Episode 3: Yelena Idelchik - Leading with Joy and Purpose

Send us Fan MailYelena Idelchik shares her 25-year journey in the CPG industry, from growing up in the Soviet Union to leading brands at Nabisco, Colgate-Palmolive, Cody, and Reckitt, with powerful insights on authentic leadership and team empowerment.• Learning the crucial difference: "A boss tells. A leader sets the vision, sets the example, and shares credit."• Building functions and teams that didn't exist before her arrival• The underrated power of joy in leadership – creating energy and optimism that's contagious• "The grass is greener where you water it" – focusing on nurturing what you have rather than what could have been• Using AI as a leadership development tool by analyzing meeting transcripts and practicing different approaches• Leadership is not about titles but how you show up – sometimes leading from the front, sometimes from the side, sometimes stepping back• The real test of leadership: whether people feel stronger because you were there