Karoly Hanyecz MBA, PCC
Leadership Transformation Expert | Life, Leadership & Executive Coach | Driving Growth with Intercultural & Agile Expertise | Behavioral Consultant
Director of Operations at Jabil Healthcare
Working with Karoly has been an extraordinary experience on my journey toward excellence. My employer enrolled me in an executive coaching program, and from our very first meeting, Karoly’s professionalism and depth of knowledge were evident. His commitment to helping me grow was clear throughout our sessions.Karoly structured our coaching around the specific objectives and goals we established together. His insightful questions always encouraged me to see the bigger picture, and his honest reflections were delivered with empathy and understanding. While we initially focused on professional techniques, our conversations naturally transitioned to personal development, illustrating the interconnectedness of both areas. Karoly’s patience and clarity in his questioning created an enriching environment for exploration and growth.I wholeheartedly recommend Karoly as a professional coach. He excels at helping individuals understand the holistic landscape of their challenges while guiding them toward excellence in their leadership journey. Thank you, Karoly!
Account Manager at Adyen
I had the privilege of working with Karoly and his guidance has been very helpful. Through our sessions, I gained invaluable insights into emotional intelligence and learned how to navigate critical conversations with confidence and clarity.Karoly provided me with practical strategies to manage difficult discussions, especially with my manager, allowing me to communicate more effectively and foster stronger professional relationships. His approach is thoughtful, insightful, and tailored to individual needs, making each session both impactful and actionable.I highly recommend Karoly to anyone looking to develop skills to advance their career.
Operations Leader | Certified Professional Coach (CPCC)
Karoly worked with me for about six months. He is a skilled active listener, an expert at reframing and reflecting, and he brings relevant intuition and experience to bear on conversations in a coaching environment. The coach-client alliance is the most impactful lever in these relationships, and Karoly’s warmth, integrity, and unconditional positive regard make him a great ally.
Solution Architect helping clients transform and reimagine their Supply Chains | GenAI | Sustainability | Digital Transformation|@Togaf EA Practitioner
As a part if the Leadership Development Program, Karoly was my mentor and it was a great experience to learn and work on the areas which were pivotal to steer me towards growth and insights.It has been a very value driven association and I wish Karoly good luck in his role.
Experienced Commercial Lead with Passion toward Purpose, People and Performance, Excellence in Sales, Marketing, Strategy and Execution, Oral Health and Life Science
Karoly was my coach and helped me significantly to navigate through challenging times with organizational changes and being a leader of 4 countries. He opened me to look forward and be brave to face future changes and turn them to opportunities. Karoly’s strengths are empathy, his ability deeply listen, engage and help to find new ways of thinking and behaving. I am grateful all support I got, and I can warmly recommend Karoly as a coach who makes you to find best of you.
Head of Commercial – foodora Market HU
I have had the privilege of working with Károly, and I can confidently say that his approach to coaching is transformative. Through insightful questions and the powerful technique of holding a mirror up to your actions and mindset, he enables you to see yourself more clearly. This self-awareness becomes the foundation for meaningful growth and development. Károly has an incredible ability to guide you in finding your own solutions, helping you uncover opportunities for both personal and professional advancement. If you’re looking to unlock your potential, I highly recommend working with him.
Engineering manager @ Rescale
Karoly coached me through a challenging and formative time in my career. I was consistently impressed with his engagement and expertise as a mentor and manager. He clearly had my best interest at heart.Looking back, my time with him feels like a real turning point. I emerged with a much stronger understanding of myself, my skills, and my vulnerabilities as a manager and engineer. And I’ve carried that through both in my own career plan and the work I do with my reports on theirs. Most of all I’ve learned to regularly ask these two questions:(1) What are my team and I in a unique position to contribute?(2) How can each of us learn and change, so that we can do more?Thank you for your work!
