Become a Global Leader

Today we are talking about how to identify your leadership communication challenges and prioritise your development areas for 2024.

I will be guiding you through a series of self-reflection questions, so you can pinpoint where your specific issues are, and start working on them to develop and grow your leadership communication skills.

Listen to the 8 questions and rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10, then listen until the end to discover what your score means and your next action step.

If you prefer to do the quiz online while listening to this episode, head to: https://culturecuppa.com/leadership-quiz/

What you will learn in this episode:

• The 8 key questions to ask yourself about your leadership communication skills
• Where your strengths and development areas are
• How to prioritise what to include in your development plan
• How to support your team with developing their leadership communication skills
• Action challenge! Share your scores and next steps with me

Resources:

• If you prefer to do the quiz online: https://culturecuppa.com/leadership-quiz/
• Exciting news! I'm launching a new masterclass very soon- Speak like a Leader in 2024. If you would like to be the first to hear when it goes live to know more and sign up, email me at [email protected], or message me on LinkedIn
• Listen to Episode 70: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/your-leadership-presence/
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

Leadership presence - do you have it? Maybe you are like many people I meet who have all the skills, experience and talent, and are ambitious to progress their career for the next promotion or job move, to break into the c-suite or the next level of management.

But something is missing in the way you show up, connect and engage with other people, which is hard to define.

This is leadership presence. You know it when people have it.

It impacts how you influence your senior stakeholders, builds trust and confidence with your team, inspires and creates action, and enhances your professional reputation and opportunities. What you will learn in this episode:

• Reasons why people don't have leadership presence currently
• What is leadership presence: a definition for 2024
• Key areas of leadership presence
• Why it's important for your career opportunities
• The vital ingredient is you
• Being authentic with your leadership presence
• Common myths about leadership presence
• How to develop your leadership presence

Resources:

• Exciting news! I'm launching a new masterclass very soon - Speak like a Leader in 2024. If you would like to be the first to hear when it goes live to know more and sign up, email me at [email protected], or message me on LinkedIn.
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

Happy New Year! Hope you had a great time over the holiday season, and started the year well. As we kick off this January with new topic episodes, we're focusing on the big ideas for 2024 for you to focus on in communication and cultural intelligence.

This is for you if you are a leader or manager of a global team, or part of a multicultural team, and we're looking at the key trends and areas for you to develop in your communication and cultural intelligence this year.

What you will learn in this episode:

• The 5 big ideas for 2024 for your communication and cultural intelligence
• Be human, talk like a human, listen like a human
• Connection is more important than ever
• Create meaningful conversations
• Keep things simple in your communication
• Cultural intelligence can help build trust in multicultural teams
• AI can assist our communication, but does not replace us

Resources:

• If you need more help this year with your communication confidence, leadership communication skills or cultural intelligence, then contact me to learn how I can support you as an individual or a team: https://www.culturecuppa.com/contact
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

Kathryn Read is an international sales and marketing consultant with over 25 years' experience developing niche products in emerging markets. She helps small and medium companies to break through international barriers, creating successful entrepreneurs and a thriving global marketplace.

Kathryn firmly believes that business is done between people, and places her focus on building strong relationships that form a solid foundation for doing business. She sees herself as the bridge between small and medium food and drink companies and their ideal distribution partners in Asia or Eastern Europe.

In this episode we talked about global expansion topics including how to build up cultural insights that will help you communicate with people by going beyond cultural stereotypes. Kathryn also shared how to build cultural dynamics into negotiations and key entry mistakes businesses make when they expand into Asia.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How to successfully prepare when launching into a new market
• Balancing local market and global head office requirements
• Key entry mistakes businesses make when they expand into Asia
• Adapting brand communication for local consumer needs- what you need to consider
• Building cultural dynamics into negotiations
• Understanding the people you are working with, going beyond cultural stereotypes
• Developing your cultural knowledge
• Trends in Asia for 2024
• How to make sure your messages land when you communicate

Resources:

• Discover Victoria's individual communication coaching: https://culturecuppa.com/individuals/
• Discover Victoria's team communication and cross-cultural training: https://culturecuppa.com/leaders-and-managers
• Find Victoria Rennoldson online: https://culturecuppa.com
• Connect with Victoria Rennoldson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Find about more about Kathryn Read: https://kathrynread.com
• Receive the free ebook: https://kathrynread.com/confidence
• International Clarity Call to discuss 1:1 coaching or consulting: https://kathrynread.com/internationalclarity
• Connect Kathryn Read with on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynread
• Follow Kathryn Read on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/international_expansion_kr/
• Follow Kathryn Read on YouTube: https://kathrynread.com/YouTube
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

Thank you. It's a real joy to create and share my podcast episodes here, but it is also important to me that I'm not only speaking into a mic to myself, I am also building conversations and connections with you all over the world, sparking new ideas and behaviours which impact people in places that I don't even know about.

