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| SHIFT. Beyond burnout. The Courage to be Yourself even Across Cultures - ASA 26 | 09 Jun 2026 | 00:43:47 | |
Burnout is increasingly recognized as a definitive crisis of the 21st century. While Western civilization attributes this widespread exhaustion to a variety of systemic factors, one critical cause remains largely underexplored: the profound exhaustion of living a life that does not align with who you truly are. Many professionals find themselves operating in a behavioral style that is completely detached from their natural tendencies. They continuously stretch their boundaries to pursue values that belong to someone else, all in a relentless effort to meet the perceived expectations of their environment. This deep-dive exploration features Nadege Welsch - a cross-cultural coach, business psychologist, and author - who shares insights from her own personal evolution and the developmental journeys of the global professionals she accompanies. Her work focuses on helping individuals navigate life across cultures while uncovering their deepest sense of self. From this episode, you will learn:
I wish you fun and discovery! | |||
| Don’t fly blind – Decoding Your Leadership Algorithms - ASA 25 | 12 May 2026 | 00:54:06 | |
Becoming a leader often starts with a surge of excitement - a new assignment, a fresh challenge, and the prestige of a new position. However, that initial joy is frequently followed by a period of doubt. We begin to wonder how to truly make things happen and how to navigate the complex reality of leadership. We soon discover that our team members are not mirrors of ourselves; they don't always behave as we expect, and their motivations may differ vastly from our own.In this search for influence, the core question remains: how do you effectively pursue your role as a leader to cultivate a truly high-performing team? To explore these dynamics, I am joined by my Guest Heidemarie Oberg-Fischer. With her extensive experience in developing leaders and teams within international contexts, she brings a wealth of insight into the nuances of global leadership. In this episode you will learn:
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| Leading Yourself Prevents Burnout - ASA 24 | 28 Apr 2026 | 00:43:01 | |
Since the pandemic, there has been a marked increase in sensitivity and awareness regarding resilience, mental toughness, and the prevention of team burnout. For those in leadership, the critical question has become: "How can I actively contribute to preventing burnout within my team?" This is the central theme we explore in today’s conversation with my Guest, Ilham Musayev. In this episode you will learn:
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| The Science of Team Performance - Why Psychological Safety is Critical in Medicine - ASA 023 | 14 Apr 2026 | 00:53:14 | |
When we think of psychological safety, we might be uncertain about what it really means in practice. In many industries, teamwork is a factor in profitability or customer satisfaction, but in healthcare, the stakes are incomparably higher. This is why I'm so happy to talk to my guest today, who will be sharing plenty of examples of what it really means in the most intense practice in a medical sector - Alexandre Messager. Together, we will look at why psychological safety in a medical setting isn't just a "nice to have", but a "must-have" that can literally mean the difference between life and death. In this episode you will learn:
Find more materials at www.astepahead.pro/023 When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| Driving Sustainable Careers - Towards Growth Zone - ASA 022 | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:27:29 | |
hat drives a career forward in a truly sustainable way? It is never just hard work or ambition. It is a living combination of inner motivation, psychological safety, courage, clarity, and the often‑forgotten balance between work and life that keeps us healthy enough to grow over the long run. This conversation with Marci Macedo is a beautiful exploration of what it truly means to grow. In this episode you will learn:
Find more materials at www.astepahead.pro/022 When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| Setting Goals for Purposeful Life - ASA 021 | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:40:47 | |
When we think about setting goals, we usually relate to the business context. But aren't we in need of setting goals for our lives as well? Or is there a difference between setting a goal, setting an objective, maybe setting a direction? That's a very interesting topic to discuss and I'm having a very great guest to be discussing this topic today, Bruno Morgante. By no coincidence he is talking about goals because he knows a lot about that in his life. In this episode you will learn:
Find more materials at www.astepahead.pro/021 When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| Making Friends with Hungarians - ASA 020 | 27 May 2025 | 00:44:17 | |
In Poland, we have a saying: A Pole and a Hungarian are like two brothers. We both like to fight, and we both like to drink. That’s how the saying goes. I think this is what many people commonly imagine about Hungarians—and about working with them. Now, we can assume that this saying, which blends humor with stereotype, might contain a grain of truth. But I believe—and I’m quite convinced—that there’s much more to know about Hungary and Hungarians than what this little proverb suggests. In this episode you will learn:
When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| How to make CEE audience speak - ASA 019 | 13 May 2025 | 00:44:22 | |
When you cooperate with people from Poland, especially when you run meetings or trainings—whether face to face or online—you might face the challanges. Many of my international colleagues, particularly those coming from Western European and North American countries, feel a bit insecure about how to read reactions from us. By “us,” I mean Polish people, but also more generally people from Central and Eastern Europe, because it seems that the type of reactions and behaviors in meetings is quite similar across our part of Europe. In this episode you will learn:
