Individuals and teams

Action-oriented professional development for software people

  • Become a multiplier – do a great job and help everyone around you do better too
  • Get personalized guidence and feedback
  • Learn how to grow your skills, connections and portfolio using only 10% of your time

I’ve coached, managed and trained people in:

For engineers, designers and managers who want to figure out the next step. And take it.

NO! Power is consistent skillful action.

If more information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.(Darek Sivers)

So instead of watching another video or reading another book start putting in the reps. Make each one a little bit better. When you reach 100 you’ll be well on your way to true mastery.

🤝 I’ll help you clarify what you want and how you can to get it.

🤝 When appropriate I’ll ask the right questions or share the best strategies so that you make progress after every session.

🤝 I’ll keep you accountable and help deal with unexpected obstacles as they happen.

What will change?

“Working with Michał I steadily increased my impact to the point of being promoted to Staff Engineer in one of the fastest growing companies in Europe.”

— Ryszard, Staff R/Shiny Engineer

“Michał helped me greatly improve my relationship-building skills and change how I approach sharing useful knowledge and presenting myself through my technical blog.”

— Jędrzej, ML Engineer

🤔 unsure what to do

🤹 distracted, hard to focus

🤷‍♂️ underappreciated

😬 worried about the future

🤺 confident about next steps

🤩 finding your unique contribution

🤝 connecting with the right people

🤸 flexible in the face of uncertainty

For senior managers who want to level up their teams:

I can help you apply Agile techniques to make your projects more successful and your people happier and more effective in uncertain times.

I can help you grow your remote-first organization in a systematic way while preserving what is unique about your culture.

 

I can coach and mentor your most talented people so that they level up faster and become cornerstones of your success.

I can help you build a complete talent management system to attract, inspire, guide and fairly evaluate your team members.

 

Work with an experienced mentor

Hi, I’m Michał Parkoła and I am the founder of Grow Together Academy and the creator of this course.

Over the years I’ve managed to build an interesting career despite being a 3x college dropout. Yup, I studied physics, mathematics and computer science and for various reasons graduated none of them.

I had to get creative. I had to rely on equal parts curiosity and grit.

In the end it worked worked out – in 2011 I started my own successfull Agile training & consulting company called Fluid Circle.

Throughout my career I’ve coached, managed and trained people at companies that included Google, Sabre, 9LivesData, McKinsey & Company, and most recently – Appsilon.

And now I’ve started Grow Together Academy to share the best lessons I’ve learned with you, even if you’re following a non-traditional path.