Power for Change
We empower individuals and communities to lead and co-create positive changes for better today and tomorrow.
Our present and future require from us to be courageous and compassionate enough to take responsibility; responsibility for the quality of our lives and continuous improvement, and the responsibility to co-create empowered and sustainable society together with other stakeholders. This inspires us to empower individuals and organizations to be leaders, catalysts and partners for positive change today and for future generations.”
– Tanja Bogataj, Founder and CEO of the Power for Change Institute
What We Do
OFFER EDUCATION, TRAINING & CONSULTING
TRANSFORM IDEAS, ASPIRATIONS AND RESOURCES INTO ACTUAL RESULTS
PARTNER UP FOR A POSITIVE CHANGE
In partnership with
TAKE ACTION - MAKE A CHANGE
Make a Change – 3+ Steps
by Tanja Bogataj, MM.Sc. Visionary Leadership and Change Coach
Breathe for Change
by Mikael Wesstrom SomaBreath® Instructor
Tidy up for Change
by Tina Markun Professional Home Organiser
Get Empowered for Change
by Tanja Bogataj, MM.Sc. Visionary Leadership and Change Coach
Fragrant Youthstyle: Building Influence and Impact for Change
by Rev. Dr. Edward Odhiambo Nyamde
Change as an Opportunity to Learn, Grow, and Progress
At the Power for Change Institute, we offer you a safe and stimulating environment for empowerment for facing your changes in an effective and efficient way, and for co/creating the positive changes in society, by using and learning various approaches, techniques and tools.
We invite you to visit the workshops and other forms of training that we prepare and implement through-out the year for you in cooperation with visiting experts, colleagues, co-creators, and supporters.
Programs
Our programs offer practical knowledge, skills, and services to equip individuals and organizations to be change catalysts and leaderships of positive changes.
Power for Change Tables
Power for Change Tables are a signature program to provide a safe and supportive environment to address driving forces for change, resistance to change, stages of change, and outcomes of change in a guided, creative, and empowering way. Pre-set structure and facilitated process provide a nesting environment and support for initiatives and projects of positive change.
Get Empowered for Change
Events
Be the change
Each of us can contribute to positive changes in society with our knowledge, experience and unique view of the world. As they say, change yourself and you will change the world. However, for the changes that we desire to see in society, it is more effective if we connect and collaborate to co-create them with like-minded and like-hearted people.
Entrust us with your idea, proposal or project so that we can find out together how we can provide an adequate support for its successful implementation through cooperation and co-creation.
About us
At Power for Change Institute, we understand CHANGE as an OPPORTUNITY for learning, growth and development, both for the individual and for society.
We believe in the power of the individual and the community, in the importance of cooperation and co-creation, as well as lifelong learning and improvement.
We understand change also as an ACTIVITY.
We believe in the potential of the individual and believe that she/he already has the power within herself/himself to make the change she/he wants or needs to make.
Through our activities, individuals define the motivation for change and learn and empower themselves how to effectively face change and/or (co)create it.
Our Team
Tanja Bogataj
Founder, CEO, Consultant and Coach
Tanja Bogataj, MM.Sc. is a certified coach for visionary leadership and change mindset at the AMORA LEADERSHIP, Founder and Executive Director of the Power for Change Institute, Creator of #bepowerfulandfree®, Educator, Speaker, Facilitator and Lecturer.
She has more than 25 years of professional experience in the field of law, public policies, management, leadership, personal and professional development, and the design, development and management of teams and complex projects at the national, European and international level. Tanja has a Bachelor’s degree in Law, a Master’s degree in Political science – policy analysis with European aspects, and a Master’s degree in Management – management and organization.
Mike Stevenson
Expert Team, Speaker, Mentor and Coach
Mike is a formidable speaker, trainer and creative thinker who knows how to motivate people to learn, to step into their leadership and to embed the learning seed.
Mike puts the fun and enjoyment into training and people love his fast moving and humour packed approach. He is founder of Thinktastic, an innovations agency, voted Scottish Small Company of Year 2008 and acclaimed for its unique approaches to stretching people and organisations beyond the ‘apparently’ possible.
With more that 30 years in Marketing Mike has worked with several leading brand names including M&S, British Gas, Sky TV, SSE and Standard Life – with each the original brief was exceeded.
