Today we have invited Amit Singhal to discuss with us how he and his team were able to Successfully Set Up a Subscription E-commerce Business. Amit is a Digital Commerce leader experienced in developing and driving revenue opportunities in Fortune 500 Consumer goods companies with expertise in all things digital – eCommerce, Direct-to-Consumer, B2B & Commercial Analytics. He led the creation of the highly successful Subscription-based Direct-to-Consumer business ‘Hill’s to Home’ in the USA for Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a division of Colgate Palmolive.

Topics Covered:

- The three key things to consider before trying to start a subscription business.

- The road to a successful subscription business may not be what you think.

- Starting a company inside is a large corporate isn’t easy, what’s the trick?

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How to Successfully Set Up a Subscription E-commerce Business with Amit Singhal

With the ever changing and unpredictable business landscape, how can managers make sure their teams are being developed in the right way with the right skill sets?

Dietmar Knoess, Global Director People & Organization at Puma, highlights the importance of constant upskilling and on the job learning. Dietmar shares with us a few details about the 70-20-10 rule implemented by Puma for training their teams. He will share which leadership skills are the most relevant in the retail industry and how analytics can help within talent development.

If you would like to speak with LS International about your next career step or the best ways to develop your team, please choose a time to speak with our team here - https://ls-international.com/contact/

How to Manage and Develop Talent in an Agile Environment with Dietmar Knoess

Social responsibility is high on most company’s agendas and on this interview with Douglas Lamont, you will hear how he has been able to balance social responsibility and performance as the former CEO of Innocent Drinks and soon to be CEO of Tony's Chocoloney.

How to Balance Social Responsibility and Performance with Douglas Lamont

Elaine Bowers Coventry, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer at The Coca-Cola Company explains how we can use inclusion as a powerful tool to get better business outcomes and fully exploit the power of people. In legacy organizations, Elaine explains how can we enable new skills and capabilities to integrate and thrive.

How to Bring Diverse Skillsets Together to Create High Performing Teams with Elaine Bowers Coventry

On this episode of the career success podcast, David Clutterbuck, professor, author and serial entrepreneur shares his secret behind increasing the success of retaining talent, recruitment, succession planning, and diversity management.

The Secrets Behind Successful Mentorship with David Clutterbuck

Delphine Donné, the VP General Manager of Logitech Personal Workspace Solutions shares her experience of working in the consumer electronics industry for over three decades and reflects on how the industry has evolved during this time. She specifically highlights Logitech's success in creating a highly inclusive work environment, and provides insights into effective strategies for promoting diversity within the tech world.

To connect with Delphine, contact her via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/delphinedonne/

How to Inspire Diversity in the Tech World with Delphine Donné

Megan Giannini, the Global Head of Talent, Development and Organizational Effectiveness at Philips, shares her practical experience in connecting business performance and culture, exploring how culture can be made tangible and effectively supported with tools and methodologies. Megan also shares how to integrate culture with talent strategy and leverage data to reinforce and optimize your strategic approach. 

For those of you interested in getting in touch with Megan, please reach out here on linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-giannini-400189/

How to Link Business Performance and Culture with Megan Giannini

Florence Rollet, Independent Board Member for Anora Group and Arla Foods, shares insights on pursuing board work and navigating the process effectively. Emphasizing diverse skills and a strong network, she advises considering board roles at different career stages. Florence offers guidance for public and private board opportunities, highlighting the complexity of the role, requiring deep understanding and collaborative skills with fellow board members

To get in touch with Florence, please reach out to her on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-rollet-201b041/

Building Your Board Portfolio with Florence Rollet

Join us in this engaging discussion as we sit down with Tim Moore, Chief Technology Officer, EVP of SharkNinja, to explore the fascinating realm of innovation scalability. Discover how a multibillion-dollar powerhouse can harness the agility of a startup, delving into the lifecycle of new ideas and the pivotal factors that drive their scalability. Tim Moore provides invaluable insights into maintaining innovation within large corporations, navigating potential bureaucratic hurdles, and the crucial role of seamless inter-team communication.

How to Survive Rapid Business Scaling with Tim Moore

This podcast episode features Dr. Mark Young and Justin Girouard, hosts of the CPG Insiders podcast and leaders at Jekyll and Hyde Advertising and Marketing. They share their insights on navigating the US market compared to other markets and discuss the challenges and reasons why many brands that have succeeded in other countries often fail when trying to launch in the US. The conversation explores the reasons behind these failures, common misconceptions, and frequent mistakes made by businesses, while offering valuable advice for companies considering entry into the US market.

