Cristina’s Blog
Feel free to sample my thought leadership, inspired by my work and life experience and by my extensive client work.
When a Teacher Moves to Heaven
It was early on in 2009. I had just been promoted to chief reporter with Czech Business Weekly, being catapulted over night from a regular reporter who loved her job to full… Read more
05/11/2018Reading time: 5 minutesIOCTI 2018 – An Experience Beyond Words
How to put in words an experience that cannot be contained by words? How to bring in a few lines an experience of humanity that stands with one leg in… Read more
14/10/2018Reading time: 7 minutesConsulting with the Enneagram: A Humbling Experience
Last week I attended a 5-day training course in Consulting with the Enneagram. The course was held in Dalkey, at the magnificent outskirts of Dublin. The Irish capital welcomed us… Read more
01/10/2018Reading time: 11 minutesChallenges of remote leadership and the need to see what we refuse to see in our teams and companies
At the beginning of this year I was elected member of the board of the Czech Association of Systemic Constellations (CASK). This means that I started working voluntarily with a… Read more
09/08/2018Reading time: 5 minutesLQ: Your Career Journey into the Future
When earlier this spring I started writing my first book on personal branding for career growth, little did I know on what kind of deep journey this endeavor will take… Read more
26/06/2018Reading time: 6 minutes“You can’t be an Enneagram 7 because…”
Still in Amsterdam after the 2018 International Enneagram Association (IEA) European conference and overflooding with new ideas, people and inspiration I decided to put some thoughts on paper while they… Read more
27/05/2018Reading time: 8 minutesPersonal Branding: When Reason Must Win Over Ego
Numerous companies created around January 1993, when the Czech Republic became an independent state, celebrated 25 years of existence in 2017 or will celebrate it this year. Many such companies… Read more
11/04/2018Reading time: 6 minutesLeader on the Czech market? Your job is just about to get much harder
As a foreigner in the Czech Republic who speaks Czech and who, till a few years ago when the migration crisis started had the feeling of being fully integrated here,… Read more
12/01/2018Reading time: 9 minutesExecutivejob.cz: Personal Branding – Think and Be Bold
A year ago, Tomáš Dražný was getting ready for a risky career turn. A partner in a local headhunting boutique, he had spotted a gap on the increasingly hot Czech labor market.… Read more
15/12/2017Reading time: 5 minutesPersonal Branding Liberates. What Do You Do with Your Freedom?
November is a month when we talk a lot about freedom. On November 17 Czechs made their voice heard several times along the history. Next, December is my beloved month.… Read more
19/11/2017Reading time: 6 minutes#metoo – How HR Lost Trust During the Harvey Weinstein Scandal – And How to Get It Back
In the tensed atmosphere of the last electoral weekend in the Czech Republic it was quite easy to lose track of a significant issue holding headlines in the US and… Read more
24/10/2017Reading time: 4 minutesEmployee Retention: 9 Ways to Boost People Satisfaction at Work
Last week I had the honor to speak at the Czech PR Klub workshop Employer Branding. I talked about my experience in 2015 – 2017 with leading integrated communications and… Read more
12/10/2017Reading time: 5 minutesHow to Turn a Facebook Identity Theft Into a Trust-Building Opportunity
On Saturday evening I was enjoying a long walk with my dog along the stunning scenery of the Bečva river in East Moravia when my phone biped with a new… Read more
18/09/2017Reading time: 5 minutesPersonal Branding: Empower Yourself, Empower Your Business
In my strategic communications consulting and coaching practice, I am often confronted with the question: if I start boosting my personal brand, does it mean that I am betraying my… Read more
10/09/2017Reading time: 6 minutesHow Would You Like People to Feel When Hearing Your Name?
Names carry energy. Personal brands are names turned into strategic vehicles for carring a lasting - positive or negative - legacy. Read the names below slowly, one by one. Close… Read more
06/09/2017Reading time: 1 minutesDo You Want to Retain Talent? Encourage Your People to Build Personal Brands
Numerous companies in the Czech Republic are confronted today with the threat of losing their best people to competition. On a market with the lowest unemployment in Europe Czech companies… Read more
14/08/2017Reading time: 6 minutesWhy Women Fail (More Often than Men) at Media Communications
An interview I conducted recently with a reputable woman manager for one of my clients' magazine made me ask myself in wonder: why on Earth are we, women, having so… Read more
19/07/2017Reading time: 5 minutesInstinctual Biases at Work: Can the Social-Only Company Succeed?
Recently I had the chance to attend an office visit in a large multinational company that moved recently into a new building. The company took advantage of the change to… Read more
03/07/2017Reading time: 6 minutes
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