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She's Got NerveMary Sue Coleman: Listen More Than You SpeakIn this episode Martha and Indira have a conversation with Mary Sue Coleman, an internationally recognized biochemist who received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Grinnell College and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of North Carolina. She was on the biochemistry faculty at the University of Kentucky for nineteen years, then served as the 18th President of the University of Iowa from 1995 to 2002. In 2002 she was appointed 13th President of the University of Michigan—the first and only woman, to date, to serve in that capacity. In January, 2022 she returned to U of M a...
2025-11-2048 minShe's Got NerveCatherine McCauley: Titles Don’t MatterIn this episode Martha and Indira have a conversation with Catherine McCauley, a remarkable administrator who has worked in both Ontario and British Columbia. She is currently a founding partner of Quinn McCauley Giving Strategies Inc. in Vancouver and is sought after for her expertise in charitable giving, public sector fundraising and foundation management. A true leader who has demonstrated “nerve” as a sought-after adviser and entrepreneur, Catherine is an exemplary role model as a leader who often works in mysterious ways!Contact She's Got Nerve Email nervebook2021@gmail.com Visit our website https://nerve...
2025-11-0645 minShe's Got NerveLisa Coleman: Patience is a VirtueIn this episode Martha and Indira have a conversation with Lisa Coleman, thefirst woman and first Black person to be president of Adler University—a private graduate studies university dedicated to graduating practitioners who will lead social change and create a more just society. Founded in Chicago in 1952 to continue the work of Alfred Adler, a physician and psychotherapist who emphasized the individual’s need to engage with community and create positive social impact. In addition to the Chicago campus, Adler University also has a second campus in Vancouver, making it unique in educating graduate stude...
2025-10-2355 minShe's Got NerveNadine Caron: When Opportunity Doesn’t Come Wrapped with a BowIn this episode Martha and Indira have a conversation with Nadine Caron, the first Canadian female general surgeon of First Nations descent, as well as the first female First Nations student to graduate from the University of British Columbia’s medical school, being the top ranked student. She has also received an MA degree in Public Health from Harvard and completed a postgraduate fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, focused on endocrine surgical oncology. Nadine currently works as a general and endocrine surgeon in Prince George and leads the Northern Biobank Project, which aims to imp...
2025-10-0957 minShe's Got NerveMoura Quayle: The Importance of Designed LeadershipIn this episode Martha and Indira have a conversation with a woman leader who has demonstrated “nerve” throughout her entire life. Moura Quayle a renown strategic design scholar and urban systems designer. Moura has done it all—in both academia and government and community affairs. She has been an academic leader at UBC and has served in various leadership roles including Dean of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, the founding Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, and most recently as Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President of Academic Affairs, to name a few. In...
2025-09-2549 minShe's Got NerveMelanie Woodin: Her First Days Leading the U of TIn this episode Martha and Indira have a conversation with Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain. Melanie has recently been named the University of Toronto’s 17th president, the first woman to assume this position. Prior to this appointment, she was dean of the university’s Faculty of Arts and Science—Canada’s largest and most comprehensive faculty. She completed her bachelor of science degree in biology and master of science degree in zoology at the U of T and obtained her PhD in ne...
2025-09-1152 min
Quiet Part Out LoudQuiet Part Out Loud - Episode 10 - Dr. Martha Piper and Dr. Indira SamarasekeraIn this week's episode of Quiet Part Out Loud, Nuvyn and Alex are joined by Dr. Martha Piper and Dr. Indira Samarasekera trailblazers, podcasters and co-author's of the book; Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First. Hosts: Nuvyn Peters and Alexandra Stante Guest: Dr. Martha Piper and Dr. Indira Samarasekera For AXIS Connects: Executive producers, Nuvyn Peters, Alexandra Stante; Producer, Claire Edwards Produced by: Steve Chin Learn more about AXIS Connects at: https://axisconnects.com/
2025-07-1544 minShe's Got NerveAutism Is My Superpower With Guest Sara SeagerIn this episode Martha and Indira speak candidly with Sara Seager, a Canadian-American, world-renowned leader in astrophysics and planetary science. A professor at MIT, she has been instrumental in advancing the study of planets outside our solar system. Her research has greatly improved our understanding of the wide variety of exoplanets that exist in the galaxy and pushed us closer to finding another Earth-like world that could support life. After obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree in math and physics at the University of Toronto, she earned her PhD in astronomy at Harvard University. She has won a...
2025-06-2638 minShe's Got NerveSurfing The Waves With Kim BrooksIn this episode Martha and Indira speak candidly with Kim Brooks, who began her term as Dalhousie’s 13th President and Vice-Chancellor in 2023 after serving as Acting Provost and Dean of both the Law School and the Faculty of Management. Kim has had a distinguished career as a law professor at Queen’s University, UBC and McGill and is known for her expertise in tax law. In addition, she has been a recipient of a 3M Teaching Fellowship and is well recognized as an advocate for university community inclusiveness. She is not only the first woman but also...
