Steve Kenzie

Leila is joined by Executive Director at the UN Global Compact Network UK.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· Steve’s career journey so far, from growing up in Canada to working for various NGOs and eventually moving over to the UK in 2003

· How to balance the profitability of business with “doing good” for the wider world and the key role that this can play in talent attraction with millennials/zillennials

· What can be done to avoid allowing “unconscious bias” to develop within a business

· How the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can help governments to move towards “a new normal” after COVID-19

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevekenzie/

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Nimal Amitirigala

Leila is joined by Nimal Amitirigala - President - Grace Foods Canada, Inc. at GraceKennedy Ltd.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· Nimal’s unique intercultural background and his various international experiences living in countries such as the UK, US and Canada

· How living/working abroad can help enhance not only your personal perspective but also the diversity journey

· The Jamaican background and subsequent international expansion of GraceKennedy as a company

· Nimal’s passion for educating others about the massive influence that Jamaica has had on international culture, cuisine, sport and music

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

Brene Brown

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimala

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Dean Curtis

Leila is joined by Dean Curtis - Group Managing Director, Risk & Business Analytics at RELX and President/CEO at ICIS.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· How Dean went from entering the financial services industry to working for several football clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur and Charlton Athletic as a youth team coach, before going back into the business world

· The hope that companies are able to make the best of the opportunities provided by the Coronavirus situation, and the resulting increasing importance of company culture

· How Dean has led RELX to achieving near parity on staff gender ratios (both overall and at senior leadership level)

· Dean’s previous battles with mental health issues, and how he used the experience to make himself a stronger leader

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanacurtis/

E-mail: [email protected]

Website : https://www.reedbusiness.com/about-us/#about-us-leadership

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Paul Parker

Leila is joined by Paul Parker – Ex-Professional footballer for England and Manchester United, Pundit, Blogger, Corporate Trainer, Coach & Cross Channel Racing Ambassador.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· Paul’s story so far, from being brought up in London and subsequently Essex by his Jamaican immigrate parents to becoming an athlete, initially at school in athletics and then becoming a professional footballer

· Paul’s experience in school during the era of Skinheads and the National Front, but also being someone who other pupils were able to relate to due to his participation in sport

· The racist chants and taunting from football fans that Paul had to face up to on a regular basis during the 1980s

· Paul’s experiences as a manager/coach compared to when he was playing, and the different nature of the challenges

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulparker64/

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Hugo de Sousa

Leila is joined by Hugo de Sousa - Associate Partner/Head of Innovation and Ecosystems at Capita Consulting.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Hugo’s role in futureproofing corporate strategy and innovation

· Hugo’s career journey so far, from co-founding his own company in Portugal and becoming CIO for a large Portugese government agency to working for larger companies abroad in the UK and Ireland

· The need to be able to combine tech skills with softer skills and emotional intelligence in order to enhance storytelling

·  The importance of separating issues such as Covid-19 and Brexit from Diversity and Inclusion in order to ensure it is not de-prioritised

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugocsousa/
Twitter @hugocsousa

The Godfather movie trilogy by Francis Coppola

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Thomas Ennis

Leila is joined by Thomas Ennis – CEO at Thomas Ennis Group.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· How Thomas went from a background of extreme poverty and leaving school aged 15 to owning his own network of retail stores in Ireland

· Thomas’ own experiences of social discrimination throughout his life

· The impact of Covid-19 on the food retail sector
 

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-ennis-4b877841/

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Niko Kavakiotis

Leila is joined by Niko Kavakiotis - Head of Building Performance & Sustainability at Siemens.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· Niko’s highly multicultural background, from growing up in Greece and studying/working in electrical engineering all over the world in countries such as the UK, USA, Japan and Germany

· The importance of avoiding a sense of entitlement

· The work that Niko has been doing internally with the Employee Resource Group (ERG) that he is leading

· The battles that Niko has fought with ‘Imposter Syndrome’

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

https://www.linkedin.com/in/niko-kavakiotis/

How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen

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David Grevemberg CBE

Leila is joined by David Grevemberg - Chief Executive Officer at the Commonwealth Games Federation.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· How David went from growing up in New Orleans to working in wrestling, to his high-flying career in sports management

· The inclusive agenda at the Commonwealth Games Federation

· The racial tension that he dealt with as a young white person in New Orleans

· Embracing both authenticity and sincerity as a leader

· The human rights element that David likes to apply to both sports and business leadership

· The Commonwealth Games Federation’s proud record as a driver for social change in the world

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED
https://thecgf.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-grevemberg-cbe-0611634/

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Mark Adams

Leila is joined by Mark Adams - Chief Executive of Community Integrated Care and Non-Executive Director at National Care Forum and Countess of Chester Hospital.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· What it has been like combating Covid-19 “on the front line” for Mark and his charity colleagues

· The differences between working in social care and in physical healthcare

· Mark’s personal background, having started working in healthcare at a very young age and experienced working for a combination of large corporate companies and smaller, more entrepreneurial businesses

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RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markadams10/

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Geoff McDonald

Leila is joined by Geoff McDonald, Co-Founder of Minds@Work and former Global Vice President HR at Unilever.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

·The difficulties of dealing with social distancing and self-isolation, but also the benefits that these offer, such as the opportunity for reflection

·“That ability to talk is what saved my life”: how the power of love helped Geoff overcome personal mental health challenges

·How to deal with mental health symptoms when they are having a severe negative impact on your life, both during the Covid-19 pandemic and ‘normal times’

·Geoff’s personal advice on steps that everyone can take to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoff-mcdonald/

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