Helena Doyle Living The Dream Travel Business COO of 5 Star Villa Holidays is the guest. She believes in having a go and self belief being focussed and intentional in what you want in life.

It is all about the team, not silos or star leaders when it comes to getting the best out of people according to Georgina Woodstra the latest podcast guest.

Sarah Perugia talks to Angie Mezzetti and discusses the challenges women face in leadership, including imposter syndrome and micro-aggressions. She highlights the importance of leadership development, noting that 94% of people cite it as a factor in their job retention

Women Conductors of orchestras, why do reviewers comment on their costume rather than their conducting? Why do women conductors still face unconscious bias? Dr Carolyn Watson shares insights from her research, also optimism and wisdom on this podcast.

Dr Jackie Maalouf founder of advocacy group for people with type 1 diabetes inLebanon is the podcast guest. She gives tough but realistic advice especially for women juggling work and motherhood.

"Don't expect support says Dr Maalouf, "because the higher your expectations of support, the greater your frustration will be. So do not expect support. Look for the support and the motivation from within you. If you have it great enough, you will get there."
She is also a big believer in dreaming big and not setting limits. Take opportunities when they arise. "Life might surprise you with opportunities that if you grab them, you might go much further than you, yourself have ever dreamed,"

Nuala Walsh  Listening in Order to Lead Smarter
Nuala Walsh author of "Tune In, How To Make Smarter Decisions In A Noisy World" joins the podcast with Angie Mezzetti  to discuss the importance of making better not quicker decisions when in leadership roles. Walsh emphasises the need to confront biases like overconfidence and to challenge confirmation bias. As a neuroscientist as well as a banker for many years, she has researched the whole area of whistleblowers in particular - people who were not listened to when they should have been, and she talks about the courage needed to challenge injustice and poor decision making. Nuala gives the example of Sharon Watkins in the Enron scandal who expected praise and a pat on the back for pointing out risk errors but instead was targeted 'to see what they could get on her'. Similarly in Barclays the CEO Jess Staley was fined over £642,000  for unbecoming conduct about a whistleblower at the bank in 2018.   The whistleblower is often labelled as odd or not a team player.  She highlights the significance of tuning in to the right voices and avoiding deaf spots, something we are all prone to.  Nuala stresses the importance of creating a culture where whistleblowers are supported and listened to, rather than punished.
Listen To The Whistleblowers
"He slept with a gun under his pillow at one point..."
Nuala Walsh writes in the book about Harry Markopolos, who was one of the probably best known, least known whistleblowers from the Bernie Madoff case. "He spent nine years speaking to regulators, pointing out that this was the greatest Ponzi scheme he had ever seen. And he did it from when the fund was 6 billion, it eventually became 65 billion. And that's a lot of people who lost their livelihoods on the back of that. But again, he was tuned out for a couple of different reasons and what is interesting is that one was physical appearance, actually as he was very different. Looked a little bit quirky, based on his own description. When he was speaking to these regulators, he was definitely in the out group. His voice wasn't heard to the extent which he felt that if people knew about this, they'd come after him. He slept with a gun under his pillow at one point, because he knew that it was the financial advisors they wouldn't hear him because it was in their interests, and they got remunerated with bonuses on the back of on the back of it."

Walsh shares insights from her impressive business career, her academic research especially on the area of listening. She stresses the need to be mindful of the impact biases can have on decision-making with several recent examples where making the wrong decision lead to disastrous consequences.

In her 'Pearls Of  Wisdom' Nuala advises women to retain their power, to avoid giving it away and avoid seeking validation from others. Walsh also discusses the relevance of her book to various fields, including sports and finance, detection of serial killers and crime scenarios.

Nuala offers practical advice for better decision-making. She is a fellow of the London School of Economics and is a non executive director of the British and Irish Lions Rugby. She is former Vice Chair of UN Women UK.

 

Her best financial advice is to DIVERSIFY!



 

 

Advocating for women before during and after birth is the life's work of Prof Jacqueline Dunkley Bent OBE Chief Midwife with ICM International Confederation of Midwives. She used to work for the NHS now she is working at a global level where the need is as great as ever. It takes takes courage to face those who hold the levers of power in society, politically and sometimes even within a family or a relationship. Women are at their most vulnerable when giving birth. While the ideal image we have of the pregnant mother is of the women surrounded by loving family or partner in a safe, high-tech hospital, for very many women around the world, this is far from the norm.  Over 287,000 women die worldwide in the period just before during or soon after delivery and that was from a 2020 statistic*. Many because they are in third world countries or war-torn places where standards of midwifery are not high up the agenda if they exist at all. Prof Dunkley Bents mission is to have the best medical and midwife care available to every woman. "This is why health systems, ministries, governments, decision makers, policy makers, strategists, people in power, must pay attention to how we can move the dial on on perinatal mortality, that's stillbirth and death within the first 28 days of life, and how we can move the dial on maternal death so that all women have the same maternity outcomes and experiences as those who have the best." These maternal deaths she believes are a violation of human rights and must be taken seriously. "We know that the majority of maternal deaths occur in low and middle income countries. Sub Saharan Africa alone accounts for approximately 70% of global maternal deaths, and the majority of those are avoidable."

