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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 stronger, more focused company.

You’ll learn:

• Why strategy in crisis starts with subtraction
• How execution speed becomes a competitive advantage
• What it means to adapt to new behaviors instead of waiting for recovery

This is not just a story about Airbnb.

It’s a playbook for leaders operating in uncertainty.

👉 If you lead across markets, teams, or changing environments, this episode will give you practical lenses to act faster and with more clarity.

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 workplace conflict and identity shifts, this episode explores why perspective, not competence, is often the real blocker.

You’ll discover how great leaders don’t just act differently… they see differently.

You will learn:

✔️ The difference between coaching vs mentoring (and why it matters)

✔️ How to take feedback without losing your identity

✔️ Why perspective shapes everything in leadership and teamwork

✔️ How cross-cultural differences create invisible friction at work

✔️ Why conflict is often a mismatch not a problem

✔️ The leadership skill that reduces tension and builds trust instantly

In a world of global teams, diverse cultures, and constant change, leadership is no longer about having the right answers.

It’s about:

• Understanding different lenses
• Navigating complexity
• Adapting with intention

And most importantly…

Choosing who you want to be in every situation.

About the guest:

Lise is an executive coach working with leaders and teams across cultures, helping them navigate identity, transitions, and complex environments while staying aligned with their values.

Find her on linkeidn (Lise Bruynooghe ) and on her website : Lisebruynooghe.com

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leadership mindset, identity and leadership, cross cultural leadership, workplace conflict, emotional intelligence, executive coaching, leadership perspective, communication skills, leadership growth, self awareness, coaching vs mentoring, team dynamics

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 her journey from international finance to coaching top executivesand reveals why technical skills alone are never enough when navigating complexity, leadership, and career transitions.

This episode is a must-listen if you’re:

• Stepping into leadership for the first time
• Feeling stuck in your career despite strong performance
• Struggling with feedback, confidence, or decision-making
• Curious about what coaching really unlocks

You will learn :

✔️ What “being coachable” actually means (and why it’s uncomfortable)

✔️ The 3 recurring challenges leaders face: boundaries, fear, and difficult conversations

✔️ Why high performers struggle when moving into leadership roles

✔️ The difference between coaching, mentoring, and training

✔️ How to know if you’re ready for your next career step

✔️ Why discomfort is often the strongest signal of growth

Lise is an executive coach working with CEOs, leadership teams, and organizations navigating complexity, transformation, and cross-cultural challenges. She specializes in helping leaders align performance with identity, values, and long-term vision.

Please find her on her linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisebruynooghe/

And website: https://lisebruynooghe.com/

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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 this episode of Dear Global Leaders, Tiphaine Coste explores one of the most powerful business lessons of the modern era: how a global market leader saw a paradigm shift coming and still failed to act decisively.

This conversation unpacks what Nokia misunderstood about software, ecosystems, speed, and adaptation and why its story remains deeply relevant for today’s executives, founders, and ambitious leaders navigating change.

In this episode:

• Why market leaders often miss the future
• How the iPhone reshaped competition beyond hardware
• The strategic cost of moving too slowly
• What global leaders must learn about adaptation before it’s urgent

Nokia’s story is more than a case study in corporate decline. It is a reminder that foresight without action is not strategy.

If you lead in a fast-changing world, this episode is for you.

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 episode, you’ll learn:

• How to lead through difficult decisions that impact people (and why it should feel hard)
• The secret to building trust across generations, cultures, and personalities
• Why great leaders act more like coaches than bosses
• How to prioritize when everything feels urgent (and avoid burnout leadership)
• The mindset shift from “doing” to enabling others to succeed
• How to spot and grow talent before they believe in themselves

🚀 You’ll also discover:

• Practical leadership frameworks for scaling teams
• How to navigate complexity without losing direction
• Why clarity beats politics in high-level leadership

🎯 Perfect for:

• Managers stepping into senior leadership roles
• Leaders scaling teams or organizations
• Anyone wanting to lead with impact, not ego

This episode will change how you think about leadership and how you show up as a leader.

👉 Subscribe now to keep learning from global leaders shaping the future of work.

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 reveals what happens before decisions are made public where leadership is built, tested, and refined.

💡 In this episode, you’ll discover:

• What a Country Manager actually does (and why it’s like being a CEO of a country)
• How to align global strategy with local market realities (the “Danish flair” approach)
• The art of influencing without authority and driving clarity across organizations
• How top leaders make decisions on talent, culture, and business growth
• Why saying “yes to challenges” can shape a high-impact leadership career
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🔥 This episode is a must-listen for:

• Aspiring leaders and future executives
• Professionals working in global companies
• Anyone curious about strategy, leadership, and organizational impact

If you’ve ever wondered what happens behind closed doors in leadership this is your backstage pass.

👉 Follow the podcast for more insights on leadership, career growth, and global impact.

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 mindset: resilience as a choice made early, not a project started late.

Keywords: supply chain resilience, Suez Canal, chokepoints, rerouting, inventory strategy, dual sourcing, nearshoring, risk management, global trade, operations playbook.

Follow for sharp strategy breakdowns built for global leaders.

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 how we think about:

• National identity vs. lived experience
• Stereotypes in professional environments
• Why labeling teams as “the German team” or “the French team” is risky
• How one word can trigger conflict across cultures
• Direct vs. indirect communication styles
• The danger of interpreting behavior through your own cultural lens
• Why effective global leaders are not encyclopedias of cultures — but curious learners

Kasper introduces a powerful anthropological perspective:

Culture is not static.

It’s not an essence.

It’s something we practice every day in emails, meetings, silence, and rituals.

You’ll hear real stories about:

• Misinterpreted text messages
• Emotional vocabulary gaps in English
• Sarcasm across cultures
• How trust is built differently around the world
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💡 Key insight: The most effective global leaders are not those who “know everything” about other cultures but those who stay curious and aware of what they don’t know.

If you operate internationally, manage multicultural stakeholders, or aspire to become a truly global leader this episode will sharpen your cultural intelligence.

🎧 Listen now and redefine how you communicate across borders.

Follow Dear Global Leader for more deep conversations on global leadership, mindset, and cross-cultural growth.

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, manage remote stakeholders, or work in global projects this conversation will change how you see performance.

We explore:

• Why competence is not what makes or breaks global teams
• The hidden cost of ignoring culture in high-performing environments
• How “professionalism” can blind leaders to cultural misalignment
• The difference between a group of experts and a real team
• Why global teams are often called “after performance breaks down”
• The powerful “mirror exercise” methodology to surface blind spots
• How silence (not conflict) is often the biggest red flag
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Kasper shares real cases from Scandinavian, Indian, and Romanian corporate collaborations and reveals why cross-cultural leadership is not a “nice-to-have” it’s a business necessity.

💡 Key insight: The more professional teams believe they are, the more they tend to underestimate cultural impact.

If you're building global projects, leading distributed teams, or navigating international stakeholders this episode will give you a new operating system.

🎧 Listen now and discover how to transform cultural friction into performance.

Follow Dear Global Leader for Part 2, where we dive into trust, identity, stereotypes, and communication through an anthropologist’s lens.

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 stress. It’s not about moving fast at all costs; it’s about moving fast on purpose.

Keywords: execution under pressure, crisis leadership, operational excellence, speed vs safety, decision making, Boeing case study, supplier quality, risk management, global operations.

Follow for practical leadership playbooks told through real cases