With a strong background in academic biomedical research, Zuzanna brings the rigour of science into the heart of human systems. She spent years in globally top-ranked research groups before walking away from two PhD programs — not out of failure, but as a stand against dehumanizing work environments. That decision became a defining act of leadership — one that fuels her mission to help others reclaim humanity at work.

Zuzanna trains coaches and leaders worldwide as a faculty member at CRR Global, a pioneer in systems coaching. She has lived and worked across Europe, the US, and Africa, partnering with organizations across cultures, sectors, and industries. Her specialty is navigating the “messy middle”: unspoken conflict, power dynamics, silos, stagnation, and transformation fatigue. She helps teams say what needs to be said — with courage, clarity, and heart.

Her mission is clear: to help leaders and organizations become more relational, resilient, and radically human — because when people feel safe, connected, and valued, true innovation and growth can happen.

Zuzanna’s work is rooted in the belief that diversity is intelligence — not just across race or nationality, but also across age, background, education, lived experience, and worldview. She sees inclusion not as a trend, but as a core principle of healthy systems, creative thinking, and long-term sustainability.

While her coaching may go deep, working with Zuzanna feels light. Her presence is warm and grounded, her humour disarming, her clarity fierce. She names the things others tiptoe around — always with compassion, never for performance. She’s spontaneous, intuitive, and laser-focused — but never detached from the larger purpose. She brings ease, humanity, and sometimes even laughter into the toughest of rooms.

Outside of work, Zuzanna is in motion. She’s a long-distance runner, diver, surfer, skier, hiker, yogi, and climber — or anything else that gets her into nature and into her body. She believes in slow living, guided by her mantra “less is more.” For her, conscious, intentional living creates ripple effects — in work, in family, in how we treat the earth and each other. As any surfer knows, not every wave is worth catching. Patience and timing matter — in the ocean and in leadership.

She currently lives in Portugal with her two children, three cats, and three dogs — in a home full of wildness, movement, and joy.

Zuzanna is also the author of The Leadership Reset: Practical Tools to Move from Stagnation to Growth, and co-author of the upcoming eBook Balanced Leadership: Mental Health in Project Management. Her second workbook, focused on transforming conflict into collaboration, is currently in development.