2025-06-1247 minShe's Got NerveLeadership In The Digital Age With Biddy MartinIn this episode Martha and Indira speak candidly with Biddy Martin, a distinguished humanities scholar and widely respected leader in higher education. For more than two decades she served on the faculty of German studies and women’s studies at Cornell University. She chaired the Department of German Studies, served as senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, and assumed the role of Cornell’s provost in 2000. After eight years as provost, she was appointed Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2011, she became the first woman and openly lesbian president of Amhers...
2025-05-2951 minShe's Got NerveYou Don't Get The Job You Don't Apply For With Joy JohnsonIn this episode Martha speaks candidly with Joy Johnson, a distinguished health scientist and researcher in gender and health with a particular focus on promoting health and modifying health-related behaviour. In particular, she has studied the different health behaviours of women and men in terms of how gender affects how they react differently to drugs and other therapies. With an impressive record of scholarship and academic administrative appointments, Dr.Johnson was the first woman to be appointed Vice-President Research at Simon Fraser University in 2014. In 2020, she was appointed the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of SFU and has r...
2025-05-1549 minShe's Got NerveNerve And Fear Go Together With Anne-Marie SlaughterIn this episode Martha and Indira speak candidly with Anne-Marie Slaughter, a woman who has demonstrated “nerve” throughout her entire life. Currently CEO of the think and action tank New America, Anne-Marie is a global leader, scholar, and public intellectual.She was the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School. From 2002 to 2009, she was Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs and Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.In 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appointed her as the firs...
2025-05-0152 minShe's Got NerveCan Women Have It All Special Live Recording With Elite Athlete Jill MoffattIn this special live recorded episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Jill Moffatt, an elite woman athlete and 2X Olympic rower - an individual who has demonstrated “nerve” throughout her entire life.As co-founder of MOMentum, an initiative to advance gender equity in sport and the support of motherhood in women athletes, Jill is passionate about creating a more inclusive future for women in sport. If that isn’t enough, she is currently pursuing her PhD degree at Laurentian University and conducting research on mothers who are elite athletes and how their stories are represented in the me...
2025-03-2747 minShe's Got NerveYou Bloom Where You Are Planted With Mary WellsIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Mary Wells, a Canadian materials engineer who is highly regarded for her research advances in the processing of advanced metallic alloys. She currently serves as Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo, the second woman to assume this position. Prior to her appointment at Waterloo, she was Dean for the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Guelph. A consistent advocate for women in engineering, she chaired the Ontario Network for Women in Engineering from 2013-2018.Episode Resources • Piper, Martha and Samaras...
2025-03-131h 01She's Got NerveThe Importance Of Curiosity With Susan HockfieldIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Susan Hockfield, an American neuroscientist and the first woman to serve as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2004 to 2012. Prior to becoming president, Dr. Hockfield served as Dean of Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Yale’s Provost. As the first life scientist to be appointed president of MIT, her scholarship involved the use of monoclonal antibody technology in brain research.Episode ResourcesHockfield, S. (2019). The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution. W. W. Nor...
2025-02-2756 minShe's Got NerveSometimes Girls Only Get To Do The Job When Boys Don’t Want To With Rt. Hon. Kim CampbellIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, who served as the 19th prime minister of Canada – the first and only female prime minister of Canada. She was the first young woman president of her high school student council, the first woman president of UBC’s freshman class, the first woman to serve as minister of justice in Canada and the first woman to become minister of defense in a NATO country, to name a few. She has served as Secretary-General of the Club of Madrid, an organization she helped found, which inclu...
2025-02-131h 03She's Got NerveVision Without Execution Is Hallucination With Elizabeth CannonIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Elizabeth Cannon, a leading geomatics engineer, served as the eighth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary from 2010 to 2018. Prior to her appointment as president, she was dean of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Member to the Alberta Order of Excellence, she has worked tirelessly to raise public awareness about science and engineering careers for women.Episode ResourcesElizabeth Cannon M. Enhancing Your Higher Education Presidency: F...
2025-01-301h 02
She's Got NerveBeing Underestimated Is Like A Stealth Weapon With Drew FaustIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Drew Faust, an American historian who was the first woman to serve as president of Harvard University from 2007 to 2018. She received her bachelor’s degree with honors in history from Bryn Mawr College and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from the University of Pennsylvania. As a scholar she specializes in the study of the South in the antebellum period and the Civil War, authoring seven books, including her most recent memoir entitled Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury. Drew discusses her own exper...
2025-01-161h 00
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Bonus: Amplifying Human Potential: How Celliant's CEO Found Purpose & GrowthGuest: Seth Casden, CEO & co-founder of Hologenix
From the high-stress, competitive world of private equity to boosting human potential: Seth Casden had an unusual journey of leadership growth. In this episode, he tells that story – and how he met and partnered with inventor David Horinek to found Hologenix. Their innovative work is focused on amplifying human potential using body-generated energy. He delves into his transition from a rigid leadership style to a servant leadership approach, emphasizing the importance of creating a supportive environment for teams. Seth also discusses the Johari window concept for self-awareness and the importance of...
