Let's Talk Leadership with Banangkur

This week, something different. I’ve invited two of my previous guests to join me. Each of them have significant corporate experience and strong opinions on women in leadership.  The first of these is Kelly Ann McKnight. Kelly Ann was my first guest, almost 50 podcasts ago.   Kelly Ann is a very experienced Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge. She’s worked across a broad range of clients...

If you’ve been a regular listener to my Podcasts, I’m sure you’ll know that I’m on a quest to talk to inspiring woman leaders around the world. Of course, that often means women with diverse backgrounds. My special guest today certainly fits those criteria.  Jenell Paul has an engineering degree. She’s a proud woman of color – specifically she’s African-American.  She claims the shortest period of...

In producing this podcast, I always look for women leaders who have an inspiring leadership story to tell – and for us all to learn from.  As you might have gathered if you’re a regular listener, I’ve had the pleasure of talking to many who are Certified Masters of The Leadership Challenge. In fact, my first guest was fellow-Canadian and Certified Master, Kelly Ann McKnight.  Today I’m so pleased...

Let’s go to Texas today ! And let’s talk to Meredith Garcia who is developing 3,000 leaders.  Well, not all by herself – at least, I don't think so.  Meredith had a solid corporate career and then successfully ran her own business for a number of years.  But the attraction of an offer to return to work in a large state government authority in her home state of Texas – and developing leaders -...

Let’s talk about love. Jim Kouzes, the co-author of The Leadership Challenge, signs his emails ‘Love ‘em and lead em’.  Helena Clayton is my special guest today. So why the reference to Jim Kouzes and ‘Love ‘em and lead ‘em ? ? Helena is UK-based and has developed leaders for some of the UK’s largest companies for well over 25 years, delivering leadership programs and leadership coaching. Now in a...

My guest this week has just received an award for 30 years service in the Department of Social Service in the state of Texas. More specifically, her work has been in the critically important area of Protective Services. Lawandra Smith is passionate about developing leaders who work in this area of government helping families and people at risk.  So passionate is she that two years ago she became a...

I’m really excited to be starting my podcast journey for 2024 with a woman who I think is truly remarkable.  The role that she has, literally impacts on the lives and more specifically the health of just over 6 million people. Dr Heidi Miller is the Chief Medical Officer for the state of Missouri …. in the US, of course. The CMO of any state or government has to manage the multiple interests and p...

My guest this week comes with a passion for developing leaders. And to deliver the best results she can, not only does she have a PhD with the focus being on leadership, but she has 23 certifications – and growing – on behavior, personality and leadership which she uses as necessary to get the best results with individual leaders. Dr Rachel Monteverdi is also a Certified Master of The Leadership C...

This week - a ‘first’. This is the first time in forty podcasts that I’ve invited a guest back.  And yes, this is podcast 40 in my journey having conversations with inspiring woman leaders.  Last year Elise Sinha joined me, and we talked about the inspiring leadership she and other dedicated healthcare executives delivered to get us through the Covid crisis. Now Elise is a very busy leadership coa...

If you’re a regular listener to my podcasts, I’m sure you’ll know that I’m a great supporter of anything which can help women in the workplace,  That means anything which can help their careers, their empowerment, their leadership development – and even their most important role, being a mom. My guest today is Rowen Nadia Astrom. Rowen had a career in corporate communication, branding and marketin...

In my last podcast, I was really pleased to be talking to an experienced and very successful woman from Bahrain, Khulood Al Qattan. But there are always young women who are setting themselves up for a successful, long-term leadership journey.  Sometimes in the corporate context, they’re labeled ‘emerging leaders’.  My guest this week is a perfect candidate for that description – and in addition, s...

My guest today is living proof that determination and commitment brings huge rewards. She began her career in the customer service area of a bank, and after various positions in that bank, joined another bank as general manager…, then another as CEO of an investment bank twelve months later.  Khulood Al Qattan is from Bahrain. At the peak of her banking career she was appointed as the first female...

