REVUP Your Leadership with Hilda Gan

With the stresses that come with work and life, many people often neglect their own health and wellness – forgetting to take care of themselves along the way. Dr. Cindy Tsai is the founder of Yes and More Inc, and is a board-certified physician, TEDx speaker, bestselling author and wellness/life coach guiding successful high-achievers to transform their stress into strength. As a leader, physician, and patient herself, Dr. Tsai saw and experienced the impact of chronic stress on the body and was compelled to do more than prescribe medications as a bandaid. Through her own healing journey, she explored and trained in a wide range of solution-oriented therapeutic modalities and now emphasizes taking an integrative approach to wellness. Dr. Tsai believes that everyone deserves to enjoy the life they worked so hard for and it’s time to say yes and more. In this episode, Cindy shares the story behind her health scare, how her experience inspired her to become a wellness and life coach, the 3 pillars of Calm, Confidence, and Curiosity, and more!

Chapters

• Intro / Cindy’s health scare 0:47
• From physician to wellness and life coach 11:04
• TIps for wellness 12:27
• Cindy’s book and inspiration 19:03
• Calm, Confidence, and Curiosity 20:14
• REVUP 23:13
• Defining moment 25:44
• Advice 28:45
• What’s next for Cindy 32:23
• Where to find Cindy 34:20

Visit Cindy’s website at - https://www.cindytsaimd.com/

Connect with Cindy on LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/cindytsaimd

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Canada is a country that is recognized for its diversity, vibrant communities, and openness toward newcomers, but it wasn’t always like this – especially for Chinese-Canadians.

Arlene Chan is an author and award-winning Chinatown historian who brings the history, culture, and traditions of the Chinese in Toronto and Canada to life in her speaking engagements, tours, books, and essays. Arlene is the daughter of the late Jean B. Lumb, who ran the successful Kwong Chow restaurant located at Elizabeth and Dundas Street in Toronto's first Chinatown. In this episode, Arlene shares the lesser known history and hardships faced by Chinese-Canadians in Canada, her fond memories and the legacy of Jean Lumb, Arlene’s body of work and what she is most proud of, and more.

Arlene is the president of the Jean Lumb Foundation that awards high school students of Chinese heritage from across Canada. She serves as an advisor for Myseum of Toronto, Ontario Infrastructure’s Heritage Interpretation Working Group, and Toronto Public Library’s Chinese Canadian Archive.

Chapters

• Intro 01:50 
• The story behind Arlene’s book 04:53
• Jean Lumb 13:12
• Hilda’s story with Jean Lumb 26:45
• History of Chinese Canadians 33:25
• Arlene’s highlights 41:44
• Arlene losing her brother 46:19
• What’s next for Arlene 52:32

Visit Arlene’s website - https://www.arlenechan.ca/

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

“If you are presented with an opportunity, you never know where that path is going to take you”. For many, the prospect of changing jobs can be filled with the uncertainty of not knowing whether or not you are a right fit for the role. Surrounding yourself with good mentors that recognize your uniqueness and potential, can help you gain confidence in who you are. 

Joanna Kervin is the Vice President of External Approvals and Implementation at Crosslinx Transit Solutions. Joanna’s career spans a unique series of career moves from engineering consulting to City of Toronto Planning, to Toronto Transit Commission (subway) to construction with Crosslinx Transit Solutions, after graduating from the University of Waterloo with a civil engineering degree. Her experience gives her a unique insight into the needs and challenges of both private and public sectors, experience that has supported her success in negotiating solutions to complex issues affecting a wide range of stakeholders and governmental authorities. In this episode, Joanna shares the key decisions and mentors along the way that led her to change paths in her career, women and leadership in a male dominated sector, tips for gaining confidence in who you are, and more!

Chapters

• Crosslinx / Career beginnings 01.25
• Changing career paths 03:20
• The importance of good mentorship in recognizing your potential 4:20
• Changing career paths (cont.) 13:50
• Women and leadership in a male dominated sector 15:46
• TIps for gaining confidence in who you are 20:17
• Advice for women on leadership style 28:56
• Struggles / Adversity 32:17
• Advice 41:48
• What’s next for Joanna 42:41
  
  

Connect with Joanna - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/joanna-kervin

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

‘When ambitious professional women get more opportunity — to have a voice in important conversations, to steer our collective economic power towards that which we care about — it ultimately benefits everyone, and leads to a more equal world.’ - Ellevate Network

Maricella Herrera Avila is the CEO of Ellevate Network, the largest community for women+ at work focused on creating a culture of equity and inclusion in business. As a strategy executive with 15 years of experience building and scaling teams, brands and businesses, Maricella has led the creation of impactful programming such as the annual Mobilize Women Summit, which reaches thousands of professionals across the globe and is supported by some of the world’s leading companies. Maricella is also the host of the Ellevate Podcast, Conversations with Women Changing the Face of Business. In this episode, Maricella shares why Women+ should join networking groups like Ellevate, her story and defining career moments, advice for listeners, and more!