2025-01-0114 min
She's Got NerveAnswering The Call To Lead with Alison RichardIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Alison Richard, a distinguished anthropologist who is widely known for her research on the evolution of complex social systems among primates, was the first woman to be appointed Vice-Chancellor (President) of Cambridge University. Before arriving at Cambridge, she served as the Provost of Yale University. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and has received numerous honorary degrees from universities in the UK, China, Madagascar, Canada, Korea and the US. Alison discusses her experiences in the positions and how she...
2024-12-1050 min
She's Got NerveThe Importance Of A Creative Outlet with Anne GiardiniIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Anne Giardini, a Canadian business executive, journalist, lawyer and author who served as the 11th Chancellor of Simon Fraser University. She was president of Weyerhauser Company Ltd. and has written two novels, The Sad Truth About Happiness and Advice for Italian Boys. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Order of British Columbia.Anne discusses her experiences in the position and how she had the 'nerve' to get there.Episode ResourcesGiardini, A. (2010). Advice For Italian Boys. HarperCollins C...
2024-11-2651 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep36: Mastercard's Chief Innovation Officer on Fostering a Culture of InnovationGuest: Ken Moore
How can you have solutions for your customers before they even know they need them? Or BE the change instead of reacting to change?
That’s all part of the job for Mastercard’s Chief Innovation Officer, Ken Moore. He says the rate of change for businesses will soon increase 400%, as if the world isn’t changing fast enough already! But no worries; Ken shares the keys to innovation and being ready for change with you in this episode.
Here's what Ken and Maureen cover:
The five things...
2024-11-1938 min
She's Got NerveBe Your Best Self with Susan ChristoffersenIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Susan Christoffersen who is currently serving as the first woman to be appointed Dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Susan discusses her own experiences in the position and how she had the ‘nerve’ to get there. Episode ResourcesThe Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) at the Rotman School of Management https://www.gendereconomy.org/Babcock, L., Zackman, G., Peyser, B., Vesterlund, L., & Weingart, L. R. The No Club: Putting a stop to women’s dead-e...
2024-11-1253 min
She's Got NerveOvercoming Adversity and Building Resilience with Heather Munroe-BlumIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Heather Munroe-Blum who served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University from 2003-2013.Heather discusses her own experiences in the position and how she had the ‘nerve’ to get there. Episode ResourcesBrown, Brené. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. New York: Avery, 2012.Hewlett, Sylvia. Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.Piper, Martha and Samarasekera, Indira. Nerve: Lessons on leadership from two women...
2024-10-2959 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Bonus: The Seven Leadership Mindsets You Need Right Now - Focus from a Former Ford ExecGuest: Greg Moran, Former Ford Senior Executive
We’ve distilled seven absolutely vital mindsets every leader must have to succeed. They’re extra critical in today’s business environment, which continues to evolve and change years after the infamous COVID quarantine. The only constant: there’s no going back to the old way of leading.
In this episode, Greg Moran joins Maureen to discuss these seven mindsets, and give examples on their effectiveness from his extensive real world experience – from small startups such as Aware to giant corporations like Ford.
Other epis...
2024-10-2229 min
She's Got NerveI’m Just So Sorry That You’re Female with Maria KlaweIn this episode Martha and Indira speak candidly with Maria Klawe, the fifth and first woman president of Harvey Mudd College from 2006 to 2023. Maria discusses her own experiences in the position and how she had the ‘nerve’ to get there. Episode ResourcesMaria’s acronym - Long Creeks Past Dazzling WaterfallsL - Listen until the full stopC - Confirm what you have heardP - Prepare and take notes at meetingsD - Don’t have to answer immediately W - Waffle and don’t answer too directl...
2024-10-1558 min
She's Got NerveBe True To Yourself with Shirley TilghmanIn this episode, Martha and Indira speak candidly with Shirley Tilghman who was the first woman to serve as president of Princeton University from 2001-2013. Shirley discusses her own experiences in the position and how she had the ‘nerve’ to get there. Episode ResourcesHaslam, N. (2016). Bell-Shaped Distribution of Personality Traits. In Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds). Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer.Cham.Kennedy, Pagan. "How to Cultivate the Art of Serendipity." The New York Times (January 2, 2016). nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinionhow-to-cultivate-the-art-of-serendipity.htmlLewis Centre for the Creative and Performing Arts: https://arts.princeton.eduPiper, Martha and...
2024-10-0156 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep30: An Oxford Ethicist Reveals How to Strengthen Your Workplace’s Moral CompassGuest: David Rodin, Chair and Founder of Principia & Former Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict
Even the mightiest corporate juggernaut can crumble under an ethics scandal. But even minor ethics issues can taint your business – not just with PR, but in reduced employee morale, engagement, and more.
But ethics can be taught, forged, and grown throughout an organization. Guest David Rodin researches and teaches ethics for businesses and militaries, and he shares his wisdom and practical tips with host Maureen Metcalf.
Here's what David and Maureen cov...
2024-09-0331 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep29: Let's Talk - Four Steps to Bridging Workplace, Political, and Family DisagreementsGuest: Michael Morrow-Fox, Organizational Development & Leadership Consultant
They say talk is cheap, but not listening can be very expensive. Yet many leaders don’t listen to their teams, especially in today’s climate of disagreements and divisiveness. So how can you have these difficult conversations, and keep your team running smoothly?
