🛋️ Join Me on the Red Couch: Where Global Leadership Meets the Human Touch

An Invitation from Angie Weinberger

“The Red Couch isn’t just a piece of furniture; it’s a witness to a global journey.”

I’m Angie Weinberger, and I’m challenging you to step out of your comfort zone and join me for a conversation that goes deeper than your typical corporate interview.

What started as an experiment for International Women’s Day 2022 has grown into a vibrant video series celebrating global leaders, diversity advocates, and human-centric professionals.

✨ Why the Red Couch?

It is the only piece of furniture I’ve owned since I was eight years old. It has traveled across borders, seen the highs and lows of expat life, and—though it’s arguably falling apart—it remains my “happy place.”

In the world of psychology, the red couch is iconic. While our talk isn’t a therapy session, my guests always leave feeling better. We call it “Angie-Magic”, a blend of deep empathy, intercultural insight, and a genuine mission to bring the human touch back into the corporate world.

🌍 Meet Your Host: Angie Weinberger

I am the Founder and Managing Director of Global People Transitions GmbH, but I am also a social media junkie, a Bollywood lover, and a lifelong traveler.

• The Journey: From a small village near Lake Constance to the bustling streets of India and the corporate towers of Zurich.
• The Expertise: A Professional Certified Executive Coach and Global Mobility expert with over 15 years of experience (PwC, Global Banks, and specialized consulting).
• The Mission: I am on a mission to humanize Global Mobility. Whether I’m lecturing at Erasmus University or coaching an expat spouse, I believe in bringing out the best potential in every global citizen.
• The Author: Creator of The Global Rockstar Album and The Global Mobility Workbook.

I’ve lived the “Expat Life” in the UK and India, and I use those lessons—and my background in Intercultural Development—to facilitate lasting change.

🎥 What to Expect in a Red Couch Talk

We don’t just talk shop. We explore the “70:20:10” of your life:

1. Your Roots: Where you started and what drives you.
2. Your Challenges: Navigating the “deep waters” of international transitions.
3. Your Wisdom: The advice you’d give to the next generation of “Global Rockstar” leaders.

📺 Explore the Archive

Join a community of experts like Katerina Fagetti, Annette Dernick, and Monika Chajdys. Our talks cover everything from Swiss Labor Law to trekking the Himalayas.

👉 The Red Couch Talks on YouTube

🛋️ Are You Ready for the Challenge?

I am always looking for guests who bring a unique perspective to the global stage. Do you have a story that needs to be told? Let’s find a time for you to sit on the couch.

More about your Podcast Host

Angie Weinberger is the Founder and Managing Director of Global People Transitions GmbH. Angie also considers herself a social media junkie and a Bollywood lover.  She was born in a small German village near Lake Constance in the 1970s and grew up in Germany. Her first “intercultural” experience was moving from southern Germany to an area near Heidelberg, where her parents took over a children’s home. 

Curious about foreign cultures and eager to have a fully immersive experience in another culture, she moved to the UK after high school, where she worked as an Au Pair for a local family. This experience taught her that there is more to living abroad than language and cultural adjustment, and that other cultures view Germans differently than she expected.

After that gap year, she returned to Germany to study International Business Studies at the University of Paderborn. Her career in Global Mobility began to take shape when she was accepted to study in Australia, focusing on International Human Resources. Tasmania was the starting point of her true interest in the topic, as during her thesis, Angie researched Short-Term Assignees and the failures of the company that had sent them out to other countries. Being away from home and family also taught her how to make friends anywhere in the world, and that she was able to keep a clean kitchen in the student dorm.

After completing her degree, she started working in Human Resources as a Global Mobility Specialist and HRBP. She experienced Expat Life when she went on assignment to India in 2006. There, she worked as an HR Project Manager supporting a large strategic outsourcing project at a global bank. Working in a growth market was an eye-opener and Angie still has very fond memories of her time in India. She became a fan of Bollywood and learned to dance and eat with her hands.

In 2007, she was headhunted by PwC to take on her first real Global Mobility leadership role. With PwC, she finally managed to return to her dream city Zurich where she is still based to date. Once the Swiss Global Mobility team and function were up and running, 

She decided to follow her long-term wish to help more Global Mobility Managers, Expats, and Expat Spouses through coaching. From her blog, she launched her company Global People Transitions GmbH in 2012. 

Today, Angie Weinberger is also a Professional Certified Executive Coach, Intercultural Trainer, and Group Seminar Facilitator. As a certified Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualified Administrator, Angie can run intercultural assessments for managers and staff. She combines intercultural coaching, her long-standing Global Mobility expertise, and workshop facilitation skills into programs for Global Mobility Managers, Expats, and Expat Spouses.

In her consulting work with various medium-sized and large companies, she still faces Global Mobility challenges every day. She is passionate about bringing out the best potential in her clients and is on a mission to bring the human touch back into Global Mobility. She is a guest lecturer at various academic institutions and teaches “Global Mobility” and “Intercultural Management” in Germany, Holland, France, and Switzerland. 

Angie Weinberger regards ongoing education as highly important. To keep growing as a coach and meaningful individual, she is taking part in the Expat Coach Coalition, a special education for coaches and facilitators offered by Sundae Schneider Bean. She is a member of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research in Switzerland (SIETAR CH), for which she was the Communication and Digital Media responsible between 2014 and 2017. She also lectures for the Erasmus University, ExpatiseⓇ Academy and is a member of the global Expatise Academy Advisory Board.

Her working languages are English and German, but she can also communicate in French and Spanish, understands Swiss German, and studied Arabic at a beginner level. To give back, she supports migrants and refugees as a trainer and mentor in Zurich. When Angie is not working (hard to believe!), she enjoys hiking in the Swiss or Italian countryside, watching movies, and indulging in the cooking of her Pakistani partner. She loves Bollywood, creative writing, and spending time with friends and family. Obviously, she would love to travel more and eventually become a “digital nomad”.

Angie is the author of The Global Rockstar Album – 21 Verses to Find Your Tact as an Inclusive Leader (2023), The Global Mobility Workbook (Third Edition, 2019), The Global Career Workbook (2016), a self-help job search guide for internationally mobile professionals who are undergoing a career transition in a market with which they aren’t familiar. Angie is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Global People Club Sandwich, where she regularly writes and edits inspirational articles about various aspects of Global Mobility. She started her blog in 2010 and has published over 360 posts ever since. Do you want to become a reader of the Club Sandwich? Sign up here.

With the eye of attention that she usually reserves for the Expat Experience, Angie started “The Red Couch Talks” and has recently completed 100 episodes.