09/19/2025
Trust & Confidence
Across 28 Cultures
Room 3
12:00 – 12:45 pm
Experience how trust in yourself and others unlocks impactful intercultural leadership.
Description:
In a globalized world, intercultural competence is more than a nice-to-have—it is an essential leadership competence. Andrea Schwarz shares real stories and experiences from over 28 countries to demonstrate how cultural curiosity and people-oriented leadership can transform the success of international projects. You will explore how to build trust across cultural boundaries, how to embody clarity and presence in multicultural teams, and how genuine curiosity—not assumed certainty—can lead to successful intercultural relationships.
Key Takeaways:
Do you work in international projects or lead culturally diverse teams and want to strengthen your intercultural leadership? In this session, you will experience how cultural intelligence and intentional relationship-building help you build trust, bridge cultural differences, and lead with greater clarity and presence. You will receive people-centered insights to overcome bias, strengthen relationships — and most of all: shift your perspective.
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Andrea Schwarz (USA)
Andrea Schwarz is an executive coach, entrepreneur, and founder of IMUA OLA – an internationally operating executive coaching practice. She brings over 20 years of executive leadership experience at adidas, Reebok, and Novartis. With deep expertise in project and program management as well as intercultural leadership, she speaks at international conferences – and coaches leaders around the world, often from a canoe in Hawai'i.
