Women Who Make It Happen

Women Who Make It Happen

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Women Who Make It Happen episodes

  • The exciting world of crypto and digital transformation with Cecile Louchard de Barsy

    🎧 Tune in to the first episode of "Women Who Make It Happen: Journeys to Success". With Anna Massey as our host, we'll explore their journeys, the challenges they faced, and the impact technology has had on the industry.

    In our first episode, we are honored to have Cecile Louchard de Barsy, the Head of Fraud Risk at Bitstamp, shars her journey to success and expertise in the crypto industry.


    💡 Get inspired as she discusses the importance of taking risks in your career and shares her advice on how to do so.

    💪 Learn about the future of women in the crypto industry and what still needs to be done to close the gap.

    🚀 Explore the exciting world of crypto and digital transformation with Cecile as she talks about why the crypto industry is so innovative.

    Don't miss out on this exciting episode! 


    Tune in now on all major streaming platforms.

    Don't forget to share the love with your friends and join the conversation with us by using the hashtags #WomenWhoMakeItHappen #JourneysToSuccess #InterQuest #SuccessStories.

    39 min
  • Women In Tech

    Did you know that women make up only about 19% of the tech industry? That's a huge problem.

    On this podcast episode, we're talking to three women in the field who are making their way up the ranks, and they're sharing advice on how they got there: Caterina Maniscalco, Monal Sanghvi, and Elizabeth-Ann Hayne.

    We'll be discussing why these three amazing women decided to enter the tech industry, what responsibility companies have for getting more women into STEM fields, how remote work is changing workplace culture for women around the world and what cultural differences can affect women in different regions.

    If you want to learn more about how these women made it happen—and how YOU could change your own career path—listen now!

    57 min
  • Building & Managing Distributed Teams

    Ever wondered what it's like to manage a distributed team?

    Well, we have the answers. On this episode of People, Culture and Tech, host Joe Bignell and guests Davy McGeorge and Daniele Packard, explore the challenges of managing distributed teams, and how to create team engagement by bringing employees together. They'll also be talking about how meeting efficiency can be improved by integrating informal gaps between meetings where great ideas can be sparked.

    They'll also discuss how to keep talent inside your organization—how to keep employees engaged, feel valued, and like they’re contributing to a higher purpose. Finally, they'll talk about how empathy is shown in a remote world.



    53 min
  • Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace

    We're celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week with a special podcast episode on Mental Health Awareness in the workplace, alongside special guests Paula Stannett, Chief People Officer at Heathrow Airport, and Javier Echave, Chief Financial Officer at Heathrow Airport.

    This episode will provide you with an insight into how Heathrow Airport has made mental health a priority for their employees, by discussing the following topics:

    - What has Heathrow done to create a culture that promotes mental health and well-being?

    - How has Heathrow's culture been inspired by Spider-Man's quote "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"?

    - How do they inspire their employees to believe they can do anything, by focusing on the importance of investing in their people - not just their skillset or experience level but their overall wellbeing and mental health.

    - And hybrid working, and how Heathrow makes sure that their employees feel comfortable to hybrid work

    37 min
  • Environmental Responsibilities and Carbon Neutrality - Why is it important for a business?

    On this episode, host, Chris Eldridge and guest, Andrew Gomarsall, discuss how companies must take their environmental responsibilities seriously and the road to carbon neutrality.

    The discussion explores UK government's world’s most ambitious climate change target law, which will be cutting carbon emissions by 78% by 2035; and will affect business as it is now mandatory to register your scope in order to have a compliant tax return. 

    How does a business do this? Where do you get this data, and how do you verify this? Gomarsall explains all of this as well as emphasising the importance of ESG Skillsets and how Gen-Y and future generations and going to be the voice of change.

    Moreover, the episode examines greenwashing as well as gives attention to the next great opportunity for all businesses: circular economy.


    Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/dC4NRhsLhGo


    #ClimateChange #Greenwashing #ESG #carbonemission #netzero

    25 min
  • The Power of a Winning Mentality with Josh Steed, British Racing Driver

    On this Episode of People, Culture and Tech, Chris Eldridge is joined by British Racing Driver Josh Steed to discuss the power of a winning mentality. 

    Learn more about Josh Steed's background, how he started on Karting when he was only 6 years old, to winning championships across the country at the age of 13. As well as learning how he over came major challenges such as the passing away of his father and the struggles of the pandemic. 