Our guest, Mike Morrow-Fox, has the answer: conversational receptiveness. It’s a four step technique that moves the needle on workplace dialogue, so the leader hears important information, and the speaker knows their voice has been heard and respected. Mike gives the details...
2024-08-2036 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep28: How Leaders Thrive through Rapid Change - with Chris Nolan & Mike SchindlerGuests: Chris Nolan, Director/Writer, & Michael Schindler, Writer/Exec. Producer, It’s VUCA documentary
Do you face uncertainty with fear…or with confidence?
In the 1980s, the US military began developing the concept of VUCA: ways to deal with Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. Today, as change happens at an exponentially accelerating pace, anti-fragility is a key concept in not just surviving, but thriving through the chaos.
VUCA experts and documentarians Chris Nolan and Mike Schindler join host Maureen Metcalf in this episode to discuss the details of anti-fragility, and the ways you can...
2024-08-0633 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep27: Hilton’s SVP Shares Her Pillars for Thriving After DisasterGuest: Shruti Gandhi Buckley, SVP of Hampton by Hilton & Spark by Hilton
How do you survive a disaster? Or, like Hilton, how do you thrive after one?
The answer is: great leadership. The COVID pandemic devastated the hospitality industry, but Hilton’s leadership adapted to this new world. As guest Shruti Gandhi Buckley reveals, the hotelier’s leadership resiliently embraced change, risk, and diversity to emerge stronger than ever.
Here's what Shruti and Maureen cover:
Why connecting people – your staff and your customers – is critical to success in the hospitality industry;
How promotin...
2024-07-2346 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS8-Ep15: Living Models for Reimagining LeadershipGuests: Cynthia Cherrey (CEO) & Mike Hardy (board chair), International Leadership Association
Leadership theory is one thing; real-world leadership practice is another. But the International Leadership Association does both: taking cutting-edge leadership research from academics and incorporating them in the ILA's daily operations.
Their goal is to identify and find solutions for the global challenges today’s leaders face. They chose Geneva, Switzerland, for their 2021 international conference; the city has the largest number of multi-lateral organizations in the world. The conference theme: Reimagining Leadership. ILA’s president/CEO Cynthia Cherrey joins board chair Mike Hardy for an ove...
2024-07-1652 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS8-Ep16: Leadership Solving Food InsecurityGuest: Leah Lizarondo, Entrepreneur-in-Residence (Carnegie Mellon University) & Co-Founder of 412 Food Rescue
When an organization truly understands a problem and an innovative solution is implemented, people get behind it and true change happens. That’s the story of 412 Food Rescue.
Leah Lizarondo saw massive food insecurity, and food waste recovery was the solution. Moreover, she reimagined food recovery as an organization that solves multiple problems.
Leah joins host Maureen Metcalf to discuss food insecurity, entrepreneurism, and leading an NPO to such success.
Produced in association with the I...
2024-07-0241 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep25: Why Amazon Web Services’ VP Uses AI to Put People FirstGuest: Dave Levy, Vice President of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS)
AI is all the buzz — but how do you lead your team through all the noise to find what works for you?
Dave Levy clears the noise in this episode. By helping governments discern the best AI tools to serve their communities, he sees the qualities any leader needs to look for…and security is right at the top of the list. So is education, including growing the talent pool to meet demand!
Here's what Dave and Maureen cover:
Wh...
2024-06-2534 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS7-Ep10: The Future-Ready Board MemberGuest: Helle Bank Jorgensen, CEO & Founder, Competent Boards
Is your board ready to steer your business into the future? Probably not…
Your board of directors must have several critical competencies to truly benefit your organization. Competent Boards CEO Helle Bank Jorgensen goes through those requirements with host Maureen Metcalf. They start with a primer on ESG – a concept some US politicians have maligned, but understanding it holds opportunities and future profits.
Produced in association with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org.
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2024-06-1832 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep24: Randstad’s CEO Reveals Recruiting’s Realities in a Tough Talent MarketGuest: Sander van ‘t Noordende, CEO, Randstad
The world is becoming talent-led. The talent pool is shrinking, which means leaders must radically shift their thinking on how to recruit — and retain — top performers.
Fortunately, Sander van ‘t Noordende sees a number of solid solutions arising from his vantage as CEO of multinational HR firm Ranstad. He shares them with host Maureen Metcalf in this episode.
Here's what Sander and Maureen cover:
The Big Three issues nearly all corporations and governments will soon be facing (if they aren’t already);
Who the Asserti...
2024-06-1130 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep43: Peace through Better LeadersGuest: Mike Hardy, Founding Director, Centre for Trust, Peace, & Social Relations (Coventry University)
Ukraine. Gaza. Myanmar. As wars continue raging across the globe, we strive to understand the roots of conflict. Mike Hardy finds one tap root is bad leadership.
In this rediscovered episode, Mike shares the role of poor leadership — more encouragingly, he also identifies the elements in both leadership and culture which can lead to positive peace.