What always amazes me is how global this show is. We have had over 5000 downloads in the last year since launch, hitting the top 10 podcasts in the career charts in the UK, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Israel, New Zealand, Qatar and Cambodia. I am so pleased that I can help as many people as possible through my episodes.

I am also grateful for your support and it means a lot to me personally when you tune in and listen, so thank you so much. I get hugely energised by your feedback, and I love hearing what people value and how the episodes have helped them in their work and career.

Recently one listener shared with me, "The topics are highly important for our globally connected world today."

And also another listener valued the show as it's "Straight to the point, sharing ideas I can go and put into practice just after listening to the podcast."

We will return soon in 2024 with new episodes, and in the meantime why not review the best of 2023. Popular episodes for you to go back to relisten to, or discover for the first time:

• Ep.056 - Preparing yourself for interview: getting ready for all aspects of interviewing and your job search: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/preparing-yourself-for-interview/
• Ep.050 - Exploring your Cultural Values, part 1: perfect for anybody working in multicultural teams: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/exploring-your-cultural-values-part-1/
• Ep.044 - How to engage your senior stakeholders: discover a framework to map your key stakeholders, and plan how to influence them with your communication strategies: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/how-to-engage-your-senior-stakeholders
• Ep.035 - Handling conflict: how to show up in conversations when conflict happens and how to move through conflict: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/handling-conflict/
• Ep.034 - 7 Top Conversation Starters: ideas to kick off and keep conversations going, whether in networking or small talk: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/7-top-conversation-starters/

I want to make sure this podcast show stays relevant and valuable, so let me know your feedback:

• What questions do you have about communication, cultural skills, or communication confidence?
• What topics would you like me to cover in future episodes which would be helpful to you?

Message me your ideas via LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson), or via the links below.

Thank you, and wishing you a very happy festive season if you're celebrating, and Happy New Year to you all. Look forward to seeing you next year!

Resources:

• Discover Victoria's individual communication coaching: https://culturecuppa.com/individuals/
• Discover Victoria's team communication and cross-cultural training: https://culturecuppa.com/leaders-and-managers
• Find Victoria Rennoldson online: https://culturecuppa.com
• Connect with Victoria Rennoldson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

Vanessa Paisley, trainer and lecturer in the field of intercultural communication and English as a global language, was born in Tanzania, grew up in the UK, lived and worked in Austria for 23 years, and repatriated to the UK 9 years ago.

In her work she helps people to meet the challenges of living and working across cultures, both in relocating individuals from one country to another (especially to the UK and Austria) and in supporting multicultural project teams to communicate and cooperate effectively. Vanessa also works on a cross-cultural study program for professional students from Austria and India.

Vanessa and I explored how to break the cultural autopilot to understand the people we work with, how globalisation does not automatically lead to a successful global mindset, and why slowing the pace of communication is critical for connection and inclusivity.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Culture with a small 'c' what it means and why it matters
• Intercultural competence is not automatic in globalisation
• It starts with developing and growing a global mindset
• How to encourage a more equal share of voice in team meetings to encourage innovation and creativity
• Cross cultural training is a great way to prevent project and team challenges
• What you need to know about cultural differences in communication styles and behaviours between the UK, India and Austria
• Culture is not static, it is always evolving
• Virtual working and Gen Z, the culture of different generations
• Key communication learnings for inclusivity- silences, slowing down the pace of communication and pauses

Resources:

• Discover Victoria's individual communication coaching: https://culturecuppa.com/individuals/
• Discover Victoria's team communication and cross-cultural training: https://culturecuppa.com/leaders-and-managers
• Find Victoria Rennoldson online: https://culturecuppa.com
• Connect with Victoria Rennoldson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Find about more about Vanessa Paisley: www.paisley-communication.com
• Connect with Vanessa Paisley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessapaisleycommunication/
• Follow Vanessa Paisley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paisleycommunication/
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

7 tips for a successful informational interview. In this fourth and final episode of my new mini podcast series about strategies to optimise your communication for job searching, we are exploring how to maximise the time you have available to talk with a connection who has agreed to help you on your job search.

You may have only 15-20 minutes, so how you approach the conversation matters, including what you choose to talk about, how you open and close the conversation impactfully, and connect well with them.