Ali Cox CEO of Noble West believes consumers, especially women consumers want to see food become safer and farming become more sustainable. That involves telling stories about the individuals especially the women who farm and care about their products. Ali Cox is the storyteller.

Regina Mangan Liberty Blue Estate Agents and Author is the guest on the Women In Leadership podcast. She talks about the need to live by your values and make sure your actions align to those values. She also advises not to be afraid to let people off the boss if their values don't align with yours.

Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride Chair of the NMBI talks about the retention of nurses and midwives, something the NMBI have as a priority. In the podcast she talks about the various challenges facing nurses and the profession in general. She also advocates for nurses acquiring microcredentials and continuous upskilling in the profession.

Nina Noonan is the guest on this episode of Women In Leadership. She says systemic barriers still exist for women in the workplace and often companies are not aware of it until someone points it out. "Some organizations have picked up on that and are trying to create a different system around that. But you know, very often, if there's a systemic barrier, we might not even know it is one, until somebody points that out. But if a meeting is being scheduled for five o'clock, and we don't stick to a clear finishing time, by default, it might affect your female colleague, the one who has to excuse herself perceived early and run off because the crash closes at six. That may not be a problem for your male colleague who doesn't have to go off because his wife picks up the child. So nobody might say I'm putting up a barrier deliberately here for women, but ultimately, what it means is if it is a woman who has to leave early, that's how she's going to be perceived."

International Women's Day March 2024 in UCC University College Cork was celebrated with a series of presentations and discussion on the subject of 'Why the world needs more Women in Leadership'. After the event, the co-chairs of Mnà UCC, Emma Connolly and Clíodhna O'Callaghan together with Dr. Lee Ann Burke the Mnà Treasurer, recalled highlights of the IWD event in UCC.  They are terrific women and recalled the messages they took from the morning and are well worth a listen.

Learning The Secret Sauce of Leadership for women. Navigating the territory of leadership for women is not easy. There are unwritten rules that are not often shared naturally with women in the workplace or in political life. Dr Melrona Kirrane DCU Business School and Andrea Dermody give a taster of that secret sauce.

Ireland's business community has much to learn from France when it comes to diversity and inclusion according to Aine Murray President of the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce.
France is way ahead when it comes to gender diversity in politics, society and in business. The French realised that there were barriers preventing women progressing into leadership a long time ago and they decided to do something about it.
In the podcast shares her thoughts about what we can learn about life and balance from the French way of doing things.

Sue Deagle talks about surviving grief and loss and even daring to thrive. "We're told in society, when you go through grief, it's this five stages, it's very linear. But no time after loss is linear. Some days you're up, some days you're down. One of the hardest things to accept is that you can't control where your emotions are from day to day. Sue talks about connecting with nature, resilience and her need to survive and thrive because of her experience in this Women In Leadership podcast.with Angie Mezzetti.

Dr Orlaigh Quinn former Secretary General Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment in Ireland. In the podcast she talks about the significance of lifting the Marriage Bar fifty years ago when women had to give up working when they got married and how this impacted negatively on women's careers, the leadership pipeline of talented women and the development of the nation. She also shares insights into speaking truth to power and about Ireland's economic development and emphasis on investing in Education.

Actor Katie Honan talks about becoming a successful playwright thanks to the pandemic which gave her the headspace and time to work on creating work she never quite found the time to do before. In the process of writing 'How To Fall Flat On Your Face' she also learned how to pull a piece of theatre together from the business end and how to assemble a team of successful creatives. Katie has a new fascination with neuroscience thanks to the development research for the play which explores how a fall can lead to spiraling thoughts and sweating the small stuff. Memory she says is about the future.

Sharon Rogers Ph.D is one tenacious woman who has dedicated her career to neuroscience and to finding creative ways to work with others in the search for treatments for patients with Alzheimer's.

Marah Curtin Director of Client Engagement and founder of femolutionist talks about women and investing in this podcast with Angie Mezzetti.
The biggest investing mistake that women make isn't over trading or overconfidence or panicking during downturns, or any of the other behavioral mistakes that tend to trip up investors, our main issue is simply not investing at all.

Sara Phelan Chair Bar of Ireland says Equitable briefing really means equality across the profession of barristers. She talks about the new Equitable Briefing Policy of the Bar of Ireland in this podcast