When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| How to speak 10 languages - ASA 018 | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:43:52 | |
How open are we to language acquisition? This is what we are discussing in today's episode.We work a lot with international audiences and international teams, and it seems that language plays an important role here. This is why I'm so glad to have Vladislav Alehno as my guest. Vlad is not just a polyglot — he is a hyperpolyglot. In this episode you will learn:
Find more materials at www.astepahead.pro/018 When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| Managing stakeholders in Asia - ASA 017 | 15 Apr 2025 | 00:47:19 | |
Visiting a place for a holiday is not the same as working hand in hand with local professionals, managing projects together, and navigating shared responsibilities.Today, I’m joined by a special guest who knows this world from the inside out: Beata Malinowska, who shares her real-life experience of working across Asian cultures—not just Asia as a region, but as a collection of distinct countries, customs, and ways of doing business. In this episode you will learn:
Find more materials at www.astepahead.pro/017 When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| Winning hearts with storytelling - ASA 016 | 01 Apr 2025 | 00:54:45 | |
When you think about storytelling and business, there is a question how you can combine these two areas. Let me tell you, the connection is just amazing and fascinating. It's very, very, very strong and I have a great guest - Yingdan Liu - who can tell us more about how it works, what it is and why it is so important to have storytelling skills especially when you are a leader. In this episode you will learn:
Find more materials at www.astepahead.pro/016 When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| 7 Steps to Creating Successful DEI Change - ASA 015 | 20 Feb 2024 | 00:54:44 | |
In this episode, I'm having a special guest, who can tell us a bit more about how we can really put a little bit of brain into all our hard attempts and how to apply a structured approach to creating DEI change. Kasper Jelsbech has dedicated a big part of your professional life to diversity, equity, and inclusion. He works as partner and chief consultant at a company called Living Institute. In this episode you will learn:
When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| Online Accessibility - Equity in Digitalisation - ASA 014 | 05 Dec 2023 | 00:43:36 | |
We talk a lot about managing diversity, about diversity of people, and about the beautiful performance, which is possible thanks to diversity in organizations. But have we made sure before that this diversity actually can work in practice? Can all the kinds of people access the resources of our company? That's the question. Today, I'm talking to Mike Koeppe about online accessibility for people with visual impairments, and I think this is going to be a very interesting topic. On this occasion you can also see how people just before total sight loss see - just take a look at the guest photo on the cover of this podcast episode! In this episode you will learn:
When we talk about inclusive workplaces, we focus a lot on the mindset. We focus a lot on inclusive leadership. We also talk about inclusive policies. But today, we talked about some really technical levels of being accessible, of being inclusive. Find more materials at www.astepahead.pro/014 When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| GenZ - Tech Shame - ASA 013 | 21 Nov 2023 | 00:31:53 | |
The world of work is changing. And what is changing among others is the generations that we have in workplace. Now slowly but inevitably, I'm discovering that I'm starting to belong to the older generations in the workplace. But it also makes me very curious about what are the younger generations like. What makes them like this? How do they approach certain things? Today, we will be talking about a specific aspect, maybe a little bit unexpected aspect of generation Z, the youngest generation in our job market. I'm having Marta Leszczyńska as my guest. And I'm going to ask many questions about Marta's experience with GenZers. In this episode you will learn:
Find more materials at www.astepahead.pro/013 When you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! Do you want to be kept up to date? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.astepahead.pro/newsletter | |||
| Diversity Competence and TOPOI Model - ASA 012 | 07 Nov 2023 | 00:39:59 | |
More and more frequently we talk about diversity, equity and inclusion. My impression is that we get a lot of DEI guidelines, but they show us how to behave in a specific situation. I'm very glad to have Magdalena Szumna as a guest today. We are going to explore a little bit more practical approach to dealing with situations related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this conversation you will learn:
I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
| De-Polarising Dialogue - ASA 011 | 17 Oct 2023 | 00:48:26 | |
Many managers suffer from the challenge of being in touch with their people, of keeping the relationship. And what becomes even more difficult is having a dialogue. What do we do in a situation when there is a polarized dialogue? How to run it? I have invited an amazing expert who can tell us a lot about how to do dialogue and, maybe even more importantly, how to depolarize dialogue in case it goes the wrong way. Maja Nenadović is my guest today. In this conversation you will learn:
I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
| Egypt. The Joy of Relationships - ASA 010 | 19 Sep 2023 | 00:51:20 | |
In this captivating episode of "A Step Ahead by Monika Chutnik" Jana Holla provides us with a unique glimpse into the vibrant world of Egypt, emphasizing the value Egyptians place on relationships, the cultural nuances that shape their interactions, and the challenges faced by expatriates in this enchanting land. Join Monika and her guest as they explore the joy of relationships and the complexities of life in Egypt. In this conversation you will learn:
I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
| How to build a global Women's network that drives inclusion - ASA 009 | 05 Sep 2023 | 00:45:40 | |
