The Alame Podcast: Change Your Company

An inspiring special episode (solo cast) where I will be sharing some practices which would help leaders engage their team early on this year (2024), and ensuring to have great start. Some of the takeaways: External Validation: Emphasize external appreciation to showcase the team's impact through customer feedback or senior leadership recognition. Learn and Apply: Capture lessons from the past...

An inspiring special episode (solo cast) on reflection of the passing 2023 year. Some of the takeaways: The most powerful lessons that can help us as leaders to transform our teams & work are not extracted from books, consultants, or coaches. The most powerful lessons are those we learn from our experiences, or better said, from reflecting on our experiences. The end of the year is a golden ti...

An inspiring episode with Keith Goode who is the Vice President of Products and Services (ZeroedIn Technologies) - Workforce Intelligence.  In this conversation we talk about the transformative potential of people analytics, emphasizing the challenges of data silos and the importance of using AI for predictive and prescriptive analytics in areas such as employee turnover, hiring, task allocation,...

A very special episode with Oleksandra Matviichuk, who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and activist. The conversation delves into Oleksandra’s journey, driven by a commitment to justice and freedom in the context of Soviet-era Ukraine, detailing strategic shifts, global campaigns, and the impactful role of ordinary people in addressing human rights violations and releasing political prisoners. Some...

An inspiring episode with Maurice E. J. Leon, who is a mastermind executive coach. The conversation explores the importance of personal growth and self-awareness in leadership, emphasizing the need to address internal challenges before seeking external change, illustrated through anecdotes of personal and professional transformations. Some of the takeaways: 1. Leaders should recognize the importan...

An inspiring episode with Patrick Simone, who is an author, speaker and sales trainer. The conversation discusses the importance of driving collaboration across different departments, focusing on commercial alignment, and how involving various teams in setting goals, defining target customers, and pricing can enhance collaboration and achieve successful commercial development. Some of the takeaway...

An inspiring episode with Jane Hanson, who is a communication coach and broadcast host. We talk about how leaders or any one can have more influence on others using communication skills. Some of the takeaways: 1: Clarity of message is essential for effective communication, including defining the main message and adding context and storytelling. 2: Body language, including eye contact, leaning in,...

An inspiring episode with David Carter, chairman and founder at Entelechy Academy Limited. We talk about creating character-based workplaces to improve performance and inspire employees. Some of the takeaways: 1. Character development is essential for improving workplace skills and productivity. 2. Traditional training methods often focus on theory rather than practical application. 3. Building ch...

An inspiring episode with Maria Morukian, who is an author, coach and leadership facilitator. We talk about diversity and inclusion. Some of the takeaways: 1. Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officers are important catalysts for change in organizations, but the responsibility for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) should be shared across the entire leadership team. 2. DEI is not just a corporate...

An inspiring episode with Daniel Marcos, an entrepreneur and leadership coach. We discusses the importance of clear strategy, efficient teams, cash flow, and focus when scaling businesses, emphasizing the need for leaders to choose what they want and prioritize accordingly. Here are the some takeaways: 1. Clear Strategy: A straightforward, shared strategy is crucial. 2. Efficient Teams: Place the...

A special episode - an interview with me (Fouad Alame) by Helena Arjuna Suter, who is a leadership, innovation, change and transformation catalyst, and host of “Where Boundaries Dissolve” Podcast.  We talk about my journey in the corporate sector and how I changed my job to the one which I meant to be doing, and consequently how I changed my life. Some of the takeaways:  Ideally, everyone should b...

An inspiring episode with Helen Fanucci, a senior commercial leader, sales leader and author of "Love your Team". We talk about leading, accelerating and optimizing sales teams. Some of the takeaways: - The first and foremost challenge is the ability to retain top talent.  - Leaders should supports their team, reduce the sales friction, and maybe take away some processes that aren't...