Operationalizing Strategy So Our Team Performs At Its Best
I worked with Karoly as a professional coach over a 6-month engagement though my employer. I was extremely satisfied with the experience throughout as well as the outcomes. I found Karoly to be open, friendly, and professional. His style worked well with what I was looking for, as he listened closely and asked smart questions that allowed me to uncover my own insights. He was able to help me set concrete goals, which I always struggle with, and his gentle but committed approach supported me to be accountable. I would be happy to work with Karoly again.
Director of Communications LATAM
I had the privilege of having Karoly as a coach during a corporate program. Despite my initial resistance, Karoly proved to be very empathetic and technically brilliant, which helped me a lot to understand the benefits of having someone like him helping me in my development. I am very grateful to Karoly for his fundamental role in my professional growth.
Associate Director of Sales
Karoly mentored and coached me through my leadership. The Advice he gave was instrumental to overcoming particular challenges for me. I was able to implement some of his recommendations resulting in successful outcomes. I strongly recommend Karoly, he is easy to talk to and the professionalism and experience he has is demonstrated in the advice he gives.
Information Technology Executive ► Digital Transformation | Enterprise Change Management | Data-Driven | Customer Experience | Innovative Mindset | Business, Technical, & Financial Acumen
It was a privilege to work with Karoly Hanyecz during my time at USAA. As an executive coach, Karoly brought a deep understanding of the demands, nuances, and responsibilities of executive leadership. His approach blended sharp insight with thoughtful coaching techniques that helped me grow into my role as a new executive at the company.Karoly’s ability to ask the right questions at the right time consistently challenged me to think more strategically and act with greater clarity. His guidance was especially valuable during a high-stakes engagement with senior leadership on a critical initiative. Thanks to his support, I was able to navigate the situation with confidence and deliver impactful results.Karoly is a trusted partner, a skilled coach, and someone I’d highly recommend to any leader looking to elevate their executive presence and effectiveness.
Senior Team Leader Fleet Business Enablement SME&Base AT, ES, PT
During the time when Karoly was coaching me I felt that I am growing in several aspects. He was guiding me on a way that I was asking the right questions from myself to get answers towards the directions of my own development. He found quickly how to link to my background and personality in order to be able to coach me on a very professional level. I am really thankful for our sessions as I learned always something new about myself and the key is only to ask the right question in order to get the right answer. I felt that Karoly was really honest in terms of feedback and a good listener for any kind of discussion we had during our coaching sessions. I would absolutely recommend Karoly as a Professional Coach.
Senior Business Manager, Capital One
I had the opportunity to work with Karoly during a pivotal time in my career, and his coaching made a significant difference. Karoly’s approach is both attentive and insightful. He guided me through a detailed review of my self-assessment results, helping me identify key strengths to leverage. Together, we prioritized areas for development and crafted clear, actionable steps using the SMART framework. Karoly’s guidance in breaking down complex goals into manageable actions was invaluable, enabling me to establish lasting habits. Over the course of our sessions, I became more self-aware and better equipped to pursue my development objectives. I highly recommend Karoly to anyone seeking a coach who can help drive meaningful growth and take their professional development to the next level.
Field CTO, Cresta
Karoly was my leadership coach during my tenure at Google. I enjoyed his style of working and helped me create an improvement plan over the course of a few months.I was able to employ some of the techniques Karoly referred me to and started to see immediate benefits in what was a new role for me at that time. Karoly operates in a very structured manner and ensures we adhered to an improvement plan while being flexible when it came to scheduling. I strongly recommend Karoly as a leadership and personal development coach to anyone looking to be a better self in the professional world.
Director, South Atlantic Operations at CMA CGM
Highly recommend anyone looking to expand their understanding and internal knowledge of their own personal goals, limitations, and what specific targets and action plans can be put in place for improvement. Karoly was a pleasure to speak with and allowed for open communication with great feedback and follow up. I greatly enjoyed my time spent with Karoly and will use his advice and application into my day to day workload and team building.