If you're looking for more information about the CPG industry in the US, you can visit their website at cpginsiders.com or listen to their podcast, CPG Insiders.

For those of you interested in getting in touch with Mark and Justin, you can check out their agency at JandHlabs.com

Navigating the US Market: Why It Isn't Like Other Markets with Dr. Mark Young and Justin Girouard

In our latest podcast, we had the privilege of hosting Satish Jayakumar, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 24 years of diverse experience in strategic online business development. Currently serving as the COO at Increasingly, board director at Kavida.ai, and the visionary behind Future Anthem Consulting, Satish shared insights into the effectiveness of video selling. He delved into the reasons behind companies resisting its adoption, providing valuable perspectives on common misconceptions and missed opportunities. 

Tune in for a deeper understanding of the dynamic landscape of online businesses through Satish's wealth of experience.

To contact Satish, kindly connect with him on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/satish/

The Visual Disconnect: Exploring DTC Companies' Video Resistance with Satish Jayakumar

LS International has lunched here our new 10-minute Career Success Podcast will keep you up to date with recent industry and leadership trends, and give insight on what skills are needed today to help you achieve your career goals.

Our first guest is Alex Mierandino who is currently Head of Global Go to Market Strategy for Danone but has also been an entrepreneur where he grew his business to 1 million USD turnover in 9 months.

Alex Miserandino

Listen here for our 2nd episode of the Career Success Podcast. Our guest on this episode is Vincent Egbe who has 12 years’ experience in FMCG within the African market. Vincent is currently the General Manager of West and Central Africa for The Kraft Heinz Company.

Vincent Egbe

Listen here for our 3rd episode of the Career Success Podcast. Our guest on this episode is Heidi Greslé who has 21 years’ experience in Global Consumer Health Care companies. Heidi is currently the General Manager UK and Ireland for Merck Consumer Health Care.

Heidi Greslé

On this episode we will be joined by Juan Amat. Juan has 17 years’ experience, 12 within the consumer goods industry, and has worked in Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Warsaw, and Geneva. He is the former VP, GM Nutrition for Western Europe and Sub Saharan Africa, where he lead Fruit, Veg and Cereal categories totaling more than $2bn in Retail Sales Value.

Juan Amat

Attracting and retaining talent is a hot subject in today’s market. Employers are keener than ever to find out how they can adapt and lead today’s millennium. Gianluca di Tondo, Senior Global Brand Director for the Heineken® Brand explores how ‘they need to see you not only as the boss, but a mentor. You need to keep getting excited, you need to fuel their passion, and they need to see the passion in you.’ Gianluca is self-motivated and entrepreneurial with an edge in global marketing, managing partnerships, motivating teams and getting things done.

Listen to the full podcast to hear Gianluca speak about his thoughts on leadership, goals, and what it’s like to be a part of one of the most well-known brands globally.

Gianluca di Tondo

The Edelman trust barometer says 51% of employees do not trust their CEO’s and we know employee engagement and trust is a big factor in that and a popular topic right now. We were joined by James Mounter, VP of Sales for J&J China to discuss his thoughts on leadership, management and employee engagement.

James Mounter

LS International speaks with Patricia Corsi, CMO Bayer Consumer Healthcare to find out more about her experience in delivering results and leading successful business transformation in Latin America and Europe. Her fluency in 3 languages, combined with a strong sense of curiosity allows her to be closer to consumer and customer and to use this connectivity to better drive product mixes and use experiences that serve unmet consumer needs.

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Patricia Corsi

Roopa Varghese, Sr. Director of Digital Marketplaces and New Brands at Georgia-Pacific, provides her insights on how the US macro-economy has shifted and affected the Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods industry. Roopa has a lengthy business experience in the US, having been based there for over 12 years, having had leadership roles for the likes of The Boston Consulting Group and The Hershey Company before landing her current role.

Roopa Varghese

Montse Passolas is a highly qualified Global Marketing and Branding board level executive with over 18 years of experience in marketing and communications, digital, new product development, retail, PR and business development strategy within leading brands and companies. Montse is a true international profile with experience working in Spain, France UK, US, and with an emphasis on the beauty and luxury markets with a proven ability to adapt and work efficiently in fast-paced organizations. She is a marketer with strong commercial acumen, online discipline and consumer focus; excellent leadership, charisma and communication abilities.

How to Identify Leaders with Montse Passolas of Rimmel at Coty

Motivating a team can be a challenge. As business leaders, we will have to get people of different origins, ages, nationalities, genders, functions and even industries to work together.

