Wrestling Chaos - A Proudfoot Podcast

Step Up is an unscripted conversation between Pamela Hackett, CEO of Proudfoot and Lorena Schoenfeld, Chief of Staff and COO of Proudfoot about 'working while women'.

Pamela and Lorena, two senior executives with a 20-year gap between them; both working in the male-dominated Management Consulting industry, sit down to an open dialogue about their individual, personal and shared experiences in business, what they have learned, overcome, and are currently experiencing at work.

Step Up is for women at work, women in leadership, women on their way to take up leadership roles and next gen-leaders, and their male counterparts who have an interest in stepping up, lifting one another up, and thriving in the new reality.

In this episode, Pamela and Lorena answer 10 questions, shaping the conversation around how to create value on a shoestring budget and how it applies to women in leadership, the worst mistakes a woman in leadership can make, the different yet converging definitions of success, what makes a superhero, how to 'get in the room and the executive table' and so much more.  

 Step Up is an unscripted conversation between Pamela Hackett, CEO of Proudfoot and Lorena Schoenfeld, Chief of Staff and COO of Proudfoot – the world’s leading operational transformation consulting company providing bottom line impact to businesses across the globe.  Pamela and Lorena, two senior executives with a 20-year gap between them; both working in a male dominated industry, sit down to an open dialogue about their individual, personal and shared experiences in business, what they have learned, overcome, and are currently experiencing in the world of work today.  Step Up is for women in leadership at all levels, and their up-and coming male counterparts, who have an interest in thriving in the new reality.

In this first episode, Pam and Lorena share what has helped them on their career journey.  They share 7 learnings, including volunteerism, commitment, finding a personal board, loyalty, courage, being ok with failure, and giving your all.  They leave us with a clear key to success: ‘Whatever You Do, Agree or Disagree but Commit.’  

Jackson Morais, Proudfoot Engagement Manager, speaks with Proudfoot's CEO, Pamela Hackett about his personal experience of delivering a client's project in the Agribusiness industry in Brazil during the pandemic.  They reflect on what could have been done differently, from a client perspective and as a leader on the ground.  While sharing some of his first-hand examples, some of Jackson's major take-aways for 'next time' include the importance of navigating stress and people's emotions - client and internal team - reinforcing safety regardless of personal or political views, and finding ways to speak about uncomfortable topics.  One of his biggest learnings from working with clients day-to-day implementing real sustainable change is the power of human connection to achieve remarkable personal and business results.  

Kevin Shepherd, former president and CEO of MTS Allstream and Manitoba Hydro sits down with Martin Wilkins, Executive Vice President at Proudfoot to discuss the Future and impact of new technologies in Canada.  They discuss the future of 5G and how it will shape different industries as well as some of the regulatory movements taking place.  

In this first 'Industrials Talks' discussion, we talk about the application and maintenance of tunnel boring machines or TBMs.  We go over a case study from recent a very recent project, 2020-2021 under COVID controls, discussing how to improve the productivity of this important machine.  We chat about how to get productivity from the machine itself, the logistics and processes that must take in place, and be in place, skills and knowledge required to ensure you improve and sustain change.   It's a fascinating discussion that bring together all the concepts required to achieve total transformations.  

Giving Procurement a seat at the table is an important strategy in today's world.  We have seen how procurement, and supply chains overall, have been compromised and stretched to meet demands during tremendously disruptive times.  

In this conversation, we talk about how technology and AI are enabling entire procurement teams to free up some of their time to focus on the implementation and integration of new strategies.  We dive into the conversation of rapid scouting solutions which are helping companies stay active and stay relevant, how data analysis and data-lakes can be better utilized to enable the complete Purchasing Management Operating Model and the people involved to make rapid and informed decisions that can impact both cost, cycle time, and even ESG.  

Take a look into why Proudfoot's CEO, Pamela Hackett, wrote the soon to be released book 'Manage to Engage.'  In her conversation, Pam discusses that even prior to the pandemic there was already a global crisis on engagement.  Then you throw a pandemic into the mix and engagement, or the lack there of, became even more of a problem and a critical part of businesses.  Those that are thriving during this difficult, yet fascinating, time in history are those companies that have been able to engage their teams.  In the book, Pam provides 9 specific areas and tools for leaders to engage with their teams and thrive.