Leaders in Motion - How Global Executives Reinvent Leadership in the Age of AI and Market Disruption

About Leaders in Motion - How Global Executives Reinvent Leadership in the Age of AI and Market Disruption

Leaders in Motion is a strategic podcast for global executives, C-suite leaders, and transformation experts navigating career reinvention, AI disruption, and cross-border leadership in a rapidly changing world. Hosted by Kevin Hong, Partner of LYC Partners - a leading executive search and leadership advisory firm - and The Council, an exclusive peer network for senior leaders, the show brings real-world insights from those shaping the future of work. Each episode dives into the intersection of leadership, technology, and human adaptability, offering actionable strategies for leaders who want to stay relevant, resilient, and future-ready. What you’ll hear on Leaders in Motion : In-depth interviews with global CEOs, CHROs, board members, and transformation leaders who share their defining career moves, leadership philosophies, and lessons from uncertainty. Solo episodes where Kevin shares frameworks, market intelligence, and proven tools to help executives stress-test their careers, strengthen their visibility, and build long-term career insurance. Key topics covered : Executive career transformation & personal reinvention The rise of skills-based organizations and agile leadership models AI, automation, and the evolving role of the C-suite Global mobility & cross-cultural management Building influence, resilience, and board readiness The future of work in Asia and beyond 🎧 Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your executive inspiration and learn how global leaders think ahead, move faster, and lead smarter. Subscribe to our newsletter (https://lyc-partners.us22.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a6ba34d5d9e108df4fae223c8&id=a0961ca045)to get access to exclusive insights and all the details about the Leaders in Motion Academy, our executive program. If the topics we discussed today resonate with your own leadership challenges or the conversations happening in your organization - assessing international leaders, aligning global and local teams, building capabilities across regions. You can reach us at LYC Partners (http://www.lyc-partners.ai/contact-us) to set up a consultation. Produced by Bonjour Podcast (https://www.bonjourpodcast.com/) (Melanie Hong), Leaders in Motion blends storytelling, strategy, and data-driven insight, giving today’s leaders a roadmap to anticipate tomorrow’s challenges and lead with intention. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Publisher

LYC Partners

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Nov 2025

Latest episode

24 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Jul 2026

   31. Cut From the Same Cloth: What Luxury Boards Keep Getting Wrong About Cross-Border Strategy — with Anne Line Hansen

   "If you have fifteen people cut from the same cloth, you get a one-channel business vision that most likely will not be able to challenge each other." For Anne Line Hansen (https://www.linkedin.com/company/14490913/admin/page-posts/published/?share=true#), Founding Partner of ALH Advisory, most luxury brands treat cross-border growth as a distribution challenge. They hire agencies, run KOL campaigns, open flagships. What they rarely examine is whether the people making those decisions — at board level and in the C-suite — have ever operated in the markets they're entering. The result is a governance structure optimized for familiar markets, making unfamiliar-market decisions. That gap is not visible on the org chart. It shows up in campaign missteps, underperforming product lines, and go-to-market strategies that broadcast rather than engage. In this episode: Why "fifteen board members cut from the same cloth" is not a diversity talking point but a concrete competitive disadvantage — and the governance discipline required to break the pattern How the semiotic lens — symbols, codes, color associations — is the diagnostic step most luxury brands skip before entering a new market, and what it costs them What Chinese brands like Icicle are doing right by building cultural translation capacity at leadership level before they need to scale globally — and why Kering's minority stake is the signal Why fractional C-suite models may be the most practical answer for brands navigating multicultural markets without the budget or timeline to staff them fully If you advise luxury or fashion brands, sit on a board covering Asian markets, or are tracking the wave of Chinese brands moving into Europe — this one is for you. Follow the show and leave a rating to help more leaders find it. --- 🎧 Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your executive inspiration and learn how global leaders think ahead, move faster, and lead smarter. Subscribe to our newsletter (https://lyc-partners.us22.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a6ba34d5d9e108df4fae223c8&id=a0961ca045)to get access to exclusive insights and all the details about the Leaders in Motion Academy, our executive program. If the topics discussed resonate with your own leadership challenges or the conversations happening in your organization - assessing international leaders, aligning global and local teams, building capabilities across regions. You can reach us at LYC Partners (http://www.lyc-partners.ai/contact-us) to set up a consultation. -- Produced by Bonjour Podcast (https://www.bonjourpodcast.com/) (Melanie Hong), Leaders in Motion blends storytelling, strategy, and data-driven insight, giving today’s leaders a roadmap to anticipate tomorrow’s challenges and lead with intention. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.

2. 