As this is a topic that comes up in many of our conversations, we have the pleasure to have Peter Hall on this edition to discuss it. Peter is currently the President for consumer brands at Dean & Deluca. Born in Australia, he’s held executive positions at the likes of Diageo and Heineken before his current assignment, having been based in the US, the UK, Mexico and Venezuela.

How to Motivate your Team? With Peter Hall from Dean & DeLuca

On this episode of the Career Success Podcast we have invited Remko Tetenburg to join us. He has 28 years’ experience within the FMCG industry where he developed a broad knowledge of Marketing & Sales. For the last 10 years he has been in General Management positions where he has been responsible for the full business, from sales through manufacturing operations. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Melitta Sales Europe where he is responsible for Sales over 0.5 billion Euros and is the leader of 450 employees. He has a vast international background as he has lived in 6 different countries and is fluent in five languages.

On this episode we discuss:

How different work and meeting cultures come into play
How to involve and engage remote teams
Why team values should be discussed and identified at the start
Why it is important to look at the differences, but also the commonalities within teams
The rewards and successes of managing diverse teams

Working Internationally: Challenges and Opportunities with Remko Tetenburg

Navigating your way in a new business culture can be difficult, on this episode we speak with Carole Rissmann about her experiences working in the US and Europe.  Carole has a 20 year success record at Beiersdorf, where she led strategically and operationally top-ranked and Iconic global skincare brands like NIVEA and Eucerin. Her last role was as VP marketing for Beiersdorf in the US.

In this episode we discuss:

Business culture and how this is defined
The types of profiles which are hired in each region
How living and working in diverse environment effects your problem solving skills, creativity and leadership style
Carole’s 3 tips on being successful in any new  business culture

Business in the North America vs. Europe with Carole Rissmann

On this episode of The Career Success Podcast, LS International speaks with Tharyn Estevez, Director of Marketing and Brand Activation CEE at Mattel.

During the podcast, we discuss:

Where the toy industry is heading and the role of digital play vs. traditional play.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how employees will work with machines in the future.
How Tharyn’s various leadership roles have shaped her management style.

Tharyn Estevez Director of Marketing and Brand Activation CEE at Mattel

With International Women’s day coming up, we wanted to do a special edition of the Podcast. The role of women in business a topic that is becoming more and more a top priority for companies, but also one where there’s still a major ongoing debate and not necessarily a consensus yet. To discuss this, we’ve invited Anne Engerant, currently SVP of RB Health in Latin America.

Anne joined RB in France, her home country, in 1997, after five years spent at P&G and a two-year sabbatical between her first two maternities during which she went back to university to and worked with NGOs taking care of homeless people and Aids affected persons.
After the birth of her third daughter, in 2000 and another sabbatical spent at writing a novel, she moved in 2001 to UK to lead the European business for AirWick. She was promoted as Regional Marketing Director for South Asia in 2003, based in New Delhi (India). Here she turned India into a growth machine and … conceived her fourth daughter.
After a seven month long maternity break in France, she moved back to UK in 2007 as Global Category Director Sustainability to shape, with a cross functional team, the RB Carbon 20 Program aiming at reducing RB´s carbon footprint. Sustainability is a family passion. Anne´s husband is a gardener from the Royal Horticulture Society of England and a Beekeeper from the Royal Beekeeping Society of Belgium.
In 2008 Anne was promoted General Manager of Belgium where she spent two years before moving back to UK as Global Category Director for AirWick and then the RB sore throat business (Strepsils, Graneodin).
She (finally?) moved to Mexico in 2014 to complete the integration of the BMS Health brands and factory and put the business to double digit growth.
In 2018, she got promoted as SVP latam health and led the integration of Mead Johnson acquisition and the creation of the RB Health business unit across Latam.

Main topics covered in the Podcast

 How women’s position in business has changed throughout the years
How Anne and RB have encouraged the promotion of female talent
The evolution of the topic in the next years
Actions to be taken to promote gender diversity within an organization

International Women’s Day Feature with Anne Engerant

Many organizations have ramped up their efforts to improve the working situation for women, minorities and all employees. Especially in the past years with the rise of women’s movements against discrimination, in and outside the work sphere, the interest in gender issues has become a focal topic for all business. This is the reason why we have invited Putri Realita to this edition of the “Career Success Podcast” so she can shine some light on what today’s diversity and inclusion efforts look like and how it can help any organization

Putri Realita is leading the Diversity & Inclusion program globally at Danone. She started this role at the Danone HQ in Paris in May 2016 and has initiated D&I at global level and deployed it into 30 clusters in 5 different regions.

