The Leaders' Lab

After two years dedicated to journalism, personal growth, and rediscovering what truly mattered to me, I was ready to return to the professional world. Joining Deloitte marked the beginning of what I now consider the third chapter of my career. It was also the first time I realized that experiences that initially seem unrelated often come together in unexpected ways. In this episode, I share what...

In this episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine reflects on a chapter of her life that many people describe as a career break, although she now sees it very differently. After leaving corporate life, navigating major personal changes, and stepping into an entirely new phase of life, Kristine intentionally gave herself two years to explore what came next. What appeared from the outside as a professio...

In this episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine reflects on one of the most transformative chapters of her life: the period after leaving corporate leadership, navigating divorce, moving into a new apartment, and suddenly finding herself facing a question many ambitious professionals eventually encounter. What happens when the career you spent years building is no longer the only thing defining your...

In this episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine reflects on a pivotal chapter of her career, when she made a decision that surprised almost everyone around her: turning down the security of a traditional full-time opportunity in favor of a contractor role that offered something she valued even more, freedom, autonomy, and the opportunity to learn. Drawing on her experience working across France and...

In this episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine reflects on a period of her life that shaped her understanding of leadership, ambition, and personal growth the most. Speaking about her experience in the hotel industry, moving between countries, adapting to new environments, and constantly rebuilding herself professionally, she shares how some of the most important lessons about leadership were never...

In this episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine reflects on a period in her life when everything looked successful on the outside, yet she was still trying to understand who she truly wanted to become. After moving countries, rebuilding her life, adapting to new cultures, and constantly proving herself professionally, she entered a stage where ambition was no longer only about career progression. It...

In this episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine shares the chapter of her journey where ambition, education, and intuition began to collide. While pursuing her Master’s degree at one of France’s leading schools, she made a strategic choice many professionals know well: invest in education to open better career opportunities. As part of that path, she needed to complete a mandatory internship, a step...

In this episode of  The Leader’s Lab , Kristine reflects on the chapter that quietly shaped the beginning of her career: her university years. Long before titles, promotions, or leadership roles, there were projects, deadlines, responsibility, and the first moments that revealed what truly excited her professionally. It was during this period that she discovered a genuine passion for marketing, st...

In this episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine shares one of the earliest moments that changed the way she understood work, business, and reality. It began with something simple: an envelope. At the time, she was young, ambitious, and still seeing the professional world through theory and structure. What happened next became an unexpected lesson about incentives, hidden systems, and the difference...

In this episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine Naltchadjian shares one of the earliest professional experiences that shaped the way she approaches growth, leadership, and opportunity. What began as a simple internship assignment, manually consolidating reports with pen and paper, became a defining lesson in initiative, innovation, and self-belief. Rather than accepting an outdated process, Kristine...

In this first episode of The Leader’s Lab, Kristine Naltchadjian opens up like never before. For years, she was called a “lucky girl.” But behind every milestone lies a story of resilience, courage, and determination. In this deeply personal episode, Kristine shares the defining moments that shaped her journey, from early challenges and pivotal decisions to the lessons that guided her path toward...