NOTE: As an older episode, the audio quality isn’t up to our usual standards, but the conversation is too import...
2024-06-0429 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep23: How Missing Ethics Makes a Mess of OrganizationsGuest: Greg Moran, C-level leadership executive & consultant
The business landscape is littered with fallen firms of questionable ethics. Enron is just one example. But the stumbles of today’s organisations — from Boeing to Columbia University — may be rooted in the lack of a clear ethical framework from the top.
That’s the thesis of guest Greg Moran, who lays out the evidence with host Maureen Metcalf in this episode. It’s not mere philosophical debate; as Enron showed, missing a formal ethical code is a very real existential threat.
Here's what Greg and Ma...
2024-05-2835 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep13: Diversity Training Then & Now: What's Changed?Guest: Carrie Spell-Hansson, CEO, The Folke Institute
DEI has been around for nearly 80 years, which makes recent attacks against it seem a little odd. DEI germinated on July 26, 1948 with Harry Truman’s Executive Order 9981, which abolished racial discrimination in America’s military.
Our guest, Carrie Spell-Hansson, talks with Maureen about the continuing relevance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, and their benefits to both our organizations and to all of us personally.
Produced in association with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org.
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2024-05-2638 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep22: Steer Your Career to the Next TierGuest: Tammy Alvarez, CEO of Career Winners Circle
Isn’t it time you did a little something for yourself? We usually talk about leadership in terms of how it helps your team or organization. In this episode, guest Tammy Alvarez shines the spotlight on you instead.
Specifically, she talks about taking control of your leadership career path. As leaders, we set the tone for our teams. If you don’t love your job, your team senses it. So Tammy shares her many tips for how to get your career back on the track you want…and st...
2024-05-2138 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep12: B Corps Improving Our WorldGuests: Anie Rouleau & Danièle Henkel (CEOs of The Unscented Company & Daniele Henkel Enterprises respectively)
This episode is a goldmine of tips, knowledge, and inspiration for entrepreneurs.
CEOs Anie Rouleau and Danièle Henkel start by explaining what a B-Corporation is, and why it provided the perfect framework for their companies. But they quickly delve into their own drives to become entrepreneurs. Their answers go far beyond generating profits; there’s an entirely different wealth they hope to create now, and for future generations.
Here's what Anie, Danièle, and host Maureen Metcalf cover...
2024-05-2041 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep21: Leadership Lessons from Shark Tank...and BeyondGuest: Shaan Patel, CEO of Prep Expert
Here’s an unexpected formula for success. Step 1: Get a lower score than expected on your SAT. Step 2: Parlay your disappointment into a multimillion dollar company.
That’s how Shaan Patel’s leadership journey began. It included a victory on Shark Tank, mentoring from Mark Cuban, and earning an M.D. It’s not the typical path to industry-leading CEO, but the lessons Shaan learned along the path are important for leaders in any sector. He shares those lessons with us in this episode.
Here's wh...
2024-05-1436 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep11: Shifting from Trusting Institutions to Trusting PeopleGuest: Danièle Henkel, Knight of the Order of Merit & CEO of Daniele Henkel Enterprises
What’s love got to do with leadership? Turns out: quite a lot!
Danièle Henkel sees love in many ways: from passion for your work to genuine respect for the people around you. It’s another facet in building trust; in this case, though, the trust is in people rather than institutions. In a world where leaders often take the quick path – and its ethical shortcuts – to achieve success, Danièle’s take on trust and authenticity in the C-suite...
2024-05-1339 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep20: Break the Cycle - The Role of Trauma-Informed LeadersGuest: Stephanie Lemek, Founder: The Wounded Workforce
Your staff are probably dealing with trauma: in the U.S. alone, 70% of adults faced at least one traumatic experience. Those experiences manifest in different ways in the workplace, from perfectionism to absenteeism. Our trauma reactions are as unique as our fingerprints.
Being a trauma-informed leader can help your team – and, ultimately, your organization. Guest Stephanie Lemek draws on her deep experience in HR to share how to shape a trauma-informed workplace.
Here's what Stephanie and host Maureen Metcalf cover:
The ways leaders can...
2024-05-0735 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep10: Leading BeautifullyGuest: Nancy Adler, S. Bronfman Chair in Management at McGill University
There’s not just an art to leadership; art improves leadership!
That’s the core point of Dr. Nancy Adler’s discussion in this episode. A consultant and professor at McGill University, she’s found that art enables leaders to shift perspectives more readily, thus seeing solutions more effectively. That broadness of thought is more critical than ever: in the emerging business climate, what a leader knows is becoming far less relevant than the leader’s ability to shift perspectives and continually learn new s...
2024-05-0641 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep19: Growing Up and Out: Development for Modern LeadersGuest: Mike Morrow-Fox, Organizational Development Consultant
Many leaders plateau: they hit a certain level, then stop growing or maturing as a leader. But even into late adulthood, we remain able to grow and develop. Indeed, some people thirst for that growth!
Mike Morrow-Fox joins host Maureen Metcalf to discuss post-conventional leaders – people who have grown to a point where they can easily see the big picture, the ripple effects of decisions, understand complexity, and more. Best of all, he shares seven tips to use on your own leadership journey.
Here's what Mik...
2024-04-3043 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep8: Leading Indigenous Clean EnergyGuest: Chris Henderson, President of Lumos Clean Energy Advisors
Indigenous voices are often left out of conversations on clean energy and climate change. Yet, their generations of environmental stewardship make them pivotal players in our energy future.
Chris Henderson, a Canadian eco-entrepreneur and community leader, discusses the role of Indigenous communities in Canada's shift towards clean energy. In the process, renewable energy is enhancing social equity and fostering economic opportunities for Indigenous peoples.
Chris and host Maureen Metcalf delve into the broader implications of this shift, including environmental sustainability, technological innovation, a...
2024-04-2937 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep18: How Psychedelics Enhance Modern LeadershipGuest: Paul F. Austin, CEO of Third Wave
Why are C-suites adopting psychedelics? Some leaders say it gives them a competitive edge in innovation and thinking; others use psychedelics for stress relief and general mental health.
Paul F. Austin reviews the science and the trends behind this movement. He joins host Maureen Metcalf to discuss both how and why senior executives are moving these substances from taboo to corporate practice…and he provides important guidelines and limits on their use.
Here's what Paul and Maureen cover:
How the link between lea...
2024-04-2340 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep7: Courageous Leadership Is Required to Address Global IssuesGuest: Mike Gerbis, CEO of Delphi
Politics and megaweather get all the attention on climate change, but the impacts on business are profound. The liabilities for business may rise faster than the temperature! So why are so many business leaders so far behind in dealing with it?
As Oz’s Lion would say, it boils down to courage. The climate issue means challenging the status quo, which upsets stockholders focused on short-term profit. Mike Gerbis, a CEO who HAS challenged the status quo, tells host Maureen Metcalf that businesses need courageous leadership to add...
2024-04-2139 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep17: Cultivating Conversation: How to Improve Leaders' CommunicationGuest: Amiel Handelsman, Elite Executive Coach
We all know communication is key for leadership. But HOW we communicate is tougher. And one simple misunderstanding can make the difference between success and disaster.
Guest Amiel Handelsman has observed and codified eleven concepts that will move your communications from good to great. He shares them with host Maureen Metcalf in this episode.
Here's what Amiel and Maureen cover:
The ways changing your conversation style can change people’s minds (including your own!);
The importance of “The Pause,” and how that moment of silence...
2024-04-1737 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep16: Amazon VP Reveals How Moonshots & Robots Put Packages on Your PorchGuest: Steve Armato, VP of Middle Mile & Tech at Amazon
Whether leaders accept or ignore new tech makes the difference between it disrupting their organizations – and transforming them.
Amazon’s use of new technology is a clear and major component of its success. It’s a big part of what puts packages on your porch. And, as Steve Armato reveals, Amazon wants to share that tech with others. Steve is their VP of Middle Mile and Tech. In this episode, he talks about the ways Amazon shares AI and other technologies – and how they deve...
2024-04-1028 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep6: Attitudes on LeadershipGuests: Lynn Shollen & Sam Wilson, researchers at Christopher Newport University and Swinburne University of Technology
Odds are good you aren’t happy with our leaders. Less than 1/3 of Americans believe their leaders are effective.
That’s according to the Leadership Attitudes Survey. Dr. Lynn Shollen joins us to share more of the results. Dr. Sam Wilson chimes in to reveal insights from the Australian Leadership Index. The two studies had remarkably similar findings.
The bottom line: most of us feel our leaders are too far removed from the everyday experi...
2024-04-0823 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep15: Omaha Steaks’ CEO on the Rare Leadership Making Their Success Well-DoneGuest: Nate Rempe, CEO of Omaha Steaks
It’s an iconic success story with a menu of leadership lessons: Born from a family escaping oppression in 1917, Omaha Steaks transformed from a small butcher shop into a global brand synonymous with the finest steaks. They’ve stayed at the top because of their long history of leaders driven to innovate.
CEO Nate Rempe joins host Maureen Metcalf to unpack the leadership methods that foster such long-lasting success – methods you can adopt, too.
Here's what Nate and Maureen cover:
How vertical integration and horizontal leader...
2024-04-0250 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep5: Leader CharacterGuest: Dr. Mary Crossan, Distinguished University Professor at Western University
You say you want to hire people with good character – but what does “character” mean?
In this rediscovered episode, Dr. Mary Crossan of Ivey University defines exactly what leader character is, why it matters, and how to develop it. She’s found leader character is not just an add-on, but a foundational element that propels organizations towards sustained excellence. And it’s a win-win: the cultivation of leader character significantly enhances both individual well-being and prompts a culture of integrity and effectiveness within organizations.
Produced...
2024-04-0142 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep14: Forming Your Firm’s EthicsGuest: Greg Moran, Executive-in-Residence, Former Sr. Executive at Ford, Chase, Nationwide, and more
Should you, or shouldn’t you?