Before joining the global team in Paris, Putri worked at Danone Nutricia business in Indonesia as Head of Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, and before that she held various roles in Corporate Affairs, CSR & Communications at British American Tobacco in Indonesia & Malaysia. In her various roles, she always has a passion in cultural transformation, especially for changing people mindset and ways of working. She studied at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, majoring in Biotechnology. Since February 2019, Putri has joined the Education Committee of the LEAD Network, intending to contribute to transforming people’s mindset through education for the LEAD Network’s members.

She is a proud Indonesian who enjoys yoga and exploring the world, together with her German husband, Christian. So far, she has visited 50 countries and still counting.

On this Podcast we cover:

What is D&I and how to define it?
How does the Danone D&I Program work?
What is her motivation?
What things still need to get done and improve?
Advice for companies in early stages of their D&I programs.

Diversity and Inclusion with Putri Realita

In a world where technology and globalization are bringing us closer together, the unknown is becoming something rare. Central Asia is one exception. A vast territory formed by former Soviet Republics which is developing and opening up but is still a mystery to many.  To shed some light and learn more about this region, we invited Vugar Manafli, the General Manager Central Asia for Colgate Palmolive, who’s lived and worked in the region since he moved to Uzbekistan in 2010. He’s currently based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Central Asia with Vugar Manafli

Going international and managing a global career is not an easy choice, but can be an immensely rewarding one, both at a personal and professional Level. To hear more about how to manage this career and life choice, we invited Kevin Corning.

Mr. Corning has lived and worked in over 7 countries. He joined the Claire’s board in October of 2018 and was named interim CEO in March of 2019. Kevin is the former EVP, International for Carter’s Inc. a global leader in children’s apparel. Previously Kevin spent 20 years working in general management in Asia, South American and Europe for companies such as Nike, Mars and Whirlpool. He also spent 5 years as a US Army officer serving as a helicopter pilot. He graduated from the College of William and Mary and has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

Topics covered in the podcast

- Mr. Corning's global experience
- Why it is a good career strategy to move internationally
- Leadership abilities learnt in different markets
- How having an international profile can differentiate you against peers
- Balancing an international career with personal life

Driving a Global Career with Kevin Corning

Dagmar Chlosta is a 30 year veteran of the FMCG industry with a focus on sporting goods and cosmetics. She served on the board of Schwan Cosmetics, the global leader in cosmetic pencil manufacturing, as Chief Market Officer responsible for global Product, Communications and Marketing. Prior to joining Schwan Cosmetics, she worked in various global executive positions for Under Armour Inc. based in the USA and the adidas Group based in Germany. Her core expertise lies in the areas of Strategy, Operations and Transformation.

She is passionate about leading through a compelling vision and creating a culture of belonging which allows people to  fulfill their potential and be inspired. She is a renowned change expert having led many major transformational programs across industries.

Ms Chlosta has lived and worked in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom and thrives on  an international and diverse environment. She is a strong believer in gender balanced teams and the power of women leadership.

Given this background, we wanted to invite her to the Podcast to discuss leadership in the digital era, to understand how we can build a compelling vision in this day and age.

Topics Covered in the Podcast

• Digital Transformation and its implications in an organization

• Why is this Transformation important

• How the world has changed as a consequence of Digital

• Setting a compelling vision for your organization today

• Leadership required to transform an organization

Leading and Building a Compelling Vision in the Digital Age with Dagmar Chlosta

Now more than ever the line between a successful business and one that struggles has become a foggy frontier. Digitalization, personalization and technology make the most successful company model outdated in less than a decade. Having the ability to adapt to ever-changing landscapes and adjusting to the newest social trends are some of the key factors to thriving in today’s scenery. To understand how to make this happen we have invited Cecile Budge. With over 20 years of experience in the FMCG and Personal Care industry, Cecile has led both P&G’s Mass and Prestige Beauty businesses, and then more recently headed up the UK business at Shiseido. 
Topics covered in this podcast:
•	The importance of strategic innovation
•	How to strategically innovate. Examples.
•	The Who, What and How of Strategic Innovation
•	What are the typical barriers to innovation and how can you overcome them as a leader?

Winning Through Strategic Innovation with Cecile Budge

We've heard many times the media talking about the concept of a digital native, but the truth is that the majority of the current workforce doesn't fit in this demographic. We invited Anna Campagna, the current Sales Director for Heineken APAC, an Italian national that's lived and worked in Europe, Mexico and Singapore, where she's currently based. The aim is to understand  digital native vs. digital immigrant, and how they can work together to find joint success.
  
