Alexandra Ciobotaru

Femme Lead

Business EN ↓ 80 episodes

Empowering Women. Shaping Leaders. At Femme Lead, we aim to enable women to build fulfilling careers and close the leadership gap by providing a global platform for career advice, coaching, and community support.  Our vision? To spotlight role models, share inspiring content, and build a global network of women and allies. Tune in to our show on all major streaming platforms for career advice, practical tips, and success stories from inspiring role models. Visit www.femmelead.com and get the inspiration and tools you need to elevate your career!

Author

Alexandra Ciobotaru

Category

Business

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www.femmelead.com

Latest episode

Oct 1, 2025

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Episodes

S03 E07 The Imposter Experience with Joy Beland, Cybersecurity Expert & Thought Leader. 20.12.2021

Send us Fan Mail The Imposter Experience | Imposter Feeling | Cybersecurity Specialist | Thought Leader | The Human Element of Cybersecurity | Personal Growth | Organizational Culture |  Confidence |  Joy Beland is a cybersecurity expert & thought leader. She gained worldwide attention for her thought leadership in the Human Element of cybersecurity while successfully training over 3,000 peopl...

S03 E06 Caroline Gorski CEO - R² Factory at Rolls-Royce on AI Trends, Future of Work & Inclusive Teams. 06.12.2021

Send us Fan Mail Artificial Intelligence | Internet of Things | Rolls Royce | R² Data Labs | Data Science | Punk | Geek |  Superfreak | Future of Work | Leadership | STEM Careers| Motherhood | AI Trends | Caroline Gorski is a technology leader with more than 25 years of experience, with a background in strategy consulting, market development, and commercial decision-making at FTSE 100 board level....

S03 E05 Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life with Poornima Luthra, Author, CEO of TalentED Consultancy. 22.11.2021

Send us Fan Mail Mindset Shift | Career Change | Talent Management | Human Resources | Consultancy | Diversity & Inclusion | Representation | Entrepreneurship | Education | Thought Leader | Four our episode on mindset shift, we have brought to the table a special guest: Dr. Poornima Luthra is the author of ‘Diversifying Diversity: Your guide to being an active ally of inclusion in the workplac...

S03 E04 Women in Tech: The Journey to a Career in STEM with Anne-Sofie Nielsen, VP of Software Development at Workday. 08.11.2021

Send us Fan Mail Women in Tech | STEM Careers | Role Model | Software Engineering | Talent | CXO | Leadership | Professional Growth | Advice | Working Mother |   In our interview, we explore the multi-facets of running an international organization as a technical leader and the need for more representation in STEM . Anne-Sofie shares her experience from starting her career in web development to le...

S03 E03 Human Potential: How to unlock your potential with Antesa Jensen, Emotional Intelligence Expert & Coach. 25.10.2021

Send us Fan Mail Human Potential | Emotional Intelligence | Coach | Unlock Potential | Talent | Personal Growth | Fulfilment | Zone of Genius | Leadership | Empowerment Antesa Jensen is an extraordinary speaker and coach whose philosophy is the fastest way forward is inward. Antesa helps people take something that exists within us, empathy, and use it to fulfill one's path.  In our latest int...

S03 E02 Boundaries: How to create a life by design with Sigrid Tasies, Embodiment & Leadership Coach. 11.10.2021

Send us Fan Mail Boundaries | Embodiment | Coach | Practice | Self-Reflection | Boundaries at Work | Alignment | Leadership | Women Empowerment Sigrid is an Embodiment and Leadership Coach. She is on a mission to help purpose-driven entrepreneurs tap into their infinite potential as leaders by fully embodying their truth and most profound alignment to amplify their impact in this world. In our int...

S03 E01 Confidence: How to build the confidence to go for your dreams with Yan Fan, co-founder and CTO of Code Chrysalis. 27.09.2021

Send us Fan Mail Confidence | Founder | Coding Bootcamp | CTO | Software Engineering | Code Chrysalis | Speaker | Diversity in Tech | Women Empowerment Yan Fan is changing the way Asia trains software engineers. She is the co-founder and CTO of Code Chrysalis, a coding Bootcamp in Tokyo.  She started Code Chrysalis because she was brimming with ideas on best teaching programming and developing top...