Chapters

• A conversation on Women+ 01:38
• About Ellevate Network 03:30
• Why Women+ should join networking groups like Ellevate 12:20
• Defining career moments 15:50
• Career path and journey at Ellevate 24:50 
• The REVUP principles 32:44
• Advice for listeners 36:55
• Happiness 38:07
• What’s next for Maricella 41:01

Visit Ellevate - ellevatenetwork.com

Tune in to the Ellevate podcast - ellevatenetwork.com/podcasts

Connect with Maricella on Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/maricellaherreraa/

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Many people lack the skills and confidence to speak in front of others, and make an impact using their voices. Earl Thomas is a professional Voice-Over artist specializing in Promotional Videos: Website videos, Master of Ceremonies, Business messages and Introductions for local entertainers and Various Voice-over projects. Public speaking started early which created confidence, resulting in numerous successful voice related employment opportunities. In this episode, Earl shares how you can make your voice impactful, tips for podcasters, treating people with respect, and more!

Earl Thomas’ experience of completed voice-over projects includes 50 Promo videos including 5 Vimeo Videos, 1 Kickstarter Video, &  45 YouTube Videos with 278,745 views and counting. His early experience at CHUB Radio, Nanaimo BC left a clear impression on the value of communication.

Chapters

• Introduction 01:39
• Voice Power Podcast 06:49
• Tips for podcasters 08:14
• How to make your voice impactful 10:00
• Defining moments 16:29
• Stand Up For Mental Health 18:45
• Struggles 23:24
• Treating people with Respect 25:42
• Advice for listeners 29:55 
• What’s next for Earl 32:22

Visit Earl’s website - www.earlthomasthevoice.com

Check out the Voice Power podcast - https://voicepower.buzzsprout.com

Connect with Earl on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/earlthomasthevoice/

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Managing work-life balance and beating burnout are common challenges faced by all entrepreneurs. Establishing boundaries sounds like the perfect solution. However, boundaries are a bunch of lines and fences — space is the freedom to move about. Heather Roberts serves high achieving women who are juggling the growth of their own figure businesses and raising their families. She believes women need to create space by maintaining boundaries, leveraging our strengths, and supporting each other. Heather teaches extraordinary women how to beat burnout and find balance by simply maintaining better boundaries in the Boundary Line Mastermind. In this episode, Heather shares her entrepreneurial journey, challenges faced by women in business, developing systems in life, and more!

Heather Roberts is also the host of the podcast, Boundaries, Business, and Boobs,  podcast for women leaders who are looking to break free from traditional expectations, find time for themselves, and have honest conversations about the importance of boundaries.

Chapters

• About Heather and her business 01:46
• Entrepreneurial journey 03:44
• Challenges for women in business 08:35
• Developing systems 16:19
• Tips for automation and decision making 20:16
• Defining moments 21:31
• A pivotal moment 23:05
• Negative self-talk 26:20
• The REVUP Principles 27:43
• Giving back to the community 29:03
• Advice for listeners 30:42
• Get in touch with Heather 31:38

Visit Heather’s website - www.extraordinarywomen.co/

Check out Heather’s podcast - www.boundariesbusinessandboobs.com/

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Connecting with like-minded individuals can help you, and others, build confidence through community and connection. Marlene Marco is a lifelong entrepreneur with a passion to help build up other women in business.  As the creator and leader of Heart of Networking since 2012, her passion shines through in every event she creates. Marlene has two areas of focus:  1) to create a variety of effective networking events, focused on Connection, Education and Opportunity.  And 2) to attract and highlight women in business to use these events as a platform to share their passion and build their own version of success. In this episode, Marlene shares her passion to help women entrepreneurs, her journey as an entrepreneur, how the COVID-19 pandemic propelled her business in a new direction, tips for online networking, and more!

Marlene Marco has a passion for connecting people and creating opportunities that assist local entrepreneurs to flourish! She understands the challenges and the celebrations of the entrepreneurial lifestyle. One familiar thread is woven through her career - that is her mission to help others succeed in business. Connection, Education and Opportunity is her tag line for The Heart of Networking Events. Marlene started her networking journey in 2005 with a monthly event. This has since grown with the creation of The Heart of Networking Events in 2012. Currently hosting monthly networking events, workshops, and the newly created Online Membership Directory, this group has been instrumental in small business growth. Marlene loves to share her experience in networking, sales and marketing. This, combined with her supportive spirit, makes her a natural mentor and teacher.

