The Inspire Podcast

In today's episode of The Inspire Podcast, Bart Egnal speaks to Pamela Slim. Pamela is an author, community builder, consultant and former corporate director of training and development at Barclays Global Investors. She focused her first decade in business on creating and delivering training programs for large companies such as HP, Charles Schwab, 3Com, Chevron and Cisco Systems.

Pam is best known for her book Escape from Cubicle Nation (named Best Small Business and Entrepreneur book of 2009 from 800 CEO Read) along with her follow up book Body of Work.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

- Pamela's Story. (3:46)

- Helping to build meaning and purpose at work. (8:45)

- Ignoring fear is ignoring instincts. (12:51)

- How do I create my story? (14:21)

- Completing an assessment of your roots. (16:30)

- Connecting your experience with your roots. (19:57)

- Bart crafts his story with Pamela. (22:57)

- Writing Body of Work (31:21)

Learn more about Pamela here: https://pamelaslim.com/

Check-out her books: https://pamelaslim.com/books/

On this week's episode, Bart Egnal speaks to Deborah Gillis, President and CEO of Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). As a recognized thought leader on gender equality, diversity and inclusion, Deborah has dedicated her career to driving social change.

In this episode, Deborah speaks on the importance of having open conversations in the workplace regarding mental health, and what we can do to better address issues related to it.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

- What does CAMH do?(5:21)

- What culture can we aspire too?(9:39)

- Inclusive workplace conversations. (10:59)

- Telling stories and experiences around the issues. (13:38)

- Having role models in the workplace. (13:50)

- How to talk to someone who may be experiencing issues. (17:06)

- Not just about Management - anyone can help a co-worker. (20:46)

- Leaders set the tone. (22:18)

- Future of mental health issues in the workplace. (24:39)

To find out more about the work Deborah does, click here:

https://www.camh.ca/en/driving-change/about-camh/leadership-team-directory/foundation-leadership-bio-deborah-gillis

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In this episode, Bart Egnal speaks with Mike Cory, Chief Operating Officer at CN Rail. They discuss the factors that contribute to being a leader, and what it means to lead. Mike talks about his growth within CN and what has made him successful over the years.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

How to define leadership? (3:04)

Thirst to be curious. (3:36)

The value of teamwork and leadership. (4:21)

Leadership is about sharing. (8:55)

Create the experience. (10:43)

Helping different teams communicate. (12:00)

Clarity on the mission. (13:47)

How to communicate the mission. (16:32)

Using experiences your audience will relate too. (18:08)

Where integrity and trust comes in. (21:22)

Keep learning, serve and collaborate. (27:52)

Having the courage to course-correct. (28:31)

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Bart Egnal interviews Elizabeth MacGillivray who is a Global Learning and Development Leader at Mercer. They talk about the benefits and importance of organizations taking on a "life-long learning" mindset.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

The future is now! (6:41)

New demands on leadership (8:02)

What qualities should leaders foster? (9:50)

Teaching balance between humility and confidence in leadership. (13:25)

Change in leadership qualities from 10 years ago. (15:43)

Life-long learning is important. (17:47)

Adopting a learning mindset. (18:22)

Embrace change and learning. (22:38)

What is VUCA? (23:04)

Changing the culture around learning. (29:15)

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Check out Mercer for great articles on the future of work:

mercer.com

https://www.mercer.com/our-thinking/navigating-the-future-of-work.html

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On this week's episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart Egnal interviews Mike Michalowicz who is a business author and speaker. Mike brings to light some of the issues we face in our career when it comes to the hustle, work-life balance and why we should stop pivoting and move to aligning.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

Mike's journey. (4:15)

Using a journal as a outlet to relieve stress. (5:33)

What would you do with all the money in the world? (6:42)

What entrenched beliefs get in the way? (8:33)

Entrepreneurs who focus on deep growth. (11:09)

The myth of grinding and how to tackle it. (14:36)

What's your hustle? (15:37)

It can take a life set-back to adjust your thinking. (21:25)

The downside of "pivoting" and why alignment is better. (23:18)

Different is better! (30:19)

