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Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future

By: Innovative Leadership Institute
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  • The pace of change in the world is increasing exponentially. As COVID proved, leadership must evolve. And that gets to the heart of our mission: to bring you the latest thoughts on leadership so you can innovate, learn, and evolve...growing your team, your business, and yourself! This series features a new interview every week. Host Maureen Metcalf interviews world leaders, global business and NPO executives, thought leaders, and researchers in a wide range of industries. It’s a breadth of perspectives unavailable anywhere else. Become an innovative leader in your own right! Download the latest episode each Tuesday night on your favorite podcast platform.
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  • S10-Ep27: Change, Risk, & Diversity - The Pillars of Modern Leadership

    S10-Ep27: Change, Risk, & Diversity - The Pillars of Modern Leadership
    Jul 23 2024
    Guest: Shruti Gandhi Buckley, SVP of Hampton by Hilton & Spark by Hilton How do you survive a disaster? Or, like Hilton, how do you thrive after one? The answer is: great leadership. The COVID pandemic devastated the hospitality industry, but Hilton’s leadership adapted to this new world. As guest Shruti Gandhi Buckley reveals, the hotelier’s leadership resiliently embraced change, risk, and diversity to emerge stronger than ever. Here's what Shruti and Maureen cover: Why connecting people – your staff and your customers – is critical to success in the hospitality industry;How promoting from within and other career growth opportunities benefit the company as well as the staff; andShruti’s own professional journey, despite potential barriers as a woman and child of immigrants.Other episodes you'll enjoy: Thrive at Hilton: Relentlessly Improving the Workplace with Laura FuentesLeadership Is Relationships with Kvon TuckerRed Roof: Revisioning the Future with George Limbert For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Twitter, too! RESOURCES: For more on Hilton, Shruti recommends checking out the company website at https://www.hilton.com/en. And to learn more about the brand she runs, surf over to https://www.hilton.com/en/brands/hampton-by-hilton. Our host, Maureen Metcalf, posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the audiobook at https://amzn.to/3Vko2IW. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include: Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane. Hardback (https://amzn.to/48Doh6j) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/48YCRF4)Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First by Martha Piper & Indira Samarasekera. Paperback (https://amzn.to/3tOtzg4) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/41OYdT5)Jilly Truit murder mysteries by Beverley McLachlin: Full Disclosure – https://amzn.to/46TxW6Q (paperback) https://amzn.to/46VDL3Q (audiobook)Denial – https://amzn.to/46YCbhs (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GJc0AA (audiobook) Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links. ----------------------- OUR PODCAST TEAM: Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli Boosting ILI’s Hospitality: Jenna Reik Theme Music by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay. CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership Threads: @innovativeleaders X/Twitter/Whatever New Name It Has This Week: @IL_Institute LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 TikTok: @innovativeleadership Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating! ----------------------- About Our Guest: As Senior Vice President of Hampton by Hilton and Spark by Hilton, Shruti Gandhi Buckley oversees global brand strategy and integrity, with a focus on driving growth, increasing revenue, enhancing customer loyalty, and championing innovation. With more than 25 years of experience in brand management and marketing leadership, Shruti brings extensive expertise in global business management, brand strategy and analysis, guest experience, product development, consumer marketing, and public relations across a variety of industries (including food, luxury cosmetics, toys, outdoor gear, and, most recently, hospitality). She earned her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
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    47 mins
  • S8-Ep15: Living Models for Reimagining Leadership

    S8-Ep15: Living Models for Reimagining Leadership
    Jul 16 2024
    Guests: Cynthia Cherrey (CEO) & Mike Hardy (board chair), International Leadership Association Leadership theory is one thing; real-world leadership practice is another. But the International Leadership Association does both: taking cutting-edge leadership research from academics and incorporating them in the ILA's daily operations. Their goal is to identify and find solutions for the global challenges today’s leaders face. They chose Geneva, Switzerland, for their 2021 international conference; the city has the largest number of multi-lateral organizations in the world. The conference theme: Reimagining Leadership. ILA’s president/CEO Cynthia Cherrey joins board chair Mike Hardy for an overview of the conference results…and how the Association is a living laboratory for reimagining leadership. --------------------- To learn more, check out the ILA website at https://ilaglobalnetwork.org/. Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the Kindle version at https://amzn.to/44buVz8. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include: Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane. Hardback (https://amzn.to/48Doh6j) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/48YCRF4)Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First by Martha Piper & Indira Samarasekera. Paperback (https://amzn.to/3tOtzg4) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/41OYdT5)Jilly Truit murder mysteries by Beverley McLachlin: Full Disclosure – https://amzn.to/46TxW6Q (paperback) https://amzn.to/46VDL3Q (audiobook)Denial – https://amzn.to/46YCbhs (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GJc0AA (audiobook) Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links. ----------------------- OUR PODCAST TEAM: Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership Threads: @innovativeleaders X/Twitter/Whatever New Name It Has This Week: @IL_Institute LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 TikTok: @innovativeleadership Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating! ----------------------- About Our Guests: Cynthia Cherrey is President and CEO of the International Leadership Association (ILA),. Previously, she served as Vice President and Lecturer in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Cynthia publishes in the areas of leadership, organizational development, and higher education including co-authoring Systemic Leadership: Enriching the Meaning of our Work, co-editing ILA’s Building Leadership Bridges book series; her most recent publication is Women and Leadership around the World (co-editor). She is a Fellow at the World Business Academy and a recipient of a J.W. Fulbright Scholarship. Cynthia’s interests and research explore new ways to live, work, and lead in a knowledge driven, interdependent, global society. She consults and speaks to for-profit and non-profit organizations around the world on leadership and organizational change. Professor Mike Hardy, CMG OBE FRSA, is Founding Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, UK. After a distinguished career, he returned to the academic world in 2011 as Professor of Intercultural Relations at Coventry University. Mike is active with UNESCO and the UN Alliance of Civilizations; he is currently lead advisor to the World Forum for Intercultural Dialogue in Baku, the World Peace Forum in Indonesia, and directs the RISING Global Peace Forum at Coventry. Professor Hardy was awarded the OBE in 2001 for his peace-building work in the Middle East, and appointed a Companion of Honour of St Michael and St George in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his work in Intercultural Dialogue. Mike is a trustee of The Faith and Belief Forum, the leading interfaith charity in the UK.
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    53 mins
  • S10-Ep26: Eat Mor Chikin: Chick-fil-A's Recipe for Leadership

