A few weeks ago, during my leadership coaching sessions, a client from the U.S. shared her frustration; she was struggling with the direct feedback style of her European colleagues.  Only a few days later, another client from Vienna expressed the opposite challenge; he was puzzled by the indirect communication tone of his American team.  Both right, both confused.  That same week, I started reading Erin Meyer’s The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Glo

There’s something almost magical about a stage before the lights come on; that quiet, that moment right before stories start to flow.  Last week at the Female Future Festival   in Vienna, I felt exactly that energy, the kind that reminds you why we gather, why we speak, and why it still matters to be in the room!   As a speaker and a coach, I’ve seen powerful connection happen in pixels and in person and I’ve always believed that words can build bridges, whether they travel t