S02 E12 Agile Mindset: How to find your calling with Signe Hjorth Hansen, Agile Coach & Board Member Women in Tech DK. 05.07.2021

Send us Fan Mail Agile | Agile Coach | Nuuday | Agile Mindset | IT Transformation | Find your Calling | Career Development | Experiment | The Agile Way  Signe Hjorth Hansen is the last guest of Femme Lead Podcast season 2! Signe is an Agile Coach for the tech & telecom company Nuuday in Denmark and a board member in the organization Women in Tech Denmark. Signe's career started with a gra...

S02 E11 Growth Marketing: How to build a growth machine in tech with Irina Scarlat, Chief Growth Officer at Bitpanda. 21.06.2021

Send us Fan Mail Growth Marketing | BitPanda  | Growth Machine | Leadership | Product-Led Growth | Well-being | Career | Uber | Revolut | Marketing Executive | Teamwork | Sabbatical  Irina Scarlat is the Chief Growth Officer at Bitpanda and an Uber & Revolut Alumna. She joins Femme Lead Podcast to discuss her amazing trajectory in the marketing space, how she tackled becoming a global manager,...

S02 E10 Creative Industries: The best in advertising with Sandra Bold, Digital Creative Director at Publicis Milan. Cannes Lions Jury Member. 07.06.2021

Send us Fan Mail Advertising | Creativity | Cannes Lions | Creative Industry | Digital Creators | Best Ads | Publicis | Ad World | Creatives |   In this episode, we discuss advertising and working with the best creatives. Our guest is no other than Sandra Bold , Cannes Lions Jury member and Digital Creative Director at Publicis Milan . Sandra Bold is far from the typical path of working on a tradi...

S02 E09 Entrepreneurship: How two women disrupted the fishing industry with Nima Tisdall, Co-Founder at Blue Lobster. 24.05.2021

Send us Fan Mail Social Entrepreneurship | Social Change | Impact Business | Blue Lobster | Fishing | Disruptors | Business Acumen | Innovation | Digitalisation | Nima Tisdall is a well-known entrepreneur in Denmark. Together with her co-founder Christine Hebert, they founded Blue Lobster, a platform for sustainable fishermen to sell their catches at a fair price. In 2020, Nima Tisdall b ecame the...

S02 E08 CFO Story with Simone Menne: The career path to top management. Creating long-lasting impact. 10.05.2021

Send us Fan Mail CFO Career Story | Leadership Advice | Top Management | Women in Leadership | Finance Career | Lufthansa | Lead with Impact | In this episode, we converse with Simone Menne, former CFO of Lufthansa AG and Boehringer Ingelheim. Simone Menne is a member of the supervisory board and non-executive director in various companies including BMW AG, Deutsche Post DHL, Johnson Controls Inte...

S02 E07 Impact Investing: How to change the world through healthcare with Dr. Nina Rawal, Emerging Health Ventures. 26.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail Impact Investing | Venture Fund | Innovation | Healthcare Solutions | Women in Science | Business with Impact | World Impact |  In this episode, we discuss impact investing: how to change the world through healthcare by creating impact businesses. My guest is Dr. Nina Rawal, the founder of Emerging Health Ventures, in Stockholm, Sweden.  We cover how can we all individually contri...

S02 E06 Diversity & Inclusion: How promoting women in leadership is everyone's business with Dr. Anino Emuwa. 12.04.2021

Send us Fan Mail Diversity & Inclusion | Leadership | 100Women @Davos | Women who impact | Representation | Women in Board Positions | Africa Women CEOs Network |  Today’s episode is about diversity & inclusion in leadership. My guest is the amazing Dr. Anino Emuwa, a powerhouse, founder, international public speaker, and advocate for gender-balanced business leadership.  She was named one...

S02 E05 Neuroscience & Entrepreneurship: The science behind the entrepreneurial mind with Emily Clements Ph.D. 22.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Neuroscience | Entrepreneurship | Neuroimaging | Exploration | Innovation | Neuroscience of entrepreneurship | Creativity | Ideas Management | Brain Power | In this episode, our guest is Emily Clements who is completing a Ph. D. in Neuroimaging,   a collaboration between the Entrepreneurship Institute and Neuroimaging Department at King’s College London, aiming to uncover if there...

