Roxane Battle

Roxane Battle is a mental well-being advocate and masterful storyteller, best known for
her 20+ years as an award-winning journalist and media personality, most notably on
NBC-Minneapolis, CBS-Minneapolis and FOX.

For more than a decade, Roxane has specialized in customizing presentations on the importance of emotional intelligence, empathetic leadership and psychological safety. During the pandemic, she held executive-level positions inside Fortune 5 UnitedHealth Group, giving global talks on burnout, and appeared in her own mental health video series, “Checking in with Roxane Battle”, reaching 4 million subscribers. Her bestselling book, Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free, details her personal journey from depression and anxiety to joy.

She studied psychology through Harvard’s Extension School of Continuing Education, and earned a certification in Emotional Agility in the Workplace. She is a University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Executive Education facilitator and serves on Carlson’s women’s advisory board.

Roxane is a proud alumna of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities where she completed a B.A. in journalism, prior to completing a M.A. journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Roxane is among the first cohort to be named one of Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change, and has been featured in numerous publications and podcasts.

She has an adult son, enjoys cycling,and makes a memorable mac and cheese.

Most Requested Programs

Empathetic Leadership: Myths Vs Realities
Today’s changing workforce has induced unprecedented levels of uncertainty, adversely affecting engagement, retention, and productivity.

A mobile and multi-generational workforce requires an empathetic approach from leaders who can navigate change, while at the same time imparting value and respect, especially when things don’t go according to plan.
Whether you’re a C-suite executive or individual contributor, this presentation provides practical, easy-to-grasp tools you can put into practice immediately to boost EI, or emotional intelligence in the workplace, lead with empathy, and build teams that are engaged, inspired and productive.

*Customized talking points to fit your team’s specific needs; includes team photos, awards and recognition, deep dive into key areas of interest!

The audience will leave with:

-What empathetic leadership is and is not
-Easy approach towards the ongoing development of empathy
-How to help you team feel seen, heard and valued
-Simple ways to self-assess, boost social intelligence and foster greater collaboration.
-How to handle cancel culture at work
-What it takes to stay motivated and reduce burnout
-How to re-engage teams after a failure that leads to fewer missteps
-Ways to communicate that boost collaboration and productivity
-Understanding of appreciative inquiry and its impact on innovation.
-Understanding of how to address failures for the win.
-How to have fun...and why it’s a non-negotiable!
-Inspiration and a vision for the future

Exhausted to Energized: Beat Burnout and Find More Pockets of Joy
Whether it is the Great Disruption, Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting, Return to Office, or wave after wave of record layoffs, the way we work has changed.

Recent research shows workers are detached, exhausted and downright miserable. Burnt out. Something the World Health Organization calls an 'occupational phenomenon’, creating trillions of dollars in lost productivity.
Clearly the way we work is no longer working.

As an executive inside Fortune 5 UnitedHealth Group, the largest healthcare corporation in the world, Roxane has real-time expertise on what it takes to thrive in tumultuous times. In this inspiring presentation Roxane shares answers to today's most pressing questions: how can we make work fun again? How can we build trust, and belonging? What are some steps can we take right now to improve our mental well-being and find joy both at work and in our personal lives? Through her natural and engaging storytelling, Roxane shares stories from her own struggles with stress and anxiety, and offers key transformative coping strategies, which can be implemented immediately to create thriving work environments and more happy and productive teams.

*Customized talking points to fit your team’s specific needs; includes team photos, awards and recognition, deep dive into key areas of interest!

The audience will leave with:

-Practical steps to create safe spaces
-How to reduce stress and feel less exhausted
-Ways to discover purpose, meaning and fulfillment in our work and personal life.
-The importance of self-care, and how to create positive self-care habits.
-Precise words and phrases to say to ease conflict and build relationships.
-How to have difficult conversations
-A personable approach to fostering cultures of belonging
-How to have fun…and why it’s a non-negotiable!
-Inspiration and a vision for the future

Emcee, Host, Moderator, Video Host, Podcast Guest
The audience will leave with:
-Inspiration, information, a good laugh, and JOY!
-Roxane Battle has been standing in front of audiences all of her adult life as an award-winning Emmy-nominated -television news anchor, reporter, virtual host, voice-over talent, on-camera spokesperson, and acting talent for commercials, industrial films, documentaries, and corporate fundraising videos.
-She’s part storyteller, part creative genius.
-A professionally trained journalist, with over 20+ years of storytelling experience, and training in theater arts, Roxane is a master communicator who brings expertise and creative talent to help your team maximize audience engagement.
-She's your one-stop shop for your next live presentation, conference, or video project.

Testimonials

“Roxane Battle’s inspiring and thoughtful keynote brought out more emotion and discussion than I’ve ever seen at an event. It was a master class in every respect.” -Melissa Fors Shackelford, Member, Women’s Health Leadership Trust

“Roxane, thank you so much for delivering such an inspiring and impactful keynote at the Women’s Health Leadership Trust Forum. Your insights, passion and authenticity truly resonated with our community and elevated the entire event.” -Joy King, President, Women’s Health Leadership Trust

“Your preparation was incredibly thorough and the rapport you built…made it seem effortless. Everyone was rapt with attention. No matter the industry, location of the respective company or organization in the room, your interview provided relevant information for each and every attendee.” -Kate Reschenberg, Executive Director, Economic Club of Minnesota

Thank YOU, Roxane, for your willingness to speak at our event. I CANNOT even begin to tell you how many messages I have gotten saying how great you are! It was a wonderful day and you were the highlight! -Sheila Kramer, CHRO, Donaldson

Roxane is a consummate professional who is well versed on the well-being subject matter. Our audience loved her presentation and she connected with them. They’re still talking about the presentation a year later. -Angel Uddin, Senior Director, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office of Human Resources, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities