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Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipWhy Agile Struggles at Scale and How Lean Helps Organizations GrowAgile transformed how small teams build software.But what happens when organizations grow to hundreds or thousands of people?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes Fabrice Bernhard, co-founder and CTO of Theodo and co-author of The Lean Tech Manifesto.Fabrice explains why the four values of the Agile Manifesto have inherent scale limits, and how Lean thinking helps organizations keep the same intention, without falling into bureaucracy.They explore:– what “value for the customer” really means at scale– why autonomy requires both leadership and architec...
2026-02-1042 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipInvisible Hospitality: Francelina Amaral on Onboarding, Belonging, and Leadership as ServiceSome leadership lessons are best learned far from meeting rooms and org charts.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes Francelina Amaral, a hospitality leader shaped by service excellence, attention to detail, and deep respect for people.Together, they explore what leaders in any industry can learn from hospitality:Why onboarding is not a checklist but invisible hospitality: preparation before arrival, small gestures, removing frictionHow leadership as service creates trust, safety, and conditions for others to succeedHow belonging is built (and broken...
2026-01-1534 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipWelcome to Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipWelcome to Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership.I’m Alexis Monville, and in this show, we explore what it means to lead organizations where people take responsibility and deliver impact.In each episode, I’ll share conversations, insights, and stories that help us rethink leadership, not as something reserved for a few at the top, but as something that can emerge at every level of an organization.If you’d like to dive deeper into what we discuss, you’ll find references and full transcripts in the companion blog posts I publish on alexis.monville...
2025-09-3000 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipContinuous Discovery Habits: Teresa Torres on Customer Insight, Product Tríos, and Outcome-Driven TeamsIn this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I welcome Teresa Torres, product discovery coach and author of the influential book Continuous Discovery Habits.Teresa shares how product teams can move beyond sporadic research and embed continuous customer discovery into their weekly routines. Drawing from years of coaching, teaching, and hands-on practice, she explains how teams can build better mental models of their customers, make stronger decisions, and consistently deliver outcomes rather than outputs.In this conversation, you’ll explore:Why continuous discovery is about habits, not occasional researchHow we...
2025-06-2944 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipTeam Topologies Explained: The 4 Team Types, Cognitive Load, and Platform Team Behaviors with Manuel PaisIn this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville speaks with Manuel Pais, organizational design practitioner and co-author of the influential book Team Topologies (with Matthew Skelton).Together they explore how modern organizations can improve flow, reduce team cognitive load, and evolve structures without relying on disruptive “big reorgs”.You will learn:The four fundamental team types from Team Topologies: Stream-aligned, Enabling, Platform, and Complicated Subsystem teamsWhy cognitive load limits effectiveness, delivery speed, and satisfaction — and how to identify what drives itWhy team design is not ab...
2025-06-0241 min
cause-a-effet - Radio Cause Commune#10 – Alexis Monville – Leadership émergent
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10e émission Chemins de traverse diffusée en direct mercredi 13 novembre 2024 à 22 h
Notre invité, Alexis Monville, nous embarque dans un parcours riche et varié. De l’industrie automobile, une start-up Internet, le secteur public (administration électronique) et le conseil en organisation, jusqu’à la direction d’une grande entreprise de logiciels libres, il a traversé des univers divers et complémentaires. Ensemble, nous plongerons dans les expériences qui ont jalonné ce chemin et explorerons sa grande passion : « Le leadership émergent – l’art de révéler le potentiel des équipes et des individus »...
2024-11-131h 29
Chemins de traverse - Découvrez des parcours inspirants et diversifiés#10 – Alexis Monville – Leadership émergent
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10e émission Chemins de traverse diffusée en direct mercredi 13 novembre 2024 à 22 h
Notre invité, Alexis Monville, nous embarque dans un parcours riche et varié. De l’industrie automobile, une start-up Internet, le secteur public (administration électronique) et le conseil en organisation, jusqu’à la direction d’une grande entreprise de logiciels libres, il a traversé des univers divers et complémentaires. Ensemble, nous plongerons dans les expériences qui ont jalonné ce chemin et explorerons sa grande passion : « Le leadership émergent – l’art de révéler le potentiel des équipes et des individus »...
2024-11-131h 29Chemins de traverse - Découvrez des parcours inspirants et diversifiés#10 – Alexis Monville – Leadership émergentS'abonner au podcastS'abonner à la newsletter10e émission Chemins de traverse diffusée en direct mercredi 13 novembre 2024 à 22 hNotre invité, Alexis Monville, nous embarque dans un parcours riche et varié. De l'industrie automobile, une start-up Internet, le secteur public (administration électronique) et le conseil en organisation, jusqu'à la direction d'une grande entreprise de logiciels libres, il a traversé des univers divers et complémentaires. Ensemble, nous plongerons dans les expériences qui ont jalonné ce chemin et explorerons sa grande passion : « Le leadership émergent – l'art de révéler le potentiel des équipes et des individus ».Vous pouvez lir...
2024-11-071h 29
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipOptimizing for the Unexpected: Lizard Optimization with Gojko AdzicIn this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes back Gojko Adzic, renowned author and speaker in modern software delivery, named an AWS Serverless Hero (2019), and author of Impact Mapping, Specification by Example, and his latest book Lizard Optimization.Gojko shares a practical method for turning unexpected user behavior into product growth and better decisions. He calls it lizard optimization: spotting “misuse”, learning from it, and deciding whether to support it or block it.In this conversation, you will learn:Why unusual user behavior can reveal hidden value and new mark...
2024-10-2932 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipLeadership as First-Time Founders: Communication, Culture, and the Art of Saying NoIn this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes Héloïse Rozès and Nikolai Fomm, first-time founders and co-founders of Corma, a startup building the “cockpit of truth” for software access and license management — helping companies control their SaaS stack, reduce waste, and improve employee experience.From their day-to-day reality at Station F to the intensity of building a company in survival mode, Héloïse and Nikolai share what leadership really looks like when you’re learning it in real time.You’ll hear practical insights on:Adapting commun...
2024-10-1321 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipThe Future of User Experience: Why AI Must Augment Human JudgmentWhat if the future of user experience wasn’t about smarter AI — but better human judgment?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes Sebastian Cao, a technology and user experience leader who has held key roles at Red Hat and Tesla, and who recently designed and taught a course at Stanford University on the future of User Experience.Drawing on his experience working with frontline technicians, engineers, and product teams, Sebastian shares a clear conviction: AI should not replace human judgment, but augment it.Together, Alexis and Sebastian expl...
2024-10-0724 min
MomentumTransforming Teams and Leadership: Insights with Alexis MonvilleIn this episode, Alexis Monville, leadership coach and co-founder of Pearlside, shares his expertise on nurturing high-impact teams and fostering emerging leaders. Dive into practical strategies for organizational development, change management, and integrating open-source principles to drive collaboration and innovation.Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction to Alexis Monville and Pearlside02:00 - Journey to Leadership and Organizational Development04:00 - Adapting Leadership Styles from Startup to Scale-Up07:00 - Building and Nurturing a Leadership Team09:00 - Effective Strategies for Managing Organizational Change12:00 - Integrating Open Source Principles in Startups
2024-08-1237 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipCareer Conversations: The Most Underrated Skill of Effective ManagersWhat if helping people think seriously about their future made them more committed today?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes Russ Laraway — former senior leader at Google and Twitter, co-founder and former COO of Candor Inc. (with Kim Scott), and author of When They Win, You Win.Russ shares lessons drawn from decades of leadership experience and from large-scale, data-driven research conducted at Qualtrics, where leadership behaviors were rigorously measured and correlated with employee engagement and business outcomes.Together, Alexis and Russ explore:Why career co...
2024-07-2740 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipAgile Conversations: Jeffrey Fredrick on Trust, Fear, and the Four Rs for Better Leadership CommunicationMost leaders think they’re good communicators, until the stakes rise and the conversation derails.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I speak with Jeffrey Fredrick, VP of Engineering at Ion Analytics and co-author of Agile Conversations, about how leaders can deliberately practice better communication, especially under pressure.Jeffrey shares the moment that changed his leadership: being told he was strong in advocacy but weak in inquiry. From there, we explore Chris Argyris’ unilateral control vs mutual learning models and the practical method Jeffrey uses to help teams improve conversations: the Four Rs.
2024-06-3031 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipLeading by Influence in Open Source: Maria Bracho on Community and Culture (CTO, Red Hat)What happens to leadership when you can’t simply write a roadmap and “hand it to engineering”? In open source, influence replaces authority, and outcomes depend on communities, collaboration, and trust.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I sit down with Maria Bracho, Chief Technology Officer for LATAM at Red Hat, to explore leadership through the lens of open source, global cultures, and building high-performing teams.Maria shares a memorable story from Japan (yes, ramen) to explain open source in a tangible way, then takes us inside what it means to lead across...
2024-06-0931 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipEngineering Leadership at Scale: Managing Change, Risk, and Innovation with Tamar Bercovici (VP of Engineering, Box)What does engineering leadership look like when your platform serves tens of millions of users and stores one of the largest content repositories on the web?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I sit down with Tamar Bercovici, VP of Engineering at Box, to explore what it takes to lead engineering organizations at scale while navigating constant change.Tamar shares her journey from software engineer to executive leader, the challenges of transitioning from individual contributor to manager and then to organizational leadership, and how she approaches large-scale transformations such as infrastructure migrations...
2024-05-0327 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipTrust, Excellence, and Customer Delight: Engineering Leadership Lessons from Bruce Wang (Director of Engineering, Netflix)What does it really take to build and sustain excellence in engineering, especially inside a high-performance company?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I sit down with Bruce Wang, Director of Engineering at Netflix and two-time founder, to explore leadership in tech through a simple but demanding philosophy: build trust, seek excellence, and drive customer delight.Bruce shares how leaders can balance these three pillars, why trust is the foundation for everything else, and what it looks like to scale leadership when you no longer manage individual contributors directly. We also unpack...
2024-03-3036 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipOutcome-Based Leadership and OKRs Done Right: Collaboration, AI, and Culture with Stellafai (Tim Beattie and Bella Bardswell)What does it take to lead with outcomes without turning goals into top-down control?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I sit down with Tim Beattie and Bella Bardswell, co-founders of Stellafai, to explore outcome-focused leadership, collaboration, and how teams can turn goals into a living way of working.We discuss why OKRs often fail in the real world (and what to do instead), how language shapes adoption (goals vs objectives, measures vs key results), and why collaboration in the room still matters. Tim and Bella also share how Stellafai uses AI...
2024-02-0645 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipCloud Infrastructure Leadership: Platform Engineering, DevOps, and Leading Through Incidents (with Michael Galloway)Michael Galloway has spent 20+ years building and leading cloud infrastructure and platform engineering teams across Yahoo, Netflix, and now HashiCorp. In this episode, we go beyond tools and buzzwords to unpack what modern infrastructure leadership really takes: understanding what sits beneath abstractions, setting the right defaults instead of hiding complexity, and building trust through predictable systems.We also dive into real change leadership stories: taking ownership during a workflow platform crisis, creating outcomes that matter (stability, scalability, confidence), and earning adoption by delivering early wins. Michael shares why “predictability beats velocity,” how to create urgency with a real...
2024-01-2442 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipThe Conductor's Magic Wand: Transforming LeadershipIn this captivating episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, we delve into the harmonious blend of music and leadership. Noah, a creative artist, composer, and conductor, shares his unique perspective on leading in the classical music world. He discusses the challenges and joys of composing, the importance of connecting people with the arts, and the parallels between conducting an orchestra and leading a team.Join us as we explore the mysterious and magical world of music leadership, and discover how Noah's insights can inspire leaders in any field. Tune in now! 🎧You...
2023-12-1637 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHow AI Is Changing Leadership Development – with Ioanna Mantzouridou (Dextego)In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I talk with Ioanna Mantzouridou, Co-founder and CEO of Dextego, an AI-powered coaching platform designed to reduce top talent attrition through personalized leadership development.Ioanna shares her journey from HR and organizational psychology to building an AI coaching product that addresses one of today’s biggest leadership challenges: developing soft skills at scale, especially in remote and hybrid environments.We explore:Why traditional learning and leadership programs fail to develop real soft skillsHow AI can democratize access to coaching beyond the C...
2023-12-0421 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipBetter Humans, Better Leaders: A Conversation with Ali Schultz (Reboot.io)In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I’m joined by Ali Schultz, co-founder of Reboot.io.Reboot has spent the last decade coaching CEOs and leadership teams with a simple belief: better humans make better leaders, and better leaders create more humane organizations. Ali shares what it took to build a brand bigger than its founders, why Reboot intentionally brings together coaches with different styles and lived experiences, and what “emerging leadership” looks like in the real world when self-doubt, responsibility, and relationships collide.We talk about the practices that support leaders over t...
2023-11-1936 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipRemote Collaboration: Team Agreements, Conflict, and Connection with Lisette SutherlandRemote work is often framed as a technology problem. Lisette Sutherland sees it differently: the hard part is remote collaboration, and the real challenges are human.In this episode, I’m joined by Lisette, founder of Collaboration Superpowers, host of the Collaboration Superpowers podcast, and author of Work Together Anywhere. We explore what remote work makes visible: personality clashes, misaligned expectations, communication overload, and the absence of clear team agreements.Lisette shares stories from her own experience, including how a team moved from private back-channeling to explicit conflict handling, why flat structures can make tension ha...
2023-10-1535 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipFrom Zero to 1,000: Building a Scalable Organization with Anne CaronIn this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I speak with Anne Caron, People Strategy consultant and former Google HR leader, about what it takes to build organizations that scale, without losing what makes them work.Anne draws on her decade at Google and her experience advising founders to explain why many startups wait too long to design the people side of the company. We explore her book From Zero to 1,000 and the five stages of startup growth: 0–30, 30–75, 75–200, 200–500, and 500–1,000 employees, using a child development analogy to show how each stage brings different challenges and requires different leadership...
2023-08-2336 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipRadical Product Thinking: A conversation with Radhika DuttIn this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I sit down with Radhika Dutt, author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. We explore why “iterate until something works” often becomes a trap, and what it takes to build products more deliberately.Radhika shares the idea of “product diseases”, from Hero Syndrome to obsessive sales disorder, and explains how Radical Product Thinking offers a more systematic way to innovate. We walk through the full framework: Product Vision, Strategy, Prioritization, Hypothesis Driven Execution and Measurement, and Culture.We also discuss how leaders can comm...
2023-06-1237 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHow the Cloud Threatens Open Source and What We Can Do About ItOpen source won at the level of code. But the cloud changed the game.In this conversation, Daniel Riek explores why cloud computing creates a new kind of threat for free and open source software: the software may be open, but the way it is operated becomes the proprietary differentiator. When “how to run it” is locked behind a service, control and freedom erode, even if the license is still open.Daniel argues that open source must expand beyond code in a repository to include operationalizing software as a service, and that decentralization is a key...
2023-06-0528 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipThe best framework to grow yourself as a leaderWhat if leadership growth was not about doing more, but about seeing more?In this episode, we explore the BEPS framework, a simple model built around four axes that shape a leader’s effectiveness: Business, Execution, People, and System. The framework helps leaders step back from a default focus on execution and broaden their impact by developing clarity on the business, growing people, and improving the system that makes work possible.There is also a twist: for this recording, OpenAI is the host. Emma Monville impersonated OpenAI, asking the questions Alexis had prepared, so Alexis co...
2022-12-3014 min
OKRs Q&AEp: 84 The Power Of One Well Stated Objective | Alexis Monville, Chief of Staff to the CTO at Red HatIn this exciting episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Alexi Monville, chief of Staff for the CTO at Red Hat. Alexei shares with us his philosophy on OKRs and why he feels they are so valuable to any organization. He speaks about how OKRs provide great to people to do their best work, with the right direction being well defined. I really liked Alexis insight about an organization's journey and how they learn and improve their formulation of OKRs as they become more aware of how to think about the outcome they want to achieve and how the...
2022-11-2234 min
Leadership Exposé Podcast: Success Talk with Steven PaulEpisode 38 : Alexis Monville : The Art (and Science of) Creating and Influencing High Impact Teams For ChangeIn this episode, Steven Paul meets Alexis Monville, based in Bordeaux, France. Alex is the Chief of Staff at a large global technology company. He has worked globally in multicultural and distributed environments for years, has held several leadership roles, and is an author, and corporate leader. We will hear about Alexis, his perspectives, secrets and experience on✅ The importance, creation and application of the Impact Map✅ Building self-organisation ✅ Building impactful teams******//******//******//******//******//******//******//******//******//******//******//******//Key Links:1) Book a Podcast with Steven Paul: https://www.leadershipexpose.com/apply-to-be-guest/2) Leadership Exposé Academy...
2022-09-2838 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipInvest in Open Source with Joseph JacksOpen source has moved from a niche practice to a default foundation for how software is built. In this episode, I’m joined by Joseph Jacks, founder and General Partner of OSS Capital, a venture fund focused exclusively on early-stage commercial open source companies.We explore what makes open source companies different from proprietary software businesses, why Joseph built a focused fund in a world where many VC firms claim to invest in “great people building great companies”, and how OSS Capital often starts with a thesis on a project before even meeting the founders. We also dive i...
2022-09-0633 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipCollaboration by Design with Philippe Coullomb and Charles Collingwood-BootsComplexity is rising, and collaboration is one of the few ways we can match it: diverse minds working together, with intention.In this episode, I’m joined by Philippe Coullomb and Charles Collingwood-Boots, co-authors of Collaboration by Design. They describe their work as designing collaborative journeys to help groups solve complex problems and make complex decisions, often in multi-stakeholder contexts. We unpack what really makes collaboration work: the sponsor work that happens before anyone enters the room, the importance of context setting, how facilitation is only the visible tip of the iceberg, and why space is not lo...
2022-07-1930 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipThe Path to Purpose with Ashley FreemanAshley Freeman is the founder of Flourishing Work, where she supports leaders through facilitation and coaching. Her background started in medical research, then leadership education, and a first experience as a people leader that changed everything: she discovered how leadership theory, applied with care, can help teams flourish and improve outcomes at the same time.In this episode, we explore purpose at work, personal brand, and trust. Ashley shares why she runs a weekly book discussion club, how leaders build others through opportunities, and why leadership is not about title but about taking care of people. We...
2022-06-2722 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipAgility, Innovation, and Leadership with Jurgen AppeloJurgen Appelo is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He’s known for Management 3.0, for building practitioner communities, and for pushing ideas about agility, leadership, and change into formats people actually use.In this episode, we talk about what led Jurgen to leave corporate leadership, how his books each came to life, and why experimentation and fast feedback loops remain central leadership skills in complex systems. We also explore the role of community, the difference between teaching and practicing leadership, and what Jurgen learned from the pandemic about travel, craft, and balance.In this episode you wi...
2022-05-1323 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipReputation: What You Don’t OwnReputation is not what you say about your company. It is what people believe about you, based on what they see, feel, and experience. And in a world of hyper-transparency, that perception moves fast.Laurence Duarte describes herself as a business fixer and protector. She helps leaders understand reputation, identify reputational risks, and build “reputation shields” that make companies more resilient when a crisis hits and more credible when they speak.We also explore the reputational gap between brand and reality, why employees are the first shield, and why self-awareness may be the most critical lead...
2022-04-0827 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipOffsites: The Missing Ritual of Remote WorkRemote and hybrid work proved that many things can be done online. But should everything stay online? And if not, when does meeting in person still matter?Jared Kleinert, CEO and Co-Founder of Offsite, joins Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership to explore why intentional in-person gatherings remain essential for distributed teams. Jared has been a remote worker his entire career, and Offsite helps companies plan retreats and offsites end-to-end, combining planning services and software.We discuss what makes an offsite truly valuable, what needs to happen before, during, and after, and why facilitation can be...
