127 - Dare to lead with Licca Li

Embracing possibilities with purpose, passion and ‘heartset’.

Licca Li, Global Head of Growth and Marketing for Retail Services at IKEA, is a visionary leader who lives and leads with passion and purpose. She believes vision is not something to achieve, but it is the driver that lets you dare to continue.

In this latest interview in my business leaders series, I am thrilled to share this conversation with Licca, who shares her insightful reflections on what it means to be a leader now in our rapidly evolving complex world, including how cultural communication and intelligence can work in reality in global teams.

Licca emphasises the significance of being a connector, a communicator, and an imaginator in global leadership roles. As we discuss today's volatile world, Licca shares her thoughts on the need for leaders to cultivate inner clarity and emotional intelligence so they can achieve the balance between action and vision, delivering what’s needed short term vs looking at an agenda for real change.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Leadership starts with purpose and passion
• Daring to imagine and create possibilities
• How can cultural intelligence work in practice
• Gaining inner clarity as a leader
• How to maintain emotional intelligence in volatile times
• The difference between alignment and agreement in teams
• Leadership is about ‘heartset’, not only mindset
• The balance between action and vision

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