Meet:
Pablo Bakarbessy
Change Agent, Trainer and Partner
BACKGROUND
Psychologist, HR, Trainer, Learning & Development
We are for real
As a trainer and facilitator, you also have your own vulnerability and humanity to show. Sometimes as an example of how things can be done, but sometimes also as an example of how you yourself have missed the mark or have missed the mark in the past. As a Change Agent, you are an expert and sparring partner for HR managers and L&D people, but for me, the added value lies in the cooperation with our clients. Sparring, challenging and coming to new insights together. As far as I am concerned, this co-creation is also an important added value to really align our programmes with the needs in organisations.
We are of the wall
In conversations and training sessions, I try to defer judgement and expose perspectives from questions and curiosity. Not infrequently, I broaden my own perspective as a result. Growing up as the son of a psychiatric nurse and an artist, I often felt different in my youth and was mainly concerned with fitting in. As I have grown up, I have gained more appreciation for my background and see its power. I am now increasingly able to embrace my own background and experiences and this is also accompanied by less shame than before.
We innovate for tomorrow
I love taking in new material and staying stimulated by taking a course, reading a book on a specific subject and being inspired by the people in my network. This keeps me moving and also allows me to learn new things. I can nicely translate this eagerness to learn into our interventions and programmes. For instance, I have developed a boxing intervention for groups and individuals where I have already met many people in the ring. Also a refreshing way to meet people in a non-daily setting.
We float like a butterfly and sting like a bee
It is an art to create a setting of sufficient safety and trust with my relationships, so that also, when necessary, the honest story or my honest observations can be shared. Sometimes this is confrontational or needs to sink in for a while but in the long run, this form of honesty does have the most sustainability and also leads more easily to a movement.
We score without compromises
For me, compromise is a place where I feel comfortable, fuelled mainly by my deeply rooted yearning for harmony and peace. For me, this has long resulted in (too much) consideration for the other and not always showing the back of my tongue. Over the years and grey hairs, I am getting better at assessing whether this old movement still serves me. Sometimes saying no is also an answer and you avoid ambiguity or skewed expectations. I like to score, but not at the expense of others, which remains a value I hold dear.