    The drive that Josh Steed inspired everyone in our offices and we hope it inspires you too. His mentality and hyper-focus too his passion has made him a fantastic business person as well as a fantastic driver, and it's incredibly impressive.

    26 min
  • Breaking Bias with Susannah Townsend, MBE

    During this episode Team GB Olympic Gold medalist field hockey player Susannah Townsend, MBE joined us for a 45minute conversation where we'll discuss the importance of diversity and breaking bias, her motivation and reasons behind success.

    57 min
  • The Microsoft Framework For Hybrid Working

    Making hybrid working work is one of the biggest challenges businesses face right now.

    In this episode, we welcome Helen Wilson to talk us through the Microsoft framework for hybrid working.

    Helen Wilson, Microsoft, Director of Modern Work Customer Success Team

    Driving the transformation and change agenda for Microsoft UK to build our culture, our organizational capabilities and our business agility to best serve our Customers, our Partners and our People. As new technologies emerge and the pace of change increases, we create new opportunities to accelerate through our own Business Transformation underpinning our Mission to Empower Every Person and Organization on the Planet to do More

    AGENDA

    • Current world we are in
    • Remote working trade offs
    • Differing range of experiences
    • What our research shows
    • Our thoughts on the future
    • Hybrid work is still in its infancy
    • One size does not fit all
    • Great opportunity moving forward
    • Hybrid Paradox - employees want both remote flexibility & In person work / collaboration
    • Framework for Hybrid working
    • Leadership & Culture
    • People Skills & Well Being
    • Physical Space Design
    • Culture Change
    • Case Studies
    • Reimagining our workplaces

    39 min
  • The Importance Of Mental Health Honesty

    In this episode we will be discussing the Importance of Mental Health Honesty.


    This is about how can be honest with ourselves, our friends & family and our workforce. Find out how you can help YOU and those you care about.

    David Beeney

    David Beeney enjoyed a successful career in newspapers and magazines for over 30 years, he was the MD of a regional daily newspaper and Commercial Director for Auto Trader. However, since outing himself in 2016 about his secret battles with panic attacks he believes that he has now found true purpose and has committed to spend the rest of his life eradicating the stigma of mental health. His business Breaking the Silence has quickly established itself as one of the leading advisors in the UK on ‘mental health in the workplace’ and David has helped many of the leading brands in the UK to create kinder more compassionate cultures of trust. He was recognised in 2018 ,2019 and 2020 as one of the top 101 influencers globally on employee engagement. David is a qualified Mental Health Counsellor affiliated to the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Practitioners).

    46 min
  • Cultivating diverse leaders: yourself and your organization.

    In this episode we will be discussing Cultivating Diverse Leaders; focusing both on how a business can help enable and encourage a more diverse pool to become leaders and also what the individual can do further their career and position.


    My guests are:

    Elisa Hebert

    Elisa serves as VP of Engineering Operations for Fairwinds - a Kubernetes security and governance software company. She has a background leading large teams in full-cycle customer and business operations, and software sales and delivery from nonprofit through enterprise / Fortune 100. Her focus is operational efficiency and delivery excellence, balancing the triad: team, customer, company.

    Gosia Syta

    Gosia Syta is a personal impact expert and the founder of the communication skills consultancy Walk Your Talk. She works with leaders and emerging leaders in tech, finance, energy and law, helping them to express themselves with confidence, clarity and conviction to increase their profile and step into more senior roles.

    Using her Personal Impact Blueprint, Gosia shows her clients how, by making small consistent changes to the way they communicate - both verbally and nonverbally - they can influence, engage and persuade their audiences in high stakes situations such as presentations, client meetings and sales pitches.

    Gosia’s sessions, which draw on her experience with high impact training, public speaking and improv, are, in one of her client’s words “the perfect mix of instructional and interactive”, and provide the participants with practical tools for making an impact every time they speak.

    Gosia works with corporate clients (BP, Ticketmaster, Costar, Thomson Reuters), the British government (BEIS) and startup founders. She has been a mentor on the Business Growth Programme run by London and Partners, the official promotion agency of the Mayor of London, and is currently a trainer with SILL, Startups in London Libraries, where she supports early-stage and aspiring entrepreneurs with design and delivery of their startup pitches.

    45 min

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