Chapters

• Marlene’s passion to help women entrepreneurs 1:02
• Marlene’s journey as an entrepreneur 02:25
• Advice for women entrepreneurs 06:50
• The impact of COVID-19 13:25
• Defining moment 16:12
• Tips for online networking 26:55
• Treating people with respect 28:24
• What brings Marlene the most joy 30:22
• What’s next for Marlene 32:24

Visit Heart of Networking at - HeartOfNetworkingEvents.com

Connect with Marlene at - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/marlenemarco

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

“Insecure leaders surround themselves with ‘yes people’. Effective leaders surround themselves with people who challenge them.”

Effective Leaders can and should be able to inspire and motivate others. People skills should be considered a core competency when promoted to a managerial level, yet it is often overlooked when compared to their skills or technical knowledge. New leaders aren't getting the training they need to be more than just bosses.

Stephanie Weiss is the founder of the Empowered Leaders™ Academy, where she guides emerging leaders who are adapting to their new leadership role with increased responsibilities and stressors to inspire, influence, & build extraordinary teams to achieve results faster, all while feeling confident and in control as a new leader. She is building a community to serve new & emerging leaders through coaching, an academy, and a variety of master classes on topics new leaders need to be successful & empowered leaders to create extraordinary teams. In this episode, join Stephanie for a conversation on bad bosses vs effective leaders, why she started Empowered Leaders™ Academy, the power of Emotional Quotient (EQ), and more!

Chapters

• Introductions / Connecting on LinkedIn 0:26
• Bad bosses and ineffective leaders 3:20
• Stephanie’s story / Empowered Leaders™ Academy 06:45
• Defining moment in Stephanie’s career 16:53
• Advice / Difficult conversations 27:01
• The power of EQ (Emotional Quotient) / Emotional Intelligence 33:13
• Connect with Stephanie 39:56

Visit Stephanie’s website at - https://empoweredleaders.academy

Connect with Stephanie at - linkedin.com/in/stephaniedweiss/

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. If 1 in 5 people are affected and we all know someone who suffers, we should show the same compassion and respect for those affected by mental illness as for those affected by physical illness. WE ALL HAVE A (mental health) STORY.

Ingrid Taheri is the Founder, Artistic & Executive Director of High Notes Avante, a registered charity using artistic expression to inspire, give hope and connect those touched by mental illness. They produce image-raising concerts & events and offer online and in-person programs using the power of the arts to inspire social change and to help those affected move forward on higher notes. Their mission is to inspire, give hope and connect those touched by mental illness through artistic expression. In this episode, Ingrid shares the story behind High Notes Avante, how music and the arts help those affected by mental illness, and more!

Chapters

• About Ingrid / High Notes Avante 02:03
• Ingrid’s story and personal experiences 05:31
• Mental Health 8:00
• High Notes Gala for Mental Health on March 27th 2023 11:02
• Tips and Strategies / Conversations on mental illness 17:24
• Legacy 27:02
• Advice 28:42
• Get in touch with Ingrid 30:52

Visit High Notes Avante - https://highnotesavante.ca/

Connect with Ingrid - ca.linkedin.com/in/ingrid-taheri-2b90764b?trk=author_mini-profile_title

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

What does it mean to be Neurodiverse? Simply put, it's a person who has been diagnosed with one or more learning disabilities. Joseph K Muscat is a neurodivergent advocate in the workplace, delivering awareness training and strategies to businesses, management and individuals to create more inclusive and productive environments. His own experiences as a Neurodivergent with Visual Motor, Visual Perception, Working Memory, and Dyslexia formed the foundation of his consultancy business. In this episode, Joseph shares his own experiences as a Neurodivergent, advice on creating inclusive work culture, how managers can be better people leaders, and more.

Chapters

• What is Neurodiversity 0:57
• About Joseph’s consultancy business / A conversation on Neurodiversity  04:34
• Advice on creating inclusive work culture 22:53
• How Joseph helps organizations 26:07
• Advice to managers and workplace leaders 27:05
• Embracing Neurodiversity in the workplace 28:03
• What’s next for Joseph 41:05

Visit Joseph’s website - https://josephkmuscat.com/

Connect with Joseph - mt.linkedin.com/in/josephkmuscat?

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.