Leadership Bites

Welcome to Leadership Bites, in this podcast we talk about relevant leadership topics in short easy bite sizes, giving you food for thought as a leader. Our world has become complex and uncertain, we hope to guide you with the skills you need, so that you can do what you do best. Lead.

Today our co-hosts Racheal Govender and Tim Hill talk to Leif Sorensen from Actee about gamification and leadership development. 

Welcome to Leadership Bites, in this podcast we talk about relevant leadership topics in short easy bite sizes, giving you food for thought as a leader. Our world has become complex and uncertain, we hope to guide you with the skills you need, so that you can do what you do best. Lead.

In our first season we covered Women’s work, and in this season, we cover all things leadership and more. 

In this episode, Racheal talks to Dr Abiola Sarnecki about being a woman of colour in leadership, the importance of representation, and also what organisations can do to attract diverse talent, as well as creating a culture that retains them. 

Abiola is a lecturer of Organizational Behavior at EBS Business School in Germany, where she completed her PhD in Organizational Behavior in 2017. Abiola has a Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering as well as an MBA.  She has worked for over ten years as a management consultant in Nigeria and Germany. Abiola grew up in Nigeria and has lived in Germany for over 20 years. 

On this episode, Racheal talks to Tanja Nagel who has been a senior leader within the Financial sector. We talk about her experiences as being one of the few female leaders at senior level, the importance of diversity and inclusion within companies, and for organisations to be more proactive in searching for female CEO’s. And the importance for leaders to get coaching and mentoring, at earlier stages of their careers.

Tanja has held several senior roles including the  Director of Private banking at Lanschot Bankers, member of the supervisory board of the Dutch National Maritime Museum. Tanja was the CEO of Theodoor Gilissen

She is a member of the supervisory board of KAS Bank N.V., PNO Consultants N.V., the Oncode Institute Foundation and the Veerstichting Foundation. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Frans Hals Museum/De Hallen Haarlem museum, and a member of the board of Universiteitsfonds Utrecht. Tanja studied law at Utrecht University.

In this episode Racheal talks to Anna Emm, South African author and publisher . This was an inspirational talk about her journey through failure, being an authentic leader, paying attention to changing seasons, and bringing joy back into the world. 

“I believe in the power of stories. I believe that a well told story can inspire, motivate and heal like no other medium on earth. "

On today's conversation, Racheal speaks with Dr Marcella Lucas CEO of Lead Women in Malaysia about her work with on Women on Boards, and what are some of the key themes and experiences with getting more women on boards.

LeadWomen, a Malaysian grown enterprise focuses on getting more women onto Board of Directors and into C-suite positions.  LeadWomen has developed from a training provider to now provide a One-Stop-Solution consultancy for high calibre candidates looking for board opportunities and for boards looking for the right talent to meet their business needs.

Leadership Development experts Racheal Govender and Caroline Griffith talk about about the reasons for women in leadership conversations, and some of the relevant topics.