I will also share what not to talk about, and what you can request as a follow up after the informational interview.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How to approach an informational interview
• Why it is conversation, not a Q&A
• How to open the meeting well
• Key areas to explore in an informational interview
• What not to ask about in an informational interview
• Follow up: what you can request at the end of the meeting
• What makes the difference to close well

Why not explore the full series of episodes on communicating in your job search:

• Strategies for CV and resume success
• First impressions in networking: the power of impactful introductions
• Career outreach: crafting compelling cold messages

Resources:

• If you need more help with how you communicate in all aspects of your job search, then contact me to learn more about my confident communication coaching: https://www.culturecuppa.com/contact
• Listen to part 1, Strategies for CV and resume success: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/strategies-for-cv-and-resume-success
• Listen to part 2, First impressions in networking: the power of impactful introductions: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/first-impressions-in-networking-the-power-of-impactful-introductions
• Listen to part 3, Career outreach: crafting compelling cold messages: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/career-outreach-crafting-compelling-cold-messages/

Career outreach: crafting compelling cold messages. In this third episode of my new podcast mini series about strategies to optimise your communication for job searching, we discuss how to send messages to connect and meet people who can help you with your job hunt.

Some of you may feel uncomfortable sending cold and outreach messages to people you don't know, and feel like you come across as very sales-y. While some of you are happy to send the messages, however the way you write them today does not connect and you will be ignored.

So how can you in a brief message connect with the other person, so they want to accept your request and give you their time to help you with your job search?

Today I share in this podcast episode the mindset reframe on outreach and cold messages, best practices to writing great messages which have a higher chance of reply and how to avoid the common mistakes I often see.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Reframing outreach and cold messages
• What you need to do before you start sending messages
• What's important in what you write in outreach and cold messages
• How to get more chance of a reply
• Top mistakes to avoid

Why not explore the previous episodes in this podcast mini series- Strategies for CV and resume success, and First impressions in networking: the power of impactful introductions.

Look out for the next episode on Tips for a successful informational interview.

Resources:

• If you need more help with how you write professionally and communicate for your job search, then contact me to learn more about my confident communication coaching: https://www.culturecuppa.com/contact
• Listen to part 1, Strategies for CV and resume success: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/strategies-for-cv-and-resume-success
• Listen to part 2, First impressions in networking: the power of impactful introductions: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/first-impressions-in-networking-the-power-of-impactful-introductions
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

First impressions in networking: the power of impactful introductions. In this second episode of my new podcast mini series about strategies to optimise your communication for job searching, we are talking about how to answer that deceptively simple question, 'What do you do?'.

We start with exploring how you want to show up at networking events to maximise connections that can help your job search. I will then share the usual way people introduce themselves and why it doesn't work to open the conversation. Finally I will give you my framework to help you introduce yourself in a way which is impactful, memorable and helps you get closer to your ideal job.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Defining your networking intent
• How to show up to connect
• The common mistake people make when they introduce themselves
• Reframing introductions in networking
• A new way to introduce yourself that makes you stand out
• How to practice it
• An invitation to receive my feedback on your introduction

Why not explore the previous episode in this podcast mini series: Strategies for CV and resume success.

Look out for the next episodes on how to craft compelling outreach and cold messages, and tips for a successful informational interview.

Resources:

• Would you like my feedback on your introduction? Record it on video or voice note (maximum 30 seconds) and send it to me via LinkedIn messenger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson/
• If you need more help with your networking strategies, ready to kick off 2024 finding your ideal role, then contact me to learn more about my confident communication coaching: https://www.culturecuppa.com/contact/
• Listen to part 1, Strategies for CV and resume success: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/strategies-for-cv-and-resume-success/
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

Make your CV/ resume stand out. Following on from our recent podcast mini series on interview success, I have received questions about other aspects of job searching and applications.

So in this new mini series I am going to be sharing more strategies on optimising your communication for other job related themes, including strategies for CV/ resume success, how to introduce yourself impactfully at networking, send outreach and cold messages that get replies, and tips for a successful informational interview.

In this first episode in the mini series, we are focusing on your CV/ resume, including how this enhances your personal brand, the key areas to the key areas to optimise and refine, what to consider in the layout and format, and answering questions about the professional approach to CV/ resume writing in the UK and US.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Researching keywords for your resume/ CV
• How to develop a high impact summary/ profile statement
• What employers are looking for in the way you represent your experience
• Why the design of your resume/ CV matters
• Top mistakes in CVs/ resumes
• Key questions I am asked about CVs/ resumes
• Should you use AI to write your CV/ resume?

Resources:

• If you need my help with your CV/ resume, ready to kick off 2024 in your ideal role, then contact me to learn more about my CV/ resume writing and reviewing service, and get my support: https://www.culturecuppa.com/contact/
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
• Email me: [email protected]
• Website: https://culturecuppa.com