Heads of Global Capability Centers are often recognised for operational excellence, scale and efficiency. Yet behind every successful centre is a leadership philosophy that determines whether it remains a delivery organisation or evolves into a trusted strategic partner. In this edition of GCC Voices, I spoke with Paula Ordoñez Angel, former Americas GBS Site Director […]
Internal branding
What Internal Communications Hiring Shows About the Profession’s Future
I did an analysis of about 50 job postings across India, Poland and Australia on Indeed, Seek, Naukri, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Monster from January through June 2026, supplemented by industry reports from Cornerstone, PwC, Happeo, Cercl, and Poppulo to identify critical market shifts. Read on to learn more on what the market is telling us […]
Building a Distinct Global Capability Center
For the past several years, I have been working with and inside global capability centers – as a practitioner, as an advisor, and as someone who has watched what separates the centers that grow from the ones that quietly lose relevance. One thing I did not find, in all that time, was a course built […]
New Udemy course launched: Building a Distinct Global Capability Center
There are two kinds of global capability centers. The first kind delivers. On time. Within SLA. Year after year. And then it gets closed. Not because it failed. Because nobody could explain — clearly, specifically, compellingly — what made it worth protecting. I have watched this happen to centers that outperformed their peers on every […]
Authentic Is Not a Style. It Is a Standard.
The word has been used so often in IC and HR circles that it has almost lost meaning. Authentic leadership. Authentic communication. Authentic employer brand. It appears in conference agendas, job descriptions and strategy documents with enough frequency that it has started to function as wallpaper. And yet the data underneath it is serious, and […]
New Course Launch | Reclaim Your Strategic Value as a Communicator – Now on Udemy!
My new Udemy course is live. Are you a Communicator — or a Content Factory? If you have spent time wondering why your effort does not translate into influence, why your expertise is not recognised at the level it should be, or why you are always executing rather than shaping — this course was built […]
Whose voice is it anyway?
What happens to the concept of a single organisational voice when employees have a legally protected right to produce their own? The communications crisis at Volkswagen between 2023 and 2025 is unlike anything produced by the Silicon Valley CEO memo era, because it operates in a fundamentally different power structure. Understanding it matters not just […]
What Does Your Choice of Channel Say About How Much You Trust Your Employees?
In the space of a few years, the question of how to communicate major change to a workforce has produced answers as different as the organisations giving them. Looking at five global leaders side by side, the channel choice alone tells a story about organisational culture, leader confidence, and the relationship between internal and external […]
My New Udemy Course – Employer Branding Masterclass is live! Take it now.
My new Udemy course is live — and I could not be more excited to share it. After 25+ years working inside global organisations – from GCCs and MNCs to capability centres across three continents, I have finally put everything I know about employer branding into one practitioner-led course. Employer Branding Masterclass: From Foundations to […]
What is the real risk for Global Capability Centers right now?
It is not just about cost or finding talent. The real risk is relevance. Srinivas Sampath and I recently ran a webinar titled Global Capability Center Change and Communication Strategy Blueprint for the industry. In this short clip, Srinivas shares a perspective that many GCC leaders may recognize but perhaps do not openly discuss. Watch […]