    S10-Ep26: Eat Mor Chikin: Chick-fil-A's Recipe for Leadership
    Jul 9 2024
    Guest: Steve Robinson, former Chief Marketing Officer, Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A – and their cows – are now an iconic fast food brand. That type of brand recognition doesn’t happen by accident: it requires great leadership creating a culture of innovation. What can you learn from their success? Steve Robinson unfolds the layers of leadership principles with real stories from Chick-fil-A’s history to demonstrate each one. Like other major brands, they’ve had PR bumps along the way, but worked through to continued success. Steve’s insights explain why – and it all wraps around leaders’ unique view of their stakeholders. Here's what Steve and Maureen cover: The four layers of Chick-fil-A’s “onion” of success;Why simple hospitality is a huge differentiator in business today; andThe moment the beef industry started feeling chicken about this restaurant chain.Other episodes you'll enjoy: Why Rare Leadership Is Well Done at Omaha Steaks with Nate RempeLove at First Slice: Pizza & Passionate Leadership with Tom KrouseA Dozen Lessons Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts with Robert Rosenberg For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on TikTok, Threads, and Twitter, too! RESOURCES: Steve’s book is Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A; it’s available in hardback at https://amzn.to/460LnmQ, on Kindle at https://amzn.to/3RVXhZs, and as an audiobook at https://amzn.to/3xPjBgn. You can learn more about Steve and his consulting services at https://srobinsonconsulting.com. And, of course, there’s more about Chick-fil-A itself on the company’s website: https://www.chick-fil-a.com. Chick-fil-A’s founder wrote several books, too. One that complements Steve’s conversation in this episode is Eat More Chikin – Inspire More People: Doing Business the Chick-fil-A Way. It’s in hardback (used) at https://amzn.to/4bv8KWs. Our host, Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the Kindle version at https://amzn.to/44buVz8. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include: Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane. Hardback (https://amzn.to/48Doh6j) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/48YCRF4)Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First by Martha Piper & Indira Samarasekera. Paperback (https://amzn.to/3tOtzg4) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/41OYdT5)Jilly Truit murder mysteries by Beverley McLachlin: Full Disclosure – https://amzn.to/46TxW6Q (paperback) https://amzn.to/46VDL3Q (audiobook)Denial – https://amzn.to/46YCbhs (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GJc0AA (audiobook) Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links. ----------------------- OUR PODCAST TEAM: Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli Adding Hospitality to Our Layers of Success: Jenna Reik Theme Music by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay. CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership Threads: @innovativeleaders X/Twitter/Whatever New Name It Has This Week: @IL_Institute LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 TikTok: @innovativeleadership Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating! ----------------------- About Our Guest: Steven A. Robinson is a consultant, author and speaker on organizational culture design & leadership, brand strategy development, marketing planning, and distinctive advertising principles. He is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc., 1981-2015. Prior to joining the company, Steve was the director of marketing for Six Flags Over Georgia theme park in Atlanta, Georgia. This role was preceded by marketing positions at two other Six Flags properties and communications manager at Texas Instruments. After beginning his career at Chick-fil-A as director of marketing, Steve went on to serve as vice president of the department before becoming chief marketing officer. In his most recent role, he was responsible for overseeing marketing, advertising, brand development, menu development, and hospitality strategies. In addition to serving on Chick-fil-A’s board of directors from 2016-2018, Steve serves on several boards for organizations and ministries, including FamilyLife, Fellowship of Christian Athletes of Atlanta, Links Players International, Atlanta Hall Management & College Football Hall of Fame, and the National Football Foundation. He holds an associate degree in business ...
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    34 mins
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