All ethics boil down to this simple question, but getting to the answer can be enormously difficult, especially when deciding for your business. But guest Greg Moran – a long-time C-suite resident – says you can ease those ethical questions by establishing basic principles for your firm…even before you create your pitch deck for potential investors!
Greg shares more tips and real-world examples, from Enron to Boeing, in this episode.
Here's w...
2024-03-2648 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS6-Ep4: Creating Peace in an Evolving & Interconnected WorldGuest: Mike Hardy, Founding Director of CTPSR
In this rediscovered episode, guest Mike Hardy delivers an insightful update on the founding principles and advancements at the Centre for Trust, Peace, & Social Relations at Coventry University. He delves into his own transformative journey towards embodying peace, serving as a beacon of inspiration. The episode highlights the Centre's remarkable evolution into a hub of outstanding research, playing a pivotal role in shaping contemporary perspectives on fostering peace in our dynamic, interconnected global landscape. Furthermore, Mike reveals the profound impact of his personal decision to renounce anger, fostering a ripple...
2024-03-2542 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep13: Economies of Skill - Moving to a Skills-Based TeamGuest: Brian Richardson, Founder/CEO of Richardson Consulting Group
How talented is your team?
Without a skills-based system, you may never know…and never tap into the full potential your organization has. But companies that look at skills know who has the talent to best get the job done – and who can develop and grow to obtain those skills.
That’s the message guest Brian Richardson, the founder and CEO of RSG, brings to host Maureen Metcalf in this episode. He shares tips and cases of businesses that uncovered the game...
2024-03-2042 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep40: WE Empower - The Women Winning the UN SDG Goals ChallengeGuests: WE Empower Challenge winners Hadeel Anabtawi & Habiba Ali with Amanda Ellis
While female entrepreneurs have made great strides in some countries, in the U.S. and other nations women still face significant barriers that just aren’t there for male-headed start-ups. Despite that, women leaders are making a difference by promoting positive change in their local communities – changes that can have a global impact.
The United Nations recognizes several entrepreneurial women every year with their WE Empower UN Sustainable Development Goals Challenge; it promotes female founders globally who run successful businesses while suppo...
2024-03-1826 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep12: Tales from the Top - How Leaders Use StoriesGuest: Dr. Tanvi Gautam, Senior Faculty at Singapore Management University
How do you lead: with your head or heart? Left-brain or right? For the best leaders, the answer is “All of the above.”
From the art of conversation to discovering (and sharing) your organization’s story, guest Dr. Tanvi Gautam talks with host Maureen Metcalf about her head-and-heart-based approach to leadership development – and why adding creative “right brain” thinking to business’ usual analytical “left brain” logic leads to better teams.
Here's what Tanvi and Maureen cover:
The five conversations teams need to have;
Why y...
2024-03-1348 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep32: Effectively Addressing Values ConflictsGuest: John Heiser, former CEO of LabVantage
We hear a lot about family values and personal values…but what about business values? And what happens when your company’s and personal values conflict?
Values conflicts arise frequently in the workplace. Addressing them leads to a more engaged and satisfied workforce (who also drive superior performance). Guest John Heiser explains how, and shares details on the “Giving Voice to Values” (GVV) program, which provides a proven framework for organizations to implement.
Produced in conjunction with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobaln...
2024-03-1136 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep11: Noodling Solutions for Food InsecurityGuest: Dr. Reza Soltanzadeh (CEO & Founder of Borealis Foods)
Solving a major crisis sometimes requires reframing it. For Reza Soltanzadeh, working with Doctors Without Borders exposed him to global hunger—but he saw one solution by reframing the problem as global malnutrition.
That set him on a path of high innovation, resulting in a ramen noodle that can, quite literally, nourish the world.
Reza shares how his company, Borealis Foods, has learned to innovate so supremely well.
Here's what Reza and host Maureen Metcalf cover:
Why the...
2024-03-0645 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep11: More Women on BoardsGuests: Marlene Janzen Le Ber and Lynne E. Devnew (Researchers at Brescia University College & University of Phoenix)
We judge female leaders differently than men; we’ll decry a woman exec displaying the exact same behavior as a male. The challenges keeping women from the C-suite and board room are systemic and complex – but the process really starts at the very beginning: how women aspire to and define leadership itself!
We’re making progress: women held just over 30% of Fortune 500 board seats in 2022. That’s up from just 22.2% in 2017. With women comprising roughly half of humani...
2024-03-0437 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep10: Global Leadership - Research, Practice, & DevelopmentGuests: Allan Bird & Joyce Osland
It’s hard enough leading a small local team; imagine running a team that stretches across continents!
That’s exactly what global leaders must do. But from what motivates people to varying labor laws, cultures vary wildly around the planet, so leadership styles must adapt with them. How can a global leader do it all?
Guests Allan Bird and Joyce Osland have some answers. They’re specialists in researching global leadership, and their insights may surprise you!
Here's what Allan, Joyce, and Maureen...
2024-02-2534 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep8: Democracy on the RunAre leaders letting democracy die?
