How Purpose Connects Diverse Work
- Dilek Süzal
- Jan 26
- 3 min read
Updated: 6 days ago
I’ve learned to pay attention to reflect on what becomes visible after the work is done. Like walking through a building after an intense construction period, checking what holds, what evolved, and what is now ready to be used.
And the question I keep returning to is this: What if being multi-layered is not a distraction, but having different hats with one single purpose?
As a professional, wearing multiple hats is often framed as something to “outgrow.” And yet, when there is one clear purpose underneath, those layers expand your impact.
The last months offered a very clear answer, one that reshaped how I see my work.
Problem: When value is distributed across many rooms
Many professionals do meaningful work across multiple forms.
In my line of work, these show up as coaching conversations, team processes, trainings, assessments, writing, and facilitation.
The challenge is not the variety. When the purpose and structure connecting these rooms stays invisible, the work can feel heavier than it actually is, even when it is deeply meaningful.
Solution: One purpose many expressions
Each delivery holds value.
Together, they form a system, as long as the intention is clear.
Over the past months, my work unfolded exactly like that: as an interconnected structure.
Here is what it looked like on the surface, something I feel genuine pride and excitement about:
💎 Co-facilitating two team events for UN organisations with Sabine Reitmayer-Wawer and Özlem Önen from creative team events - commonroom
💎 Continuing global 1:1 Leadership Coaching on BetterUp with leaders navigating complex international roles
💎 Continuing 1:1 executive coaching in collaboration with Sparkus in Turkey & Azerbaijan being in the coaching pool lead by Özlem Sarıoğlu
💎 Serving as an external coach in a talent development assessment center for SEMPERIT AG being in the team of Gia Helena Gutierrez
💎 Preparing a multi-module training and group coaching journey for an international bank, now approved and starting soon!
💎 Updating my website with free resources Move Forward Weekly and the Coaching in Visuals sections
💎 Launching Move Forward 26, my group + individual coaching program from resolutions to results
💎 Welcoming new coachees into my program Career Clarity Project
💎 Writing weekly blog articles
Different hats. One purpose:
Serving people’s deepened clarity, strategic growth and planned success.
3 questions for your own multi-layered work
Rather than asking “How do I stay strong here?”, consider:
1. What is the core that connects everything I do?
2. How visible is this value to those who could benefit from it?
3. Where might this same value be expressed in new ways, without stretching my energy thinner?
As we move deeper into the year, I’m becoming more intentional about naming the systems behind my work, not to simplify them, but to make them easier to enter.
Because when purpose is clear, collaboration becomes natural.
You’ll now find a clearer map on my website.
CLICK HERE to explore it.
Some buildings are best understood once you visit inside. :)
Warmly,
Dilek
Official Collaboration Partners:
★ Lead Coach at the global coaching platform BetterUp based in USA.
★ Executive Coach and Trainer at SparkUs based in Turkey and Netherlands.
★ Impact Partner for coaching, training & facilitation projects at leadership experts Think Beyond Group based in Austria.
★ Leadership Coach at Percoms AG, based in Switzerland.
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