Helping ambitious professionals translate their potential into meaningful career growth.
YANA WITH Y
The questions I hear most often...
Why do I keep waiting until I feel "ready" before doing what I really want?
Why can’t I figure out what my next step should be?
Why do I feel like a fraud when everyone else tells me I’m doing well?
Why didn’t this promotion bring the joy and the sense of achievement I expected?
Why am I successful on paper but feel so disconnected from my work?
Why do people with less experience seem to move ahead while I’m still waiting for my turn?
Few things about me...
15+ years — international leadership experience
1000+ hours — mentoring and coaching delivered
40+ professionals — mentored across career development
3x Top-Rated Mentor — Femme Palette Awards (2023–2025)
Experience
Corporate Leadership
Kaufland
Leading three marketing teams through digital transformation, restructuring and talent development.
International Agencies
McCann, DDB, BBDO
Working across hubs in Prague, Vienna and Düsseldorf with brands including Mastercard, Henkel, McDonald's, Vodafone and Tchibo.
YANA STANISHEVSKAYA
Mentoring Communities
Femme Palette, Holky z Marketingu, Dum Dobra
Supporting young professionals, career changers and first-time leaders.
Universities
Guest lecturer in University of New York in Prague, Charles University
Helping students bridge the gap between university and the real world.
WHAT MAKES MY APPROACH DIFFERENT
02. Coaching meets corporate reality.
I've hired people.
Promoted people.
Managed difficult conversations.
Led restructurings.
I know what really happens behind office doors—not just what books say should happen.
03. I ask uncomfortable questions.
Usually because you've been avoiding them yourself.
The obvious question is rarely the real one.
01. I won't tell you what to do.
Because what worked for me—or someone else—doesn't have to work for you.
I'll help you understand what matters to you, reconnect with your values, find your WHY, and build a strategy that fits your life.
04. No templates.
Your career shouldn't look like someone else's LinkedIn success story.
We'll find what works for you—and make it your system.
05. Every session ends with action.
Understanding is useful.
But action creates change.
Find your WHY.
The Process
① You bring your question. Together, we uncover what's really holding you back.
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② We reconnect with who you are—your strengths, values and motivations.
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③ Together, we find your WHY and define what meaningful success looks like for you.
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④ We identify where and how you can create the most value.
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⑤ We turn that into a practical plan—and you take the first step.
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⑥ We assess, adjust and keep building a career that reflects who you are.
Yana helped me expand my perspective from an R&D role to a marketing view. She guided me in a structured way to develop a marketing strategy, while sharing her own experience along the way. I'm very grateful to have been mentored by her.
Teresa Liu
Head of Delivery Unit
"Yana helped me expand my perspective."
Results
Nanjing, China
Yana helped me identify areas to grow, challenged me in the right way, and provided invaluable guidance throughout my mentoring journey. She helped me strike a harmonious balance between my career and my personal aspirations and values.
Marie K.
Scrum Master
"Yana helped me balance my career with my values."
Brno, Czech republic
Yana has a great approach, listens deeply, and asks the right questions to dig deeper and make you reflect. Some of her advice will stay with me for life.
Denitsa Kostova
Group CMO & Entrepreneur
"Yana asks the right questions."
Sofia, Bulgaria
You might be my client if...
☐ You replay conversations in your head for days.
☐ You keep waiting until you feel "ready."
☐ You're everyone's problem solver—but you delay things that are meaningful to you.
☐ You've achieved more than you give yourself credit for.
☐ You don't need more information. You need someone to challenge your thinking and help you turn insight into action.
If you nodded "yes" to two or more of these, mentoring could be the conversation you've been postponing.
I'm Yana. With a Y.
Because one letter can change a name.
One question can change a life.
Online worldwide
Based in Prague (CET/ CEST)
Sessions available in English, Czech and Russian