#13 On Leading with Your Heart with Miriam Lahage, co-Founder of Aequip
Anatomy of a Leader with Maria Hvorostovsky
English - August 19, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 86.2 MBCareers Business Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Miriam is an entrepreneur, NED, and advisor to early stage companies. She has spent her career growing companies such as eBay, Figleaves, navabi, TJX and NET-A-PORTER.
In Episode 13 we talk about how behavioural science can help create lasting positive change within companies, the importance of psychological safety and thinking about who is not at the table.
It was fascinating to hear Miriam’s perspective of being a woman in business and a female CEO at that, the role models that showed her the power of leading with the heart and how you should never take a job you know you can do.
WE DISCUSS:
03:07 - Why Miriam founded Aequip. Behavioural science and behavioural nudges
10:10 - Key leadership qualities (Vision, Clarity, Collaboration)
11:39 - Great leaders Miriam worked with and learnt from
14:22 - What is Psychological Safety and how do you know when you have it?
15:51 - CEO is the loneliest job
19:11 - Making mistakes and moving past fear of failure
21:07 - What Miriam is most proud of
21:45 - Miriam’s early years
28:49 - Being a woman in business, Anna Wintour as caricature
34:14 - What can be done to address gender equality
35:30 - How the pandemic shaped Miriam as a leader
41:03 - 3 pieces of advice to younger self
44:10 - The Impossible Question
MIRIAM LAHAGE:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahage/
Twitter: @MLahage - https://twitter.com/mlahage
Aequip: https://www.aequip.co.uk/
EPISODE #13:
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MARIA HVOROSTOVSKY:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/
Instagram: @MariaHvo - https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/
Clubhouse: @MariaHvo - https://www.clubhouse.com/@mariahvo
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