On Air: Podcast by Femme Palette

Hana Součková has been the Managing Director of SAP Czech Republic since August 2018.

Hana joined SAP in 2014 as Head of Presales for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since the very beginning she was working on close collaboration with sales and marketing departments. On August 1, 2018, she became Managing Director of SAP Czech Republic, leaving her the responsibility of managing the entire team as well as the business results of the Czech branch.

Before joining SAP, Hana worked in several marketing and sales management positions in Ness Czech, Ness Europe, APP and Scala. She studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague and holds certificates from the Czech Marketing Institute. In her free time, she likes sports, especially biking. She also organizes biking races for children.

With Hana we talked about her multiple career shifts, the importance of stepping out of her comfort zone, the challenges of managing managers and her tactics on work life integration. Get inspired by one of the most influential women in Czechia and listen to Hana’s story!

Hana’s leadership recommendation: Predator Code workshop

Sandra Kisic is a former blogger, writer, my university classmate and recently positioned as content manager at Welcome to the Jungle. Sandra was born in Sarajevo, followed by a few years in Split and Tunisia before ending up in Prague. She is a passionate scuba diver, can say ‘thank you’ in 25 languages and dreams of living in a Wes Anderson film.

With Sandra we talked about her start as a blogger, how the blogging scene has changed over the past decade, and the beautiful advantages of being an employee (for the first time in Sandra’s life) that we often take for granted!

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Pavla Lokajova is a solo-preneur, journalist, Founding Member of Future Farm and a new mother to twins. Her passion lies in telling the stories of our time.

Not quite finding her fit in traditional newsrooms, Pavla pioneered her own way building a couple of newspapers from scratch, filling the gaps she sensed in the industry. From student journalist to content creator to co-founder of Czech employer branding platform, Pavla has learned a lot by telling stories the last 12 years. She has interviewed over 400 CEOs and covered culture in 300+ companies. You can read her work at Naratives.co.

With Pavla, we talked about the importance of being true to yourself, allowing your priorities to change along the way, combining her multiple projects while becoming a mother, and much more!

Make sure you follow Pavla’s Instagram - it is full of inspiration!

Pavla's Femme shoutout: Vladimira Mesko Briestenska - CEO of Future Farm

Andrea co-founded the company Foreigners, a relocation agency providing comprehensive services for expats in the Czech Republic. After over 10 years of leading Foreigners as CEO, Andrea's team comprises more than 40 people working in 6 different offices. She is also a mentor in communities that incubate new projects and just recently, she became a mother of a baby girl.

We spoke about the first years of her business while still completing university, the importance of taking it all step by step, and her current challenges connected not only to the global epidemic, but also to running a company while being a new mom.

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Andrea’s femme shoutout: Lucie Patkova from Foreigners and Renata Mrazova from Home Credit International

Andrea co-founded the company Foreigners, a relocation agency providing comprehensive services for expats in the Czech Republic. After over 10 years of leading Foreigners as CEO, Andrea's team comprises more than 40 people working in 6 different offices. She is also a mentor in communities that incubate new projects and just recently, she became a mother of a baby girl.

We spoke about the first years of her business while still completing university, the importance of taking it all step by step, and her current challenges connected not only to the global epidemic, but also to running a company while being a new mom.

Follow Andrea on Instagram!

Andrea’s femme shoutout: Lucie Patkova from Foreigners and Renata Mrazova from Home Credit International

Petra Vaskovych is a Chief Product Officer at Kiwi.com, a Czech online travel tech start-up. She was the fourth Kiwi.com employee hired and played a large part in scaling the team to over 2600 employees by leading product strategy and planning. Petra loves to explore new places, practice sports, folklore and being a dedicated mother and partner.

We discussed her beginnings at kiwi.com and the many lessons learned from being a manager in a fast-growing company along with the main challenges she faces in her career and personal life, especially during these turbulent times where the travel industry has been decimated due to the global pandemic.

Nela Ďopanová is the founder and CEO of Fpohybu - a company created with the desire to increase movement literacy, helping people to create healthy movements habits. In cooperation with physiotherapists, Fpohybu provides workshops, programs and team buildings for companies to take care of their employees, educate them and by this have a healthier and happier company culture.  With Nela we talked about her start with her business idea,  how her main challenges evolved over time, and the importance of keeping flexibility when building a company. 

Make sure you follow Fpohybu on Instagram and Facebook.

Nela’s female shoutout: Marie Havlickova (ex-CEO of Slevomat)

Nela Ďopanová is the founder and CEO of Fpohybu - a company created with the desire to increase movement literacy, helping people to create healthy movements habits. In cooperation with physiotherapists, Fpohybu provides workshops, programs and team buildings for companies to take care of their employees, educate them and by this have a healthier and happier company culture.  With Nela we talked about her start with her business idea,  how her main challenges evolved over time, and the importance of keeping flexibility when building a company. 

Make sure you follow Fpohybu on Instagram and Facebook.

Nela’s female shoutout: Marie Havlickova (ex-CEO of Slevomat)

Zuzana Maderova is a Senior VP of Business Development & Expansions at Enehano and Co-Founder of Kilta, a platform with tech experts from CEE. Zuzka is also active in Diversity & Inclusion project Be ID Human and works on creating a Female Angel Investor network. 

We connected with Zuzka at the beginning of the nationwide lockdown in the Czech Republic and talked about everything from leading international expansions after studying translation, to time management when juggling so many different projects, and much more!

Zuzka's femme shout-out: Popysky

Ines Gaston is a Clinical Psychologist teaching resilience, and gaining more clarity, confidence and energy. After coping with her own burnout, Ines built a program thanks to which her clients become proactive in managing their own well-being that protects them from exhaustion, burnout, feeling overwhelmed or stuck.

In this On Air Special be ready for an open chat about burnout and Ines’s story!

Get in touch with Ines:

• On Instagram: @inesgaston
  
• On LinkedIn: Ines Gaston
  
• Via Email: [email protected]