Hi, I am Margit Takács. This is my story.

I started my journey in a small town in the southeastern part of Hungary, then pursued my studies in the capital, Budapest, where I became part of an international student organisation, AIESEC. Through my work there and through its programme, I embarked on a long trip to New Zealand for one and a half years, little knowing it would be the start of a two-decade-long adventure around the world.

Filled with excitement to explore new cultures and ways of living, I then moved to Singapore, where I started my corporate growth and worked in different regional roles at the world's leading logistics firm, DHL, for five years.

Later I relocated to Belgium with my company to re-connect with my European roots. Due to the aftermath of the global recession, I was to either move to the global headquarters in Germany or move out. A third option came my way.

Instead of immediately taking on the next role within DHL, I took a six-month sabbatical leave. I joined a volunteering expedition with Raleigh International in the jungles of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. An eye-opening, daring experience where I learned plenty as I worked with other volunteers to plant trees, build trails, construct a community house, and learn how to survive whilst living in a jungle camp without any of the comforts of the modern world.

When I returned to corporate life, I continued with DHL in Bonn for seven more years and took on a jet-setting global role helping leaders across the world strengthen the way they lead change.

Today I am based in Switzerland with my husband and two young daughters (Evelyn and Ariana), and I run my own change-consulting practice with organisations across many industries around the world. The Change Matters book grew out of that work. So did the Change Confident Academy. So did this site.

I do not want to be embedded forever. I want to leave behind a team that is more change-confident than when I arrived, with the language, structure and tools to lead the next transformation themselves. That is the work.