Empower Your Team

The Ability to Lead Others Starts With The Ability to Know Yourself. Who are you? What do you value? What do you stand for? Strong leaders understand themselves and what their vision and goals are. The quality of a leader is reflected by the values they set for themselves and hold for others. Investing in yourself is investing in your people. It’s a full circle. Isabelle and Cloé discuss on how leaders must know and understand themselves to have the ability to empower others.

Empathy is so powerful in business. Harout Chitilian and I both came from humble beginnings and with this, it's a reflex to put ourselves in someone else's shoes. That's why I couldn't resist inviting Harout Chitilian, Vice-President of Corporate Affairs and head of development and strategy at CDPQ Infra, because I know that this is one of his core values and he implements it in his everyday life which no doubt helped him reach his current status and realizing his full potential.

Part of being an authentic leader is finding, and applying, the optimal alignment between who you are at home and who you are at work. This requires bravery and constant adjustments! It also requires you to manage your ego and ideally putting it aside completely. Leadership starts from within ourselves - by getting to know ourselves, our strengths, our blind spots, our limits, our values and our beliefs.

Andrea Schwarz is the head of Sales at Telus Health Care Centers. She is also part of the WLP - Women's Leaders in Pharma. She shares what being authentic means to her and how she allows herself to be vulnerable and conscious of her negotiables and non-negotiable values.

Can this current global situation be any more difficult?

The development of the vaccine to eradicate the global pandemic is a perfect example of the importance of leadership and team engagement to reach revolutionary results. How did COVID-19 change the way you work within a team? In this episode, Fabien Paquette explains how leaders at Pfizer prepared their teams to work collectively, creatively, and efficiently to reach the impossible.

An inspiring conversation with Xavier Mufraggi Ceo at YPO.

When is your leadership traditional and when is it adapted to the context of your organization? This episode is an invitation to change the established culture that leaders are in so they can go from a head-led leader (expert stance) to a contextual leader who integrates their hearts and courage. Discover how Nathalie Nassari left her comfort zone for the good of her employees.

Did you know that socially diverse groups are more innovative and productive than homogeneous groups ? Smart leaders know that their companies benefit from attracting, developing and retaining a diverse workforce We will meet with Karl to discuss about how diversity and inclusion drive results and how it's is only half of the equation. Leaders also need cultivating a climate of trust to establish a culture in which all employees feel free to contribute ideas.

Regardless of company size, a shared vision is needed from the bottom to the top of the organization, both at the team and individual level. Anie Rouleau founded The Unscented Company 10 years ago with a clear vision and overall goal of being sustainable and staying true to yourself and your values. How can your values become the standard that everyone has? Why is resilience at the heart of this issue? Anie explains how she did it and why it's relevant and important in our current climate.

In the context of the Empower Your Team movement launch, Cloé shares with you her 5-step model to empower your team and redefined your leadership before starting season 2's interviews.

Winning as a team is one thing, but how do we make sure we all stay on the road to success? With a clear vision, precise objectives and a well-thought-out execution plan, according to Nicolas Gaudreau, our guest this week. Listen to this episode to learn more about his vision for staying on the road to success through the challenges ahead.

Inspiring conversation with Lisa Stedel-Smith

As a manager, how can you support the leadership development of women in your team? This is the question that any high level manager or executive committee should be asking! We are interviewing Caroline Codsi, President and Founder of Women in Governance on ways to support women in their development!

How would you describe the climate within your team? Is it beneficial to everyone's development? Does it allow everyone to be innovative, make decisions and reach their full potential? To achieve your objectives, adopting a leader-coach posture is your best bet! Discover the power of developing a coaching culture in this episode with Sara Leclerc, Global Marketing Director.

"Superpower", success, unique strategic contribution and empathy are at the heart of this episode with Jan-Fryderyk, ex-president of 4U2C. He shares his experience of integration within a new organization in the midst of a crisis. He also explains his vision of success for leaders joining a new team and how to empower our team as a leader, even in this challenging period.

Optimal leadership styles to navigate in a context of crisis with Grégoire Baillargeon.

Have you ever wondered what makes you a good leader? How can you be your best-self? What impact would this have on your team? In this episode, we invite you to explore these questions and discover the advice of an experienced leader, Fionnuala Doyle, on how to bring out the best in your team.

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As the pandemic first hit, we saw many leaders adopt a more directive style, as the context demanded quick action and difficult decisions. Now, it is important to return to a more democratic, visionary and coaching style in order to engage and (re-) motivate your team. How do you do this? By playing at your highest strategic level, namely through your Unique Strategic Contribution! We discuss this with Patricia Gauthier to find out when she made the "swift" shift in her mindset - her leadership style - and what the impact was!

Have you ever heard of social styles? They allow us to learn about our own preferences as well as those of our colleagues and employees. How we communicate, perceive, appreciate, " assimilate " and react to information. Adjusting and adapting our communications to achieve the desired impact is a powerful tool! Communicating efficiently is crucial, especially since we regularly have to do so remotely. What is the key according to Eve Laurier, General Manager at Edelman Montréal? Authenticity is where it all starts!

In the traditional leadership model, expertise and knowledge are valued requiring us to use our heads most. However, this model does not fully meet the needs of organizations, especially in today's ever-changing, uncertain and complex environment! So, how do we move to a more current model that enables organizations and teams to achieve their goals? A model that generates mobilization, commitment, involvement and integrates a more interactive vision? We welcome you to discover leading with head, heart and gut!

As leaders we must first start by developing ourselves in order to grow our team and organization. The key to this development, according to Natalie Brown, is to step out of your comfort zone. Continually evolve because one must adapt and learn new things! And for our team to succeed, we have to create the climate that allows it. That's when the results kick in!

As a manager, the more you solidify our team’s trust, the less individual needs arise. More people will find their place within the team dynamic by recognizing their own value and that of other people and the team. The Team Truth will be enforced and decisions will be easier to make. So the question is: How can a leader really make a difference in developing that trust climate? This is what we would talk about in this episode with Manon Brouillette.   

Why is one team better than another? How does its leader manage to engage and nurture their team? In this first episode, we discuss the basics of our 5 step model (5C) to empower teams. We will meet with Paul Lirette, President of GSK Japan, to discuss his method for transforming a culture and achieving goals in each leadership role he has been given in markets around the world.