Transformational Leadership with Henna Inam

Noam has served as CEO of Waze since March 2009, building the company to become one of the world's most talked-about startups through its acquisition by Google. Noam continues to lead the global Waze team within Google to help users around the world enjoy faster, safer drives. He also led the launch of Waze Carpool - the company’s carpooling initiative aimed at taking cars off the road to dramatically reduce traffic - which, in 2019 alone, reduced CO2 emissions equivalent to planting 420,000 trees. Waze fosters a community of over 140 million monthly active users and 500,000 volunteer map editors who work to improve the Waze experience and deliver the mission.

In this episode we spoke about how organizations partner with their stakeholders to create impact in their ecosystem. Hint: it's about partnership and finding common goals. It's also about how we understand and care for the needs of our ecosystem partners. Noam is a great story-teller, listen to the Waze story.

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Shelley Zalis is an internationally renowned thought leader for advancing equality in the workplace and is the CEO of The Female Quotient. As the first female chief executive ranked in the research industry’s top 25, she changed the game, helped elevate feminine values in the workplace and has devoted herself to becoming a mentor and role model to women and leaders in her industry. She is co-founder of #SeeHer, a movement led by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) to increase the accurate portrayal of women and girls in advertising and media.

In this conversation, we spoke about how she created The Female Quotient and how it brings together communities of women at 70 global events each year to enable us all to reach for equality in the workplace. We also spoke about what it takes to create communities of stakeholders across an ecosystem to enable collective action (hint: it’s about heart and inspiration).

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Michael Bush is the global CEO of Great Place to Work® a people analytics and consulting firm with operations in more than 60 countries. Through certification programs, Great Place to Work® recognizes outstanding workplaces and produces Fortune’s annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, the World’s Best Workplaces™ list, the 100 Best Workplaces for Women™ list, the Best Workplaces for Diversity™ list and dozens of other distinguished workplace rankings around the world. The company’s mission is to build a better world by helping every organization become a Great Place to Work For All™ by the year 2030. 

In this episode, we spoke about the importance of trust in creating not just a great place to work, but also in creating more agile teams and organizations. We also spoke about how to create this kind of trust, particularly when so many of us are working virtually in these times. Michael speaks passionately about how his growing up in a working-class family shaped his personal mission to measure and improve the experience of all workers, and how it is the frontline supervisors and mid-level managers who make or break the experience of a great place to work for all.  Michael is truly a transformational leader to watch and be inspired by!

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Abbe Luersman is the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) for Royal Ahold Delhaize, an international retailing group with strong local consumer brands in Europe and the United States – €63bn in revenue, 383,000 associates and serving over 50 million customers in-store and 20 million online weekly. Prior to joining Ahold, Abbe spent 6.5 years with Unilever where she held two distinct roles, SVP Unilever Europe and SVP HR Transformation & Strategy. She is Co-Chair and on the Board of Directors for Gartner’s CHRO Global Leadership Board. She has lived on 4 continents, run 25 marathons and loves sports, travel, and movies. Abbe is married to her husband, Paul – just celebrating their 19 year wedding anniversary…. and they have a 16-year-old daughter named Emma, who is their best little coach.

In this episode we spoke about how Ahold-Delhaize was able to respond with great agility to the pandemic, hiring 45,000 furloughed workers from other companies and ensuring the health and safety of associates and customers. Abbe shared how the organization is innovating in finding ways to create flexibility in work schedules, in capturing input from associates and in preparing for the future of work. We also spoke about how pivotal experiences in her life shaped her mission of creating communities to win as one. If you want to learn from among the best CHRO’s and an authentic and passionate leader, take a listen!

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In a time of unprecedented change and disruption increasingly leaders need to manage emotional wellbeing, our own and that of others we work with. In my book "Wired for Disruption", I describe neuro-emotional agility as the ability to move ourselves and others from a state of threat to a state of curiosity and creativity. We do this by activating the empathic neural network in our brain. 

In this unscripted live coaching, one of our leadership community members LaToia volunteered to be coached for the podcast. I used Listening at Level 3 (one of the 15 accelerators of agility in my book) and asking open ended questions. Take a listen. My hope in doing these live unscripted coaching podcasts is to help you learn and practice these tools for yourself to help you grow in your own ability to be agile.

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Bruce Broussard is President and CEO of Humana, a Fortune 50 company with $65 Billion in revenues and 46,000 team members. Under his leadership, Humana has created an integrated care delivery model with a focus on improving health outcomes, lowering costs, and creating a personalized member experience. Bruce also plays a leadership role in the Business Roundtable, which is driving stakeholder capitalism. He is a member of the Board of Directors of KeyCorp and the World Economic Forum Health Governors Board. 

In this episode, we spoke about his humble beginnings (he was the first in his parents' families to go to college), how his values were shaped by crucible experiences, and the role of a CEO in being an agent for all stakeholders. He also spoke about how his values help him make tough decisions balancing multiple stakeholder needs.

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At age 22, Tami Simon started Sounds True, now a multimedia publisher, with a dream, a tape recorder, and a guiding mission to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Over its 35-year history, Sounds True has produced over 3,000 titles and been nominated twice for the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing companies. 

In this episode, we spoke about devoting ourselves to living a life of purpose, how to listen to our inner guidance and intuition, and why we each need an Inner MBA so we can be a force for good in times of disruption.

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Tanuj Kapilashrami is the Group Head of Human Resources for Standard Chartered Bank, a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Tanuj built her career at HSBC where she worked across multiple HR disciplines in many of their footprint markets - Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, India and London. 

In this episode we spoke about how leaders today need to be willing to be vulnerable to admit they don't have all the answers (in a highly unpredictable world) and find the best ideas from deeper in the organization. We also spoke about how Standard Chartered Bank is driving culture change through making it safe to talk about failure.

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Ruchika Sikri is the Head of Well Being Learning Programs and Strategy at Google. She leads a powerful community of 350+ Googlers across 130+ office locations to bring secular and science-based Mindfulness and Compassion Learning programs to 120,000+ Googlers globally. Her daily meditation and yoga practice is grounded in increasing clarity in mind, purity in heart, and sincerity in action.

In this episode, we talked about the one simple habit every leader needs to learn to promote well-being on their teams. We also talked about a crucible experience for Ruchika that has shaped her thinking about what matters in work and life. You're sure to leave inspired from our conversation.

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Aamir Paul is the US Country President for Schneider Electric. In his role, he leads the commercial teams to deliver best in class solutions for Schneider Electric’s partners and customers across the company’s Energy Management and Industrial Automation portfolio.

In this episode, we spoke about how Schneider Electric has responded with agility to the pandemic, how it is disrupting the market to bring energy efficiency and sustainability as well as new models of working. You can learn more about his leadership philosophy in this article about Schneider Electric’s recognition in Fortune’s 2019 “Best Places to Work”

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