Become a Global Leader

What was your a-ha moment…

….when you listened to last week's episode about cultural values?

Did you recognise that some of the challenges you might be experiencing with colleagues, co-workers, customers or partners are culturally-driven?

What shifted in your perspective?

It can be so easy to divide into 'them' and 'us' within a team, or with customers and partners, especially when what they say and do is out of line with your expectations.

But do you really understand their motivations and drivers, and how culture is shaping their communication and behaviour?

When you don't, this can lead to misunderstanding and miscommunication, impacting projects, performance, results and team spirit.

This is why we need cultural intelligence. It's the choice to pause and consider alternative explanations, not just react to what's happening.

Part of cultural intelligence is understanding your cultural values, which are your preferences for how you work, live, and interact.

This is part of the work I do with my clients, so they can understand their own individual or team cultural values profile to identify what is driving the gaps and challenges.

In this 2 part podcast series I will be explaining the 10 cultural values. Today, we are focusing on part 2 - the next 5 sets of cultural values.

What you will learn in this episode:

• A reminder of cultural values and how they shape you
• The team benefits when we understand our own and others' cultural values
• The next 5 cultural values
• Context- Direct vs Indirect communication style
• Being vs Doing
• Universalism vs Particularism
• Expressiveness
• Focus - Monochronic vs Polychronic

Resources:

• If you want to learn more about Cultural Values and how they impact your people, talk to me about Cultural Intelligence Assessments so you can discover how your team dynamics are influenced by culture. We can use this to help create bespoke training and coaching for your organisation to increase collaboration, trust and build stronger relationships. Message me to learn more about the Cultural Intelligence Assessments: [email protected]
• Listen to Episode 50 (Part 1): https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/exploring-your-cultural-values-part-1
• 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

What happens when you find yourself in a situation where a team member is being 'difficult'?

What happens when people say things in meetings which leave you frustrated and wound up, because they're acting 'unprofessionally'?

Do you roll your eyes, moan to your colleagues and blame it on 'them being them'?

It can be so easy to divide into 'them' and 'us' within a team, or with customers and partners, especially when what they say and do is out of line with your expectations.

But do you really understand their motivations and drivers, and how culture is shaping their communication and behaviour?

When you don't, this can lead to misunderstanding and miscommunication, impacting projects, performance, results and team spirit.

This is why we need cultural intelligence. It's the choice to pause and consider alternative explanations, not just react to what's happening.

Part of cultural intelligence is understanding your cultural values, which are your preferences for how you work, live, and interact.

This is part of the work I do with my clients, so they can understand their own individual or team cultural values profile to identify what is driving the gaps and challenges.

In this 2-part podcast series I will be explaining the 10 cultural values. Today, we are focusing on part 1 - the first 5 sets of cultural values.

What you will learn in this episode:

• What are cultural values and how do they shape you?
• The team benefits when we understand our own and others' cultural values
• The first 5 cultural values
• Individualism vs Collectivism
• Power Distance
• Uncertainty avoidance
• Cooperative vs Competitive
• Time orientation

Resources:

• If you want to learn more about Cultural Values and how they impact your people, talk to me about Cultural Intelligence Assessments so you can discover how your team dynamics are influenced by culture. We can use this to help create bespoke training and coaching for your organisation to increase collaboration, trust and build stronger relationships. Message me to learn more about the Cultural Intelligence Assessments: [email protected]
• 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

And now for the final one in the summer re-release season: What makes a good global leader?

In this special re-release episode from April this year, I explored different leadership approaches, and how cultural values impact a team's view of good leadership, plus the cultural intelligence strategies you can use to be more effective.

Enjoy listening and learning!

https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/what-makes-a-good-global-leader/

I have covered a wide variety topics on my podcast in the last year, and so in this final episode of a series of 4, I am sharing my summer season of re-releases.

These are the top 4 topics which were most popular when they first came out, and are also among my favourites, and this gives you a review time to listen back on episodes and get greater learning, or catch up on episodes you missed the first time round.

This is just for 4 weeks, releasing every Monday as usual, while I take a break, and then we will go back to sharing new podcast episodes and topics from next week.

As we are doing something new, why not choose to learn about these topics in a different way?

If you usually listen on your favourite podcast platform, then why not mix it up and watch the video version on my YouTube channel- I create video versions of all my podcast episodes!

https://www.youtube.com/@culture-cuppa

Or vice versa- if you usually watch my videos on my YouTube channel, then why not listen on your favourite podcast platform- Apple, Spotify or Google?

https://culturecuppa.com/podcast/

And have you discovered my website for even more free insights, resources and topics to learn from? As well as the podcast and my videos, you can discover my blog, free training and the opportunity to sign up to receive my emails with all the latest resources and events. You can check that all out at

https://culturecuppa.com/

What you will learn in this episode:

• The different styles of leadership
• Cultural values which impact expectations of leadership
• Your CQ Cultural Intelligence approach to leadership
• Strategies to adapt your leadership style

Resources:

• Explore our CQ cultural intelligence assessments and training for leaders: https://culturecuppa.com/leaders-and-managers
• Episode 026: Cultural Values, not Stereotypes: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/cultural-values-not-stereotypes
• 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

Week 3 of the summer re-release season: Giving & receiving feedback- a very popular topic from June this year.