I have a very special guest this week. I say ‘very special’ because of what she’s been through and what she’s now doing with the experience of what she’s been through. Angie Chaplin had a 20 year career in HR and capacity management. Among her many qualifications in the area of human behavior, she’s a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge. And she was Professor of Strategic Communication &a...

Today, we’re going back to Bahrain. I’ve said before this maybe a small country, but it punches above its weight. And the women there are amazing. I’ve had two inspiring guests from Bahrain recently: Sonja Janahi  and Dina Bseisu. My guest today is Eman Dea’bil. Eman is passionate about women becoming outstanding leaders. She’s a highly qualified project manager and is pushing for more women to be...

I’ve always said my podcasts are ‘conversations with inspiring leaders from around the world’. In the podcast before last we were in Nepal. The one before this, in Bahrain and now the US – Los Angeles. My guest this week is Michele Kawamoto Perry. Michele has been involved in leadership development for over 20 years. She’s a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge, among the other qualificati...

This week we’re going back to Bahrain to meet a truly remarkable woman. A former banker dealing with private clients for 20 years, my guest had what she calls a ‘life changing’ event. She describes one particular day as the most important day of her life. My inspiring guest this week is Dina Bseisu. Dina is Palestinian – but she only lived there until she was four, as her family left there as refu...

If you’re a regular listening to my podcast, you’ll know that the focus is on inspiring leaders for around the world and usually the focus is on inspiring women leaders. Today the leader I’m talking to is certainly inspiring – and it’s a man.  Bhupendra Ghimiri or as most people call him Bhupi, is from Nepal.    Bhupi began his career as a teacher but soon realized there was a need to improve the...

I always love to talk to women who are innovative and who become successful in the process. Isn't that what leaders do ? My guest this week is Hope Zvara and she is certainly innovative and successful. Hope was introduced to yoga to help her with some issues she was having. She became so involved that she then became a yoga teacher and set up her own yoga school to teach others.  But then som...

This week my guest is a woman who, like me, left Bangladesh to begin a new phase of her life in another country.  Ayesha Bibha is an Australian Bangladeshi thought leader in the neuroscience of leadership.   She has experience designing and delivering learning solutions to develop global corporate, non-profit, and academic leadership capabilities.  For over 17 years, she walked an ambitious path a...

Just occasionally in my podcast, I move away from having an inspiring woman as my guest. But always the focus is leadership. This week, my guest is one of the most highly recognized people in the area of leadership and leadership development – globally. Forty years of evidence-based research and seven editions of the book he co-authored, certainly has him as the most highly recognized in this area...

This week, I’m so pleased to be talking to the first woman leader I’ve had on my podcast who is from Bahrain. Bahrain is a small country in the Arabian Gulf – and boy, does it ‘punch above it’s weight’.  Small in size maybe but as you’ll hear in this podcast, amazing and exciting things are happening there.  I’m so pleased to be talking to Sonya Janahi.  Sonia had a very successful career in large...

Of course, my podcast is about leadership. And we know that leadership is important.  We know leadership is needed in government, in organizations – large and small, in education, the military… and more, right ? But what about art ?   Yes, of course.  My guest today is Alia Lootah. Alia is a prominent artist in the United Arab Emirates – and she is certainly a leader in the world of fine art - not...

This week is going to be a little different … well, perhaps a lot different. On my podcast journey so far, I’ve had the pleasure to share with you conversations I’ve had with truly inspiring women. This week, I thought I’d take a look back and share with you excerpts from some of those conversations. I know, in selecting them for this, I learned more from each of them – and I hope you will, too. T...

This week we’re going to Saudi Arabia again. I’m really pleased that inspiring woman leaders are now emerging from Saudi. My guest this week is the second woman I’ve talked to from Saudi – and I’m sure there will be many more. Eman Alhajji was awarded her PhD from KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in 2022. She describes herself as a ‘child of KAUST’ as she was identifie...

We know that ‘titles’ and ‘positions’ don’t make a leader.  My guest this week is certainly a leader.  And when it comes to titles and positions... well, there’s a list of them she can claim : she’s a university professor, she’s Chair of the Faculty, she has a PhD, she’s a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge.  And there’s one more – she’s a mother of nine children. Yes, nine ! I don'...