   3 Jul 2026

   30. Scaling APAC: Why China, AI, and regional leadership cannot be managed from 10,000 km away — with Cedric Delzenne

   "There is no way you can micromanage anyone in China — and certainly not from ten thousand kilometers away." Most Western companies expanding into APAC build one regional strategy and apply it across the board. One pipeline. One dashboard. One assumption about what it means to operate in Asia. The region keeps proving that assumption wrong — expensively. In this episode, Kevin Hong speaks with Cedric Delzenne, a French executive with over 20 years of international experience across Europe, the US, Brazil, and Asia, and more than 15 years based in Hong Kong. As the founding Managing Director APAC of Fifty-Five, a digital analytics and AI consultancy, Cedric built a regional presence from scratch — from Hong Kong to Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taipei — navigating China's data sovereignty laws, the HQ–local trust gap, and the structural realities of a region most headquarters misread as a single market. Five threads: why APAC is a kaleidoscope of markets that cannot be managed as one; why Hong Kong remains a stronger regional launch base than Singapore for most foreign firms; why China's AI advantage is more cultural and structural than technical; why the real value of AI is in rewiring operating models, not adding tools; and why trust — not strategy — is the first thing a regional leader must build. In this episode: Why treating APAC as one market is the most costly assumption a foreign HQ makes — and what market-level translation actually looks like in practice The Hong Kong versus Singapore decision: what most Western companies get wrong about cost, banking, salary inflation, and regional mobility How China's open-source LLM approach and cultural risk appetite are creating a structural AI edge over Europe — and why boards need physical presence, not media coverage Why the companies that win with AI won't have the best tools — they'll have the most rewired operating models If you are building or advising in Asia, leading a cross-border technology or consulting practice, or placing senior executives into the region — this one is for you. Follow the show and leave a rating to help more leaders find it. --- 🎧 Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your executive inspiration and learn how global leaders think ahead, move faster, and lead smarter. Subscribe to our newsletter (https://lyc-partners.us22.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a6ba34d5d9e108df4fae223c8&id=a0961ca045)to get access to exclusive insights and all the details about the Leaders in Motion Academy, our executive program. If the topics discussed resonate with your own leadership challenges or the conversations happening in your organization - assessing international leaders, aligning global and local teams, building capabilities across regions. You can reach us at LYC Partners (http://www.lyc-partners.ai/contact-us) to set up a consultation. -- Produced by Bonjour Podcast (https://www.bonjourpodcast.com/) (Melanie Hong), Leaders in Motion blends storytelling, strategy, and data-driven insight, giving today’s leaders a roadmap to anticipate tomorrow’s challenges and lead with intention. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.

3. 

   25 Jun 2026

   29. The Integration Gap: Why Cross-Border Placements Fail on Culture, Not Skill with Jie Hong

   "The problem is not that Chinese teams resist change. The problem is that leaders arrive with a fixed model of what leadership looks like — and mistake cultural difference for underperformance." Cross-border executive placements rarely fail because someone lacks the skill. They fail in the integration — how authority is read, how conflict is handled, how feedback lands, and what alignment really means across cultures. In this episode, Kevin Hong speaks with Jie, a trilingual executive coach working across English, French, and Chinese, with lived experience across China, North America, and Europe. Drawing on Hofstede's cultural dimensions, real cases of Chinese companies acquiring French teams, and the daily frictions of multinational leadership, they break down why cultural integration is a core execution risk — especially in the first 90 days. Five threads: why the "soft skills" framing keeps companies underprepared, how power distance shapes leadership perception across China, France, and Nordic markets, the role of face in real-time feedback loops, the conversation no cross-border leader ever has but should, and the practical pivots that actually close the gap. In this episode: Why "yes" in a Beijing meeting doesn't mean what it means in Paris — and how to surface the real answer The power distance gap between China, France, and Nordic countries — and what it means for your leadership style on arrival Why the most important onboarding conversation is never about strategy — and what to ask instead How "connection before correction" changes both team integration and leadership credibility in a new market If you lead into China, sit on a board that covers China, or are placing senior leaders across borders — this one is for you. Follow the show and leave a rating to help more leaders find it. --- 🎧 Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your executive inspiration and learn how global leaders think ahead, move faster, and lead smarter. Subscribe to our newsletter (https://lyc-partners.us22.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a6ba34d5d9e108df4fae223c8&id=a0961ca045)to get access to exclusive insights and all the details about the Leaders in Motion Academy, our executive program. If the topics discussed resonate with your own leadership challenges or the conversations happening in your organization - assessing international leaders, aligning global and local teams, building capabilities across regions. You can reach us at LYC Partners (http://www.lyc-partners.ai/contact-us) to set up a consultation. -- Produced by Bonjour Podcast (https://www.bonjourpodcast.com/) (Melanie Hong), Leaders in Motion blends storytelling, strategy, and data-driven insight, giving today’s leaders a roadmap to anticipate tomorrow’s challenges and lead with intention. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings