My life is full I live my dream, doing sports 3 times a week, having amazing family, friends, deep discussions and time for self development and reading Very content person seeking to join a dynamic environment
Natalia Schuster Kiskova
Bratislava
Summary
Dynamic change leader and founder with over a decade of experience driving human-centered transformation in complex, fast-growing organizations and technology environments. Expertise in trauma-informed somatic coaching, compassionate leadership, and systemic change management fosters psychologically safe workplaces and resilient teams. Demonstrated success in designing and implementing leadership development, change programs, and cultural transformation initiatives that align strategy with employee well-being and organizational objectives. Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams, scale operations, and guide leaders through ambiguity using empathy and evidence-based methodologies such as EMDR, Compassionate Inquiry, and mindfulness practices while embedding inclusive, adaptive mindsets for sustainable business impact.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder
Empatio.io
01.2023 - Current
- ICF Trauma informed Somatic Coaching with Modalities of:
- Compassionate Inquiry by Gabor Mate
- EMDR for Coaching
- Trauma informed Stress Coaching
- ICF Life Coaching
- Meditation, Breathwork, Yin Yoga
Consultant
Maxman Consultants
03.2024 - 04.2024
- Management, Leadership, Stress Management, Emotional Health & Soft skills Trainer
Engagement Manager
Mooza Inspire | European Salesforce Partner, an alternative to local partners
09.2021 - 12.2022
- Chief People Officer & Advisor to CEO
- Company Values
- Talent identification (Recruitment)
- Talent development
- Technical Curriculum - establish principles & ensure each individual is having assigned a Technical path for Development
- Work closely with HR & HR generalist to ensure full coverage & comfort for all recruits, employees, etc
- Driving the change management of the organisation.
- Leading Salary bands, job specs, career development, growth
- Advisory to CEO & Interim Delivery Lead
- Salesforce.com Interim Delivery Manager
- Creating delivery process, hiring of full delivery team, management, coordination of 30+ individuals
- Talent development
- Advisory to CEO in management, scaling, execution & delivery
- Advisory on scalability of company
- Strategic insights & analysis
- M&A, growth and people development
- Leadership & management tasks
Public Speaker & Moderator
Conferences and Corporations
03.2015 - 12.2022
- Public Speaker on topics: Authentic leadership, Managing global teams, Startups, Startups in corporations, Women in IT, Women leaders, Motivational speeches for students/employees, Moderator of discussions
- Experience: IBM, BDLA Lebanon, DIGITAL|K Sofia, TedX Banska Bystrica, FutureNow,and others
- Open for corporate events & workshops
Founder
Authentic Development
10.2019 - 08.2022
- Authentic Development was the Self Development platform that brings you a selection of curated relevant resources focused on personal growth, all in one place. The world is filled with unique creators who shine light on important self development topics - let's explore and support them together! Whether through podcasts, videos, books, experiences, products, interesting coaches or experiences. AD gathers all mediums in one place giving you the ability to search, learn, and grow.
Co-Founder
Peoply
05.2021 - 02.2022
- We take care of your people.
- Expert services in employee lifecycle from recruitment to off-boarding.
- Increasing Employee Lifetime Value (ELTV) for your company.
Head of HubHub
HubHub
11.2016 - 05.2019
- My role can be best described as a role of Startup CEO who has capital (HB Reavis as owner):
- Hired and managed 50+ great employees in different nations
- Building and executing on strategy, vision, mission, brand, structure (organizational, inter-company, company), reporting, sales and social impact
- Understanding and managing inter-nationality/country specific issues, communities, innovations
- Developing expansion strategy, new business acquisitions, new markets entry
- Scouting locations, creating market researches, finding talents, hitting the ground running in every new market
- Developing new product offerings: corporate innovations, programming (“executive education”), community connector (startups, corporates, universities, NGOs, students -in one place, working together)
- Overseeing creation and running of biggest CEE tech conference FutureNow
- HubHub was an idea on 1 slide when I joined. It was called coworking and had the intention of being cowork in HB Reavis buildings. After 2 years I lead my team to transform it into a purposeful business with strong brand, over 18,000m2, 1500 members in 5 countries ( London-UK, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland). We acquired FutureNow conference, formerly known as Startupawards, biggest CEE startup competition. My role was to create the idea, the mission, vision, business case, P&L, structure and successfully run it with the team. We not only did that, we even created a big social arm that focuses solely on education and nonprofit activities to support innovation ecosystems in each city where HubHub operates.
Growth Manager
Bluewolf
01.2015 - 10.2016
- Founder of Bluewolf Prague office overseeing delivery, sales, operations and hiring for Central Eastern Europe region
- Sold and delivered two €100K + global deals in the first year from office establishment
- Established and managed relationships with recruitment, legal, accounting, and partner companies
- Recruited, hired and managed over 20 employees, provided on-board training and continuous support to all new hires on company, tools, Salesforce and overall consulting processes
- Lead Project Manager on two global delivery projects, managing project resource plan, budget, financial budgeting and client expectations
- Organised and presented at 10+ recruiting events, 5 sales events evangelising of Bluewolf and Salesforce brand in the region
Consultant
Bluewolf
08.2013 - 01.2015
- Lead Consultant and internal team Project Manager at Reed Exhibitions and Waterstones for global implementation with extensive integrations
- Managing team tasks, creating project plans, developing and deploying global and local solutions
- Project resource, financial budgeting and burn rates planning and management
- Ownership of requirements gathering process, planning and timescales
- Configuration/implementation and creating complex workflows and formulas
- Business requirement gathering/conducting business analysis/workshops with key business user groups
- Management of internal team and continuous communication with offshore development team
- Mentoring of Business Analysts and Junior Consultants
Business Analyst
Bluewolf
07.2012 - 12.2012
Business Analyst
Bluewolf
07.2011 - 12.2011
Marketing Assistant
Vaculik Advertising Slovakia/Czech Republic
01.2010 - 01.2010
Education
BSBA - Finance, Management
Northeastern University
01.2013
Skills
- Trauma informed ICF Certified Coach
- EMDR for Coaching
- Compassionate Inquiry
- Agile methodologies
- Salesforce Project Management and Consulting
Certification
ICF Coaching
Compassionate Inquiry
EMDR for Coaches
Trauma informed Stress Studies
Meditation
Interests
Timeline
Consultant
Maxman Consultants
03.2024 - 04.2024
Founder
Empatio.io
01.2023 - Current
Engagement Manager
Mooza Inspire | European Salesforce Partner, an alternative to local partners
09.2021 - 12.2022
Co-Founder
Peoply
05.2021 - 02.2022
Founder
Authentic Development
10.2019 - 08.2022
Head of HubHub
HubHub
11.2016 - 05.2019
Public Speaker & Moderator
Conferences and Corporations
03.2015 - 12.2022
Growth Manager
Bluewolf
01.2015 - 10.2016
Consultant
Bluewolf
08.2013 - 01.2015
Business Analyst
Bluewolf
07.2012 - 12.2012
Business Analyst
Bluewolf
07.2011 - 12.2011
Marketing Assistant
Vaculik Advertising Slovakia/Czech Republic
01.2010 - 01.2010
BSBA - Finance, Management
Northeastern University
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