2022-03-1628 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipSeason 3 TrailerFor the last two seasons of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, we featured people who make a difference in their field thanks to growing themselves as leaders, either individual contributors or people managers.
Coming up in the all-new season, season 3, we will focus the episodes on specific leadership traits you want to develop to increase your impact and satisfaction.
How to manage your energy, handle conflicts, shape the future, get things done, and provide meaningful feedback that supports growth, just to mention a few of the topics we will cover.
In each episode...
2021-11-0701 min
The Owner’s Guide: Strategies to Successfully Start and Grow a BusinessBe the Leader Your Company NeedsDo you believe that you are a born leader? There may be certain traits that you’ve always had that make you a good leader, but that’s usually not enough to be the best leader for your company. So many aspects go into working with the different people and departments within your company to reach your goals. We interview Alexis Monville who hosts Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership. We pick his brain on what he’s learned from his guests and his own self-exploration on how to become the leader your staff needs.
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2021-07-2839 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipPlayful Leadership: Helping Others Be Their BestPortia Tung joins Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership to explore play as a serious gift in leadership and transformation. Portia is an Executive and Personal Coach, an Executive Agile Coach, a play researcher, and a keynote speaker. We talk about how play creates safety, connection, creativity, and better work.Portia shares a simple and powerful “ping pong” one-to-one exercise that helps people truly meet each other, even when they think they already know. We also discuss why work and play are not opposites, how to introduce play in serious environments without triggering resistance, and what Portia calls the...
2021-05-1134 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipBlessed, Grateful, and HumanAvi Liran joins Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership to explore what it means to “deliver delight” as a leader. Avi is the Chief Delighting Officer at Delivering Delight and has lived multiple lives: CMO, entrepreneur, investor, trade commissioner. He also shares openly that he made and lost all his money three times.We talk about authenticity, values, and the daily choices that shape your leadership brand. Avi explains his “Delight Operating System” metaphor, the power of asking directly for what you need, and why “no” is rarely the end of the conversation. We also discuss boundaries, toxic people, and...
2021-04-2743 min
This is TodayVietnam War"This is Today" features the stories that make this day unique. It’s Monday, March 29, 2021, and here is what we talk about today: National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day Vietnam War Nixon Starfire Harry Hamlin Guest: Alexis Monville from Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHelp to support this podcast:Become a Patron!This post was proofread by Grammarly.Embrace your inner geek with streaming documentaries from CuriosityStreamSubscribe to Learning More Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-03-2910 minThis is TodayHoudini greatest trick"This is Today" features the stories that make this day unique. It’s Wednesday, March 24, 2021, and here is what we talk about today: National Cheesesteak Day World Tuberculosis Day Houdini Elvis Presley Nightline Guest: Alexis Monville from Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHelp to support this podcast:Become a Patron!This post was proofread by Grammarly.Subscribe to Learning More Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-03-2410 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipBuild the Right Product, with Gojko AdzicGojko Adzic joins Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership to talk about building products that deliver value, not just output. Gojko is an AWS Serverless Hero, a long-time product builder, and the author of Impact Mapping and Specification by Example.We discuss the painful lesson behind Impact Mapping: shipping high-quality software at high speed while delivering no value, and how that experience pushed Gojko to build a simple, collaborative method to connect business goals to user behavior change and concrete deliverables. We also explore measurement, leading indicators, scoreboards, and cadence of accountability. Along the way, we get into...
2021-03-2344 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHiring and Diversity Without Dropping the BarIn this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I’m joined by Lucinda Duncalfe, serial entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of AboveBoard, an inclusive hiring platform focused on executive and board roles.We unpack why diversity is rarely a pipeline problem and how hiring systems quietly filter out great candidates long before an offer is made. Lucinda shares concrete practices to improve hiring, from simplifying job requirements to moving away from traditional CVs toward capability-based assessment. We also talk about leadership as creating a future and bringing people together, team design through complementary strengths, and why di...
2021-03-0439 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipLeadership and Teamwork in a CrisisIn this episode of Le Podcast, I’m joined by Jeremy Brown, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Traveldoo (Expedia Group). It’s an emotional conversation about leadership and teamwork during a year that hit the travel industry hard.Jeremy shares what it means to lead when you can’t control the context, how the pandemic forced deep changes in ways of working, and why leadership is both about direction and being human. We also explore how to move from meeting-heavy coordination to more asynchronous collaboration, how to make remote discussions more inclusive, and why continuous recognition beats...
2021-02-1934 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipChief of Staff: The Role, the Craft, the CommunityIn this episode of Le Podcast, I’m joined by Scott Amenta, community builder, co-founder of Propel, and founder of the Chief of Staff Network. We explore what communities make possible for personal development and leadership, and why the Chief of Staff role is increasingly valuable in early and growth stage companies.We talk about what it means to build a community, how communities have evolved from open groups to more curated spaces, and what a Chief of Staff can bring when a company loses cadence or gets stuck in internal meetings. Scott also shares his view on...
