May 9, 2025
What Is Authentic Leadership? 7 Lessons from Podcast Guests
You're highly capable. So why does your next move feel so unclear? For senior leaders at a career inflection point — whether navigating a layoff, a values misalignment, or a long-overdue pivot — the problem is rarely a lack o...
Here are some great episodes to start with.
You're highly capable. So why does your next move feel this unclear? Executive coach Karen Kunkel-Young — known as "the telescope in the room" — joins Lori Adams-Brown to reveal what senior leaders consistently miss at career inflection points, and how to reclaim agency, visibility, and strategic influence before your next move defines you.
Whether you're navigating a layoff, a leadership plateau, a values-driven exit, or a long-overdue pivot — this conversation will c…
You're highly capable. So why does your next move feel so unclear?For senior leaders at a career inflection point — whether navigating a layoff, a values misalignment, or a long-overdue pivot — the problem is rarely a lack of skill. It's a lack of perspective.In this episode, executive coach a…
You're highly capable. So why does your next move feel so unclear? For senior leaders at a career inflection point — whether navigating a layoff, a values misalignment, or a long-overdue pivot — the problem is rarely a lack o...
What do you do when the doors you’ve worked for keep closing because of factors you can’t control? In this episode, Rebeca Lopez Valerio shares how she turned “no” into fuel, built opportunities from scratch, and learned to lead with coraje, heart-forward courage rooted in identity, resilience, and…
What do you do when the doors you’ve worked for keep closing because of factors you can’t control? In this episode, Rebeca Lopez Valerio shares how she turned “no” into fuel, built opportunities from scratch, and learned to lead with coraje, heart-forward courage rooted in identity, resilience, and…
What if the very conversations you’re avoiding are the ones that could change everything? In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of silence, and how choosing “peace” over honesty can slowly erode trust, connection, and even joy.Many of us were taught to keep the peace, smooth things over, …
Podcast Host &. Executive Producer
Lori Adams-Brown is Director, Global Talent Development in a Silicon Valley tech company. She hosts the top 5% global podcast A World of Difference, where she interviews authentic leaders about their unique differences and encouraging us all to make a difference around the world together. She is an international speaker and consultant with over 20 years of global management work experience from living and working on 3 continents. She sits on the Silicon Valley Executive Board of How Women Lead and on the board of Justice Revival in Washington, D.C.
Raised in international schools in Costa Rica and Venezuela, and having lived and worked in Southeast Asia for 20 years, Lori has led cross-functional global teams to do everything from tsunami relief to community development to business. As a former international relief & development leader, she has led distributed global teams in multiple countries where she learned to speak six languages. She has spoken to audiences in Singapore, Venezuela, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, and all over the US. She holds a BA in both Sociology and Spanish and a Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies.
Her happy place is sipping a flat white coffee and having a deep conversation while enjoying either a beach or mountain vacation with the love of her life, Jason, their urbanite TCK teens, and rescue dog.
