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Become a Global Leader

Victoria Rennoldson

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 209

Become a Global Leader is the podcast for ambitious professionals and leaders who want to increase their influence, visibility and impact across cultures. Succeeding as a global leader takes more than expertise. It takes the confidence to make your voice heard, the clarity to communicate what matters, and the Cultural Intelligence to build trust with people who may think, work and lead differently. Hosted by Victoria Rennoldson, CEO and Founder of Culture Cuppa and author of the book, Become a Global Leader, each episode explores the human side of global leadership, with fresh thinking and practical insights on confidence, influence, trust and connection across cultures. A top 10 UK careers podcast, ranked in the top 5% of podcasts globally. Lead confidently. Communicate clearly. Connect across cultures.

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199 - The Non-Verbal Behaviours Shaping Trust with Jude Jennison

Episode 199

Friday, September 25, 2026 • Duration 32:46

What are you communicating before you even say a word?

In this conversation with Jude Jennison, founder of Leaders by Nature, we explore how unconscious non-verbal behaviour shapes trust, relationships and leadership impact.

Jude spent 17 years at IBM before developing her methodology that uses horses to reveal the behaviours leaders may not realise they are bringing into their professional relationships.

We discuss how stress, fear and past experiences can influence behaviour, especially during uncertainty, even when leaders believe they are presenting as calm and confident.

She shares why horses are so powerful at revealing incongruence between what we feel and what we project, and how this can expose patterns around trust, control, compassion and clarity.

Jude has coached more than 5,000 leaders, written 3 leadership books, and describes horses as the most honest feedback mechanism leaders can engage in.

What you will learn:

How unconscious behaviours affect leadership impact
Why uncertainty amplifies unhelpful default patterns
What your non-verbal behaviour reveals about trust and psychological safety in your team
The way to give and receive feedback without judgement
The changes that can shift a difficult relationship

How aware are you of what you communicate non-verbally when under pressure?

Resources:

Connect with Jude Jennison on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judejennison/
Learn more about Jude's leadership work with horses: https://www.leadersbynature.com
Read Jude's books, 'Leading through uncertainty' and 'OPUS: The Hidden Dynamics of Team Performance': https://www.leadersbynature.com/books
Listen to the new audiobook of Become a Global Leader: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Become-a-Global-Leader-Audiobook/B0HGYF1LHR
Read the book, Become a Global Leader:https://culturecuppa.com/book/
Follow Victoria on LinkedIn for more global leadership, strategic communication and Cultural Intelligence insights: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
Talk to Victoria about you or your team's leadership development: https://culturecuppa.com/contact/

Watch the video of this Episode here:

The Non-Verbal Behaviours Shaping Trust with Jude Jennison: https://youtu.be/UAgi8ys4tWA

Read this Episode's Blog post here:

What are you Communicating Unconsciously? https://culturecuppa.com/what-are-you-communicating-unconsciously/

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198 - The Human Capabilities Leaders Need Now

Episode 198

Friday, September 18, 2026 • Duration 20:23

What kind of leader do you need to become now?

Leadership has not stood still over the last 12 months. AI is accelerating, workplace expectations are shifting and organisations are navigating growing uncertainty. So this episode explores a deeper question for ambitious professionals - not only what do you want to achieve, but who do you need to become?

I reflect on why human capabilities matter even more now, especially confidence, clarity, Cultural Intelligence and challenging conversations, the four pillars at the heart of my work.

Plus, in this episode, I share the latest thinking behind the audiobook edition of Become a Global Leader, including why I recorded a new bonus chapter.

What you will learn in this episode:

The leadership shift from 'what you need to achieve' to 'who you need to become'
How AI makes human leadership capabilities more important
A new definition for confidence in this context
How leaders can create clarity when answers are uncertain
How Cultural Intelligence helps leaders develop greater range to respond
What recording an audiobook taught me about being human

Where do you need to experiment more?

Which human capability do you most need to focus on?

Resources:

Listen to the new audiobook of Become a Global Leader: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Become-a-Global-Leader-Audiobook/B0HGYF1LHR
Read the book, Become a Global Leader: https://culturecuppa.com/book/
Follow Victoria on LinkedIn for more global leadership, strategic communication and Cultural Intelligence insights: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson

197 - How to Influence without Authority, with Laura Sellers

Episode 197

Friday, September 11, 2026 • Duration 34:44

What does it really take to influence when you do not have formal authority?