2021-01-0922 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipBelonging, Identity, and Better Hiring,In this episode of Le Podcast, I’m joined by Ally Kouao, Developer Advocate and Solution Architect at Red Hat, to explore Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through a practical lens.We talk about what allyship really means beyond labels, how unconscious bias shows up in everyday interactions, and why small “innocent” questions can land as exclusion. We also dig into hiring and representation, why increasing diversity is not compromising on quality, and what concrete practices can help teams create fairer outcomes.In the conversation we cover:what allyship means in practicehow cu...
2020-12-1342 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipWhat Software Teams Can Learn from Sporting TeamsWhat makes a team a great team?In this episode, I’m joined by Chris Foley, Principal Systems Design Engineer at Red Hat and sports coach. We explore a question that sounds simple but opens a lot of doors: can software teams learn from sporting teams?We talk about what sporting environments make very visible: clarity of roles, momentum, training versus performance, and how teams build confidence and recover from setbacks. Then we translate those ideas to software teams: releases, demos, bugs, stakeholder pressure, and the daily reality of cross-functional delivery.In the co...
2020-11-2749 min
Electro MonkeysUne vision du changement qui change tout avec Alexis MonvilleTout change constamment : les langages, les frameworks, les outils, les technologies, les coéquipiers, et inévitablement, nous aussi. Pourtant changer ne paraît jamais simple. Chaque fois que nous voulons un changement, nous avons l'impression de vouloir déplacer des montagnes.C'est d'ailleurs paradoxal quand nous y pensons, car nous sommes là à regarder un système qui ne marche pas, ou simplement mal, ou une organisation, ou un service, et bien que nous le constations, nous avons le sentiment d'être poings liés et de ne rien pouvoir y faire. D'où...
2020-11-2559 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipAgile and Open Innovation: Building the Bridge Between Tech and BusinessHow do you help a team move from “just doing agile” to actually improving how they work together, and why they work?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I’m joined by Mary Provinciatto, author of Sprint a Sprint and Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs.Mary shares her journey from software developer to coach and explains what pushed her to focus on a bridge that many teams still struggle to build: technology and business.We talk about:why forcing practices rarely works, even when you know t...
2020-10-2542 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipRadical Focus: OKRs, Cadence, and the “Seduction of the Task”OKRs are everywhere. But most teams still fall into the same trap: they set goals and forget them.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Christina Wodtke (author of Radical Focus and The Team That Manages Itself, lecturer at Stanford) to explore what makes OKRs actually work.Christina explains OKRs in a way that connects strategy, learning, and teamwork:the objective as a “mission for three months”key results as outcomes, not tasksavoiding the “seduction of the task”why cadence is the r...
2020-10-0744 min
The John Poelstra Show96: The Power of a Heart at PeaceAlexis Monville and I discuss The Anatomy of Peace, a pivotal book in my own personal transformation and path to discarding judgement.
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2020-09-2047 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHuman-Centric Agility Coaching: The Expert Paradox and the Ideology ParadoxAgile started with a clear value: people and interactions over processes and tools. And yet, as a community, we often haven’t lived up to it.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Geof Ellingham, business agility champion and leadership coach, to explore his work on Human-Centric Agility Coaching.I was skeptical at first. Why another model? And why “human-centric” when the Agile Manifesto already puts people first? Geof’s answer is simple and challenging: we haven’t really lived up to that value.Geof shares the research b...
2020-09-0749 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipThe Job of an Open Leader: Context, Trust, and Growing OthersOpen leadership is often described through values and principles. But what does it actually look like in practice?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Preethi Thomas, Software Engineering Manager at Red Hat, to explore the job of an open leader.Drawing from her journey from individual contributor to manager, Preethi shares grounded insights on:why mentoring is essential (“you need a village to help you succeed”)how to find a role at the intersection of opportunity, passion, and talent (the OPT model)why...
2020-08-2730 minThe John Poelstra Show93: Giving Feedback and Taking ResponsibilityAlexis Monville and I reflect on a time I gave feedback that was not well received and what we both learned from it. Hopefully you'll learn something too.
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2020-07-1835 min
Remue Manage, le podcast qui secoue le monde du travailComment "synchroniser" les équipes à distance ?Alexis Monville, fait partie de l’équipe d’engineering de Red Hat, éditeur de solutions Open Source d'entreprise. Il a l'habitude de travailler avec des équipes postées un peu partout dans le monde. Des équipes qui, parfois, partagent le même bureau. Mais qui, souvent, travaillent dans des endroits différents, parfois de chez eux, pas toujours dans les mêmes fuseaux horaires... Pour lui, la clé de la réussite du travail en équipe, c'est de réussir à se synchroniser, c'est à dire travailler sur les mêmes choses, au même moment, avec le même niveau d'information. Et il y...
