Coaching helps you to optimize your overall health & performance, in and outside your business.
My approach
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I work with leaders and founders in the tech space to help them solve various leadership challenges, improve their resilience and stay mentally fit. From difficult team dynamics to improving your skills, leadership, decision-making and overall wellbeing, you bring your agenda and we focus on your most important goals.
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My approach blends coaching, psychological insight and practical skills in culture, leadership, building teams, mental and emotional fitness. My strength lies in my warm candor, empathy and an energy level that leaves you glowing.
Learn with someone who's been there. I bring a unique mix of skills and experience as I’ve also been a COO of a Bulgarian Saas startup. For over 7yrs, I’ve worked with founders of high-growth businesses as well as team leaders and other professionals in IT, across London and Sofia. I understand your context and specialize in the type of conversations you cannot have with anyone else - not HR, your manager, advisors or peers.
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What is coaching?
A confidential 1on1 conversation, where you can get clarity, come up with new ideas and solve your challenges with confidence and strength. Learning should be fun, I get it. So we also run experiments, try new skills, and iterate - until you feel you've built a better version of your yesterday's self. I offer high support with high challenge by asking the right questions, uncovering new perspectives and holding you accountable for the changes you want to make.
In their own words:
Georgi Ivanov,
Co-founder &
CEO of Enhancv
Velina has been coaching us since the very beginning of the project, when Enhancv was just an ambitious idea - from building the team and the product that we offer to raising 2 rounds of Venture Capital.
She somehow managed to extract the best out of us and made us believe that the project we are working on is not just another CV builder, but something that has the potential to change the world!
Keysha Baker
VP of Marketing, Forrester
I worked with Velina at Ve Interactive, where she was coaching members of the leadership team. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and so well respected by all staff within the organisation.
Velina has a very personable style which makes you feel at ease and able to talk very openly with her. She has a great ability to help you quickly find solutions to complex, difficult situations.
Kareem Mustafa
Co-founder & CEO @Chopcast
Working with Velina has been great! She's helped me get better at identifying and addressing root causes to help overcome challenges as they arose.
What I loved about our sessions is that there were always practical takeaways to think about and work on in order to make our discussions more actionable.
Cannot recommend Velina enough!
Hristo Yontchev
Group Director, Milestone Systems
When our ambitions are high, our challenges are equally big, and sometimes can feel overwhelming.
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In those situations, it is of great help to have someone unrelated to your working environment and free from your business burden, who will actively listen to and challenge your thinking.
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This is exactly what I would expect from an excellent coach and based on my experience, Velina possesses all that it takes to fill in such a role.
Zsofi Toth Co-founder Puzl Coworking, Budapest
Velina has a natural, calming presence, soft tone, and genuine empathy, which will help you through any session you'll have with her.
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Velina is not only great with people, but she also has a vast understanding of how businesses and organizations function, which makes her a well-prepared leadership coach - she will always have a tip or method under her sleeve that will help you think through or work through even the hardest decisions.
If I had the chance I would work/ collaborate with her again, without question
Dimitar Mihaylov
Senior Product Designer,
PaySafe
You rarely come across standout a professional like Velina. It was a pleasure to work with Veli for a few months, discussing and digging into different topics. I appreciate Velina's approach of provoking my self-analysis by asking the right questions. That was the key (at least in my case) to find the right path to the balance between work and life, time and self-management.
Despite the virtual nature of our coaching, the video calls with Veli possessed the right energy and emotion, so I didn't feel any gap there. I highly recommend Velina as a performance coach and psychologist!
Konstantin Halachev
VP of Engineering, Insurity
With Velina's help, I found clarity in how I could fit and lead better in my team and my company. And also, how I can be happier in my professional life.
I was sceptical initially, but the sessions with Velina worked very well for me and I highly recommend her to other leaders looking for a new perspective on where they are and where they want to be.
Evgenia Kyuchukova,
Global Director, MentorMate
Today marks about 1 year since I first started feeling unwell and I wanted to take this moment to thank you for the amazing support you have given me. I will be grateful for this for rest of my life!
I know where I was then and where I am now: I feel a huge difference only in a positive direction thanks to all the practices and resources I've learned from our work. Once again, a big thank you and I'm always trying to promote your work, so that you can help more people like myself.