Petra Holic

I partner with new & experienced leaders and their organizations to detect, understand and address the unique needs and challenges experienced by them individually and their teams.

In my toolbox you will find individual and team coaching, Facet5 psychometric assessments and custom designed programs.

I am proud to work with:

◼ Amazon ◼ Google ◼FinStat ◼HitHorizons ◼Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions ◼Vacuumlabs
◼Human Dynamic Europe ◼ Studio Moderna ◼Arval BNP Paribas ◼Canadian Immigration Education Alliance

Certified Leadership Coach I Author of "Leader as Coach"

EduCoach.sk

EduCoach.sk is a non-profit organization that connects certified coaches with students, teachers and parents at secondary schools in Slovakia. We are a community of coaches passionately popularizing coaching culture in Slovakia – because we know that coaching works...in schools! 

* If you are a high school student, teacher or parent of a teenager & curious to learn how to bring a coaching program to your school, please feel free to get in touch with me, I will be happy to talk to you! 😊

Co-Founder @ EduCoach.sk

Amazon

Partnered with leaders to support their people and team strategies. Led coaching programs with the aim of supporting managers in keeping the bar high in their teams and assisting newly promoted individuals to shine in their expanded roles. Facilitated programs helping leaders develop the best in their people and individuals re-imagine their development paths.

Senior HR Business Partner 

SvN Architects + Planners

Led the HR function at planningAlliance / SvN Architects / rePlan with a mission to support, guide and serve our people in the process of co-creating a culture, people systems and tools that reflect the way we think of and CONTRIBUTE to the COMMUNITIES and clients we work with. Client groups in Canada, Latin America and West Africa.

Human Resources Lead

Metrix Group

In charge of the HR function at a boutique learning & development consulting firm with a mission to manage the firm’s PEOPLE PROGRAMS and enhance its TALENT EXPERIENCE for core staff and network of freelancers.

Director, HR & Talent Experience

Northwater Capital Management Inc.

HR Business Partner at a leading alternative investment management firm in charge of a diverse portfolio of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Recruitment programs driving the firm's motto of "GROW THE PEOPLE - GROW THE BUSINESS". Client groups in Toronto and New York.

HR Business Partner, People Portfolio

Want to upgrade the way you lead and inspire your team?
Without commanding, controlling and telling people what to do?


If you doubt your leadership skills and wonder if you're doing it right...
....the way you delegate
....give feedback
....earn trust and respect

I'll help you turn this around and nail the leadership style that will feel like second skin to you. 

Here is how:

🟢 1:1 Coaching

100% of my focus is on you.
You tell me what you want & why.
I design the process & tools.
We’ll get there together, faster.


🟢 Team Coaching

Want a thriving team?
Feel connected and growing?
Get them an awesome learning experience.
Backed by the most sophisticated psychometric available.


🟢 Leader as Coach 12-week program

You don’t have to be a coach.
You already have a career.
But you can learn coaching skills.
So that people around you feel heard, understood and supported.


I am super proud to work with leaders from:

◼ Amazon ◼ Google ◼ Dentons◼FinStat ◼HitHorizons ◼Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions ◼Vacuumlabs◼Human Dynamic Europe ◼ Studio Moderna ◼Arval BNP Paribas ◼Canadian Immigration Education Alliance ◼ Šimák Hotel Pezinok


DM me and let's chat soon.

Cestovanie + fitnes + podnikanie = láska ❤️

Za mladi som precestovala skoro celý svet. 

S fitnesom to tento rok dosť flákam 😁 

No a podnikám už piaty rok.

Bol to neformálny večer – veľa sme sa smiali, debatovali a tak trochu (aspoň u mňa) dávali nové predsavzatia na cestovanie a cvičenie v roku 2026.

Veľmi dobre mi padlo počúvať podnikateľské príbehy (aj „horory“) od Tatiana Ondrejkova, Zora Czoborová, Lucka Medeková – úspechy, pády, vyhorenia, lásky aj plány do budúcnosti... všetko, čo k podnikaniu patrí.

A to, ako fantasticky večer moderovala Lucia Kočková, ani nemusím zdôrazňovať. 

Síce hovorila, že ju tam ani nepotrebujeme, ja tvrdím opak - jej unikátny a príjemný moderátorský hlas & štýl boli ako mašlička na darčeku.

Ďakujem Pelicantravel.com za inšpiratívny večer plný energie a žien, ktoré vedia, čo chcú.

Chceš spojiť cestovanie & fitnes? 

Kuk na InstaGYM 🌍💪

Certified coach for your leadership, team and career dilemas I Sign up for my 3-month program LEADER AS COACH I Co-founder of EduCoach

Petra, I feel like someone kidnapped my brain. 🧠

I can't focus, I am tired all the time, feel anxious in situations that used to be a piece of cake for me.

Can we talk about this in coaching today?

She is sophisticated, smart and at the top of her career.