2020-05-2711 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipGrowing as a Software Engineer: Learning, Sharing, and ImpactGrowing a career in software engineering is often framed as a purely technical journey. In practice, learning and sharing play a much bigger role.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Emilien Macchi, Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat.Emilien is a long-time contributor to OpenStack, originally from France and now based in Canada. In our conversation, he shares how learning, collaboration, and knowledge sharing have been central to his growth as a software engineer.We discuss topics such as:peer reviews and pair...
2020-05-0932 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipThirteen Rules for Building Strong TeamsGreat teams don’t happen by accident. They are shaped by clear principles and everyday leadership choices.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Jason McKerr, Engineering Leader for Management and Automation at Red Hat, to explore his Thirteen Rules of a Team.I first discovered these rules during a mentoring conversation with a member of Jason’s team. They immediately stood out as a simple, practical framework for making good leadership decisions.In this episode, we discuss:the responsibilities of team members and team lead...
2020-04-2624 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipOKRs in Practice: Learning, Focus, and Common PitfallsOKRs are often introduced as a goal-setting framework. Used well, they are much more than that: they are a learning and alignment practice.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Bart den Haak to explore how OKRs work in practice.Bart is a software engineer who discovered OKRs more than 10 years ago in a startup environment and has continued to use them ever since. Today, he advises organizations on how to use OKRs in a meaningful way.Building on a previous episode about creating great goals with...
2020-04-1829 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipThe Myth of 10x Engineers: Growing Beyond Technical SkillsThe idea of the “10x engineer” is often used to explain exceptional performance in software teams. But what does it really mean, and is it even the right goal?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Julien Danjou, open source software hacker with more than 20 years of experience and author of multiple books on Python.We explore the myth of 10x engineers and discuss what truly supports growth for software engineers:why technical excellence alone is not enoughhow understanding the business increases impactwh...
2020-04-0733 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipThe Anatomy of Peace: Leadership Starts With Who You AreMany leadership and collaboration issues persist even when people “do the right things”. The missing piece is often not behavior, but inner stance.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, John Poelstra and I explore the book The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.John originally recommended the book in our previous conversation on feedback. After reading it twice, I was struck by how deeply it resonates with leadership as a personal practice.Building on the idea that change starts with you, we explore how The Anatomy of Peace goes one...
2020-04-0447 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipPsychological Safety: Creating Teams Where People Can Speak UpPsychological safety is often mentioned as a prerequisite for high-performing teams. But what does it actually mean in practice?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I explore the concept of psychological safety, originally coined by Amy Edmondson, author of The Fearless Organization.Building on research such as Google’s Project Aristotle, I explain why psychological safety is a powerful conversation starter for teams and how it supports learning, collaboration, and responsibility.In this episode, I also share:concrete questions to assess psychological safety in a teamho...
2020-03-2117 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipLeading Distributed Teams: Collaboration Across Time ZonesDistributed teams are no longer an exception. They are a reality for many organizations, and they challenge how we collaborate, communicate, and lead.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, John Poelstra, Michael Doyle, and I explore what it takes to make distributed teams work.Our conversation takes place while we are spread across 15 time zones:John in Portland (USA), Michael in Brisbane (Australia), and myself in Boston (USA).Republished from John’s show, we discuss:how to collaborate effectively across time zoneshow leadership changes in...
2020-03-1054 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipChanging Your Team from the Inside: A Practitioner’s View on LeadershipChanging a team is often associated with authority, plans, or formal transformation programs. In practice, real change usually starts much closer to the work.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I share a conversation with John Poelstra, originally recorded on his show, about the ideas behind my book Changing Your Team From The Inside.We discuss:what really makes a team greathow change can emerge without formal authoritythe role of ego in leadership and transformationhow individuals can take responsibility for improving...
2020-03-0659 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipWhy Shared Language Matters: How Terms Shape CollaborationMany collaboration problems don’t come from disagreement, but from using the same words with different meanings.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Michael DeLanzo to explore why clarifying terms is a foundational leadership practice.The conversation was sparked by a feedback exchange following the episode How to Create Great Goals?, where we discovered that apparent disagreement was actually caused by different definitions of “goals” and “objectives”.Together, we discuss:why clarifying terms is the starting point for effective collaborationhow written and spoken...
2020-01-2624 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHow (Not) to Give Feedback: Responsibility, Ego, and RelationshipsFeedback is often treated as a technique. In reality, it is a relationship.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by John Poelstra to explore a very personal experience around giving and receiving feedback.Rather than focusing on formulas, we discuss what really shapes the impact of feedback:the difference between the content of feedback and how it is deliveredthe role of ego in feedback conversationshow expectations and unmet needs influence reactionsshared responsibility on both sides of the interaction
2020-01-2028 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipRock Stars and Superstars: Supporting Growth Without Losing StabilityHigh performers can be a gift for a team. They can also become a source of imbalance if their growth and energy are not supported intentionally.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Frank Jansen to explore how leaders can support high performers while strengthening the team as a whole.Building on the distinction introduced by Kim Scott in Radical Candor, we discuss:the difference between Rock Stars and Superstarshow stability and growth play complementary roles in a teamhow to support...