In this episode of A Step Ahead podcast Monika Chutnik is talking with Maja Paradecka from Kemira company on how to build a global women's network that drives inclusion. In this conversation you will learn:
I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
| How to make friends with Danes - ASA 008 | 22 Aug 2023 | 00:49:51 | |
This podcast, A Step Ahead, has been created for all who want to grow in such an international, remote environment – who want to grow as leaders, as HR, as change agents, and simply as humans. I will be delighted to know how you make progress at work and in life - Monika Chutnik. Materials are available at www.astepahead.pro/008 In this episode I am talking with Kathy Borys Siddiqui about Danish business culture and how to make friends with the Danes. In this conversation you will learn:
As you listen to this episode, think of someone who would also listen to it for the benefit of themselves or their team and share the link to the recording. Sign up for the newsletter to stay in touch: https://astepahead.pro/newsletter/ | |||
| Managing Projects in Mexico - ASA 007 | 08 Aug 2023 | 00:44:17 | |
This podcast, A Step Ahead, has been created for all who want to grow in such an international, remote environment – who want to grow as leaders, as HR, as change agents, and simply as humans. I will be delighted to know how you make progress at work and in life - Monika Chutnik. Materials are available at www.astepahead.pro/007 In this episode I am talking with Alessia Serena, an experienced manager in HR and Project Management. In this conversation you will learn:
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| How to craft a DEI Strategy that makes sense - ASA 006 | 21 Mar 2023 | 00:35:37 | |
This podcast, A Step Ahead, has been created for all who want to grow in such an international, remote environment – who want to grow as leaders, as HR, as change agents, and simply as humans. I will be delighted to know how you make progress at work and in life - Monika Chutnik. Materials are available at www.astepahead.pro/006 In this episode I am talking with Sarah Cordivano about how to craft a DEI strategy that makes sense. In this conversation you will learn:
I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
| Part Time Manager. The Future of Work - ASA 005 | 07 Mar 2023 | 00:49:39 | |
This podcast, A Step Ahead, has been created for all who want to grow in such an international, remote environment – who want to grow as leaders, as HR, as change agents, and simply as humans. I will be delighted to know how you make progress at work and in life - Monika Chutnik. Materials are available at www.astepahead.pro/005 In this episode I am talking about Part Time Manager with Johanna Fink. In this conversation you will learn:
I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
| What are Microaffirmations and why you want to have them in your team - ASA 004 | 21 Feb 2023 | 00:51:16 | |
This podcast, A Step Ahead, has been created for all who want to grow in such an international, remote environment – who want to grow as leaders, as HR, as change agents, and simply as humans. I will be delighted to know how you make progress at work and in life - Monika Chutnik. Materials are available at www.astepahead.pro/004 In this episode I am talking about "What are Microaffirmations and why you want to have them in your team". With me there is Ben Capell, experienced consultant, expert and trainer. In this conversation you will learn:
I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
| Psychological Safety in a Virtual Team – 4 Steps to Mastery - ASA 003 | 23 Jan 2023 | 00:46:53 | |
This podcast, A Step Ahead, has been created for all who want to grow in such an international, remote environment – who want to grow as leaders, as HR, as change agents, and simply as humans. I will be delighted to know how you make progress at work and in life - Monika Chutnik. Materials are available at www.astepahead.pro/003 In this episode I am talking about Psychological Safety - what is it and how to get it in business and in teams. With me there is Kasia Romanowicz, experienced leadership trainer and consultant, working for ETTA Leadership & Consult. In this conversation you will learn:
I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
| Ukrainians – How to find a great candidate and ensure good onboarding - ASA 002 | 19 Dec 2022 | 00:44:01 | |
This podcast, A Step Ahead, has been created for all who want to grow in such an international, remote environment – who want to grow as leaders, as HR, as change agents, and simply as humans. I will be delighted to know how you make progress at work and in life - Monika Chutnik. Materials are available at www.astepahead.pro/002 In this episode I’m talking to Hanna Yankina, who comes from Ukraine and works as an IT recruiter in Poland. She is sharing her experience and knowledge about Ukrainian work culture, needs of Ukrainian employees in Europe and she also gives advices on how to prepare the good recruitment and onboarding processes. What you will learn from this episode:
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| Human Centered Leadership – The Cure for Times of Change - ASA 001 | 21 Jun 2022 | 00:42:38 | |
This podcast, A Step Ahead, has been created for all who want to grow in such an international, remote environment – who want to grow as leaders, as HR, as change agents, and simply as humans. I will be delighted to know how you make progress at work and in life - Monika Chutnik. Materials are available at www.astepahead.pro/001 During the first episode I’m talking to Kinga Jaśkowiak, who is representing Hewlett Packard Enterprise, great company with a great tradition of treating people fairly and with a lot of attention. Kinga, whose professional role is strategic skills and enablement partner, is sharing her thoughts and giving us an urgent call for action as leaders into the human centric leadership. We will try to answer the questions: - What is Human Centered Leadership and how to do it in a team? - What’s the right way to lead people? - What are the five top skills of human centered leader? - What are the benefits of HCL? - Why is listening so important in HCL? I wish you a sense of fun and discovery! | |||
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