Zoltán Géczi

Helping self-aware people turn stress into real connection.

I’m a PCC coach and leadership consultant with 15 years of experience guiding people and teams through learning and self-discovery — and witnessing how awareness transforms the way we relate. Today I also invest deeply in AI coaching tools — making support more accessible, while keeping human connection at the center.”

Even experienced leaders and communication experts — myself included — can feel lost in their closest relationships. That’s what drew me to this work.

While I continue working with organizations, Self-Compass is where I do what I love most: helping people navigate stress and reconnect where it matters most.

Zoltán Géczi – PCM® trainer, coach, and founder of Self-Compass

I bring together professional depth and lived personal experience — because both matter when you're navigating change

Why Work With Me

Professional Expertise

Credentials: PCC-Certified Coach | PCM® Trainer
Background: Media economist by training — with a systems-thinking mindset that still informs how I work
Experience: 5,000+ hours coaching leaders, teams, and couples across Europe and Asia
Specialized Training:
• Theory U (MIT); Art of Hosting
• Nonviolent Communication
• NLP, Experiential Learning, Integral Theory
• Feeling Compass® (by Vivian Dittmar) — beautifully complements PCM® by adding emotional nuance to stress pattern work

Personal Expertise

Former over-explainer and relentless critic of others — until PCM® rewired how I express care.
Yes, I really gave my wife a PCM profile on our 5th date 😅 — and it’s kept us from losing each other in the hard moments ever since.
I’m not a perfectionist — I’m a practitioner. Still learning every day as a coach, partner, and father.

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Why This Work Matters

Stress doesn’t just create tension — it drives destructive communication cycles. Cycles that often damage the relationships we care most about.

Like the executive who confessed:
“I can lead 200 people at work, but one conversation with my teen leaves me lost.”

Or the logic-driven father who, deeply touched after a workshop, shared:
“I can’t wait to hug my son. I just realized how much he’s been missing real emotion from me.”

These moments remind me: stress patterns don’t just affect performance — they shape our most precious relationships.

When connection becomes more conscious, everything shifts.

Why You’ll Feel Safe — and Leave Empowered

Human & Real: I bring openness about my own journey — creating a space where you can be fully yourself, without pressure to perform.
Science Meets Feeling: PCM® reveals your stress patterns with precision. The Feeling Compass® and mindfulness bring the emotional clarity and calm you need to reconnect.
Cross-Cultural Experience: 15+ years with leaders, couples, and teams across Europe and Asia — helping expats, multicultural families, and professionals bridge differences with care.
AI + Human Coaching Together: Technology supports with tireless precision and availability. I bring the warmth, intuition, and relational depth that create lasting change.

Who I Help Best

I work with self-aware individuals, couples, and leaders who want to break out of stuck patterns and reconnect more consciously — especially under stress.

You might be:
• A couple stuck in repeating arguments
• A parent lost in your teen’s reactions
• A leader whose stress spills over at home
• A sensitive soul exhausted by others’ emotions
• A logical thinker frustrated by messy emotional conversations
• A perfectionist who unintentionally pushes loved ones away

Real breakthroughs I’ve witnessed:

“I used to cry over practical gifts like winter tires from my fiancé — now I recognize them as his deepest way of saying 'I love you.’ 🙂”

Beyond Credentials: My Life as a Lab

These practices shape how I coach — because real change starts when we stop performing and start being real:

Aikido (5 years): Moving with pressure, not against it
Silent retreats (Vipassana): Hearing what we usually miss in all the noise
Embodied movement (5Rhythms, Contact Improv): Trusting the body’s wisdom
Fatherhood: Daily lessons in humility and repair
I also use my own AI Coach frequently — it helps me notice patterns in myself, while keeping me grounded in the same tools I share with clients.
(Bonus: I still use improv games in workshops — because laughter dissolves walls faster than theory.)