Dear Global Leaders

How do global leaders align stakeholders across cultures, build trust, and create impact in an increasingly AI-driven world? In Part 1 of the Dear Global Leader Podcast , Tiphaine sits down with award-winning global impact strategist Valerie Won Lee to explore why successful leadership starts with understanding people not just processes. Drawing from her multicultural background and experience acr...

How do global leaders align stakeholders across cultures, build trust, and create impact in an increasingly AI-driven world? In Part 1 of the Dear Global Leader Podcast , Tiphaine sits down with award-winning global impact strategist Valerie Won Lee to explore why successful leadership starts with understanding people not just processes. Drawing from her multicultural background and experience acr...

Why do some talented professionals get promoted while others remain overlooked? The answer isn't always performance. In Part 2 of this conversation on the Dear Global Leader Podcast , Tiphaine and engineering leader Owen Lorena explore the hidden rules that shape career progression inside organizations. Beyond technical expertise and hard work, career growth often depends on understanding the...

Can mentorship really accelerate your career or are most people doing it wrong? In Part 1 of this conversation on the Dear Global Leader Podcast , Tiphaine sits down with engineering leader and mentor Owen Lorena to uncover how strategic mentorship can become one of the biggest accelerators of professional growth. After more than 25 years leading engineering teams across Asia and Europe, Owen shar...

Who decides your career future… and are you even in the room? In Part 2 of this conversation, we dive into one of the most misunderstood topics in corporate life: succession planning and high-potential talent. With expert Alan Colquitt , we uncover how companies actually identify future leaders and why many employees feel left out, confused, or stuck. You’ll learn: What succession planning really...

Why do performance reviews feel unfair? And why do some people get promoted… while others don’t? In this episode of Dear Global Leader , we go behind the scenes of corporate performance management with expert Alan Colquitt , specialist in talent management, succession planning, and organizational psychology. You’ll discover what really happens during performance reviews — including the hidden conv...

In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, global leadership expert Terri Morrison reveals how cultural differences directly impact business success, leadership, and relationships . This episode goes beyond theory and shows you how culture plays out in real corporate situations where deals are won or lost. 🎯 In this episode, you’ll learn: Why business meals can make or break international deals The...

In this powerful episode of the Dear Global Leader Podcast , we dive deep into the invisible rules of global business with world-renowned cross-cultural expert Terri Morrison . If you’ve ever felt misunderstood in international meetings, struggled with communication across cultures, or wondered why deals fail despite great strategy, this episode will change your perspective. 🎯 In Part 1, you’ll d...

What if opportunities didn’t come from applying… but from your network? In Part 2 of this conversation, investor and global leader Larissa Garcia shares how she built a powerful international network, and why today, opportunities come directly to her. We dive into the concept of the “portfolio career” and why the future of work is no longer about one job, but multiple streams of income, impact, an...

What if the best leaders didn’t just manage… but thought like investors? In this episode of Dear Global Leader , we sit down with Larissa Garcia: investor, business angel, and honorary consul of Dominican Republic in Denmark , to break down how leadership, investing, and global thinking intersect. From corporate telecom to real estate to venture capital, Larissa shares how she built a powerful por...

When global travel stopped in 2020, Airbnb faced an existential threat. Demand collapsed. Revenues dropped sharply. And the company had to answer a fundamental question: What is our core business when the world changes overnight? In this episode of Dear Global Leaders , we break down how Airbnb navigated one of the most brutal crises in modern business and how it used that moment to rebuild a stro...

Can you grow, adapt, and succeed… without losing who you are ? In Part 2, we go deeper into identity, perspective, and the hidden dynamics shaping leadership and workplace relationships. In this powerful continuation, Lise breaks down one of the biggest challenges in modern leadership: 👉 How to evolve in your career without disconnecting from yourself From cross-cultural misunderstandings to work...

What does it really mean to be coachableand why do so many high performers struggle with it? In this episode, executive coach Lise breaks down the hidden behaviors that separate leaders who grow… from those who stay stuck. In Part 1 of this conversation, we go behind the scenes of executive coaching to understand what actually drives growth in leaders, founders, and emerging talents. Lise shares h...