•	The concept of Digital Immigrant
•	The need of experienced executives to go Digital
•	Challenges for these generations working together
•	Mrs. Campagna’s personal experience
•	Key take-aways and advice

Digital Immigrants & Natives with Anna Campagna

Leaders usually have teams of both people who do a great job – over-performers, but also others who may struggle to keep up with the performance standards which they are expected to deliver – under-performers. We have invited Lies Ellison, an experienced managing director who has worked leading teams across organizations such as P&G, PepsiCo, Friesland Campina and Accenture. She will share with us some tips on how to work with both under and over-performers to make sure our teams are as effective as they could be.

How to Best Lead Under and Over Performers with Lies Ellison-Davis

Partnerships between big and small companies are becoming a very positive tool for both parts to grow substantially and benefit from it economically. To discuss this issue, we've invited Olga Guerous, who believes in the huge potential of entrepreneurs to inject positive value with innovations for the business, society, and environment.
Olga has had executive roles in leading Consumer goods and Healthcare Companies like Danone, Novartis or PepsiCo,  and more recently as Commercial Vice President and Regional Head for EU CIS in Mars Inc. Throughout her entire career, she has been praised for her strategic thinking, perspective, extreme curiosity as well as strategic partnership development and transformation skills.
 
Topics covered
•	Current status in the consumer industry (FMCG/CPG) Environment
•	Main challenges main players are facing
•	Smaller fast-growing and innovative companies in this industry
•	How big and small players can partner to create successful partnerships
•	Steps to create a successful partnership

Unlocking Disruptive Partnerships with Olga Guerous

Lauren Stiebing was recently invited to Mark Whitby's Resilient Recruiter Podcast to discuss how increasingly important it is to develop a strong personal brand to be successful as a recruiter. That applies to all recruitment consultants but is especially critical for independent recruiters and owners of small recruiting and staffing agencies.

My guest today—Lauren Stiebing—is a great example of a recruiter who has embraced personal branding as a way to differentiate herself in a crowded market. Lauren started her search firm, LS International, in the US and has built a thriving global practice in the CPG/FMCG space. There were many factors that contributed to her success, including her relentless persistence.

In our conversation, we talk about the challenge of building a client base from scratch and the learning curve associated with mastering the ins and outs of business development. She shares the unique challenges she faced and the different strategies she’s used to successfully build her recruitment business. She’s one of my superstar clients and it’s a wonderful privilege to welcome her to the show.

The Resilient Recruiter

How to Build Your Personal Brand as a Recruiter with Lauren Stiebing and Mark Whitby

On this episode of the career success podcast we are joined by two-year entrepreneur Sharon Joseph. Sharon is the CEO of CREWASIS TM, an outsourced data-shop solving for the talent gap in data and analytics today. She is also the founder of BREWASIS, a company that drove new revenue streams for craft breweries and the beverage industry using data and analytics.

Sharon had an 18-year career in large multinationals such as PepsiCo, GSK and RB from a route sales rep driving a Frito Lay truck in Canada to a VP on the Walmart account and running all customer sales strategy for the US for large global healthcare brands.

Nowadays, people need data and information more than ever. The way we can access it is in continuous transformation and if you do not have certain data tools as part of your business model, you will be behind and less competitive.

Sharon Joseph explains to us what is “data transformation” and why it is so important for cross industries and in large companies ‘perspective.

Topics covered:
- 3 reasons for which data is useful now, more than ever.
- Understanding where is your company in the data transformation journey.
- How to decide which are the best tools for your business.

Data Transformation with Sharon Joseph the CEO of Crewasis

We stress about stress A LOT. Stress can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous. In short, stress is your body’s reaction to a challenge or demand, which means that the workplace is usually one of the main sources of physical or emotional tension.

To try to understand stress further and how to use it to our advantage, we have invited Barton Warner, CEO & Co-Founder at R3SET, a new consumer wellness company that launched in CVS , Amazon and Target this year. Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavour, Barton was a senior executive at Bayer where he was responsible for strategic planning, resource allocation, and new growth initiatives for its $3 billion portfolio.

Topics covered in this podcast:

- R3SET or how to make stress less stressful
- How does stress impact and individual’s performance at work? How does it affect team dynamics?
- Is stress a taboo? How can we address it in the workplace?
- Advice on how to use stress as a driving force to push us forward.

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