Senior HR Business Partner @ Siemens Gamesa | M.S. IO Psych
My employer Siemens Energy graciously invested in my development this year with a coach. I had three to choose from and Karoly was my pick. Simply put, he has been a light to me. I am now clear on my professional goals and how to get there. All the relationships I have – coworkers, leaders in my organization, and with my family and friends have improved and some have flourished. If you are wondering how to enhance your skills or deepen your connection to people, I highly recommend a short introduction call with him to learn a little bit more about coaching and his background. You will not regret it!
VP of Finance at NewStore
Through my previous employer, I was able to receive coaching sessions from Karoly as part of a leadership development program. It was an extraordinarily turbulent time at work with material change happening seemingly by the day, but Karoly was able to support and guide me through all of the change. We were also able to take a step back, assess my strengths/weaknesses, and help me understand what I ultimately wanted to do with my career (and life) and what I can be doing now to ultimately reach that goal.His listening skills and questions that get to the heart of the issues were incredibly helpful.I would certainly recommend Karoly to anyone looking for a career (or life) coach!
GfK Market Insight – Retail | POS Learning & Sharing | Boardgame Enthusiast?
Through a company program I had the opportunity to take Life and Business coaching sessions.Károly was my coach and he entered in my life in a very turbulent and ever changing period.Business coaching was supposed to be our main focus but our sessions quickly turned into Life coaching.He supported me in a highly emotional and challenging situation and worked with me and helped work on me to discover many things in myself that I thought were not there or not that important.Our sessions were casual, seamless and effective. We have built strong foundations from where we dug deeper and deeper into understanding motives, drivers and strengths in myself.We developed systems and switches that help me to this day to stay and support me to be in control of my life.His skills and methods but most importantly his personality added a lot to our sessions and helped my understanding of my environment and myself.I highly recommend Károly as a Coach because even after a year since we worked together I can rely on his teachings and guidance.Thank you Károly! I hope you will be able to support many other souls to navigate through these interesting times we live in!
Accenture Managing Director
I had the privilege of receiving coaching from Károly during my transition into the Managing Director role, a period that was particularly challenging due to the complexity of the responsibilities and activities associated with this position. Károly demonstrated exceptional patience and applied a structured, straightforward methodology that was both effective and easy to follow. His guidance provided me with invaluable insights and practical recommendations that proved instrumental in helping me navigate this transition successfully. His support not only facilitated my adaptation but also strengthened my confidence in managing the demands of the role.Thanks Károly!!!
Executive Director – Capital Strategy and Corporate Insurance at USAA
Károly was a tremendous resource, sounding board and leadership challenger throughout our coaching sessions in 2024. While any coaching relationship is absolutely driven through what the coach and the session participant put into it, Károly will push you to reevaluate your perceived strengths, areas of your leadership and management routine that need attention and action items to set you on a path to improvement using relevant examples from your current areas of responsibility. I recommend Károly as an executive coach if you need a diverse perspective and have a goal of enabling improvements to your leadership presence.
Director, Client Experience at ABM Industries
I had the privilege of working with Karoly as my personal coach during my company’s leadership academy. Over the course of three months, Karoly provided invaluable guidance, support, and expertise that helped me grow both professionally and personally. His coaching style is exceptional, and he has a unique ability to understand his clients’ strengths, weaknesses, and goals.Karoly helped me develop a greater sense of self-awareness, which enabled me to focus on areas that needed improvement. He provided me with practical tools and strategies to enhance my communication skills, leadership abilities, and strategic thinking. His coaching was always tailored to my specific needs, and he consistently challenged me to think critically and push beyond my comfort zone.I highly recommend Karoly to anyone seeking a professional coach who can help them achieve their goals. His expertise, empathy, and passion for coaching make him an exceptional professional in his field. I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked with him, and I am confident that he will continue to make a positive impact on the lives of his clients.