IWD Special Episode: Navigating a career path in tech. Lessons from role models. Alexandra Ciobotaru in conversation with Noa Segre. 14.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode Alexandra Ciobotaru, the host of Femme Lead joins Noa Segre, Senior Strategist at Talent Garden to converse about navigating the career path in tech and lessons from female role models. This event was live-streamed on the 8th of March 2021, on International Women’s Day. Noa Segre is a Corporate Transformation Senior Strategist at Talent Garden, who shared i...

S02 E04 Product Management: Creating psychological safety to support your high performing teams with Soumeya Benghanem, VMware. 08.03.2021

Send us Fan Mail Product Management | Psychological Safety | High Performing Teams | Product Executive | Women and Earnings | In this interview, we discuss with Soumeya Benghanem the role of a product manager, learnings from Soumeya’s career, and how to create psychological safety to support high-performing teams. In the second part of the conversation, we also discuss the topic of women and earni...

S02 E03 Well-being: How to set up a well-being strategy for your organization with Lisette de Jonge, Global Health & Wellbeing Leader at IKEA. 22.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Health & Wellbeing | Wellbeing Strategy | Organizational Wellbeing | Support & Education | How to develop a wellbeing strategy in an organization | Wellbeing Leader | Strategic Role | In this episode, Lisette shares her journey in IKEA, how she helped develop a well-being strategy, and how 2020 was the year that saw increased adoption of this topic in organizations, and wh...

S02 E02 Authentic Parenting: Shining out who you truly are with Ashley Avinashi, Founder at Raising Humanity. 08.02.2021

Send us Fan Mail Authentic Parenting | Your authentic self | The impact of your luggage in raising children | Intuition & education | Finding out who you are for yourself and your children |   In this episode, we tackle the topic of authentic parenting, how do we find out who we are and what are our values, so we raise children from a place of authenticity and love, not only for ourselves but...

S02 E01 Venture Capital: The future of mobility, careers in VC and the mindset for success with Sohaila Ouffata, BMW i Ventures. 25.01.2021

Send us Fan Mail Mobility | Impact of technology on the mobility space| Gender & VC | The role of diversity in building companies | The success of an idea and what impacts it|  In this new season, we deep dive into new fields of work and we focus on career paths we haven't mentioned before, as well as some topics we were encouraged by the listeners to add.  In this episode, we discuss the...

S01 E08 Management Consulting: The Consulting Mindset. Learnings & Advice with Ceyda Atay Haga, Principal at Kearney. 29.12.2020

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we converse with Kearney Principal, Ceyda Atay Haga about her path into management consulting, pieces of advice for young graduates who want to kickstart their career in consulting or experienced hires who want to transition to management consulting. Moreover, we talk about challenges and advice for those who want to learn from Ceyda’s extensive experience across...

S01 E07 Marketing Communications: Planning your career. A dialogue with Anja Monrad, Senior Vice President at Dell Technologies. 28.12.2020

Send us Fan Mail In this interview we converse with Anja Monrad, the woman that leads Dell Technologies in the Central & Eastern Europe region, covering 31 countries, from Israel to Poland. This episode focuses on marketing communications and Anja's journey from starting as a graduate in IT sales to becoming an executive, all through planning her career.  Having joined Dell as Marketing D...

S01 E09 Business Cultivation: Relationship Management as the key to a successful partnership with Ana Sarbu. 16.12.2020

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the field of business development, how to work with high-level clients, how to communicate, and what questions to ask. The journey to navigate the corporate setup can be paved with challenges if the relationship with your customers is not strong.  Ana Sarbu shares pieces of advice on how to build fruitful partnerships with business partners and ensure t...

S01 E06 Astrophysics: Owning your story. Science & Storytelling with Dr. Ghina Halabi, Ph.D. 04.11.2020

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ghina M. Halabi is the first person to obtain a doctorate in astrophysics from a Lebanese university, a Space Scientist at the University of Cambridge, Programme Director at Cambridge Judge Business School's Entrepreneurship Centre, and the founder of She Speaks Science. Through all of her initiatives, she aims to make science accessible and women in STEM more visible, on...

S01 E05 Cardiologist Dr. Madalina Petrescu on 'Living from the Heart'. 21.10.2020

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, Madalina Petrescu M.D. is sharing what it truly means to live a heart-centered life. She goes beyond the traditional healing of the physical heart and dives deep into living life from your heart. She talks about how to live an aligned life, a whole, and balanced life, what true health really means, involving all aspects of self including physical, mental, emotio...

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