About me
Tomáš Ptáček
design & architecture
I got my first big lesson in leading people at sixteen. As the leader of a crew of summer workers, I performed my role so badly that the others went home and I finished the assigned work on the building site alone until midnight. Back then I didn’t yet understand that a leader isn’t someone who merely hands out tasks. A leader is someone who can win others over, give the work meaning and create conditions in which they can succeed.
Since then I’ve come a long way — from labourer and buyer to a member of the leadership of international manufacturing companies. At Gumotex I learned to lead my first teams, change processes and take responsibility not only for results but also for the people who create them. At ContiTech in Ostrava I helped stabilise the team and connect the individual parts of management.
Then I got the opportunity to become part of the leadership of a manufacturing plant in Hungary with more than 1,600 employees. There I led a team of 165 people during a period when the plant was going through a demanding transformation. Within two years we significantly improved the functioning of the supply chain, reduced inventory and moved the plant’s financial results from deep monthly losses into positive numbers. It was there that I fully realised that processes, strategies and spreadsheets don’t create results on their own. People do – and what matters is how they communicate, cooperate and are able to tell each other even unpleasant things.
Alongside my managerial work, I gradually began to practise professional coaching. I earned the ICF ACC certification and have gradually coached hundreds of hours.
Today I combine experience from leading people, crisis and interim management, facilitation and coaching. I help individuals and teams manage change, improve collaboration and achieve results that don’t rest on pressure and control alone.
And it’s from these experiences that Feedbacker arises. A tool meant to help people prepare and lead conversations they often don’t feel like having, but which can change their work, their relationships and their further direction.
Because in the end, our results are always tied to the quality of the relationships we are able to build.
What clients say
“He helped me realise my strengths, sort out my path and focus on the goal. In Tomáš you have a partner who walks that path with you.”
“I’ve been meeting with Tom for more than half a year. I rate this collaboration very positively. We’ve made great progress, all in a very pleasant and professional way. I really appreciate Tomáš’s energy and patience in finding goals and the path to them.”
“Starting the collaboration, meeting weekly, communication, an open mind, listening and a great deal of awareness across many topics. It absorbed me, I enjoy it and, above all, it moves me forward. A true professional. I rate it 10/10 and warmly recommend!”
“Tomáš helped me realise my needs, strengths and weaknesses and how to work with them every day, both in my personal life and at work. Thanks to the regular coaching sessions I have a clear direction in life as such.”
“He made me think differently and look at an apparent problem from another angle. Suddenly there was an opportunity in everything and nothing was impossible. I appreciate the personal and discreet approach, but also the humanity and professionalism.”
“Thanks to Tomáš I gradually discover things and principles that seem fundamentally simple and logical. The realisation that springs from it is relaxing and liberating for me. Thank you!”
“He helped me realise my strengths, sort out my path and focus on the goal. In Tomáš you have a partner who walks that path with you.”
“I’ve been meeting with Tom for more than half a year. I rate this collaboration very positively. We’ve made great progress, all in a very pleasant and professional way. I really appreciate Tomáš’s energy and patience in finding goals and the path to them.”
“Starting the collaboration, meeting weekly, communication, an open mind, listening and a great deal of awareness across many topics. It absorbed me, I enjoy it and, above all, it moves me forward. A true professional. I rate it 10/10 and warmly recommend!”
“Tomáš helped me realise my needs, strengths and weaknesses and how to work with them every day, both in my personal life and at work. Thanks to the regular coaching sessions I have a clear direction in life as such.”
“He made me think differently and look at an apparent problem from another angle. Suddenly there was an opportunity in everything and nothing was impossible. I appreciate the personal and discreet approach, but also the humanity and professionalism.”
“Thanks to Tomáš I gradually discover things and principles that seem fundamentally simple and logical. The realisation that springs from it is relaxing and liberating for me. Thank you!”
Certification
