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This workshop is designed to support mentors participating in the Mentoring@CERN 2026 programme. It will focus on practical mentoring tools, effective communication, role boundaries, and common challenges that may arise in the mentoring relationship.
About the speaker
Pawel is an experienced leader and mentor with over 30 years of professional practice across engineering, IT, and management. His background includes chemical engineering, information technology in both industrial and office environments, and senior management roles within technical support and shared services organisations. He worked internationally for 28 years in South Africa and has been based in Poland for the past 7 years. He is an EMCC-accredited mentor at Foundation level, committed to ethical and reflective mentoring practice.
His mentoring approach is based on the belief that meaningful development begins with the mentee’s conscious decision to engage. He does not drive or direct change; instead, he accompanies mentees as they reflect, explore, and make sense of their own experiences and aspirations. His role is to create a safe, structured, and thoughtful space in which learning can emerge.
He focuses on enabling insight rather than providing answers. Through attentive listening, well-placed questions, clear process framing, and strong ethical awareness, he supports mentees in discovering their own perspectives, values, and choices. He believes that sustainable change comes from within, rather than from external advice. For him, mentoring is a two-way dialogue. He values diversity in culture, personality, and life experience, and sees these differences as a source of mutual learning and enrichment.
His mentoring philosophy:
Less directing, more discovering.
Fewer solutions, more meaning.
Less influence, greater autonomy.
The meeting will take place on Microsoft Teams. After registering for the workshop, participants will receive a separate meeting invitation.
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Mentoring@CERN Team
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