And she feels like shit - her exact words.

I hear this from women again and again - clients, friends, and sometimes even myself.

If you’re 35+, these symptoms might sound familiar:

💢 𝗦𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 – trouble falling or staying asleep, daytime fatigue, irritability
💢 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 – anxiety, mood swings, sadness
💢 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 + 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 – migraines, faster heartbeat
💢 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 – slower metabolism, belly fat
💢 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 + 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 – new or worsening aches
💢 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗴 – memory lapses, trouble concentrating

📌 Perimenopause can begin in the late 30s, average mid-40s
📌 Menopause occurs on avarage around 50–52
(Data for East & Central Europe)

My TOP 3 tips:

1️⃣ Read The New Menopause.

2️⃣ If your doctor dismisses your symptoms, get a new doctor.

3️⃣ Find your tribe: check out communities around the world - see a list in my comment below.

Menopause is inevitable. Suffering through it is not. You've got this.🤗

Freelancers, PTD, AI, hybridná práca, zmeny v pracovnom práve… HR oddelenia čelili veľa výzvam, ale to, čo prichádza, bude ešte zaujímavejšie.

Preto som si na LinkedIn Live pozvala Stanislava Ďuricu, partnera a experta na pracovné právo v Dentons. Denne rieši situácie, v akých sa HR manažéri a lídri nechcú ocitnúť – ale často musia.

Spolu otvoríme témy, ktoré HR čakajú v najbližšom roku:

⚡ Čo bude „no-go“ pre firmy v roku 2026
⚡ Kde sú slepé miesta HR a čo spraviť, aby vás neboleli hlava ani rozpočet
⚡ Praktické rady priamo z praxe advokáta, ktorý radí firmám každý deň
⚡ Bonus: Ako skúsení lídri využívajú leadership koučing na svoj rast – Stano sa podelí o osobnú skúsenost


📅  Dátum: 23.10
🕐  Čas: 9:00
🎙️  Live na LinkedIne 
👤  Hosť: Stanislav Ďurica, Partner @ Dentons - Emplyment Law, Litigation & Arbitration

Ak pracuješ v HR alebo vedieš ľudí, tento rozhovor ti ušetrí pár bezsenných nocí v 2026.

Martina Kotvan Belišová, Peter Malicher and 19 other connections attending

HR v roku 2026: Čo nás bude najviac bolieť? I Lead and Coach with Petra 

Do you boss your people or do you coach?

This is not a trick question.

Listen, telling people what to do is easy. But asking instead of telling, listening instead of fixing, and giving people space to figure things out… that’s where real leadership growth happens.

Last month, 10 managers kicked off their Leader as Coach journey, and wow, what a start! 

We just wrapped up Module 1: “Shift into a Coaching Mindset to Elevate Your Leadership.”

Here’s what this first step was all about: slowing down to 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀. 

We explored ideas like: 

▶️ The 6 leadership styles and why coaching is the least used (yet most powerful) 

▶️ The difference between a Knower (“I already know”) and a Learner (“Let’s figure it out together”) 

▶️ How to tame our inner Advice Monster - you know, the one that jumps in to fix things before others even finish their sentence 

▶️ Building new coaching habits right into our everyday conversations

Every time you coach instead of control, you help someone step up, own it, and grow.

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Want to attend Leader as Coach?

DM me and let's talk. 

Check out the agenda here: https://lnkd.in/dg72ZDpB

David was a CEO of an alternative investment management company  in Toronto, where I worked in HR.

His company managed 20 billion dollars for pension funds in Canada and the USA.

The most special thing about David?

His INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO LISTEN.

When I run into David in a hallway on a Monday morning, or when I talked with him in a meeting, I felt like nothing else but me existed in the moment.  I felt his undivided attention and focus on what I had to say. 

I knew it because I felt it. And by the way he asked questions and followed up on what I said. 

Another colleague said: when you talk to David - it feels like the universe stopped and he is there just for you.

The thing is, most managers are terrible at listening.

Many actually freely admit this, including last week during Module 3 of Leader as Coach. 

This module is called ➡️ "Listen Effectively to Encourage Trust In Your Team"⬅️.

In this module you'll learn how to listen in a way so that your people feel heard, understood and supported.

✅ Even when you rush to yet another call.
✅ Even when you feel you have enough ideas for all. 
✅ Even when you lack the patience to listen to what people have to say.

Listening is a skill and can be learned (if you care). 

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Want to read what graduates of Leader as Coach say about the program? Read here: https://lnkd.in/dg72ZDpB

I am a tough coach.

❌ Not because tough is a coaching technique
❌ Not because I had a bad morning
❌ Not because I don't care

What does tough mean? It could be:

✅ Asking you a question you're avoiding
✅ Not giving you my advice and my ideas
✅ Not filling the silence with another question, waiting for you to say what needs to get said

Thank you for your words and recommendation Jan Fatura 🙏

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