Changing Lightbulbs

 Listen to our guest Hashmeen Hosein who is a prominent change leader within a large financial institution.  Deeper than describing change management best practices, she offers insights into how personal and organizational changes are inextricably  linked.

This week’s Podcast is about how leaders can affect and implement positive, successful change. 

“There are a lot of people who resist change for the sake of resisting change. Those are not people who typically lead. Well functioning teams are made up of leaders. The first step in any #changeproject is to identify those that are not resistors and are willing to take on risk. If you are afraid of the word ‘no’, you are not meant to lead.” 

All organizations are experiencing some level of disruption. As a result, leaders need to constantly adopt to change and be open to new ideas and growth.  

Listen to the experienced words of Co-Founder and General Partner at Information Venture Partners, Rob Antoniades, provide his advice on what it takes to be a successful leader when going through change.

My guest, Sharon Permack, stands strong today, a survivor of many difficult and challenging times.   Her biggest lesson has been learning how to build an inner landscape that is there to support her through anything.  She learned to build resilience and vow to herself to do whatever she had to in order to improve her health.  In the process, she moved from cancer survivor to health advocate and wellness warrior....

Check out her website at www.innerbalanceforhealt.com/book to learn more about her work.

Listen to the great Alan Cross (host of the Ongoing History of New Music: https://edge.ca/show/the-ongoing-history-of-new-music/) describe his radio journey and the changes the industry has had to make resulting from online media.  Alan nicely illustrates the key change concept of reacting to change when it is thrust upon us: positively embracing change! As he says, 'the change was bigger than me'; rather than fight the change, he leverages the change to achieve uncommon success in a very difficult industry.

From 8 years old, all John Ogiltree wanted was to play professional baseball.  So much focus, so much success (NCAA, professional player, and Olympics), yet his dream remained just out of reach.  Listen to how John dealt with the loss of a dream and an uncertain future.

Listen to my guest, Unika Hypolite, the second episode from former athletes who have had change thrust upon them.  An injury led to a new path, but this challenge actually created new opportunities and hope for future opportunities and a great life.

Listen to my guest, Kathy, as she recount her teenage pregnancy and the trails and tribulations that come with that stigmatizing event.  The lack of empathy and incredible judgement of others and how that shaped her later life.  Change affects everyone differently, empathy and support can be the key element to help others make the change they need to achieve greatness.

In this episode, my guest Daniel Lewis, discusses his complete transformation from a troubled youth to become a remarkable and successful entrepreneur. While recovering from knife wounds, he witnessed and understood the value that everyone had a role in that hospital towards his healing and ultimate recovery. This was his ‘ah-ha’ moment where he realized that he too wanted to impact people’s lives in a positive way. In his own words “he saw connection of everything and contributing to humanity just made sense to me”. He decided to put this newfound philosophy towards his passion for tea and ended up building a successful company. Little did he know that one day his teas would be selected to be served in person to the Prince of Whales. Listen to this inspiring and honest story of Daniel and his transformation journey with your favourite cup of tea. 

Creator and Host: Greg R. McGovern

Guest: Daniel Lewis https://www.tbydaniel.com/c

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