Vendula Rusá
Tréner
Something for work
Vendy came to humancraft from a catering company, where as an internal HR she was involved in the development and training of people, for example. She is mainly interested in effective team communication, cohesion, feedback and conflict resolution. She simply likes people and is pleased when she can develop and advance them. Balancing multiple projects is characteristic of her. Whether it was a career as an orienteer in the past together with work in HR, or currently coaching in Humancraft and sports psychology. It is important for her to see meaning and benefit for clients in her work. She works with enthusiasm and passion, as sports taught her.
Something personal
Vendy loves movement of all kinds, preferably outside in nature. She grew up on a general basis from bikes to skis, but over time orienteering completely won her heart. She spent over fifteen years in the national team jersey, and even now you can meet her most often on weekends with friends at races. Orientťák is, in short, a lifestyle, and it has cultivated in her a love and respect for nature and people. He also taught her that nothing is immediate and patient work leads to set goals.
Her popularity in the Scandinavian countries is probably related to the orientation. He learns Swedish, relaxes in nature and likes autumn the most. He happily embarks on discovering other places, tastes and human stories while traveling everywhere. The list is endless, there are a lot of beautiful places on earth, so she is waiting for someone to sneer at her.
1) How would you describe your work in one sentence?
Showing people what they can learn.
2) What has influenced you in your life and how is it reflected in your work?
I was influenced by my previous work, when I headed HR for four years in the Brno gastronomic group Lidi z Bar and my boss was Honza Vlachynský. There I learned a lot about communication, argumentation, discussion with different types of people. Then also about putting teams together and leading them. And certainly also about conflict resolution and crisis management, given that we had to wait out covid. I was also in charge of educating people there, which led me on the path to humancraft.
Before that, I was definitely influenced by the school, or the people there. I studied psychology at FSS, a master's degree focused on the psychology of work and organization, where we had great teachers - passionate about the cause and eager to convey the essentials to us.
It was a sport more or less all my life. I spent fifteen years in the national team in orienteering, and sports are still the best form of rest for me. I think that sport gives a person a good foundation in life - fairness, directness, perseverance, diligence and determination.
And last but not least, my family definitely influenced me. Mom and Dad supported me in whatever I wanted to do, no matter what.
3) Why do you work for humancraft?
Because people.
4) What has been your biggest challenge in humancraft so far?
Start. To say to yourself that I really want and could do this, sign up for the selection and master it.
5) What effect does your work have on your personal development and professional path?
This job keeps me moving because you always meet new people. Every training session is a challenge, you don't know exactly who will come and what it will be like. And after every training I feel enriched. About new experiences, experiences, stories. For me, these are exactly the things that shape me in life, make me think about how I do things and who I am, and develop. Either personally or professionally.
6) What do you think are the biggest challenges facing corporate education today and how does humancraft try to solve these challenges?
It seems to me that the challenge can still be to transfer things from training to the practice of everyday life at work. It's one thing to see it in isolation in training, it's another thing to really change something at work, where you have your established routines. That's why we try to conduct training as practically as possible, so that people can experience what it's really like to do the thing, which is more powerful than just talking about it. And then we talk with them about what they will specifically change at work. One small thing is enough, but it is important to do it regularly so that it becomes a habit. Our habits are what ultimately make up our life.