§ Field case · 03 · Leadership · Operations

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Leading a team in a language that isn't your first.

Context Joining a Peruvian operation as a foreign partner. Different language, work rhythms, sense of urgency.

Built A team and an operating cadence that translated across two cultures without flattening either.

Learned Leadership in a second language strips you of what you usually hide behind. What's left is whether you actually listen.