2019-12-1442 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipDo Cultural Differences Really Block Agile Adoption?Agile adoption is often explained away by cultural differences between countries. But is culture really the problem?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Jérôme Bourgeon, agile coach at Zenika, based in Singapore, to explore the influence of culture on agile adoption.Together, we challenge the idea that national culture is the main obstacle and discuss what matters more in practice:why building trust can take different amounts of timewhy company culture matters more than country culturehow beliefs shape be...
2019-07-0122 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHow to Create Great Goals: Using OKRs to Focus on ImpactSetting goals is easy. Creating goals that actually help teams focus, align, and make progress is much harder.In this solo episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I answer a question I have been asked many times: how do you create great goals?More specifically, I walk through how to create meaningful goals using the OKRs approach (Objectives and Key Results), without turning it into a mechanical or bureaucratic exercise.Using a simple example and the Impact Mapping approach, I explain:how to start from impact rather than activities
2019-06-2312 minLe Podcast on Emerging LeadershipMaking Change from the Inside: Leadership Beyond Management RolesMaking change in a team is often associated with authority or formal leadership roles. In reality, some of the most impactful change starts from the inside.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I sit down with Michael Reid, the narrator of the audiobook edition of Changing Your Team From The Inside to celebrate its release and reflect on the ideas behind the book.We discuss practical leadership topics such as:making work visible to improve collaborationinvesting time in learning through simple games and experimentsbuilding...
2019-06-2115 min
Le Podcast on Emerging LeadershipHow to Form a Cross-Functional Team That Actually WorksForming a team sounds simple. In practice, it’s one of the hardest leadership challenges, especially when people come from different roles, backgrounds, or organizations.In this episode, I sit down with Valentin Yonchev and Matt Takane from Red Hat Open Innovation Labs to explore a deceptively simple question: how do you actually form a team?Drawing from their experience building cross-functional teams in a wide range of contexts, we discuss:how to assemble a team for a single meeting, a short engagement, or a longer initiativewhat makes a group of...
2019-06-0630 minThe John Poelstra Show78: Building and Leading Effective Remote TeamsAlexis Monville, Michael Doyle and I talk about working effectively with remote teams when meeting in person is not possible-- a topic that came up as we collaborated on version two of Alexis' book Changing Your Team From the Inside.
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2019-05-2853 min
Brainstorm SquaredBuild psychological safety at workDamiano and Aidan interview Alexis Monville and Bastian Schwippert on how to build a psychologically safe environment at work
2019-02-0343 min
TriFaZé - Radio Campus ParisTriFaZé #11 : Alexis HK, Samuel Cajal, Alex Monville // 16.11.18En partenariat avec les magazines FrancoFans et Froggy’s Delight.
Ce vendredi 16 novembre 2018 à 21h, nous diffusons la 2ème émission de notre nouvelle saison !
Alexis HK est sur notre plateau, pour notre plus grand bonheur ! Emouvant, sobre, avec sa guitare, ses textes et puis c’est tout, Alexis provoque une émotion rare. Il nous interprète « Je veux un chien » à l’occasion d’une magnifique session acoustique. Il vient nous présenter son nouvel album Comme un ours. Samuel Cajal accompagné de son producteur Alex Monville nous fera découvrir son 1ere album Une issue, tandis que nous parlerons du nouveau label La Couveuse, comp...
2018-11-1649 min
TriFaZé - Radio Campus ParisTriFaZé #11 : Alexis HK, Samuel Cajal, Alex MonvilleEn partenariat avec les magazines FrancoFans et Froggy’s Delight.
Ce vendredi 16 novembre 2018 à 21h, nous diffusons la 2ème émission de notre nouvelle saison !
Alexis HK est sur notre plateau, pour notre plus grand bonheur ! Emouvant, sobre, avec sa guitare, ses textes et puis c’est tout, Alexis provoque une émotion rare. Il nous interprète « Je veux un chien » à l’occasion d’une magnifique session acoustique. Il vient nous présenter son nouvel album Comme un ours. Samuel Cajal accompagné de son producteur Alex Monville nous fera découvrir son 1ere album Une issue, tandis que nous parlerons du nouveau label La Couveuse, comp...
2018-11-1600 min
The Collaboration Superpowers Podcast212 - Understand Each Other's Perspectives To SucceedALEXIS MONVILLE is a member of the Engineering Leadership Team at Red Hat and the author of Changing Your Team From The Inside. 60% of Red Hat’s engineering team work remotely. In this interview, Alexis discusses what they struggle with, how they communicate, what it takes to lead a remote team, and how to deal with conflict. For more stories, visit www.collaborationsuperpowers.com.
2018-10-0133 minThe John Poelstra Show63: Changing Teams From the Inside with Alexis MonvilleAlexis Monville from the Red Hat Engineering Leadership team joins me to talk about his experiences leading, developing and changing teams. He's also the author of a new book: Changing Your Team From The Inside.
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2018-09-2258 min