In this conversation with Laura Sellers, global executive and team coach for Procurement professionals, we explore why influence, confidence and relationship-building are essential leadership capabilities for professionals who want to elevate their impact across an organisation.

Laura shares why introverted energy is not a barrier to influence or leadership presence, and how some of the most impactful leaders are not the loudest in the room, but those who choose their moment, build strong relationships and communicate with intention.

We discuss the shift many professionals need to make as they become more senior, moving from technical expertise into relationship-based influence. This is especially important when you are influencing without authority, working across functions, collaborating remotely or navigating cultural differences.

What you will learn in this episode:

Why introverted energy can be a strength in leadership and influence
How to challenge narrow ideas of what confidence should look like
Ethical influence is not manipulation
Why relationships are central to influencing without authority
'What does good look like?'- a simple question for complex dynamics
How the drama triangle can help you understand conflict patterns
Bringing more of yourself into your leadership

How does your natural communication style help you influence, and where might it need to flex?

Before you step into a difficult conversation, what role could you be playing in the relationship dynamic?

What part of yourself might you be leaving behind when you communicate in a different culture, language or context?

Resources:

Connect with Laura Sellers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-sellers/

196 - The Courage to Lead with Humanity, with Diana Osagie

Episode 196

Friday, September 4, 2026 • Duration 39:05

Courageous leadership is often misunderstood as being bold, forceful or unafraid.

In this conversation with Diana Osagie, leadership coach, trainer, consultant, author and keynote speaker, we explore a much more human definition of courage at work.

Diana's core idea is that courageous leadership means staying human when the situation is challenging you to become something else. Under pressure, many leaders revert to the habits that keep them safe, but those habits may not be what the team or organisation needs.

She challenges us to consider whether we care enough to hold up the mirror, tell the truth and help people do excellent work, even when that may feel uncomfortable.

Diana also introduces Juggernaut Thinking, her approach to helping leaders and organisations build deeper clarity around what they are for, how they behave under pressure and what they need to stop carrying.

Diana is the founder of Courageous Leadership Consultancy and The Academy of Women's Leadership. With 26 years' experience leading secondary education, she brings deep practical insight into leading under pressure, alongside her work as an author of five books on leadership.

What you will learn in this episode:

How pressure can push leaders into unhelpful habit patterns
What it means to stay human when leadership feels difficult
What professional love encompasses, and how it supports accountability
The role of clean motivations in difficult conversations
The cultural dynamics in courageous conversations
A practical structure for speaking truth to power with respect
Diana's framework, Juggernaut Thinking

What habits do you default to under pressure?

How comfortable are you holding your team truly accountable?

What does courageous leadership look like to you?

195 - Why Great Work Does Not Speak For Itself

Episode 195

Friday, August 28, 2026 • Duration 26:51

What if your great work is not seen? Many ambitious professionals believe that if they do excellent work, deliver results and make a meaningful contribution, their impact will naturally be noticed.

It is a belief that often is born from integrity, modesty and a strong work ethic, sometimes from cultural norms, yet as you move towards more senior levels, this belief can quietly hold you back.

In this episode, I explore why great work is not always the same as visible impact, and why taking responsibility for your positioning is not about ego, arrogance or self-promotion.

This is a challenge I see often with high-performing experienced professionals. You could be solving problems before they escalate, joining the dots across complexity, influencing behind the scenes, and using your skills to move projects forward. Yet much of that contribution can remain invisible, especially to stakeholders outside your immediate team.

If you are preparing for your next promotion, stepping into a broader leadership role or aiming to be seen as more strategic, waiting to be noticed is not a strategy, visibility and positioning are both key.

What you will learn in this episode:

Why great work does not always speak for itself
How invisible work can limit recognition, influence and career progression
Why you might feel uncomfortable talking about your impact
The difference between self-promotion and strategic positioning
How to articulate the value you create to the 'right people'
A three-part structure to talk about your leadership impact

This episode is especially relevant if you are capable but unseen, experienced but still doubting yourself, or wondering why your hard work is not creating the career momentum you hoped for.