In 2007, Nokia was the undisputed king of mobile phones. It had the scale, the market share, the brand power, and the data. Then Apple launched the iPhone — and changed the future of the industry overnight. But Nokia’s downfall was not simply a story of disruption. It was a story of leadership hesitation, strategic inertia, and the danger of protecting past success while the world moves on. In thi...

Leading a large, complex organization isn’t about control: it’s about clarity, trust, and people . In Part 2 of this conversation, we dive deep into the real challenges of modern leadership : making hard decisions, leading diverse teams, and building trust at scale. This episode is a masterclass in human-centered leadership , where performance meets empathy and strategy meets execution. 💡 In this...

What does it really take to lead a country-level organization inside a global tech giant? In this powerful episode of Dear Global Leader , we go behind the scenes with a Deputy Country Manager to uncover the hidden realities of leadership at the highest level far beyond titles and strategy decks. From shaping national strategy to translating global initiatives into local impact, this conversation...

The day Suez stalled, every map looked smaller. Leaders weighed reroute vs wait , recalculated time–cost–risk, and watched buffers evaporate. This episode follows that decision path—finding single points of failure, tracing tier-2/3 exposure, right-sizing safety stock, and choosing dual-sourcing or nearshoring without blowing up margins. What emerges is a weekly stress-test rhythm and a design min...

Why do global leaders misinterpret each other even when everyone speaks the same language? In Part 2 of this deep conversation, Tiphaine Coste continues with Kasper Lohse Nørup Jelsbech, PhD anthropologist and cross-cultural leadership consultant, exploring the invisible forces shaping trust, identity, and communication in global organizations . This episode goes beyond frameworks. It challenges h...

What actually makes global teams perform and why do so many fail despite having top experts ? In this episode of Dear Global Leader , Tiphaine Coste sits down with Kasper Lohse Nørup Jelsbech, PhD anthropologist and cross-cultural leadership consultant at Implement Consulting Group, to unpack what truly drives collaboration in complex international organizations . If you lead across borders, manag...

Picture the room: alarms, deadlines, eyes on the dashboard. The teams that hold don’t rely on heroics; they rely on cadence —war-room rhythms, clear owners, tight loops—and on guardrails that make speed safe. Through the Boeing lens, this story maps the small choices that decide big moments: when to halt, when to push, how to escalate with incomplete info, and how supplier quality holds under stre...

Growth gets messy, great leaders make it scalable. Founder Manuel Opitz breaks down how to scale teams from 8→15→35+ , add process without bureaucracy , and protect quality across markets and regulations. If you’re building beyond Product-Market Fit, this is your operating system for clarity, speed, and consistency . You’ll learn: The org inflection points and who to hire next Process signals : wh...

Think like a founder. Lead like a global CEO. Healthtech founder Manuel Opitz reveals the mindset and habits that turn uncertainty into traction: how to go 0→1 , pitch across cultures , pick the right investors , and communicate clearly when plans change. This is the playbook for ambitious leaders who want growth without the fluff. You’ll learn: The founder decision model great leaders use How to...

It starts with a simple question: why would anyone pay gladly after loving “free”? The Spotify story threads three moves leaders recognize on the ground: a freemium model that reveals clear value steps, local choices that feel personal (language, culture, payments), and a platform strategy that compounds distribution. No magic. Just design that nudges fans from free → paid without burning trust. T...

What can global business leaders learn from someone leading AI at scale? In Part 2 , the conversation expands from AI research to leadership, organizations, and global impact . Marie Piraud shares insights that go far beyond technology — and directly apply to CEOs, executives, and decision-makers navigating complexity. We explore: How AI is reshaping leadership and decision-making What happens whe...

What really happens inside one of Europe’s most influential AI research centers ? In Part 1 , we take you inside the Helmholtz AI Research Center with Marie Piraud , a senior leader in AI research and innovation, to explore how top AI experts actually work — beyond the hype . This episode dives into: How AI research teams operate in real-world, high-impact environments How experts collaborate acro...