Plant manager and Managing Director
Working with Karoly as my coach was a transformative experience. His unique blend of expertise, empathy, and strategic insight helped me gain clarity, build confidence, and achieve real progress in both my personal and professional life.Karoly creates a safe, supportive space while offering thoughtful questions and actionable feedback. What truly sets him apart is his ability to listen deeply and tailor his approach to individual needs, empowering his clients to discover their own path to success.If you’re looking for a coach who will challenge, motivate, and inspire you, I wholeheartedly recommend Karoly. His impact on my growth has been invaluable.
Legal & Corporate Affairs Director, EMEA APAC (Commercial and Strategy) at Molson Coors Beverage Company
I can only recommend Karoly as a professional coach. He will understand your needs very quickly and will be asking the right questions. These discussions will help and guide you in identifying your very own solutions and next steps. I truly believe our work with Karoly has helped me a lot, and some of the findings are fundamentally shaping my modus operandi since then.
Global Supply Chain Leader at Amazon
I highly recommend Karoly as a professional coach. With several years of experience in leadership development, Karoly has a proven track record of helping individuals unlock their potential and achieve their goals. Karoly’s expertise in cross-cultural communication has been particularly valuable in helping professionals navigate complex global business environments. His ability to provide nuanced perspectives and tailored strategies makes him an invaluable asset to anyone seeking personal or professional growth. I’ve personally witnessed the transformative impact of Karoly’s coaching and believe he would be an excellent choice for anyone looking to elevate their performance and reach new heights in their career, especially in international or multicultural contexts.
Dr. Melinda Zay PhD, MA, MSc, MCC
Seasoned Global Leadership & Executive Coach with 9000+ hours and extensive Fortune500 experience | Trainer & Speaker | Interculturalist | Impostor Tamer| Safety Critical Communication & Psych Safety Mentor
VP, HR & Administration at TDK U.S.A. Corporation
Melinda is an exceptional work coach. Throughout our time working together, she has consistently demonstrated a remarkable ability to guide and inspire me toward achieving my professional goals. She possesses an impressive depth of knowledge in career development and personal growth strategies. Her tailored approach to coaching ensures that each session is both impactful and relevant. She has an innate ability to listen actively and provide insightful feedback, which has been instrumental in helping me identify and overcome numerous challenges. She goes above and beyond to provide support, encouragement, but most importantly, practical tools that have significantly contributed to my ability to deal with challenges. Her positive attitude and genuine coaching shines through in all of our interactions. I have experienced tremendous growth under Melinda’s guidance, and I am confident that she will make a profound impact on anyone fortunate enough to work with her. I wholeheartedly recommend Melinda to anyone seeking a dedicated and effective work coach.
Solutions Leader at Salesforce | Marketing Cloud Enthusiast | High Impact Team Builder
I’ve had the privilege of working with Melinda for the past year, and I can confidently say that her impact has been transformative. She has been instrumental in my development across several key areas, including influence, coalition building, change management, executive presence, and developing a personal brand.What truly sets Melinda apart is her exceptional ability to actively listen and collaboratively solve problems. She has a remarkable talent for understanding the nuances of complex situations and providing insightful and powerful questions to help me uncover areas for growth. She is a wonderful accountability buddy, making sure to follow up with me in each session on areas that I’ve requested be given additional attention.She doesn’t just offer solutions; she guides you through a process of discovery, helping you develop your own strategic thinking and decision-making skills. Her coaching style is supportive, challenging, and always tailored to my specific needs.Thanks to Melinda’s expertise and dedication, I’ve seen significant improvements in my ability to navigate change and uncertainty, combat biased feedback, communicate effectively with executive leaders, and begin to develop a leadership signature. I wholeheartedly recommend Melinda to anyone looking to elevate their leadership skills and achieve their professional goals.
