Launch your brainchild: Raise Our Voice Australia's Ashleigh Streeter-Jones

Mar 15, 2023

 • 26:56

Too many groups, including women and gender diverse people, do not see themselves as policymakers or politicians. Raise Our Voice Australia works to change that by providing special training on how the political system works, as well as tactical skills in areas like community building and having conversations with people you disagree with. Founder Ashleigh Streeter-Jones shares the important role a mentor played in crafting a step-by-step process to launch the social enterprise, one that helped break the massive project into 'bite-sized' pieces, a process that can be instrumental for founders of any startup or initiative. In fact, Streeter-Jones has a circle of mentors she turns to for advice and commiseration, and she shares the key role that mentoring plays in sharing knowledge and building anything big.

Too many groups, including women and gender diverse people, do not see themselves as policymakers or politicians. Raise Our Voice Australia works to change that by providing special training on how the political system works, as well as tactical skills in areas like community building and having conversations with people you disagree with. Founder Ashleigh Streeter-Jones shares the important role a mentor played in crafting a step-by-step process to launch the social enterprise, one that helped break the massive project into 'bite-sized' pieces, a process that can be instrumental for founders of any startup or initiative. In fact, Streeter-Jones has a circle of mentors she turns to for advice and commiseration, and she shares the key role that mentoring plays in sharing knowledge and building anything big.

NYSE Group's Lynn Martin: Navigate uncertainty with this simple habit

Mar 13, 2023

 • 21 minutes

The second woman in history to run the New York Stock Exchange shares her 'non-linear' path to the President role and the integral role her background in programming, technology and statistics plays in running a modern stock exchange. In a conversation recorded at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Davos, she talks about her first year on the job, the simple habit that helped her navigate 2022's rollercoaster year for stocks, the books inspiring her now, and what's needed to get more women into finance and tech.

The second woman in history to run the New York Stock Exchange shares her 'non-linear' path to the President role and the integral role her background in programming, technology and statistics plays in running a modern stock exchange. In a conversation recorded at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Davos, she talks about her first year on the job, the simple habit that helped her navigate 2022's rollercoaster year for stocks, the books inspiring her now, and what's needed to get more women into finance and tech.

ManpowerGroup's Becky Frankiewicz: Burnout, equity and women at work

Mar 8, 2023

 • 24:12

COVID-19 set women at work back ‘a generation.’ Learn why — and what can be done to bridge gender gaps and tackle other big trends like labor scarcity from ManpowerGroup's Becky Frankiewicz. In this episode, recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos, Frankiewicz shares why it's key to think 'skills-first,' how leaders can ensure flexible work works for everyone, what it means to be 'visible' in the workplace and the soft skill some tech fields need most.

COVID-19 set women at work back ‘a generation.’ Learn why — and what can be done to bridge gender gaps and tackle other big trends like labor scarcity from ManpowerGroup's Becky Frankiewicz. In this episode, recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos, Frankiewicz shares why it's key to think 'skills-first,' how leaders can ensure flexible work works for everyone, what it means to be 'visible' in the workplace and the soft skill some tech fields need most.

PepsiCo's Ramon Laguarta: Practices that transform business

Mar 1, 2023

 • 22 minutes

A more sustainable future means transforming how business is done. In a special conversation recorded at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Davos, PepsiCo's CEO Ramon Laguarta shared how the food and beverage giant is rethinking things like packaging and consumption models - and how de-risking investments, scaling new habits and the right mix of internal collaboration and competition can spur innovation.

A more sustainable future means transforming how business is done. In a special conversation recorded at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Davos, PepsiCo's CEO Ramon Laguarta shared how the food and beverage giant is rethinking things like packaging and consumption models - and how de-risking investments, scaling new habits and the right mix of internal collaboration and competition can spur innovation.

Hard-won advice and the trait all leaders need: The Valuable 500’s Caroline Casey

Feb 22, 2023

 • 24 minutes

Casey is the founder of The Valuable 500, an organization that represents 22 million workers across 64 sectors worldwide working to end disability exclusion. Key to this effort is bridging a data gap to make it easier to track progress for inclusion and make apples to apples comparisons between companies. But critical, too, is ensuring leaders have the skills and the mettle to transform their organizations for a more inclusive world. She shares her journey in founding The Valuable 500, what motivates her and how a mentor changed how she thinks about impact. She also shares why a leader’s self-awareness is critical to better managing people - and why, if she had her way, all CEOs would be in therapy.

Casey is the founder of The Valuable 500, an organization that represents 22 million workers across 64 sectors worldwide working to end disability exclusion. Key to this effort is bridging a data gap to make it easier to track progress for inclusion and make apples to apples comparisons between companies. But critical, too, is ensuring leaders have the skills and the mettle to transform their organizations for a more inclusive world. She shares her journey in founding The Valuable 500, what motivates her and how a mentor changed how she thinks about impact. She also shares why a leader’s self-awareness is critical to better managing people - and why, if she had her way, all CEOs would be in therapy.