Women Lead

About Women Lead

Join Nadia Koski, a digital media industry leader and creator, in authentic and empowering - also occasionally hilarious - conversations on Women Lead. Women Lead is a podcast dedicated to the important leadership topics, challenges, and achievements that professionals, particularly women, experience in the workplace. Through in-depth discussions with guests, Nadia explores what it takes to build your career, lead with empathy, and help the next generation of young leaders rise to take the reins in their industries. Based in Florence Italy, Nadia Koski brings more than sixteen years of experience as a team leader and global content director at an international digital media and ad tech organization, as well as a background in fashion and artist management, publishing, and digital startups. The podcast explores unique insights from all voices in the global media space, in a refreshing format meant to inform, inspire, and make you laugh.

Publisher

The Digital Distillery

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Mar 2023

Latest episode

7 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

45 of 70 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   You Can’t Have It All. And That’s the Point. A Candid Conversation with Dorit Posdorf

   In this episode of Women Lead, host Nadia Koski sits down with Dorit Posdorf, an experienced marketing executive, to explore what leadership, growth, and self-awareness truly entail behind the scenes. From her early days in consulting to senior roles across e-commerce, fashion, beauty, and digital health, Dorit shares a refreshingly honest view of her career journey, one shaped by adaptability, strong networks, and the courage to say, "no". Together, they challenge the myth of “having it all,...

2. 

   17 Dec 2025

   Navigating the Future of Media and Advertising with Verena Gründel

   In this year-end wrap episode of Women Lead, Nadia Koski sits down with Verena Gründel, Host and Director of Brand & Communications, at DMEXCO, and one of Germany’s Top 100 Most Influential Women, for a timely and thought-provoking conversation on where media, marketing, and communication are heading next going into 2026. As the industry reflects on a year shaped by rapid innovation, awards season, and cultural shifts, Verena shares her perspective on the trends, tensions, and transforma...

3. 

   11 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Unapologetic Holistic Leadership with Shazia Ginai

   In this powerful episode of Women Lead, host Nadia Koski sits down with Shazia Ginai, Global VP of Consulting at Lumen Research and founder of Exhale Expand, to explore a career journey defined by courage, reinvention, and deep authenticity. Trained in science and shaped by lived experience, Shazia shares how she carved a path into global leadership while staying grounded in holistic wellbeing and purpose-driven growth. Together, they unpack the realities of navigating toxic workplace culture...

Inside a recent episode

You Can’t Have It All. And That’s the Point. A Candid Conversation with Dorit Posdorf

Published 7 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's not about having goals. But to also think you can have it all and you have to do it all. I think it's completely the wrong mindset. Because you will be unrelaxed and you will not perform best because in the end, you are not you. And we are you. I am myself and you are yourself for a good reason. […]

Who has been a guest on Women Lead

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Haleh Shoa
• Lisa Smith
• Donna Dupont
• Michelle Wolber
• Elena Klöser

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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