Executive Client Partner
I am very grateful for Linda’s coaching; I’ve had the pleasure to have her as a personal coach for two stretches in the last three years (repeat customer :)). She was very helpful both times; she’s helped me tremendously in this last year while I went through a significant career shift into a leadership position. Linda is very good at helping you clarify where your “knots” are, and where to adjust some potentially limiting believes. She brings a calming and emphatic presence to every session, whilst using expertly guiding questions to help you do your best thinking. It helps that she brings a wealth of knowledge and tools to our coaching sessions; professional tools, communication tools, relationship tools, cultural tools… There weren’t many grounds we couldn’t explore, and it allowed us to reach a level of depth that brought real growth for me personally. I am grateful for our coaching sessions, I would work again with Linda anytime.
Module Senior Manager at LEGO Group
Where do I start? At the beginning of the coaching, I was scared, I didn’t know what would happen and had a lot of questions. At the start, I shared the IDP with Melinda, and she assessed my needs, taking them into account throughout the coaching.We began each meeting by discussing any current issues, problems, or questions I had. The coaching always provided a solution, one way or another, things fell into place. I received a lot of material and was able to seek her out outside of our conversations.My communication, self-esteem, and attitude toward different situations have developed remarkably. During the meetings, she is always positive and cheerful, which is contagious! ? We ended every session with a smile and a “wow” feeling.I am proud to call her my coach and even my friend. I thank her for her work so far and for her future support.
Construction /Project Manager at Chevron
Linda was a pleasure to work with and provided thoughtful insights and advice. I would be happy to work with her again.
The Walt Disney Company Turkiye Human Resources Director │ Company Culture Expert │ Coach │ Mentor
Melinda was my coach for almost a year. As a coach myself, I benefited from her sessions both as a coachee and as a coach. Her communication is great. Her emphaty skill, her being really calm all the time, her being really flexible and aligning the session with my needs, her overall approach to me make her an amazing coach. During our coaching journey, she always stayed connected between sessions, recommended usefull reading related to the sessions, always made me comfortable. She has all the wonderful skills and qualifications that a great coach should have. Each session with her was wonderful, not only the sessions were inspiring and awakening, but also Melinda made me find the right solutions and actions via her powerful questions. If I need any coaching again, I will definitely work with her. I recommend anyone who thinks to work with a coach to work with Melinda.
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I had the pleasure of working with Dr Melinda Zay as my coach and I can honestly say it was an incredibly positive and transformative experience. From the very beginning, she demonstrated a high level of professionalism, expertise, and empathy. Every session was inspiring and empowering, pushing me to step outside of my comfort zone and pursue my goals with more clarity and confidence.What truly stands out is her ability to listen actively and provide personalized guidance that resonated with me. She has a unique way of helping you see your potential and helping you break down barriers that might have seemed insurmountable before. Her approach is both practical and insightful, offering valuable tools and strategies that I continue to use in my personal and professional life.I highly recommend Dr Melinda Zay to anyone looking for a coach who is not only knowledgeable but also genuinely caring and invested in her clients’ success. I feel incredibly grateful for the support I received, and I am confident that anyone who works with her will benefit immensely.
Completion /Workover Engineer at Chevron
Dr. Zay is a true professional and I was genuinely impressed by her expertise and guidance. She has an incredible ability to identify key areas for improvement and provide actionable insights with positive impact on both personal and professional growth.She demonstrated expert knowledge, empathy & understanding, and motivational skills during our sessions. I’m grateful for the positive experience.
Head of Marketing and Business Development
I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Melinda Zay as my coach, and I am immensely grateful for the experience. Dr. Zay is an exceptionally professional and focused coach, dedicated to guiding her coachees towards achieving their desired goals.One of Dr. Zay’s standout qualities is her remarkable presence and observational skills during conversations. She consistently demonstrates a keen ability to uncover blind spots, offering valuable insights that I hadn’t recognized myself.As a direct result of her coaching, I am now better equipped to manage challenging situations at work. Additionally, my awareness of how I want to live my life has heightened, paving the way for both professional and personal growth.I would highly recommend Dr. Zay to anyone seeking a thoughtful, insightful, and highly effective coach.
A versatile and result driven leader with 20+ years experience who specializes in strategic sourcing and procurement across Direct, Indirect, and Pro Service categories in Tech, Finance, and lnsurance industries
Dr. Linda was the best coach I had. I met through a company sponsored program and worked with her for the span of 9 weeks. She provides thoughtful feedbacks, challenging questions to make me think through both holistically and deeply on the matters, and is human! I really appreciate that she shared her experiences and expertise through this journey and would recommend her to anyone who is looking for an executive coach!
Senior Data Insights and Analytics Manager
Dr Melinda was an amazing coach who is easy to build trusting relationships and full of knowledge. I was coached by Melinda for 6 months for leadership. During the coaching journey we were able to complete the goals I set. More importantly I was able to work away with toolsets to help me navigate challenging situations and be an effective leader!
Senior Revenue Operations Project Manager at CyberArk
I had the pleasure of working with Linda for the past four months, and I can confidently say that it has been an incredibly valuable experience. Through our sessions, I learned how to set SMART goals, track my progress, and adjust my habits to reach my objectives. Linda was always kind, attentive, and provided insightful feedback that truly helped me grow both professionally and personally. She tailored activities to my interests and needs, which made each session both engaging and productive. I always left our meetings feeling motivated and clear about the next steps. I hope to have the opportunity to work with her again in the future and highly recommend her to anyone looking to make meaningful progress toward their goals.
Senior Engineering Manager at GoTo | Trainer at Masterfield
I am delighted to recommend Linda as a coach. Her versatility and agility in coaching are genuinely remarkable. Linda is the perfect choice if you’re looking for someone to help you elevate your career.Linda has been tremendously helpful in overcoming the challenges I faced as a manager. She helped me address apparent issues and uncover hidden obstacles. Her coaching has saved me valuable time each day, allowing me to focus on strategic matters and enjoy more quality time with my family.Her leadership experience is impressive, and she generously shares her insights, helping me better understand various situations. Linda ensured our sessions were always productive, adjusted to my energy levels, and motivated me to make the most of our time together.I appreciate Linda’s balance of theoretical knowledge and practical application. She provided valuable materials after our sessions and kept me grounded when I got too theoretical.I highly recommend Linda to anyone seeking a coach who can significantly impact their professional and personal growth.
Project Manager at ESAB Kft
You, you future person, who would like to straighten your path, clear your head, share your feelings, vent with purpose, and do something meaningful towards a wished change. Being here shows that the first step is taken – you are trying to find the best person (ever!) to help you achieve any or more of those above. Melinda is great at listening, challenging your thoughts, and opening yourself up for yourself. Furthermore, she is even better at giving guidance, being the light in the dark, and closing you in on your more conscious self. My experience with her – though short, but not temporary – was wonderful, a real eye-opener, and the “quick fix” helped promptly. Just the next day, I was able to free myself from a long-carried burden – thus I opened my door to my path to my future. That little push, my future self gave to my current self (one of her wonders, really), was the necessary extra to put me back on track. It would not be possible without you, Melinda. Thank you yet again, thank you a million times!
Highly Skilled HR Professional | People Person | Employee Engagement Champion | #IamRemarkable Facilitator | Chair of Kendrick Parents’ Society
I want to take this moment to thank you for coaching and supporting me in the past few month. I always found you being patient, good listener and ready with some explorative solution. You followed up with the task and ensured that the learning was understood! You have a wonderful calming personality and the ability to look through problems and guide with simple techniques that are easy to follow. I have learnt a lot many things from your coaching sessions. These have added value to the way I look at things now. You showed me techniques on communication styles, confidence building, cultivating leadership and growth mindset, delegation and boundary setting, time management, strategic thinking, effective communication and so many other finer aspects to lead a successful professional and personal life. I am very grateful and indebted to you for this support. Thanks a lot for all your time and patience in coaching me. I would strongly recommend you to anyone who is looking for a transformation in life and looking to develop their leadership skills. I wish you a very successful career and life ahead!!
