God Boss, 1.5mil strong women career network in the US, June 2020, attendance: 350+ participants.
My Approach
A broad holistic approach is coupled with very specific career coaching and guidance, underpinned by strong commercial awareness and understanding of the world of work. That’s why you get the desired results!
How am I different from other coaches?
When it comes to career coaching, many coaches who offer it are great life coaches. However, do they have the expertise I gained working in international recruitment and MBA /EMBA career space, for more than 25 years? There are career coaches with a background in recruitment or HR, however do they have the decades of personal development and transformational work on top of the coaching qualifications that I have? To see a selection of my qualifications and extensive training visit my LinkedIn profile.
In addition, I bring a wealth of commercial experience gained around the world, including building and managing companies, into my coaching. In short, you can rest assured that we will work on all aspects – physical (well-being and good habits), mental (mindset), emotional (emotional intelligence, communication & relationships, leadership), spiritual (worldview and consciousness) + business/career alignment and self-actualization. This is applicable whether you are going for career progression, career transition or leadership development, or both.
Coaching with WhatWork is for those who are prepared to take charge of their career and life and become fully accountable. Only total commitment and dedication from YOU will ensure that you achieve the goals set out at the beginning of the coaching process. I am here for you to listen, ask, guide, challenge and support you in an equal measure and to celebrate your success!
I work in a confidential, supportive and empathetic way, whilst also challenging my clients to identify, dissolve and overcome blocks, resistance and confusion on the way.
During the coaching process you will be able to build or rediscover self confidence and enthusiasm, simply because you will identify and connect with what truly matters to you, and with my assistance, find a way to achieve it.
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