154 - Master Your Clarity to Elevate Your Influence: Pillar Two
Cultural Communication Confidence
Release Date: 11/10/2025
165 - Finding Your Purpose on Your Journey With Amy Rowlinson
Cultural Communication Confidence
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164 - Avoiding Cultural Pitfalls: 5 Mistakes Leaders Make
Cultural Communication Confidence
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163 - Ego in Leadership with Mary Gregory
Cultural Communication Confidence
In this podcast episode, I’m joined by Executive Leadership Coach, and author Mary Gregory, who specialises in human-centred leadership, confidence and gender equity. Together, we explore ego as a human defence system rather than a flaw, and how fear often sits behind leadership behaviours such as people pleasing, control and self-doubt. We look at how ego shows up differently for women, why many capable leaders hold themselves back, and what it takes to speak up and be heard without losing authenticity or falling into performative confidence. Our conversation also examines how culture,...
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162 - 2026 Kick-Start: Clarity, Momentum & Bold Action
Cultural Communication Confidence
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161 - Raise your profile and visibility with Vanessa Dal Busco
Cultural Communication Confidence
Leadership trends, advocating for women leaders and raising your personal profile. As we approach the start of 2026, in this podcast episode, I’m joined by Vanessa Dal Busco, Chair of the Institute of Directors Glass Ceiling Group, and a passionate advocate for women in leadership. Vanessa shares her insights on the challenges female leaders face, the importance of personal branding, and practical strategies to raise your profile, exploring how engagement, purpose, and authenticity can transform your professional presence. Plus, Vanessa also shares her perspectives on leadership trends, the...
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160 - Embracing Career Crossroads with Julia Bend
Cultural Communication Confidence
In this latest podcast episode, I’m joined by Julia Bend, Executive Career Transition Coach and founder of Premier Coaching, and we focus on the emotional reality of organisational change, why it so often can feel personal even when it isn’t, and what it truly takes to manage yourself well through transition. Julia also shares her SPEAR Framework, a clear and human approach that guides you from self-awareness through to purposeful action and thoughtful review. After 27 years in the transport and IT sector, Julia shifted into retraining and rebuilding her career. She now supports...
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159 - Reflecting on 2025: Your Leadership Review
Cultural Communication Confidence
As we edge towards the end of 2025, this podcast episode is your invitation to pause, reflect and look back at the year that was. Whether you’ve experienced exciting progress, tough challenges or a sense of being in limbo in your career, this reflection is critical to acknowledging and accepting it all, helping you close out the year and get ready for what’s next. I share practical clarity exercises to support your leadership review, including insights and activations inside the first chapter of my new book, Become a Global Leader. What You Will Learn in This Episode Why reviewing your...
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158 - Engaging Conversations, Leadership Spaces and Visibility with Enfys Maloney
Cultural Communication Confidence
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Enfys Maloney, business expert, speaker, and seven-time award-winning sales trainer, trusted by hundreds of ambitious businesses. At the heart of this episode is the idea that strong communication and leadership are built by design and intention, not by accident. Quality conversations happen when you approach them with curiosity, intention and a readiness to move beyond the predictable. Enfys talks honestly about what leaders need, whether they are running a business, heading up a team or building their influence. Enfys also shares why leadership can feel...
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157 - Connect with Cultural Intelligence: Pillar Four
Cultural Communication Confidence
In this podcast episode, I’m celebrating a very special moment: my book, Become a Global Leader, launched last week and has already become a best-seller in Career Advancement and Professional Development! This episode focuses on the final and, in my view, most important pillar of my book: Connecting across Cultures with Cultural Intelligence. In today’s world, AI and technical skills and fluency are of course vital, but what truly sets great global leaders apart is the ability to connect with others, communicate genuinely in conversations that show their human side, and connect in...
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156 - Bridge Challenging Conversations: Pillar Three
Cultural Communication Confidence
In this podcast, we continue our series exploring the pillars of my new book, Become a Global Leader. Today we focus on a capability that every global leader should master if they want real impact in their career and leadership growth: bridge challenging conversations. Challenging conversations appear in every organisation, every industry and every team. What distinguishes a global leader with strong communication skills and cultural intelligence is how to navigate these situations. In this episode, I guide you through the foundations you need before stepping onto the challenging conversation...
info_outlineIn this podcast episode, I’m continuing my special mini-series in the lead-up to the launch of my book, Become a Global Leader. With only one week to go until release day on 17th November, I’m diving into the 2nd of the 4 key pillars from my book: Mastering Your Clarity to Elevate Your Influence.
Clarity is one of the most powerful and often underestimated skills for aspiring global leaders. In my work, I’ve seen that it’s not only your specialist knowledge or expertise that drives your career growth and leadership impact, but how clearly and confidently you can communicate your ideas. Whether you’re presenting to senior stakeholders, leading global teams, or managing complex cultural dynamics, your ability to communicate with clarity defines how others perceive your leadership.
In this episode, I share insights into why clear communication can feel so challenging, to the power of structuring your thoughts under pressure, so you can elevate your influence, manage those mental blocks and communicate like a leader.
What You Will Learn:
- Why mastering clarity is fundamental to your leadership development and global career success.
- The common reasons clarity feels challenging, particularly when working across cultures.
- Structure your thoughts to sound more articulate, concise and confident.
- My key principle: slow down your communication to help speed up the action.
- Influence with confidence by creating ideas that inspire action and alignment.
- When your mind goes blank and you need to quickly regain your clarity.
Reflection Questions
- How could sharpening your communication clarity help you achieve your leadership goals?
- How are you positioning your ideas and recommendations in a way that lands with your key stakeholders?
I’d really love to hear your thoughts. Connect with me on LinkedIn and tell me what resonated most from this episode and how you’re applying it in your own leadership communication.
We’re only a week away from the global launch of my book, Become a Global Leader on Monday 17th November 2025 at 6pm GMT (London time), and I’d love for you to join me to celebrate.
This online launch event is completely free and open to everyone around the world. During the session, I’ll be running a masterclass on Identifying Your Unique Leadership Signature, hosting a live Q&A where you can ask me anything about leadership, cultural intelligence and communication, and of course, we’ll celebrate with some fun competitions and giveaways.
Get your free ticket here: https://culturecuppa.com/book-launch
Resources:
- Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson
- Website:https://culturecuppa.com