My name is Hrvoje Bulat, and I am here to help you develop and align your organization.
My Services
Leadership Development
If your team is struggling with:
Employee Engagement,
Ownership,
Competencies,
And you want more time for yourself and to develop your business.
Organizational Alignment
If within or between teams you are lacking:
Alignment,
Collaboration,
Innovation,
And this is creating a gap between strategy and its execution.
Executive Coaching
If you have a need for:
Greater clarity of direction,
Exploring new perspectives,
Personal and professional growth,
So that you and your entire organization can move forward.
"Managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement scores."
Gallup, 2015
Leadership Development
Approach: OAK Leadership Model™
Alongside tailor-made programs, I can offer you:
1. OAK Leadership Mentoring™ – individual mentoring for business owners, executives, and managers. We work on your real leadership challenges and on developing people so they take more ownership.
2. OAK Leadership Circle™ – a multi-month program that combines small learning groups (3-5 members), modular training, individual coaching, assignments, peer learning, and group mentoring.
3. OAK Leadership Model Training™ – a two-day group practical training. You learn the tools needed for leadership – from setting goals and giving feedback to developing each individual employee and the team as a whole.
Consistent and high-quality application of what is learned leads to:
- Higher Employee Engagement and Ownership,
- Stronger mutual trust,
- Development of individual and team capabilities,
- Less dependence on you as a leader.
All of this gives you back more time for yourself and your business.
Systemic team coaching is "a process by which a team coach works with a whole team (...) to improve both their collective performance and how they work together, and also how they develop their collective leadership to (...) jointly transform the wider business.”
Prof. Peter Hawkins, 2017
Organizational Alignment
Approach: Systemic Team Coaching™
I can offer you:
Systemic Team Coaching™, a methodology developed by Professor Peter Hawkins, one of the world’s leading authorities in coaching, leadership, and team development, based on over 40 years of experience working with Fortune 100 companies, governments, and leading international organizations.
This approach addresses the key challenges facing an organization and is typically applied to leadership or other teams over a period of 6 to 12 months.
Your commitment to applying the method leads to:
- Alignment of all stakeholders,
- Balancing different interests,
- Achievement of high-impact, sustainable results.
All of this leads to achieving goals while fulfilling stakeholders’ needs.
"More than 60% of leaders report positive performance gains from executive coaching."
Harvard Business Review, 2025
Executive Coaching
Approach: Integrative-Constructivist Coaching
I can offer you:
A fully tailored approach, recognized by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
The integrative approach combines different psychological perspectives, methods, and techniques to fully adapt to your individual needs.
The constructivist foundation is based on the idea that you construct your own meaning, and understanding of reality. The focus is on shifting your perspective and how you see your world, so you can achieve your goals.
Your commitment to the process leads to:
- Greater clarity of direction,
- Fresh perspectives,
- Personal and professional growth on the path to achieving your goals.
All of this helps you achieve your goals.
What do Clients say?
"Hrvoje has excellently translated his managerial experience into a leadership model based on scientific insights into motivation. By using this model, the leader simultaneously cares for the needs of employees and the achievement of business goals. A particular advantage of the model is the Motivational Matrix, which helps the leader identify employees' needs and motivate them."
„Hrvoje je pratio moj rast i razvoj te u skladu s mojim preferencijama sudjelovao u kreiranju mog razvojnog puta. Uvelike mi je pomogao razumjeti u kojem smjeru želim ići i poticao me da ne odustajem od svojih želja. Kao rezultat njegovog znanja, iskustva i osobnih vrijednosti, u narednim godinama razvijala sam se na način na koji sam to htjela.“
„Hrvoje je pratio moj rast i razvoj te u skladu s mojim preferencijama sudjelovao u kreiranju mog razvojnog puta. Uvelike mi je pomogao razumjeti u kojem smjeru želim ići i poticao me da ne odustajem od svojih želja. Kao rezultat njegovog znanja, iskustva i osobnih vrijednosti, u narednim godinama razvijala sam se na način na koji sam to htjela.“
About me
My name is Hrvoje Bulat. I hold a degree in Psychology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, graduating in the top 10% of my class. I am also a recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for work in the field of ethics in psychology.
I have over 20 years of experience, primarily gained in Talent and Leadership Development, as well as Business Development at Zagrebačka banka, one of the most successful companies in Croatia.
There, I also led a team supporting more than 1,000 employees in sales. Over time, a total of 70 employees rotated through the team, most of whom had previously been identified as less motivated or less competent.
Based on my work with them, I developed the OAK Leadership Model™. It is a structured, field-tested leadership framework that strengthens Employee Engagement and competencies, enhances team collaboration, and aligns everyone around the team’s vision, purpose, and results.
The model’s proof of concept was carried out in a startup with 30 employees. Pre- and post-measurements of the OAK Leadership Model Program™ showed statistically significant improvements in leadership behaviors, as well as increased team cohesion. Both are predictors of higher employee engagement and, ultimately, improved company performance.
I continuously develop my expertise across various topics, both in Croatia and internationally.
I am accredited in Integrative-Constructivist Coaching (ICCD) and a Certified Practitioner in Systemic Team Coaching™ (STC). Both are certified programs recognized by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
My Systemic Team Coaching™ Practitioner training was led by Professor Peter Hawkins, a global authority in coaching.
I have been a guest lecturer for several years at the Zagreb School of Economics and Management, covering topics such as Neuroeconomics, Neuromarketing, and Organizational Network Analysis (ONA).
I am also the author of articles published in leading business media such as Lider, Netokracija, and AIHR (Academy to Innovate HR). In addition, I'm a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.
