ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Victoria Rennoldson, is a coach, speaker and author specialising in global leadership, communication and cultural intelligence She is host of the podcast: The Culture Cuppa: Cultural Communication Confidence, and author of ‘Become a Global Leader: Amplify Your Impact, Lead Confidently Communicate Clearly and Connect Across Culture’. She dedicates the book to her father, who died in Spring 2025 and had a huge influence on her, and her values, beliefs, passion and purpose.

In our conversation Victoria offers valuable insights into:

• How we need our human capabilities more than ever in an AI world.
• How the ability to connect and to have good conversations, and to build trust and relationships is ultimately our human differentiator.
• That so-called ‘soft skills' is a total misnomer and that there is nothing soft about people skills that impact individuals, teams and organisations.
• How in a time of divides in and out of work we need Cultural Intelligence more than ever.

Victoria’s Three Key Encouragements to Leaders

1. Keep making space for curiosity about people - have conversations, make connections;
2. Cultural intelligence is an action, not what we know. We need to show, act and lead by example - even with people who have very different values, perspectives or behaviours from our own.
3. Yes, AI skills matter and our human skills matter just as much. Adaptability is key.

About Victoria:

Victoria Rennoldson is a multi-award-winning coach, international speaker and best-selling author helping people lead across borders in a rapidly changing world.

As technology accelerates and AI reshapes how we work, Victoria focuses on what makes leaders distinctly human- clarity of communication, confidence, cultural intelligence and the ability to build meaningful connection.

She supports ambitious professionals and teams to increase their visibility and impact globally, helping them speak up with confidence and collaborate across cultures.

Victoria is the CEO and Founder of Culture Cuppa and host of a top-ranked global leadership podcast with over 170 episodes. Her book, Become a Global Leader, became an Amazon bestseller in Career Advancement and Professional Development on launch.

To connect, follow and find out more about Victoria:

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson

Website: https://culturecuppa.com/book

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

Podcast: https://culturecuppa.com/podcast/

Book: https://culturecuppa.com/book

Thank you

To listen to other Leaders in Conversation with me Anni Townend go to my website, www.annitownend.com; to listen to Finding Your Collaborative Edge™ with Lucy Kidd and I, to do go our website www.collaborationequation.com

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I look forward to connecting with you, thank you for listening.