Level Up Your Leadership

So many fascinating anecdotes, we had to create a Part II Click here to listen to Part I of this two-part series: Episode 14: Former Cisco CTO Monique Morrow on Using Tech To Do Good (Part I) A quick refresher on Monique Morrow: She is a former CTO at Cisco and the current President at two tech start-up firms based ... Read More The post Ep. 15: Former Cisco CTO Monique Morrow on Future of Tech (Part II) appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

Monique Morrow Knows Tech Monique Morrow is a former CTO at Cisco and the current President at two tech start-up firms based in blockchain. She is the President and Co-Founder of The Humanized Internet, a non-profit organization focused on providing a digital identity for those individuals most underserved. She is also the President of The VETRI Foundation, whose mission is ... Read More The post Ep. 14: Former Cisco CTO Monique Morrow on Using Tech To Do Good (Part I) appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

Peter Metzinger Knows Marketing PETER METZINGER is the Owner & Managing Director of Business Campaigning, a strategic consultancy specializing in «impossible missions» in branding, marketing, and communications. He’s also the co-founder of evAI Intelligence, helping companies develop tailor-made Artificial Intelligence solutions. Peter’s trademarked business campaigning® model was used at the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Open Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In ... Read More The post Ep. 13: The Future of Marketing is AI + Humans with Peter Metzinger appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

Who Is An Agile Leader? How do charismatic leaders like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk capture an audience? Hint: it’s not by getting up on stage and talking about their own wants and needs. No, the secret to great leadership is this: great leaders understand their audience (employees, peers, bosses) and speak to their audience’s needs. In other words, Steve ... Read More The post Ep. 12: How To Be An Agile Leader appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

Can You “Do” Authenticity Wrong? Yes! If you’re using “authenticity” as an excuse for justifying your bad habits and behaviors, then you’re definitely misusing it. Authenticity is not about sharing or acting on every thought that comes into your mind. Authenticity is not about trying hard to be unique among a crowd of people. Authenticity is not justifying thoughtlessness by ... Read More The post Ep. 11: How To Be Truly Authentic appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

Why Goal-Setting Usually Doesn’t Work Do you ever have that panicked feeling of being overwhelmed by a mounting to-do list or is that just me? Where do I start? What’s the next step? Agh! In this episode of Level Up Your Leadership, I break down for you three easy steps to goal setting that bring about clarity and an easy ... Read More The post Ep. 10: How To Make Succeeding At Your Goals Look Easy appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

A New Format Since launching the Level Up Your Leadership podcast, many people have asked me why I interview other people but don’t share my own tips and experience. Great question! Let’s change that! In this episode, I am sharing my most fundamental secret to successful business and executive coaching: my proprietary coaching method framework. WHY . WHAT . HOW In ... Read More The post Ep. 9: The Executive Coaching Formula that Leads to Success Every Time appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

David Cipullo is the Vice President of BRAND Sales, Intelligence & Consulting and on the Group Management Board for the global sports marketing firm Infront Sports & Media. David started his career working for sports powerhouses like the US Olympic Committee and Washington Wizards NBA team, and moved into senior roles with Team Services LLC, a stadium naming rights agency, ... Read More The post Ep. 8 – VP of Brand at Global Sports Marketing Co: Be There When Nobody Else Is with David Cipullo appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

Performing Under Pressure Phillip Burns knows how to perform under pressure. He’s a former professional soccer player (goalkeeper) who played for many English soccer clubs, including Manchester United Youth Team, Huddersfield Town, Readings FC, and Sheffield United. After his professional career, Phil re-channeled his love of sports and fitness into founding and running two Muay Thai kickboxing studios (one in ... Read More The post Ep. 7 – Former Pro-Soccer Player: Don’t Let The Pressure Get To You with Phil Burns appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

Jennifer Thamm is the former Global Head of Change & Transformation Governance Risks at UBS. In addition to being a corporate executive, she’s also a wife, new mom, travel addict and sports fan. Jennifer has spent over 20 years working in finance, IT and risk management across the financial, insurance and consulting industries. Prior to her roles at UBS, Jennifer worked as a Senior ... Read More The post Ep. 6 – The Biggest Operational Risk You’re Completely Overlooking with Risk Expert Jennifer Thamm appeared first on Executive Coaching | Leadership Development | Change Management Consulting | Lisa Christen in Zug, Switzerland Dubai, UAE and New York City, New York.

Muriel Bekto is a Global Client Director at Microsoft, supporting major companies like Roche to help them transform health care through the use of tech. Prior to Microsoft, Muriel worked in various strategic leadership positions in the health care industry, most recently as Country Manager Switzerland at Mölnlycke Healthcare and Strategic Marketing Manager EMEA at Johnson & Johnson. Muriel is ... Read More The post Ep. 5 – Microsoft Leader Muriel Bekto on Achieving BIG Goals appeared...

Rodger Schmidt is the most experienced International Curling Coach and Trainer in the World, serving as an Olympic Curling coach for the last 5 Winter Olympics. In the past two decades he has performed as a National Coaching for six different nations and has been engaged in almost every World and European Championship as a Coach. Rodger has personally competed ... Read More The post Ep. 4 – 5-Time Olympic Coach Rodger Schmidt on Mental Toughness Training appeared first on Executive...

Bryan Dennis is a superstar (storytelling) accountant who has quickly risen to senior leadership in accounting and finance roles across the globe. Starting out at KPMG, one of the Big 4 accounting firms, Bryan focused on assisting with large capital markets transactions in Europe and the US. He then moved into private industry and has worked in senior roles in ... Read More The post Ep. 3 – Finance Leader Bryan Dennis: Relationships Are the Accelerator of Your Career appeared first on...

Assia Morris is feisty, beautiful, smart, spiritual, loving, and strong. She’s a mixture of traits we would normally think of as being at odds, yet somehow they all roll up perfectly to make one whole Assia. A successful banker who believes in guardian angels. A chronic disease sufferer who has boundless energy. A woman so accepting of who she is ... Read More The post Ep. 2 – Investment Banking Leader Assia Morris: Be bold. Be strong. And never forget who you are. appeared first on...

Every single time I talk to Alexandra Dufresne, I leave with a passionate hope and optimism that maybe, just maybe, we can actually make the world a more just, kind, and fair place. Alexandra is an American lawyer specialising in refugee, immigration and child law and policy. She taught seminars in law and policy at Yale College for a ... Read More The post Ep. 1 – Former Yale University Dean Alexandra Dufresne: Do The Hardest Thing appeared first on Christen Coaching & Consulting.

Welcome to Level Up Your Leadership! From Olympic coaches to Fortune 500 executives to Ivy League instructors, you’ll discover what worked (and what didn’t) in getting these exceptional leaders to the top of their fields. In each podcast episode, I interview one elite performer to unpack how they created their success and their recommended tools, tips, and strategies you can use ... Read More The post Ep. 0 – Intro to Level Up Your Leadership appeared first on Christen Coaching &...