Let's Talk Leadership with Banangkur

So much a part of my passion for talking to women leaders around the world, is how much these women are making a real difference in the lives of others.  And, yes. leaders make a difference. I’m so pleased to be talking to Sharmin Shams – or as her friends call her - Moonmoon.  Moonmoon is focused on improving the lives of women in Bangladesh. Not only as she was growing, up but in her career as a...

Right now, two events are very much in the headlines. The first is one which we’ve discussed before on my podcast – the climate change and sustainability. The second is the situation in Ukraine. My special guest today is directly dealing with both of those critical issues. So much so, that she chose to leave her home country not long after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Angelina Davydova is a jo...

This week we’re going Washington State in the US to talk to Hannah Aoyagi. Hannah is critically involved in a subject which is vital for all of us – ecology and sustainability. This is a passion she developed as a girl when she did a school project related to sustainability. We never can tell where those school projects can lead. Hannah has a Ph. D. in Environmental Health, Science, and Policy fro...

I’m pleased to say that this is number 20 in my podcast series. I’m looking forward to a long weekly journey and I really hope you come with me. Again, as I’ve done before, this week I’m visiting the country of my heritage and my special guest is my niece Esrat Karim. Esrat is truly making a significant difference to the lives of so many people in Bangladesh. So let me explain. After completing he...

We all have challenges as leaders. That’s what leadership is about, isn’t it ? But what if the challenge has the name ‘Pandemic’ and you have a senior position as a leader in a large hospital group ? My guest today is Elise Sinha. After beginning her career as a respiratory clinician, more senior roles were offered to Elise, probably in recognition of her performance as a leader. And yes, she was...

Today I’m very pleased to be talking with Professor Araceli Martinez Ortiz of the University of Texas San Antonio. After a number of years in the corporate world as an engineer and often wearing a hard-hat, she completed her PhD and moved into academia. Dr Ortiz holds the Microsoft President's Endowed Professorship at UTSA and is Professor pf Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering/...

I’m very pleased this week to be talking to someone who has a very high profile in the country of my heritage – Bangladesh.   Dr Abdun Noor Tushar is a physician by profession and a media person by passion.  And he’s a champion debater and public speaker. He describes himself as an activist for women’s empowerment. He has had a very diverse career and has made a significant difference in Banglades...

My guest this week is really making a difference at such an early time in her career. Dr Haleema Alamri is from Saudi Arabia. She completed her Master’s degree in Canada, then her PhD at the prestigious science university in Saudi, the King Abdulla University of Science and Technology – or KAUST.  KAUST is where some of the brightest science students from around the world complete their PhD studie...

Welcome  to this week’s Podcast - Let’s Talk Leadership with Banangkur. I’m sure you know there is a growing number of women leaders with a diverse background who are increasingly making a significant difference in the world – and that’s exciting. My guest this week fits exactly into that. Sudanese heritage, a black Muslim woman with a PhD in international law from Cambridge University in the UK....

I always love to talk with women who are making a real difference in leadership.  That’s certainly the case with my guest this week. Annabel Harper is an executive leadership consultant and coach from the UK. And she has authored a book on women’s leadership in the Middle East.   So she must be an expert ! Annabel’s book is called Shujaa-ah. So what does Shujaa-ah mean ? I’ll have to ask her.  And...

Who would have thought that leadership behaviors can be a powerful way for sales professionals, especially in the B2B area, to significantly increase sales ? This week I’m talking to Deb Calvert. Deb was a very successful sales trainer and then moved into leadership training as well. It was when she became a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge that she made a strong connection between lea...

This week I’m talking to Diann Grimm who retired after 35 years as a teacher in San Francisco, and considered volunteering at the local library once a week. Then she had a ‘light-bulb’ moment. Her vision and her leadership-without-a-title started a journey which took her halfway around the world to Nepal. In the past ten years, she has changed the lives of thousands of children who now attend worl...

This week I’m talking to a woman whose journey took her from a ‘conventional’ career to developing leaders through her Leadership program.  Lianne Bridges is her name. She was very successful, and had experience in large corporate organizations, and a mother of two small children - but then a significant life-event was a catalyst for her to make a very successful change, using her skills and exper...

We’re now in double figures – this is Podcast number 10. This week another man is my guest, with his perspective on leadership and woman leaders and the challenges they face.  His name is Maruf Kabir. I’ve known Maruf for a number of years and I’m so pleased to have him join me as we can discuss leadership in the country where I grew up and worked and where, of course, I still have very strong con...

I have one word to describe my guest this week : dynamic. Well, I could think of more, of course, but Ittela Ali certainly is dynamic. Her leadership journey takes her from Bangladesh where she worked with multi-national advertising company, to the BBC, the United Nations and now to Canada. And along the way, she became a wife and a mother of two small children.  Ittela has developed some very pra...

Hi, this is Banangkur Mustafa, with this week’s Podcast  - Let’s Talk Leadership with Banangkur.  This is now the eighth week of my journey to talk with women leaders from around the world. So - another inspiring woman this week ?  No. I’ve decided to listen to a man’s perspective on leadership and on women leaders. I invited this week’s guest because of his passion and focus on leadership and his...

This is now the sixth week of my journey to talk with women leaders from around the world. And this week, my global quest takes us to Greece. In today’s Podcast, I’m talking with Donna Poulidis. Donna’s mission is to provide wellness strategies and healing therapies including yoga and  Rapid Transformation Therapy (also known RTT) to improve the lives of women.  And in the interest of full disclos...

This is now the sixth week of my journey to talk with women leaders from around the world. I hope you’ve been with me since the start but if you haven’t, you can always catch up on the previous podcasts. And the best way to do that is to go to my website - www.leadershipwithbanangkur.com There's a page on the website called Leader Profiles. You can find out more about these wonderful leaders...

Hi. If this is the first time you’re joining me, welcome. My purpose with these podcasts is to share with you conversations I’m having with women leaders. On this journey, I’m learning so much – and I hope you do, too.  If you’ve been following the podcasts, welcome back you’re obviously learning like me. I’m so pleased to have you with for this podcast.   And I hope you've subscribed so don’...

One of the most amazing aspects - I think - of what I do on my leadership Podcast journey, is to be introduced to wonderful women leaders with a diverse leadership path. Music teacher. Choir leader. Superintendent of Schools for Albany, capital city of New York, gaining her PhD, and now developing other leaders. “You’ve got to talk to Dr V.” I was told. I soon found out that this was Marguerite Va...

Local government is an area where there is a strong presence of women. Maybe this is because women often have a commitment, a need to help the community they live in.  And local government is very much about supporting where we live, our communities, the place where our children grow up. It’s likely a place where we have the strongest friendships and its very much about our lifestyle. Gwen Voelpel...

Have you ever felt “I can’t do this” ? “This is beyond my skills level. What if they find out I can’t do this “? My conversation this week is with a woman, of course - and a mother - born in Hawaii of Japanese and Hawaiian parents who became the first woman of Japanese descent to become a mayor of a city in the US. And she never believed that she could do that.  JoAnne Yukimura. She has a wonderfu...

I’m delighted to have as my first guest, a woman who has been making a huge difference by developing other leaders, especially women. And like me, she’s a Canadian.  Kelly Ann McKnight has a long track record developing women leaders. She’s a Certified Master of what is regarded as one of the world’s most widely recognized leadership development programs, The Leadership Challenge.  She’s been faci...