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Learn more about Mike and his books here:

https://www.mikemichalowicz.com/

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On this week's episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart Egnal interviews David Markwell who is the Senior Vice President Information Technology at Loblaw Companies Limited. They talk about the many aspects involved in delivering a project, and why communication plays such an important role to the success.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

Why IT projects succeed? (4:20)

Examples of communication failures (6:20)

Details and jargon that get in the way of client communication. (7:43)

The stakeholders perspective. (10:51)

Lack of ownership, an IT problem. (11:57)

How to link building communication into project leadership? (16:47)

How to handle and communicate through set-backs? (20:35)

Bringing teams together. (25:03)

When to pull the plug on a project. (28:30)

Having good communication

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On this week's episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart Egnal interviews Bruce Wiesner who is the Associate Dean at The Sauder School of Business. They discuss current education and the future of education for executives.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

How is learning changing? (3:43)

Why the model of 'imparting knowledge' is going away. (6:42)

Understanding the business challenges is a key offering. (10:52)

Why listening is key. (13:44)

Faculty engagement and asking what is important to them. (18:49)

Strategies to handle resistance. (24:04)

Lessons from trying to communicate new way of learning. (27:10)

Why pace of change is key. (33:04)

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Learn more about Bruce Wiesner and Sauder School of Business here:

https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/

https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Programs/Executive_Education/About_Us/Our_Team

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On this week's episode, Bart Egnal speaks with Mo Bunnell.

Mo Bunnell is the Founder and CEO of Bunnell Idea Group, who has taught business development and influence skills to over 12,000 people. You can learn Mo’s methods for growing your influence in his new book, THE SNOWBALL SYSTEM: How to Win More Business and Turn Clients into Raving Fans, at snowballsystem.com and get a gratis, 8-part video training on creating demand at createdemandcourse.com.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

- What the Snowball System is about. (3:13)

- Everyone has a role in selling ideas. (4:22)

​- ​Why people are uncomfortable with the idea of selling. (4:33)

- Learning leadership. (5:37)

- Success depends on the ability to influence. (8:28)

- The science of how people think. (9:55)

- What will your audience respond too? (13:07)

- 3 Ways to make sure your message fits with your audience. (16:33)

- 5 Ways to persuade and be likable. (18:44)

- Follow-up questions the highly correlate with likability. (24:49)

- People aren't bad at closing - they're bad at creating demand. (32:21)

- 4 Steps to build up to the close. (33:26)

- Why proposals fail. (36:19)

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​Learn more about Mo Bunnell here:

​https://mobunnell.com/book/

https://www.bunnellideagroup.com/

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On this week's episode, Bart Egnal speaks to Garth Nichols, Vice Principal, Student Engagement and Experiential Development at Havergal College about creating and implementing change in the education system.

He discusses the initiatives he took at Havergal College and the challenges that come along with leading change.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

- What is a teacher? (2:32)

- How do you start leading change? (9:34)

- Dealing with organizational change. (14:32)

- Responding to cultural resistance. (15:35)

- Creating a symposium. (21:05)

- Engaging people in what good learning organizations do. (22:08)

- Embracing dissenting voices, when creating change. (23:20)

- Importance of flexibility when introducing cultural change. (25:40)

- Communicating changes. (29:19)

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​Learn more about Garth Nichols and his work here:

https://cohort21.com/

https://twitter.com/Think_teach

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On this week's episode, Bart Egnal speaks to both Keri Fraser (Vice President, people Services) and Kerris Hourgary (Director, Talent Acquisition) from Colliers about the significance of creating a storytelling culture within the business.

Here are some moments from their conversation:

- What is storytelling (4:14)

- Why storytelling was previously underutilized (6:29)

- How to start building storytelling capability (9:16)

- What is a story bank? (16:55)

- How to tell other people's stories (17:27)

- What are the keys to telling better stories (22:30)

- How can organizations benefit from a storytelling capability? (24:44)

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Learn More about Keri and Kerris here:

https://www.collierscanada.com/people/keri-fraser

https://www.collierscanada.com/people/kerris-hougardy

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