In this episode, I explored the purpose of feedback, how to set up the conversation, adapting your feedback approach with cultural intelligence, and best ways to approach receiving feedback to make sure feedback really lands with you.

Enjoy listening and learning!

https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/giving-and-receiving-feedback/

Remember, these re-releases give you time to listen back on episodes and get greater learning, or catch up on episodes you missed the first time round.

This is just for 4 weeks, releasing every Monday as usual, while I take a break, and then we will go back to sharing new podcast episodes and topics from September.

As we are doing something new, why not choose to learn about these topics in a different way?

If you usually listen on your favourite podcast platform, then why not mix it up and watch the video version on my YouTube channel- I create video versions of all my podcast episodes!

https://www.youtube.com/@culture-cuppa

Or vice versa- if you usually watch my videos on my YouTube channel, then why not listen on your favourite podcast platform- Apple, Spotify or Google?

https://culturecuppa.com/podcast/

And have you discovered my website for even more free insights, resources and topics to learn from? As well as the podcast and my videos, you can discover my blog, free training and the opportunity to sign up to receive my emails with all the latest resources and events. You can check that all out at

https://culturecuppa.com/

What you will learn in this episode:

• The purpose of feedback
• The role of culture when giving feedback
• Setting up the conversation
• Adapting your feedback approach with cultural intelligence
• How culture impacts how people react to feedback
• Best ways to approach receiving feedback
• Making sure feedback really lands with you

Resources:

• Message me if you are an international executive on their journey to the next level who wants to elevate and amplify their communication to leadership levels: https://culturecuppa.com/contact
• Listen to Episode 26 'Cultural Values, not stereotypes': https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/cultural-values-not-stereotypes
• Listen to Episode 25 'Listening, a radical decision': https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/listening-a-radical-decision
• Listen to Episode 22 'Making your non-verbal communication work': https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/making-your-non-verbal-communication-work
• 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

Next in the summer re-release season- week 2 of the top 4 podcast episode topics from the last year. This week we are going back to 'The Future of Work- working cross culturally', a topic from June which many of you had views on.

In this episode, I explored the critical skills for working cross culturally in the future of work, navigating a culturally diverse world with AI, and how to develop your human skills and cultural values to give us an inclusive language to explore differences.

Enjoy listening and learning!

https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/the-future-of-work/

Remember, these re-releases give you time to listen back on episodes and get greater learning, or catch up on episodes you missed the first time round.

This is just for 4 weeks, releasing every Monday as usual, while I take a break, and then we will go back to sharing new podcast episodes and topics from September.

As we are doing something new, why not choose to learn about these topics in a different way?

If you usually listen on your favourite podcast platform, then why not mix it up and watch the video version on my YouTube channel- I create video versions of all my podcast episodes! https://www.youtube.com/@culture-cuppa

Or vice versa- if you usually watch my videos on my YouTube channel, then why not listen on your favourite podcast platform- Apple, Spotify or Google?

https://culturecuppa.com/podcast/

And have you discovered my website for even more free insights, resources and topics to learn from? As well as the podcast and my videos, you can discover my blog, free training and the opportunity to sign up to receive my emails with all the latest resources and events. You can check that all out at: https://culturecuppa.com/

What you will learn in this episode:

• What is happening in the current moment
• The future of the work is now
• Navigating a culturally diverse world with AI
• Developing your human skills
• Cultural values: an inclusive language to explore differences
• The critical success factors for the future of cross cultural work

Resources:

• Message me if you are an international executive on their journey to the next level who wants to elevate and amplify their communication to leadership levels for your current role and future career: https://culturecuppa.com/contact
• Listen to Episode 033 on AI & staying relevant in the workplace: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/ai-and-staying-relevant-in-the-workplace
• 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

And now for something a little different….

I have covered many varied topics on my podcast in the last year, and so in this episode and the next 3 episodes I am sharing my summer season of re-releases.

These are the top 4 topics which were most popular when they first came out, and are also among my favourites, and this gives you a review time to listen back on episodes and get greater learning, or catch up on episodes you missed the first time round.

This is today and the next 3 weeks, releasing every Monday as usual, while I take a break, and then I will go back to sharing new podcast episodes and topics from September.

As we are doing something new, why not choose to learn about these topics in a different way?

If you usually listen on your favourite podcast platform, then why not mix it up and watch the video version on my YouTube channel- I create video versions of all my podcast episodes! https://www.youtube.com/@culture-cuppa

Or vice versa- if you usually watch my videos on my YouTube channel, then why not listen on your favourite podcast platform-apple, Spotify or Google?

https://culturecuppa.com/podcast/

And have you discovered my website for even more free insights, resources and topics to learn from? As well as the podcast and my videos, you can discover my blog, free training and the opportunity to sign up to receive my emails with all the latest resources and events. You can check that all out at: https://culturecuppa.com/

In this special re-release episode we are going back to a very popular topic from April this year - Is it appropriate to interrupt?

