Empathy, teamwork and psychological strategies in crises

We don’t need more crises—we have plenty already. What we do need is awareness, empathy, humility, teamwork, and a few solid strategies to navigate these crises. In this podcast episode, “Authentic Living with Roxanne,” I share my thoughts on organizational crisis management. The perspectives are mine.The crises are lived.The strategies are hard-earned.😉 I hope it … Read more

Being human takes practice…

She wasn’t the friendliest over the phone. Zero flexibility. And my friends warned me that her demeanor during their breakfast was not particularly pleasant and customer focus did not seem like her strong suit. And amidst the tales of our host’s not-so-pleasant breakfast demeanor, I, a proud member of the sleep-in and late breakfast society, … Read more

The Story of The Parking Lot: turning crisis and human tragedy into gifts of life.

I had no intention of hanging out in the parking lot of a local Colorado supermarket on your average Saturday afternoon. But it turned out to be a moment, an experience that had certainly sparked many thoughts and reminded me to pay a ‘gratitude visit’ to my life. A man was loading the trunk of … Read more

“Win Happy Podcast”: A War with Truth

In this episode, Greg Canty (Co-founder of Fuzion Communications), and Natasha Konstantinova discuss the role of communications, the importance of truth, and the huge difference between Breaking News and Breaking Stories. This war is a war on truth and when truth disappears, this is what you get. Enjoy the show!

Unconventional wisdom about Leadership from a 9-year-old

A rhetorical question: WHAT is leadership? Every social media, every online and traditional media will have millions of mentions of this word. Every business school will offer a course on Leadership. Every book store in the world will have a vast collection on this topic. And we just love talking about our leadership skills, developing … Read more

10 golden rules of crisis management

I grew up in the times when the biggest crisis we could ever imagine back then was a Cold War. We survived the Cold war, and when we entered the last decade of the 20th century, many of us thought that the biggest crisis of our life was over…. Image credit @ Agne Nainyte Recent … Read more

Personal Branding: it is about You

I admit, starting your Personal PR or Personal Brand campaign might not feel comfortable at first. Human beings are biologically hardwired to play it safe, protect themselves, and ‘stay low’. For millions of years, our predecessors strived to keep their visibility down and not expose themselves to the outer world. Some thousands of years later … Read more

Anyone can become an entrepreneur. And it is surprisingly easy.

  I always believed that if you are NOT born as an entrepreneur, you are destined to work for someone else. All. Your. Life. I proved myself wrong. Anyone can become an entrepreneur.Even kids. Especially kids. And it’s surprisingly easy: give them the tools and knowledge. Empower them. Support their failures and successes. Inspire them … Read more