Balancing Act: Navigating Professional and Personal Change
Meet Roberta Sawatzky
Learning and Development Consultant
Roberta Sawatzky is a seasoned learning and development coach who brings a wealth of academic and business experience to the table. Her expertise lies in facilitating organizational change to enhance performance and foster a culture of learning. Through her personalized coaching and training, she is dedicated to empowering individuals and teams to achieve their utmost potential.
Read Roberta's Research
REMOTE WORK - COMPETENCIES AND MOTIVATION
Academic Paper | 2020
The economy faces talent acquisition and retention challenges. A new, location-independent workforce emerges, but readiness and required skills are questioned. Research offers insights for success and support for remote workers in academic and industry perspectives.
COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESFUL HYBRID LEADERSHIP
Academic Paper | 2021
Looking through the lens of human centredness, the review of research results revealed six leadership competencies for success. This paper will introduce the reader to these competencies, and discuss why each is vital for successful leadership in hybrid team configurations.
LEADER AS LINCHPIN IN A NEW WORKING CONTEXT OF HYBRID TEAM CONFIGURATIONS
Academic Paper | 2021
Leaders in hybrid work contexts face challenges in defining organizational structures and holding teams together. Self-care and clarifying leadership approach are crucial. Future work trends suggest hybrid working as the norm, presenting a global challenge for leaders.
I have taken some of Roberta's workshops in the past and now she is coaching me on my career path. She doesn't just spout some pre-scripted information, she actually comes from the heart and has helped me dig into my own profile to discover and access my strengths. If you need someone with solid thinking and the ability to help bring out your best or coach you in business, this is who you need to work with.
- Lori Taylor
Roberta has got 'the knack'. Period. She so loves people, that she naturally puts you at ease because you feel she is there for you. Not to mention the fact that every time I sit down with Roberta, there is one big 'ah hah moment'. Its uncanny. It's not just a good idea, or something worthwhile to work on. It's a real big hairy audacious 'ah hah moment'. And she really knows how to pull it out of me, how to ask the right questions for the situation, which constantly changes. Plus, she actually listens to what you have to say, and from her incredible depth of knowledge and experience, responds in your best interest, not hers.
- Zurino Ostroman
I've had the privilege of working with great organizations as a training, culture and development role. Our strategies were ground-breaking but the execution needed to be on-point for these strategies to stick. At that time I was introduced to Roberta Sawatzky, whom I had heard from previously from one of my strongest friends and mentor in high regard as well.
Roberta was willing to sit down with me for an hour each week to understand our goals, identify my strengths and push the S#&! out of me to help refine the imperfections out of my training and delivery techniques and teach me techniques that not only helped us ROCK our strategy roll-out successfully, but helped me grow personally and professionally leaps and bounds from where I was.
The many successful projects, referrals, successful courses and accolades over the past couple years all stem down to your shared wisdom to a young man who you demanded greatness from and showed the path on how to achieve it.
I am forever grateful!
- Mike Weiss