We’re living through a quiet revolution in leadership. In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio explores one of the most profound shifts reshaping how we lead: from being the one with the answers, to becoming the one who grows others. Through a powerful story of a high-performing leader on the edge of burnout, we discover how coaching is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s essential.

Giovanna challenges common myths (“I don’t have time to coach”) and offers a fresh perspective on how micro-moments of curiosity, presence, and trust can ignite thinking and ownership across teams. If you’ve ever wondered how to balance control and empowerment, or how to build a culture of initiative, this 10-minute reflection will leave you with clarity, inspiration, and one simple truth:

Leadership today isn’t about driving the engine — it’s about becoming the space where others rise.

Listen now. And share it with a leader who’s ready to evolve.

The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
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We say we value teamwork. But how many of us were ever taught how to team?

In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio unpacks why real teaming — not just collaborating, managing, or aligning — is one of the most vital yet overlooked leadership capacities of our time.

Teaming is not a structure. It’s a living skill. A way of being in difference without disconnection. Of navigating complexity with presence, not performance. Of building trust not through strategy decks — but through small, daily acts of courage.

You’ll learn:

• Why psychological safety isn’t about being nice — it’s about being real
• How high-functioning teams disagree productively
• Six practices that bring teaming to life — from surfacing the unspoken to strategic silence

Whether you’re a leader, coach, or team member, this episode will help you see teaming not as a buzzword — but as a transformational practice.

Tune in. Reflect. And remember: teaming isn’t a role — it’s a choice we make, again and again.

The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
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Most teams are stuck in outdated decision-making — swinging between command-and-control or endless consensus. The result? Confusion, delays, and decisions that sound aligned… but fall apart in practice.

In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio introduces a transformative alternative: consent-based decision-making. It’s fast without being forceful, inclusive without getting stuck. And most importantly — it builds mature teams that know how to navigate complexity together.

You’ll learn:

• Why traditional decision-making often masks disengagement
• How to use objections as fuel for wiser choices
• A step-by-step process for making “safe enough to try” decisions
• How consent builds real commitment — not just quiet compliance

For organisations ready to grow up — not just scale up — this episode offers a practical and profound path forward.

🎙️ Tune in to explore how we decide — and who we become in the process.

The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
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Leadership development is everywhere — and yet, many leaders quietly confess: “Something’s still missing.”

In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio explores the untold side of leadership growth — not the horizontal climb of skills and certifications, but the vertical descent into identity, meaning, and maturity.

We meet Lara, a capable leader who has ticked every developmental box… but feels emotionally undernourished. Her question, “Who am I becoming as a leader?” opens the door to a deeper journey — one that many professionals feel but rarely name.

This episode invites coaches, HR partners, and organisational leaders to pause the race for performance, and consider a more radical question:

What if the future of leadership isn’t faster — but deeper?

Tune in to explore the spiral path of growth, and why true transformation always begins within.

The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
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We rarely talk about leadership as a question of psychological maturity — but what if that’s the missing conversation?

In this episode, Giovanna D’Alessio explores a quiet but profound shift: from leading through control to leading through co-creation. It’s not about changing your leadership style — it’s about evolving your relationship to power, trust, and responsibility.

Through the contrasting stories of Matteo and Tami, we unpack what really separates high-performing teams that feel flat, from those that feel alive. And we ask the deeper questions most models skip:
What are you protecting when you take control?
And what becomes possible when you don’t?

For HR professionals, coaches, and organizational leaders who want to grow not just in skills, but in self — this one’s for you.

The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
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In this episode of The Orange Twist, Giovanna D’Alessio leads us into an unexpected pairing: ancient oracles and artificial intelligence. From the smoky riddles of Delphi to the sleek dashboards of today, we explore what happens when leaders look to technology for answers—and forget to listen to themselves.

Episode 10 introduces the idea of Agentic Leadership: leadership that remains human, present, and awake in an age of algorithms. It’s not about rejecting AI, but about using it without outsourcing our sense-making.

Through two powerful stories—one from a financial institution, one from an NGO—we see what’s at stake when human intuition is silenced, and what becomes possible when it's honored alongside data.

As AI becomes more embedded in our organizations, this short episode is a call to pause, reflect, and lead from within. Because AI may be the new Oracle—but it’s still our job to interpret the riddle.

The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
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In Episode 9 of The Orange Twist, Giovanna D’Alessio shares a striking moment inside a Dutch boardroom: a sleek space, a leadership retreat, and an empty chair placed—deliberately—for the Customer. That silent gesture becomes the thread that pulls us into a deeper exploration of purpose: not as branding, but as an operating system.

What happens when purpose is real? What happens when it’s fake?

Drawing on examples from Patagonia, Wells Fargo, Volkswagen, and McKinsey, this episode challenges us to examine the gap between the values we claim and the actions we take. That gap—when left unaddressed—breeds cynicism, saps trust, and quietly erodes the soul of an organization.

But purpose can be reclaimed. And sometimes, it starts with a symbolic act—a chair left empty, to remind us who we truly serve.

This 10-minute reflection is a wake-up call for leaders, coaches, and culture shapers who are ready to move beyond purpose as performance—and into purpose as practice.

The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
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We talk a lot about employee experience as if it were a design problem: tools, processes, perks, and touchpoints. But beneath the systems lies something more delicate — the emotional and spiritual landscape people walk through every day at work.

In this episode, I tell the story of Luca, a rising star who, despite success on paper, felt like a ghost in his own career. We’ll explore why so many employees silently ache with disconnection, why engagement numbers remain stubbornly low, and why no tech stack can substitute for presence, meaning, and care.

You’ll also discover a simple but powerful team practice — Showing & Reflecting the Hidden — to help dissolve the gap between what’s said and what’s felt, what’s official and what’s true.

Because employee experience is not just an HR agenda. It’s the soul of the system. And when we meet people there, work becomes more than a transaction — it becomes a place of becoming.

The Orange Twist is hosted by Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC — reflections on leadership, culture, and change for HR professionals and organizational leaders.
Connect with Giovanna on LinkedIn.
New episodes released regularly. Stay curious.