This is an important reminder that excellence needs to be visible in the right rooms, how much of your real value could sit in the work others never see, and how your hard work could need translating into visible leadership impact.

194 - How does storytelling travel across cultures? with Ned Legaspi

Episode 194

Friday, August 21, 2026 • Duration 33:08

What helps a story travel across cultures? In global organisations influenced by Western communication styles, leaders often rely heavily on data, logic, evidence and carefully structured presentations to create impact. Those things matter, but they are rarely what people remember most.

What people take away is the meaning they attach to your messages, and in leadership, storytelling shapes how you build trust, make ideas memorable, influence stakeholders, communicate change and help people connect with a shared purpose.

Yet a story that resonates in one cultural context may not land in another if the references, humour, metaphors, assumptions or emotional signals do not translate, even if you are communicating within one organisation.

In this conversation with Ned Legaspi, cultural intelligence educator, author and former media executive from the Philippines, we explore why storytelling has become such an important leadership communication skill, especially for professionals working across cultures, markets and diverse teams.

Ned brings over 30 years of experience in storytelling and cross-cultural communication, including senior media leadership experience and teaching communication. He is the author of Culturally Intelligent Storytelling for Southeast Asian Creators and a CQ Fellow.

Together, we explore universal human themes, but why cultural translation is vital if your stories are to land. Hope, loss, family and belonging may be universal human experiences, but the way they are expressed, interpreted and emotionally received is deeply shaped by culture.

Ned shares his Bamboo Framework as a practical way to think about culturally intelligent storytelling for leaders, and has clear relevance for global professionals who need their ideas to connect across cultural boundaries.

Ultimately, storytelling is about audience awareness, cultural adaptation and the ability to communicate meaning in a way others can recognise and trust.

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193 - Neuroinclusive communication in the Workplace with Sara Bagheri

Episode 193

Friday, August 14, 2026 • Duration 37:42

What does neuroinclusive communication look like at work?

Many leaders want to create inclusive teams, but do not always know what that means in everyday interactions and communication in meetings and conversations. It is one thing to value difference in principle, but another to understand how communication styles, meeting structures, sensory needs, processing time and psychological safety can be shaped so people feel able to speak and truly contribute.

In this conversation with Sara Bagheri, Communication and Voice Consultant, we explore the intersection between communication and neuroinclusion, with a particular focus on ADHD in the workplace.

Sara holds a Bachelor of Science in Speech, Language and Voice Therapy and works with professionals and organisations to transform how they communicate in speaking environments such as panels, conferences, podcasts and high-stakes interviews.

Together, we explore why neurodiversity is part of the wider human experience of how our brains process information, behaviour and communication differently. Sara shares how ADHD may show up in workplace communication and how behaviours can be misinterpreted.

This conversation connects closely to Cultural Intelligence because both require us to question assumptions. Whether we are working across cultures, languages, generations or neurotypes, leaders need to ask- whose communication style is being rewarded, whose voice is being missed, and what conditions allow more people to contribute their ideas?

Sara's insights and strategies are a valuable reminder that inclusive communication benefits everyone, and improves clarity, participation and psychological safety for the whole team.

What you will learn in this episode:

What neurodiversity, neurotypical and neurodivergent mean, and why the language matters
How ADHD can show up through communication, interaction and behaviour at work
Why directness, urgency, going off on a tangent, or high energy can be misinterpreted
The ways in which meeting preparation, agendas and clear expectations invite better contribution

192 - Are you outsourcing your judgement to AI? with Rahim Hirji

Episode 192

Friday, August 7, 2026 • Duration 43:06

What happens to human judgement with AI?

Many of you I am sure are being encouraged to use AI more, embed it fully and become even more productive. Yet there is a deeper question sitting underneath the flurry of activity and hype: are we simply outsourcing the very human skills that make us so valuable?

In this conversation with Rahim Hirji, author of 'SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI' and keynote speaker on AI and human capability, we explore the specific skills to focus on as AI becomes increasingly enmeshed in our work and lives.

He shares a powerful leadership tension that AI can help us move faster, but it can also quietly, and without us even noticing, weaken our judgement as we forget where our own thinking begins and ends in 'algorithmic drift', those moments when we slowly hand over our agency.

