Afsheen Ismail-Wey has spent over 20 years asking the same question in different rooms: what actually makes people – and the organizations they work in – trust each other enough to grow together? That question took her through senior Talent and Organization roles at Abbott Laboratories and Mondelez International, where she led talent strategy across dozens of countries and rebuilt performance systems following the Kraft/Cadbury merger. Ten years ago, she took that question independently, founding Phoenix, a leadership and HR advisory practice now based in Zurich, working with Pharma and FMCG clients across Change Management, Transformation, Talent Management, Culture, Organization Effectiveness, Coaching, and DEI – work that has driven double-digit gains in engagement and Net Promoter scores for her clients. […]

Tejana Raithatha’s path has been a natural evolution, shaped by a consistent practice of adapting to life’s transitions rather than following a rigid master plan. Her early professional years were anchored in the highly structured, practical world of the corporate sector—a foundation that built a deep respect for logic, clear systems, and everyday execution. The truest turning point arrived over the last decade through the grounding, daily reality of parenting. This shift forced a natural pause, turning focus inward and sparking a gradual realization that the way human beings interact with the world operates from the inside out.  Through consistent practices like meditation, intuition, and honest self-talk, she began to understand the practical mechanics of human behavior, emotions, and how we manage […]

From Information to Transformation: What I Learned from Flavia Augusta de Almeida’s Master Class A guest post by Teofana Kupenova I recently attended the Global People Club Master Class, Captivating Your Audience with the Transformation Roadmap, facilitated by English communication coach Flavia Augusta de Almeida from FAA Coaching. I arrived expecting to learn presentation techniques. Instead, I left with a completely different perspective on communication itself. The central idea of the workshop, based on Phil Waknell’s Transformation Roadmap, was simple yet powerful: Communication is not about information. It is about transformation. Here are the five lessons that stayed with me. 1 – Start with Your Audience Like many professionals, I often begin by asking: Flavia challenged us to reverse that […]

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By Angie Weinberger As we look toward 2026, I’ve been reflecting on the conversations I’ve had on the Red Couch, the stories shared during our RockMe retreats, and the shifting landscape of Global Mobility. We are at a pivot point. The last few years have been about reacting—to pandemics, to geopolitical shifts, to the explosion of generative AI. But my prediction for 2026 is that we will stop reacting and start intentionally redesigning. We are moving toward a world where technology handles the noise, but humans handle the nuance. Here are my five predictions for where our work is heading in 2026. 1 – Duty of care and security concerns will dominate our work For a long time, “Duty of […]