Leaders in the Arena

Leaders in the Arena

By The Brock-Barnes Center for LeadershipBusiness
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Leaders in the Arena episodes

  • My Story as an Empathetic Leader with Carlene Blanding

    In this episode of Leaders In the Arena, hear from Carlene Blanding, VP of Human Resources / Integrated Supply Chain at Shaw Industries, as she chronicles her journey toward becoming an empathetic leader. Learn how her experience through the COVID-19 pandemic shaped her leadership ability by walking alongside those in hard circumstances.

    Empathy is the ability to understand another person's thoughts and feelings in a situation from their point-of-view, rather than your own. It's an essential trait of leadership, but it must be practiced and developed through difficult situations.


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    29 min
  • Nurturing Company-Wide Change with Jeana Lee

    Hear from Jeana Lee, Chief of Staff to the CFO at Unum, as she discusses how to create engagement and sustain collaboration across multiple teams in an institution. Learn more from Jeana about the intricacies, challenges, and successes of implementing strategic change in a corporation. 

    Championing strategy and change across a corporate organization is no simple task. To have hundreds or even thousands of employees on the same page takes a monumental effort. By engaging key stakeholders in the first year of their strategy design, Unum increased employee engagement survey results by double digits for those stakeholders.


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    32 min
  • The How & Why of ESG Strategy with Tom White

    In this episode of Leaders in the Arena, hear from Tom White, former Senior VP of Investor Relations at Unum, as he shares how and why to implement an ESG strategy in a consistent, measurable way in a business landscape that demands more than maximizing profits.

    Success in business is no longer simply the amount of revenue. Today's “stakeholder” expands far beyond the shareholders to encompass employees, customers, suppliers, and communities. True sustainability—responsible, ethical, and ongoing success—requires management of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) demands and concerns.

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    34 min
  • The Journey of a Champion In Care with Nicole Brown

    The need for human-centered healthcare has never felt more vital than it does now. Personal experiences lead and shape healthcare professionals in their work, fostering empathy with their patients and driving administrators to implement human-focused systems.

    In this episode, hear from Nicole Brown, Manager of Community Benefits and Diversity at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, TN, as she chronicles the experiences that led her to become a Champion in Care.

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    29 min
  • Future-Ready Leadership with Kristin Leydig-Bryant

    Attempting to forecast the future may seem daunting or even impossible. But strategic foresight is a planning-oriented discipline that provides structured methods and tools for navigating unidentified unknowns. Rather than rely on gut feelings, leaders can confidently lean into the unknowns and find success while avoiding setbacks.

    Hear from Kristin Leydig-Bryant, Founder and CEO of Clarity at Work, for this In the Arena conversation as she discusses the power of foresight methods for the C-Suite, and how a practice of understanding future trends can not only help your organization weather whatever may come, but thrive.

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    30 min

About Leaders in the Arena

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Leaders in the Arena is a podcast from the Brock-Barnes Center for Leadership at Covenant College. Each episode features conversations with leaders doing the real work of leadership—where decisions…