He is an acknowledged leader in social marketing and from increasing foster carers recruited in Edinburgh by 40% in just one year to transforming the fortunes of a local authority housing department he has achieved a string of ground-breaking successes.
He is a champion of collaboration and specialises in bringing disparate partners together to pursue a common vision.
Alessandro Pegoraro
Expert Team, Coach, Mentor and Supervisor
Alessandro, Global Executive Member and Vice President of Development, is a professional coach with 30 years’ experience in multicultural leadership.
Alessandro supports individuals, teams and organisations to improve their ability to navigate an increasingly complex and contradictory business world.
As a coach Alessandro has worked with executives and entrepreneurs of start-ups, mid-to-small size businesses and major global organisations, operating in many sectors (finance, high-tech, manifactoring, fashion, energy, travel & leisure, telecommunications, media, nonprofit). He serves as a pro-bono mentor in international programs for the development of high talented individuals.
He began his career as a high school teacher, went on to earn a Masters in Philosophy and Theology, and served in companies such as Yahoo!, British Telecom and Il Sole 24 Ore.
Alessandro helps his coachees become authentic leaders: true to themselves, consistent with what they believe in and, because of that, able to make this world a better place.
Dr Shams Hamid
Expert Team, AI & Future Literacy Educator
Dr. Shams Hamid is a futures-focused educator, facilitator, and philosopher working at the intersection of futures literacy, systems thinking, ethical innovation, and human-centered AI.
He supports individuals and communities to navigate change with clarity, creativity, and purpose through inquiry-driven learning and collaborative dialogue.
His work includes collaborations with organizations such as UNESCO, ICESCO, USAID, and the University of Toronto, and focuses on transforming AI use into Relational Intelligence—a practice that strengthens judgment, reduces bias and over-reliance, and supports more responsible, inclusive decision-making.
Shams brings a deep commitment to co-creation, storytelling, and meaningful action to every Power for Change initiative.
Bill Phillips
Expert Team, Future-basing Educator, Coach and Mentor
Services
Empowerment for Change
Bill Phillips
- Future-basing
- Peace-making skills
- Power for Change Empowerment
- Mentoring
Mike Stevenson
- Own your voice, Make an Impact
- Power for Change Empowerment
- Mentoring
Alessandro Pegoraro, Global EMCC & ICF
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Supervision
Tanja Bogataj, M.Sc.
- Change mindset and (self)leadership
- Empowerment for Change Workshops
- Change Projects and Partnerships
- Coaching
- Mentoring
Dr. Shams Hamid
- AI Literacy Workshops
- Future Literacy Workshops
- Consulting
Speaking & Facilitation
- Power for Change
- Global Leadership, Conflict resolution and Peace making skills
- Future-basing
Mike Stevenson
- Power for Change
- Own Your Voice, make a Positive Impact
- Youth Empowerment
- Power for Change
- Global Visionary Leadership and Change
- SDGs, Partnership and Impact
- SDGs, Youth Empowerment
Our Vision
We at Powerful Change Institute believe that every individual and organization can be a leader and catalyst for positive change today, tomorrow and generations to come.
Our Mission
We help organisations and individuals to transform their ideas, aspirations and resources into actual results and build coalitions for sustainable impact.
We do this by providing a platform to bring together leaders, experts and stakeholders from the public and private sector to actively exchange knowledge and resources to create solutions, no matter how big or small.
In this process, we act as a change catalyst by providing guidance, training, and tools for meaningful outcomes in line with the SDGs
Our Values
WE EMPOWER individuals in society with mindset, knowledge, skills and active action FOR CHANGES that are important for mutual respect and support in society, for the well-being of individuals and communities, for co-creating conditions for continuous learning, development and progress.
Through our activities, we support, encourage and co-create a society based on respect for human life and all living things, on respect for creation and opportunities for improvement, on action and cooperation out of love and not fear, with different groups in society in mind, the present and future generations.
VALUES we share and encourage:
HUMANITY
We encourage the value and respect for life and all living things, and respect for
human rights and freedoms
COMPASSION AND COOPERATION
We encourage mutual respect, cooperation, respectful
communication, and dialogue
LIFELONG LEARNING
We encourage and offer continuous learning and improvement
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION FOR THE FUTURE
We promote talents, creativity, different
opinions, views and approaches, and search for way to collaborate and co-create
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