Palena Neale is an International Women's Leadership Coach who lectures on MBA programs and delivers training for UN leaders at the United Nations System Staff College, as well as for corporate clients. Palena holds a Ph.D. in Gender and International Relations, and her post-doctoral research focused on employee engagement. She is a regular contributor to Forbes, Psychology Today and Harvard Business Review, and has been featured in numerous podcasts.Palena has designed and hosted leadership programs internationally, as well as founding Unabridged – a leadership development practice providing coaching for women and women’s leadership workshop series. She also founded Mentoring Exchanges – a mentoring service that matches international development professionals with global executives and academics.