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In this episode Frances and I are in the conversation with Raj Verma ChiefCulture, Diversity and Employee Experience Officer at Sanofi about all thing’s leadership. Raj brings with him into the conversation a wealth of experience he’s gleaned at the local, national and global stage of working with some very large corporations.
Raj describes leadership as simply about “getting stuff done”, and to do that you have to be a leader who can inspire and motivate. Raj believes in telling stories that allows the companies vision and purpose to come alive in everyone who works there.
Raj states that leadership must start with knowing yourself and practicing your everyday habits. This is the common thread that lays behind any good leader.
Making a difference that sticks is the thing that drives Raj forward. He uses the differential of “can I see myself as a consumer”, and in doing so asks the question of himself “how do I drive the culture forward by being a culture carrier”.
Raj says that he’s proud of embracing his vulnerability. He shares that he used to think that he needed to be right and know everything. He realises that it’s having the ability to ask
difficult questions, when you are coming from a place of curiosity that creates trust and openness.
Raj says that one of his regrets is not starting with the why rather than the what. He loves what he does but it took him a couple of jobs early on in his career to figure out why
he was doing it.
For Raj, it’s all about the impact that he can make and that’s the thing that make him come alive as a leader, as with his description of leadership, it’s all about getting things done.
Raj shared the following top tips for leaders: -
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