Building Leaders Through Practice
Yorvatu was founded in 2020 to address a persistent gap in management education: the distance between theory and execution. We've trained 387 professionals across 19 industries to lead teams with clarity and confidence.
Where We Started
Most management courses deliver frameworks and models. Participants leave with notes they rarely reference. We started with a different question: what do new managers actually struggle with on day one?
The first 90 days reveal whether someone can manage or just talk about managing.
Our curriculum emerged from interviewing 64 team leads about their first critical decisions. We documented what worked, what failed, and what they wish they'd known earlier. That research became the foundation for every module we teach.
Our Location
Based in Poltava, we deliver programs across Ukraine through both in-person workshops and live online sessions that maintain the same intensity as face-to-face training.
Program Scale
Each cohort runs for 8 weeks with a maximum of 12 participants. Smaller groups mean more direct feedback and fewer places to hide from uncomfortable truths.
Who Teaches Here
Olesya Hrytsenko
Lead Instructor
Spent 11 years managing operations teams in logistics and manufacturing. Teaches the modules on delegation, accountability, and handling underperformance.
Dmytro Shevchuk
Senior Facilitator
Former project director for a tech consultancy. Focuses on stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and making decisions with incomplete information.
How We Structure Learning
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Case-Based Sessions
Every session opens with a real scenario from a participant's workplace. We dissect the situation, identify leverage points, and map out 3-4 possible responses with their likely outcomes.
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Weekly Application Tasks
Participants test one new approach in their actual role each week. We review what happened in the next session without judgment, focusing on what the outcome revealed.
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Peer Review Groups
Small groups of 4 participants meet between sessions to challenge each other's thinking. The best learning often happens when someone points out the gap between your stated values and your actual decisions.