Less than half of the world’s nations are full-fledged democracies today. That’s down from just 20 years ago.
Part of the problem is a nation’s democratic death usually isn’t dramatic or sudden; it’s often a series of subtler, slower moves such as only appointing loyalists to cabinet posts and judgeships, or threatening the press if coverage isn’t towing the party line.
How does this happen in leadership? In this episode, three international thought leaders—Matt Qvortrup, Veronika Anghel, and Mike...
2024-02-1847 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep7: Transformational Leadership & EthicsGuest: Ron Riggio
Are great leaders born, or forged?
Ron Riggio followed up on the four-decade-long Fullerton Longitudinal Study to uncover the childhood characteristics that indicated later leadership qualities. Those results further informed his work on transformational leadership. He discusses his findings with host Maureen Metcalf…as well as the interplay between transformational leadership and ethics.
Produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org/ .
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Do No Harm: Ethics for Lead...
2024-02-1242 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep39: Focus on Women & LeadershipGuest: Parminder Vir
At the 4th Women and Leadership Conference, participants spent three days discussing and debating ways women’s leadership potential can be unleashed: developed, energized, and liberated in the workspace. Parminder Vir took part, and discusses the results…along with her own experiences as a female leader through four decades of work and across cultures and continents. Her tips and wisdom can be a hammer in helping break through your own glass ceiling.
Produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org/ .
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
It Ta...
2024-02-0539 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep9: Lifetime Achievement in Leadership Theory & PracticeGuests: Joanne Ciulla & Keith Grint
Why do so many leaders have trouble acting ethically?
For nearly three decades, Joanne Ciulla has focused her research on ethics in leadership. Even though the framework for ethics is over 2,400 years old, our definition of being ethical holds firm today. Why is it taking so many leaders so long to catch on? Her answers may surprise you.
Joanne earned the International Leadership Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. Keith Grint did, as well; Maureen interviews him in the second half of this episode. Keit...
2024-01-2144 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep2: It Takes NerveGuests: Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera
“What do you expect with a woman?”
That’s the attitude our guests encountered on their leadership journeys – but, as Georgia O’Keefe said, “It takes a kind of nerve…and a lot of hard, hard work.” That nerve is exactly what Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera developed. It served them well, with both becoming the first woman president of their respective universities.
In this episode, they share tips to help other women (and men!) develop the same combination of nerve, grit, and grace that made th...
2024-01-1043 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS7-Ep52: Normal Is Gone: Leadership Trends for 2022Guest: Christopher Washington, Franklin University Provost
The pandemic didn’t destroy the old “normal.” COVID simply accelerated trends that were already underway. The best leaders see that, and are forging new paths to success for their organizations and their people.
The tables turn in this episode, as regular host Maureen Metcalf becomes the guest, interviewed by ILI Fellow and Franklin University provost Christopher Washington. Drawing on her own extensive experience as well as the collective knowledge of the leaders she interviewed throughout 2021, Maureen reveals the six major trends for leaders in 2022: from a reduced emphasis on results...
2022-12-1653 min
Thinking With Mitch JoelSPOS #796 - Indira Samarasekera On Leadership And NerveWelcome to episode #796 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #796 - Host: Mitch Joel. Internationally recognized as one of Canada's leading engineers, Dr. Indira V. Samarasekera has led an amazing career. Indira has been awarded the E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship, the Peter Lougheed award for leadership in public policy and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering. A former president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta, Indira has honorary...
2021-10-1056 min
The Tamil CreatorEP #29: Indira Samarasekera - Former University President & Current Board Member (Of Several Publicly Traded Companies), Co-Authors Book To Help Create More Female LeadersIndira Samarasekera is the former president of the University of Alberta and a current board member of several large market cap companies in Canada. Indira joins Ara on this week’s episode to discuss co-authoring a book called Nerve , growing up in Jaffna, the future of education, what resources she uses to continuously learn, and the benefits she has experienced as a result of rediscovering her Christian faith - in addition to so much more!Timestamps00:53 - Ara introduces this week’s guest, Indira Samarasekera05:21 - Indira’s experience as a woman...
2021-09-201h 05
The Honest TalkIndira Samarasekera & Martha PiperMartha Piper and Indira Samarasekera were the first and so far, only female Presidents of two of Canada’s largest and most respected research universities in Canada, the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta. In this episode of The Honest Talk, they discuss their ground-breaking new book Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First and why they felt compelled to share their experiences navigating the ranks of leadership and contending with life’s big decisions.
2021-09-1728 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Business & Economics, Management & LeadershipNerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First by Indira Samarasekera, Martha PiperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/530302to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First
Author: Indira Samarasekera, Martha Piper
Narrator: Marie Hoffman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
Release date: September 14, 2021
Genres: Management & Leadership
Publisher's Summary:
Candid and insightful perspectives on the dilemmas and opportunities women confront as they take on leadership positions Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera had vastly different career paths on their way to becoming the first (and so far only) female presidents of two of Canada's largest and most respected research universities and directors of some of the nation's...
2021-09-1412h 22