Another inspiring episode with Amy Wong, leadership coach, keynote speaker and author. We talk about doing what we really want and makes us happy rather than doing what the society wants us to do. Some of the takeaways: We end up being miserable despite of having good jobs because we did not listening to what our was telling us but rather we were listening more to what society was telling us. - As...

An inspiring episode with Tim Creasey, Chief Innovation Officer at Prosci and best selling author. We talk about challenges in leading the work place. some of the takeaways: - One of the challenges all of us individually and teams and organizations face is where do we put our energy and effort when it comes to trying to bring about the changes that we have in front of us. - We have to see how empl...

An inspiring episode with William Buist, a strategic mentor, speaker and author. We talk about how to create better workplaces. Some of the takeaways: One of the leaders’ struggles is developing their own skills and talent so that they can be the best individual leader Leaders should know what their team really needs: some need more experience, some need more knowledge. Leaders should know how muc...

An inspiring episode with Marsha Acker, who is a principal at TeamCatapult, leadership and team coach and author. We talk about how leaders can use some facilitation techniques or strategies in order to involve, engage people and create more. Some of the takeaways: - In many places leaders are the ones who step forward and make a move and provide alternate ideas, however, we need of the people to...

In this episode we talk about what if success if not the answer and what does it mean for leadership and the workplace, sharing this inspiring message of seeking success AND fulfillment with Bessi Graham, who is a writer and podcaster. Here are some of the takeaways from this conversation: - Asking ourselves the question, how would life look like if I was living my version of success? - Having a C...

An inspiring conversation with Irene Riad, an executive coach and founder of Sightset. We talk about how leaders can develop inner capacity and use setbacks to inspire others. Some of the takeaways: - Great leaders don't waste crises and use them for self reflection and transformation. The greatest leaders use the wisdom of their setbacks to transform the direction of their careers and life toward...

An inspiring episode with Dr. Amin Sanaia DSL, who is a culture builder, people strategist and author. In this conversation we talk about how to develop ourselves and to develop leaders within our organisations. Here are some of my key takeaways: - Leadership is about impacting and serving others and it starts with leading ourselves including taking control of our self talk and daily habits. - Tak...

An inspiring conversation with Liz Kislik, a management consultant, executive coach and TEDx speaker. We talk about how some leaders fuel conflict while others resolve them by driving more collaboration. Some of the takeaways: - Making people share about themselves create common ground which is key to collaboration. - Differences are enriching as long as we have some common grounds. - We need to c...

An interesting conversation with Projjal Ghatak, CEO of Onloop - WEF Tech Pioneer 2022. In this conversation we talk about leading the new workplace. Some of the takeaways: What are the things that companies need to consider when they are leading people in a hybrid environment, i.e. virtual and live.  One of the things that we realize really matter in working virtually is that people are having fu...

In this inspiring conversation we talk about how to make your vision a reality, with Jake Jacobs, a business consultant, cofounder of SkillsCamp, and author of "Real Time Strategic Change". Some of the takeaways: The power of setting visions and making them reality is not only on papers and walls but it is connecting to people’s minds and hearts, and moving towards them every single day. The idea...

In this inspiring conversation we talk about how to lead the new workplace, with Hamza Khan, a Keynote speaker, author and cofounder of SkillsCamp. Some of the takeaways: How the modern work place is different from the traditional workplace What is needed is more leadership and less managing What it takes to make the shift from being a boss to being a leader How you do one thing is how you do all...

We talk about how leaders can drive and accelerate collaboration in their teams and organizations, with Harvard Professor Dr. Heidi Gardner, author of the Washington Post bestselling book "Smart Collaboration". Some of the takeaways: To apply smarter collaboration we need deep expertise who are exited, passionate and educated in our area. We need to find people who have complementary basis of expe...

An inspiring conversation in the shape of questions and answers with Jaykaran S., learning and development professional. We talk about how to inspire people based on my book "Inspire Your People".  Some reflections and insights from the conversation: - Leadership is all about people, inspiring and motivating people to become the very best version of themselves.  - The essence of leadership is help...