How to lead in all aspects of life with Department Chair, Professor and Co-Author, Alyssa Westring

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Maaike Steinebach is a seasoned international Executive with over 20 years’ experience in Managing Director & CEO roles. Her career has spanned the UK, Singapore, China and Hong Kong, across companies such as Fortis Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Visa. Having discovered her passion for advancing the femtech sector, she has now founded her own business to support and grow this industry and has taken on a role as co-CEO of Femtech Association Asia. Maaike is also passionate about connecting and elevating women in the tech sector and has co-founded the Women in Tech Association in Hong Kong. 

In this episode, we speak with Casey Renner, an Operating Partner at VC firm, OpenView, who has been with the firm for almost 8 years. Casey is known as OV's master connector – they joke that she knows basically anyone and everyone in the B2B software industry. In her role as Operating Partner, she manages the team that runs OpenView's network of industry experts, advisors & corporate partners. She's built her career around networking and because of that, has great insights on how to build your own network. 

Dr. Suzy Green is a Clinical and Coaching Psychologist (MAPS) and the founder of The Positivity Institute, an organisation dedicated to the research and application of Positive Psychology in workplaces and schools. Suzy is a leader in the complementary fields of Coaching Psychology and Positive Psychology having conducted a world-first study on evidence-based coaching as an Applied Positive Psychology. She holds several academic positions at universities in Australia and the United Kingdom and is globally renowned for her research. We speak with Suzy about how to combat workplace stress, manage negativity bias, and create a culture of coaching.

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Zoe Cunningham is an award-winning technology professional and currently a Director of Softwire Technology, voted the #1 Best Place to Work in the UK 2023. She won Business Leader of the Year at the UK Women in IT Awards 2019 and has been selected by the BBC as the Brightest Woman in Britain. Zoe also works as an actor and she recently played the lead role in Marianna Dean's upcoming debut feature film Breaking Infinity, which will be released later in 2023. Zoe has published three books, including "Galvanising the Geeks" the tech leaders’ handbook for inspiring technical teams.

Poorvi Shrivastav is a seasoned product leader and general manager with over 15+ years of experience at leading high performing global teams at tech companies such as Microsoft, Salesforce, Hubspot and now Meta, where she is a Senior Director of Product Management. In her tenure, she has successfully proven product market fit, driven business  growth, and implemented a product centric culture. She is passionate about sharing product best practices and learnings. Poorvi has also advised and invested in tech startups, and has been a member of the Forbes Technology Council.

In this episode, we deep dive into what product management is and how to adapt your product strategy during a difficult economic environment.

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3:22: Product management vs project management

7:35: Prioritizing features

10:55: Measuring impact of products

14:10: Building products during a recession

21:27: Why Product needs to partner with Finance

24:30: Mistakes to avoid during uncertain times

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In this episode, we connect with Alyssa Westring, the co-author of Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life. She is the Chair of the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship in the Driehaus College of Business at DePaul University and an award-winning educator. Alyssa shares her expertise on leadership for working parents. In her TEDx talk, The Secret Life of a Work-Life Insider, she shares how her research questions and personal journey into motherhood have shaped one another.

Here are some links to Alyssa’s content if you want to learn more about her research:

Here’s How Leadership Skills Can Help You Parent Better,

Dear Employers, It’s Time We Start Recognizing Parenting as Work,

There’s No “Right” Way to Do Self-Care

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1:49: Quiet quitting

5:57: Career in academia

10:54: Top characteristics of leaders

13:50: Leading at home

18:19: Achieving a 4 way win – career, home, community and self

24:42: Successfully experimenting to change your life

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Aliza Freud is founder and CEO of SheSpeaks, the leading influencer marketing & media platform connecting brands with female consumers. Aliza and her team help brands like Prudential, Kraft, Coca-Cola and others to create and amplify authentic influencer content. The SheSpeaks platform reaches over 300 million consumers monthly, powered by an amazing community of hundreds of thousands of influential women. We speak to Aliza about all things influencers – from how to become one, to how brands should leverage them as part of their marketing strategy.

Links from the episode below:
SheSpeaks: https://www.shespeaks.com/ 
Fidelity Example: https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/old-boys-club-investing-how-fidelity-influencers-women/?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Adweek_Daily_220804054625&recip_id=1020038&lyt_id=1020038 

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2:10: Controversial ads and use of influence
6:39: How to be an influencer
9:22: Ethics of influence
14:57: Managing mistakes as an influencer
19:21: Anyone can be an influencer
21:12: How companies can leverage influencers

In this episode, we speak with Mary-Beth Hosking, the Global Chief Information Officer for PointsBet. Mary-Beth leads a global team to support one of Australia’s premier sports betting applications. She has over 17 years’ experience leading restructures in multinational organisations including BP and Specsavers. Prior to her corporate life, Mary-Beth was an accomplished singer, and is currently authoring a book talking about leading change as a CIO. We speak to Mary-Beth about the Optus data breach, as well as how to develop a robust information security strategy. 

Optus data breach: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/optus-data-breach-everything-we-know-so-far-about-what-happened 

Chapter markers:

2:00: Learnings from Optus data breach

9:07: Strategies to protect customer data

16:45: Embracing individuality in the corporate world

21:41: Proactive vs reactive information security

30:04: Getting buy-in from non-technical leaders

In this episode we connect with Amy Radin is a strategist, growth hacker and problem solver who brings 25 years of experience as a Fortune 100 marketing, digital and innovation operating executive to boards and executive teams at both large enterprises and startups. She works with leaders who know their businesses must be led by a deep understanding of their customers in order to thrive. She is also the author of award winning book “The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation In Any Company”. We speak to her about what it takes to innovate across industries in a structured corporate environment.  

The Change Maker’s Playbook: https://amyradin.com/book/

Chapter markers: 

5:52: Leveraging your network 

11:23: Innovation in financial services 

17:52: Influencing people about innovation 

23:30: Succeeding and failing in experiments 

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