In this episode, I explored if it is OK to interrupt others, your cultural intelligence to understand others' interruptions, how to interrupt appropriately, and strategies to prevent being interrupted when we are speaking in meetings.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Why people interrupt
• Is it ever OK to interrupt others?
• Your CQ cultural intelligence and understanding others' interruptions
• How to interrupt appropriately
• Strategies to stop others from interrupting you

Resources:

• Listen to the episode here: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/is-it-appropriate-to-interrupt/
• Discover more about our individual coaching programme, 9 steps to communication confidence: https://culturecuppa.com/individuals
• Explore our CQ cultural intelligence assessments and team training: https://culturecuppa.com/leaders-and-managers
• Listen to episode 22: Making your non-verbal communication work: https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/making-your-non-verbal-communication-work
• 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

Influencing through concise communication is a topic which comes up time and time again with my clients.

In our coaching conversations, they tell me they want to sound professional, clear, to the point, and like a leader, so people listen and act.

However they worry they end up speaking too much, or only think afterwards how they could have said it better, or see others who influence effectively, making it look so easy and natural.

So is communicating concisely a natural-born talent which only some people have?

I am a great believer that we all have the ability to increase our influence and drive impact through our words. Every person can learn this skill, with intentionality, planning and practice.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Setting your intention to influence
• Exploring the motivations of others
• Identifying your vision of success
• What people need to hear vs. want to hear
• Creating your key idea
• The next step

Resources:

• As you progress your career, your ability to influence and drive impact through your communication will make the difference for your project approvals, business results, your personal reputation and promotion opportunities. If you are looking to communicate like a leader for your next promotion, I am offering a limited number of complimentary communication assessments, meeting me for a free 30-minute session, where you can see where you need to focus your attention and develop. Contact me to claim your spot: https://culturecuppa.com/contact/Listen to Ep.44 'How to engage your senior stakeholders': https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/how-to-engage-your-senior-stakeholders/
• 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

As you progress your career, the way you engage senior stakeholders will not only be critical to delivering your objectives, projects and business results, but also impacts your personal reputation and opportunities to be promoted.

However, I know from my coaching clients that issues can come up all too often, when you need to align stakeholders with different views or priorities, and in some situations this can lead to a lack of support, delaying or stopping projects, and even conflict.

Stakeholder management starts with building trust through your intentional communication.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Identifying your stakeholders
• Mapping your stakeholders to identify their role: inform, consult or involve
• Why early engagement of key stakeholders matters
• What you need to know from your stakeholders
• Creating the communication plan
• How to manage issues with stakeholders
• The importance of feedback

Resources:

• As you progress your career, the way you engage senior stakeholders will not only be critical to delivering your objectives, projects and business results, but also impacts your personal reputation and opportunities to be promoted. If you are looking to communicate like a leader for your next promotion, I am offering a limited number of complimentary communication assessments, meeting me for a free 30-minute session, where you can see where you need to focus your attention and develop your skills further. Contact me to claim your spot: https://culturecuppa.com/contact/
• Listen to Ep.025 'Listening – a radical decision': https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/listening-a-radical-decision/
• Listen to Ep.040 'Giving & receiving feedback': https://culturecuppa.com/podcasts/giving-and-receiving-feedback/
• 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

Your voice is a powerful tool which we can use for impact when speaking, whether for presentations, public speaking or talks. We need to know how to use it well and the techniques to use it more effectively, so you can amplify your voice as part of your communication and be heard.

In today's episode, learn how to amplify your verbal communication with these voice techniques.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Verbal communication is cultural
• Pace & Pauses - why they matter
• Techniques for fast speakers
• Using pace & pauses for impact
• Choosing the energy of your voice to connect
• Techniques for changing the energy of your speaking
• Emphasise key messages
• Techniques for focus and clarity

Resources:

• Message me if you are an international executive on their journey to the next level who wants to elevate and amplify their communication to leadership levels: https://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

Vulnerability is a hot topic and seems to be spoken about everywhere. Leaders are being encouraged to be vulnerable with their teams for teams to be vulnerable with each other, and yet there is also a sense of wanting to be a leader.

A client, who is a senior leader in their organisation, was recently asking me in coaching about vulnerability and how they found it challenging to know what it meant for them. They wanted to explore how they could be authentic in communicating with vulnerability in a way which was comfortable to them.

That is why in today's episode, I am sharing more on how you can communicate with vulnerability.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Why is vulnerability important now
• How cultural differences impact how people express vulnerability
• What isn't vulnerability
• The 3 levels of vulnerability
  • Level 1 - Who are you
  • Level 2 - What you do
  • Level 3 - How you feel
• When you don't feel comfortable to share

Resources:

• Message me if you are an international executive on their journey to the next level who wants to elevate and amplify their communication to leadership levels: https://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