Men at Work Podcast

Today, we’re talking to my friend Shannon Leppky.

I spent a few years working with Shannon while she was at Manitoba Public Insurance. Every trip I made to Winnipeg I always made sure to schedule time with Shannon and our conversations would bleed well over the hour we allotted for coffee. I always walked away from those conversations thinking bigger and differently about my work and the world.

Shannon was the Chief Human Resource Officer at Manitoba Public Insurance for the better part of a decade. Today, she runs SEE Coaching and is the host of Red Chair: A women’s leadership program based in Winnipeg.

Shannon was extremely candid in sharing her views as an educator, executive, mother to two daughters and mentor to female leaders.

We talked about her experiences leading a decade-long culture transformation initiative at Manitoba Public Insurance. She opened up about what it means to a transform an organization by focusing on people, creativity and purpose.

We also discussed:

- The next tranche of gender in the workplace

- The differences between men and women when it comes to language and swearing

- The early socialisation of boys and girls and how this manifests later in life

Notes and Resources:

For more on Shannon Leppky and SEE Coaching / Red Chair check out her website: https://seecoachandconsult.ca

How Women Rise: https://sallyhelgesen.com/sallysbooks/how-women-rise/

Welcome to the Men at Work Podcast, Episode 1!

Today’s podcast is a conversation with my friend Sandy Sembler. She is an incredible woman. She got her start as a teenager working in direct sales and went on to build a successful real estate lending business from scratch, while raising her son, largely as a single parent.

However, this is just a fraction of the Sandy's story. As a coach and mentor, she’s helped dozens of men and women transform their business and relationships.

Sandy and I met at an embodiment workshop where I got to experience her energy and commitment firsthand. I learned that Sandy is a transformation partner for her clients and she had a big impact on me in just a couple of days.

Our conversation took us in a few directions and I loved it. As you'll hear, we talked about:

- Not reprimanding a man for being a man

- Love languages and raising a son to being a great man

- Women and diffused awareness

- The truth behind the male Mid-Life Crises

- Treating women in a way that honours them

- Dadvent

- Why Bringing home the bacon isn’t enough

Notes and Resources:

More about Sandy and her work can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/sandysembler/

Historic Amway Story (Oh Harry!) - https://huffduffer.com/joellabes/364214

Alison Armstrong (understand men) - http://www.understandmen.com

Tony Robbins (results coaching) - https://www.tonyrobbins.com/coaching/results-coaching/

Tony Dungy (Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coach) - https://coachdungy.com

We’re at an important time in history. People are looking for more human models of leadership in their daily work and lives. They’re tired of the worn out, paternal approach to management that has dominated our culture for centuries.

Working with women, men must bear a considerable responsibility in reshaping outdated notions of effective leadership. After all, we have allowed archaic attitudes to endure for far too long.

The Men at Work Podcast explores the evolving role of men's leadership in the workplace, at home, and within local communities. Each episode will feature a different guest helping us to better understand what a true embodiment of masculine leadership looks and feels like today.

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