This article presents the results of qualitative research on the lived experience of managers related to critical moments of practice that arise due to behavioral patterns acquired during childhood that are incompatible with their own mindsets. The research is based on interpretive phenomenological analysis and is enriched at the interpretive level with existential hermeneutic phenomenology perspectives. The article concludes that both childhood experience and adopted parental behavioral patterns that are not in accordance with their own mindset can lead to serious issues in managers' career development. These are typically dysfunctional interpersonal relationships, feelings of failure, and disrupted management activities and processes that affect career plans and personal life. The novelty of our approach lies in the fact that a phenomenological approach can be used not only to analyze traumatic childhood experiences and events, but also to reveal how a common family background can shape future business practice.

Department of Economic and Managerial Studies Faculty of Arts Palacký University Olomouc Křížkovského 12 779 00 Olomouc Czech Republic

Department of Sociology Andragogy and Cultural Anthropology Faculty of Arts Palacký University Olomouc Třída Svobody 26 779 00 Olomouc Czech Republic

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