This conversation is not anti-AI, in fact, Rahim talks clearly about being both pro-human and pro-AI, and argues that the real opportunity is to develop an augmented mindset, knowing when to use AI, when not to use it, and where the human needs to remain firmly in the process.

Rahim co-founded the skills platform EtonX, led international growth at Quizlet across more than 60 countries, and his SuperSkills research spans more than 200 organisations in over 30 countries. He also writes 'Box of Amazing', a weekly briefing on AI, technology and human capability read by more than 25,000 leaders.

What you will learn in this episode:

Why judgement has become one of the most important human skills in the age of AI
How we are sleepwalking into 'algorithmic drift', unconsciously handing over decision-making
Where humans belong in AI-enabled processes
How leadership can help their people to focus on their agency and human capabilities
The power of real curiosity
The opportunity of the augmented mindset - the power of both AI and humans together
Why global adaptability still matters
The inherent cultural values and biases in AI

191 - The Hidden Alignment Problem in Teams

Episode 191

Friday, July 31, 2026 • Duration 22:27

What if the reason your assignment is stuck is that there is a lack of alignment on the issue?

I speak regularly with professionals who are under constant pressure to move at pace, demonstrate progress and deliver tangible and visible solutions. Yet in that rush to act, teams can easily jump into solutions before they have properly aligned on the problem they are trying to solve.

In this podcast episode, I explore why better answers start with better questions, and why problem alignment is often skipped in the move to create momentum. I look at what happens when key decision-makers appear to be discussing the same mission, but are actually working from very different assumptions about its purpose and measure of success.

And this is not just a delivery issue because when stakeholders are not aligned on the problem, time is wasted, frustration builds and the team can feel as if they are looping backwards to initial phases which they thought they had completed.

This becomes even more complex in global and diverse teams, where different behavioural preferences, communication styles and cultural norms can influence how people define problems in the first place, express disagreement, manage risk, and their bias for action.

What you will learn in this episode:

Why teams often jump into solutions before agreeing on the real problem
The individual and team impact of misalignment
The aligning challenge - defining the problem
The culturally driven behavioural preferences that influence how people approach projects
Which cultural factors can create the greatest resistance, friction and misalignment
How uncertainty avoidance can shape how people respond to risk
The clarity questions you can use before moving into implementation

Where might you be jumping into solutions before agreeing on the problem?

How could cultural intelligence help you notice the hidden misalignment before it becomes an issue?

190 - Encouragement is Where Courage Begins with Helen Gibson MBE

Episode 190

Friday, July 24, 2026 • Duration 31:44

What happens when encouragement becomes a leadership capability, not just a nice thing to do? According to Helen Gibson MBE, encouragement is not soft or superficial, it is where we get our courage from.

Many leaders and ambitious professionals are navigating what Helen calls 'the porridge (oatmeal) of life', those thick, heavy moments where progress feels slow, energy is low, you're losing momentum, and the way forward is not always clear. In complex organisations and uncertain times, this can show up as pressure, decision fatigue, or simply feeling stuck.

This is when encouragement is needed, as something we can practise, notice, capture and offer to others, not just receive.

In this conversation with Helen Gibson MBE, award-winning global entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, coach, international business leadership expert and author of 'Go for Goosebumps', we explore how encouragement can help individuals, teams and organisations move forward through difficult moments.

Helen's leadership experience spans complex transformation programmes for governments around the world, including counter-terrorism, corruption, cybercrime, health crises and justice reform. As the former CEO of her family business, she led values-driven frontline change across nearly 30 countries for clients including the UK Government, the NHS, the EU and the United Nations. Recognised with an MBE for services to international trade, Helen brings deep experience in resilience, international business, women in leadership and meaningful change.

What you will learn in this episode:

Why encouragement matters in leadership, especially now
How experiencing goosebumps (shivers of excitement) can signal momentum
What happens when we get stuck in the 'porridge (oatmeal) of life'
Her traffic light model to help you know where to move forward
Showing people you care before trying to prove what you know
How stories and legacy questions help people reconnect with what matters
What to do if you have no time for the perfect pause
'Victories folders' to help build your evidence for confidence

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