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The training is compact, complete and practical. It gives employees (and managers) insight into changing careers, how they themselves stand in their careers and what tools they need to get moving better. The trainer of Zest will bring the workshop with energy and appropriate examples for the participants. In addition, they think along flexibly if there is a need to adapt the training to suit the target group even better. I like to work with them!

Zests delivers the HPI Corporate Athlete training (internally branded as Energy for Life) at Mars since 2018,  everywhere in Europe and Russia. Over 1000 employees were trained in 6 different languages either face to face and virtually since 2020. Their trainers are absolute experts in the field and provide the human touch needed during the virtual classrooms. I do not foresee us ever moving back to 100% face to face sessions!

Thanks to this program, we are shifting behaviors and culture @ MARS to one that breathes and sustains high energy and well-being. Our course study data shows that pre-course only 13% of Associates were fully energized. 6 weeks post course, 45% of the participants reported to be fully energized. An increase of 245%.

On top of this, Zest moves beyond delivery, unburdening our team and functions as a strategic implementation partner by supporting our rollout expansion to new languages and locations worldwide. I love their flexibility, and also important for me, they are easy and fun to work with!

Our coaches find that the use of the Career Fitness Profiler allows them to have more in-depth sessions with the trainees and make the coachees more conscious of the contemporary career context compared to the period prior to the Career Fitness Profiler.

“Based on the scientific insights concerning contemporary careers; the Career Fitness Profiler and Career Discovery Workshops have permitted our employees, managers and HR collaborators to engage in a dialogue concerning contemporary careers, connecting people and raising awareness.”

We deployed the “Career Discovery” workshop amongst the former Actelion headquarters’ employees based in Basel, Switzerland, as a way to help them take ownership of their career within the J&J organization.

90 employees did attend the workshop delivered by Zest for Work, and more than 90% of them were fully satisfied by the experience. For many of them it was an eye opener and a call to action!

Zest for Work has very strong content and expertise about career development, as well as great facilitation and coaching skills! It helped the internal organizational mobility and fostered employee engagement.

Elly joined both the Career Fitness Profiler Certification course and the Train the Trainer for the Career Discovery workshop to add an evidence-based approach in her own coaching and consulting practice.

“The Career Fitness Profiler offers me a nuanced and substantiated insight into the career perspective of the individual employee and has reshaped my coaching approach, helping me to cater to the interests of both the employee and the organization.”

Erwin joined the online Career Fitness Profiler Certification.

I thoroughly enjoyed the ‘Energy for life’ course and was pleasantly surprised about how well it worked online. The instructors were very engaging and did well to create an open and dynamic atmosphere virtually where people felt comfortable and happy to share their personal experiences.

I found it a welcome break from the fast pace of work/life, offering a unique opportunity for self-reflection and increased self-awareness. I not only learnt about how I could increase my energy levels across the four pillars (mental, emotional, physical, spiritual) and why it is so important but also how to really implement change in my life with tips about how to embed new habits into routine. The course’s varied approach using virtual tools such as online breakout rooms, private buddy conversations, drawing boards, videos worked well to keep us all engaged throughout.