Coaching is just one of the tools under my belt. I enjoy most working with people who reached a place in their lives when they have realized that the way are handling their work and life does not produce the results they want and they are out of their wit. Stuck.
I enable my clients to look beyond their habitual ways of dealing with issues and to ‘clean up’ mentally so that they can reconnect with their feelings and intuitive knowledge and transform conflicts and problems into opportunities for connection and growth.
I do this with the help of adult development coaching (Robert Kegan, Jennifer Garvey Berger) but also other methods, including Rapid Transformational Coaching (based on Marisa Peer), complexity informed approaches (Theo Dawson, Dave Snowden), and neuro-coaching and systemic constellation work (based on Jana Thann). I am certified in several leadership development assessments including The Leadership Circle 360° profile and the Lectical Decision Making Assessment of complexity of decision-making. I particularly enjoy working with women.
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Education, Certifications and Professional Development and Memberships
PhD on Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Mediation (2004)
Lectical Decision Making Assessment of complexity of decision making (Lectica) – 2018 and re-certified in 2022
The Leadership Circle 360° profile – 2017
Adult Development Coaching – 2019 (Jennifer Garvey Berger)
Emotional and Body Wisdom (Strozzi, certified Hendricks coach)
Rapid Transformational Therapy – 2020 (Marisa Peer)
Constellations and other systemic work – 2020 (Jana Than)
Big Leap Coaching for women (Tara Mohr, 2018)
Complexity and Sensemaking (Dave Snowden, Cognitive Edge (2017); Berhard Sterchi, Palladio (2022)
Work with trauma (Bonnie Badenoch, 2020)
Organizational Development (Prof. Claus Nowak, 2012)
ICF Austria Chapter Board Member (2022)
Dr. Bellak – biographical note
Early in her career Dr. Bellak worked with leading companies in the financial sector including Swiss Re and the Allianz Group, where she served as the first ever female Executive Assistant to a member of the Allianz Group board. Most of her professional career Blanka worked with international organizations including the OSCE and various UN agencies on conflict and peace and women’s empowerment. In 2014, Dr. Bellak became the Director of the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, an award-winning training and research centre on peace and conflict, where she led a complex change process. In 2017, Blanka established Leadership Associates in 2017 so that she can effectively support women leaders in achieving the their professional and life goals. In 2022, Dr. Bellak was elected to the ICF Austria Board.
Dr. Bellak has published with leading universities (Oxford, Harvard) and think tanks (CEPS, Oxford Analytica). She is a certified coach (ICF ACC), certified debriefer of the Lectical Decision Making Assessment®, The Leadership Circle® 360˚ profile and a certified Leadership Embodiment coach (Hendricks, Strozzi) and Rapid Transformational Therapy practitioner among others.
A mother of two boys, Blanka divides her time between Prague and Vienna, travels for her work in Europe and beyond. She enjoys practising yoga. She works in English, German and Czech languages.
She can be reached at +43 681 10 700 263 and at blanka.bellak@leadership.associates.
