S2 E13 - BONUS International Women's Day Live Podcast at CN

03/10/20 • 57 min

In today's special episode of the Inspire Podcast Bart Egnal sits down with leaders from CN, to share experiences and insights that will help advance the goals of gender equity. Bart, and the CN panel discuss the barriers to equity that exist today, what women can do to speak up, be heard and be recognized, the role of men as allies, and what organizations should do to create inclusive environments. The panel: Janet Drysdale - Vice President, Financial Planning Diane Lewis - Senior Manager Mohit Bhat - Head of Enterprise and Digital Architecture, Tech strategy, R&D Rachelle Glazier - Chief Mechanical Officer Here are some moments from the conversation: Introducing Bart - 05:47.9 Bart begins discussion - 07:06.0 Introductions - 08:19.7 Some stats on gender equity - 12:00.4 CN's stats on gender equity - 13:33.7 Comparing CN to other Canadian Companies - 15:09.7 Why improve gender equity? - 15:39.6 Stats on the benefits of inclusion - 16:30.6 Why is progress so slow in the industry? - 17:10.6 Barriers for women - 18:59.4 Women of colour - barriers - 21:32.9 Advice from successful women at CN - 23:03.9 Mistakes for women to avoid - 29:42.5 The role of the organization in promoting inclusion/diversity - 33:19.7 "Diversity Debt" - 34:16.7 Setting targets - 38:11.5 Competing for talent - 39:56.6 Tipping point -- 30% - 40:29.4 Tangible things that need to change for women to thrive - 41:20.9 How to be a great ally - 45:55.8 Hiring outside of your comfort zone - 51:20.8 Closing thoughts - 53:28.1

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S2 E12 - BONUS International Women's Day Podcast with The Humphrey Group Team

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is #eachforequal, and in today's podcast episode we're talking about what it takes to push for a more gender equal world. To get the dialogue going we are proud to present a panel discussion about this years IWD theme with employees of The Humphrey Group. On the panel are: Cynthia Ward, Vice-President, Shalyma Cambridge, Associate, John Wright, Senior Associate and Kanchan Prinsloo, Consultant. Highlights include: Intro 01:36.9 Statistics on women and equity 02:54.0 Shalima Cambridge Introduces herself 04:08.7 Cansha Prinslew Intro 04:44.8 Cynthia Ward Intro 05:05.3 John Wright Intro 05:37.9 Barriers to equity 06:24.6 What has changed in 20 years? 06:58.7 What hasn't changed in 20 years? 09:21.8 Stuck in entry-level management 09:50.6 Shalima talks about her experience with barriers 10:22.1 Intersectionality 11:38.4 Women of colour 12:05.2 Stats on women race income 12:38.5 how taking the stage has changed 13:12.9 New level of complexity - inclusive leadeship 14:22.1 Solutions -- what can women do 14:50.1 Imposter syndrome 15:12.9 Cansha how taking the stage helps 16:03.4 Cynthia on mentoring 16:56.7 Self belief 17:25.2 networking 17:52.2 John - something that on men's involvement in inclusion ved in 18:27.6 The imperative to advance equity 19:05.7 Thoughts on 'allyship' 21:21.3 lead with curiosity and assume best intentions 22:48.3 Organizations role in society 23:11.6 Thoughts on the future.... 25:48.0 The messiness of these topics 30:50.6 Listen in as they talk about gender equity, collective individualism, and how we can push for more inclusive workplaces. Learn more about The Humphrey Group's Diversity and Inclusion programs here: https://humphreygroup.com/diversity-inclusion-programs

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S2 E14 - How to Build Trust as a Leader with Scott Evans

In today's episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart Egnal speaks with Scott Evans. Scott is the General Manager of Edelman, Toronto. Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Edelman's signature piece of IP is called the "Edelman Trust Barometer". This annual trust and credibility survey remains the most robust exploration of trust across business, government, NGOs and media, gathering perspectives from more than 34,000 respondents in 28 markets. Listen in to learn how trust can be built as a leader, specifically in this uncertain and challenging time. Here are some moments from the conversation: What is Edelman - 02:38.0 Research on "Trust" - 03:54.5 Edelman Trust Barometer - 04:04.1 Trust around the world - 05:03.4 2017 collapse in trust - 05:15.9 Polarization based on class - 05:34.8 Canada has a huge class gap - 06:06.3 Worries of the general population - 06:31.7 Leader's role in building trust - 07:01.4 People are actively craving leadership - 07:13.7 Signing on to more than shareholder value - 08:12.0 Are business leaders truly committed to this? - 08:43.9 Technical experts more trusted than CEO - 09:29.1 Setting the vision - 09:56.7 Leadership team needs to lead by example to make vision work - 10:04.1 Bridging connections with leadership and employees - 10:42.3 How to start building trust in an organization - 11:11.6 A good CEO - 12:03.0 Edelman's values - 12:35.0 Scott's personal values - 13:10.2 Example of CEO with clarity of values - 14:04.8 STARBUCKS EXAMPLE - 14:14.7 What do leaders do with their values? - 16:40.2 PAYPAL example - 17:03.8 NBA EXAMPLE - 18:12.0 Risks of value-based leadership - 19:17.6 Misalignment with values - 20:30.0 Crucial to align action with values - 20:59.5 Pressure of transparency - 21:41.2 Edelman's role for CEOs - 22:04.7 Building community trust - 23:23.0 Interactions - 23:31.5 UNILEVER EXAMPLE - 23:51.3 Affordable housing initiative EXAMPLE - 25:32.6 What can employees do? - 28:03.2 Speaking up internally - 28:22.1 bringing up issues where value = action don't match - 29:40.8 Parting thoughts - 31:06.9