Gill Whitty-Collins is a Consultant, Board Chair, expert in business & Brand building and former Senior Vice President at the consumer goods giant P&G where she led the Beauty Care business in EMEA. She is also a self-confessed "Gender Equality warrior" and published author of the book published author of the book "Why Men Win at Work."  In this interview Gill talks about some of the personal leadership lessons she learned during her successful 26-year career at P&G, and what drove her to take a stand to make gender inequality history. Listen on to hear more about: The "umbrella theory," why women need to be savvy about the fact that their work doesn't just "speak for itself," and the need to make your work visible and include your boss in the team.  How the confidence-competence equation often plays to women's disadvantage and the power of understanding your strenths and leading from your "confident core" How gender equality is in everyone's interests, is everyone's responsibility, and what you can do about it. Gill covers these and other topics in more detail in her book "Why men win at work." You can buy it via the link below: https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781913025625 You can find out more about the Clifton Strengths Finder tool mentioned in this podcast at gallup.com/cliftonstrengths  Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Will Hogg founded Kinetic Consulting in 2008 with a vision to create, build and promote meaningful connections between business and social impact. He brought with him 10 years strategic leadership experience in P&G, and 7 in the British Army. 12 years later, Kinetic continues to grow from strength to strength as Will and his team take "Vision to Action" for an impressive list of international clients.  So what has driven Will’s path to success?  In this interview, recorded in September 2019, Will demonstrates some timeless aspects of Great Leadership: Balancing vision and action, relationships and process, being and doing. He also talks about the role that challenge and crisis has played in his journey as he seeks to build a company whose impact goes beyond the bottom line. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Jane Hoskisson, Director of Learning and Development for IATA is a wonderful example of someone who leads with authenticity and authority. She is genuinely warm and she is courageous in showing up to reality both in herself as a leader and in her industry to drive change for good.  She says of herself: "The red thread throughout my career seems to be working in traditionally male-dominated industries. I've worked in Tobacco, Oil, Pharma, and now Aviation. All of them have challenges around sustainability and diversity, and as a protagonist for both, I have always felt it is better to be on the inside driving change." In this interview we talk about her leadership journey as a female in male-dominated industries, about driving change in gender diversity and inclusion, and the impact of how we respond to the “can’ts” in our lives. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Dominique moved countries 4 times with her family during her successful 30-year career at P&G, sometimes for her husband’s job and sometimes for hers. Now a board member and consultant, she recently published a book called “Family and Career: What an Adventure!" This interview is packed with stories, examples and principles for leadership at work and in your personal life. One of the key themes of our discussion was knowing yourself and how understanding your strengths, your values and your style helps you to become a strong authentic leader, make life choices consistent with your principles, and manage your performance. Dominique’s book is available on Amazon. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In this episode recorded in April I talk with Will Hogg and Robert Jongstra about How to lead through an existential crisis and move from surviving to thriving. Will founded Kinetic Consuting 10 years ago after a career as an HR leader in Procter & Gamble and previously in the British Army. Robert is Executive Chairman of Kinetic and is 30-year P&G veteran with experience of leading multiple billion dollar businesses. During the interview you’ll hear us talk about: 🎯Leading the business and how to balance the short and long-term needs 🎯Leading the organisation by communicating with transparency and predictability and 🎯Leading ourselves by focusing on what is within our control.  These are all things which are of utmost importance during crisis and also timeless leadership practices. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In this episode of my special series of “Conversations on leading through the Covid-19 Crisis" I talk to Erin Clymer Lessard about decision-making in turbulent times. Erin is an Executive Coach and Author of Decision Flow: the authentic leader's guide to making the right decision when the stakes are high. We discuss some of the common challenges leaders face when making decisions, how to overcome them, and how to develop a healthy decision-making mindset. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

During the past few months we have all been adjusting to a world impacted by the global Covid-19 pandemic, both personally and professionally. As leaders we need to step up to lead ourselves, our teams and our organisations through an uncertain and shifting landscape, while holding the reality of the personal cost of this situation to so many.  That's why I decided to invite leaders and experts to share their thoughts on leading in during these unprecedented times in a special series of “Conversations on leading through the Covid-19 Crisis."  In this first interview I talk to Deborah Croft co-founder of Thriving Talent about how to thrive when working, schooling and parenting from home. One of the key themes we cover is: How to have healthy and courageous conversations at home and work that set everyone up for success. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

I was fortunate enough to be able to interview today's guest, Simon Guillebaud, back in October 2018 about his take on leadership and success after 20 years working in Burundi as a social entrepreneur.  Simon knows what it's like to take personal risk for the sake of a greater cause. He left a comfortable life in the UK to go to Burundi in 1999 when it was considered one of the most dangerous places on the planet.  In 2003 he founded an NGO called Great Lakes Outreach (GLO) with the vision to transform Burundi, one of the poorest and hungriest nations in the world, by working with gifted local leaders of integrity.   In Burundi Simon is known for founding orphanages, schools and the best hotel in Bujumbura. But over and above that he is known as a leader of faith and integrity who walks his talk.  When I asked Simon about his legacy in Burundi, he said that his legacy is that he doesn’t need to be there any more. In 2019 he returned to the UK with his family leaving the GLO work in Burundi in the capable hands of local leaders. GLO continues to have a huge impact helping well over 100,000 of the neediest people every year in sustainable ways.  In this interview Simon talks about leadership, in particular the importance of relationships, staying true to your values and moving from success to significance.  Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In today's episode I interview Virginie Hélias, the chief sustainability officer of the consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble, about her leadership journey and the principles that she lives by. Eight years ago Virginie decided that she was going to make sustainability her job. Two weeks after making this decision she wrote a job description for a corporate sustainability role and booked a 20-minute meetings with the CEO in Cincinnati. The rest, as they say, is history, or in this case her story. In this interview, recorded in June 2019 she shares her story, and how being clear on what you want, being brave not perfect and being prepared are 3 of the key leadership principles that have enabled her to succeed in work and life. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.