Leading for Scale with Dean McAlister, Inizio Biotech
Returning guest Dean McAlister, EVP, Inizio Biotech, has spent over 35 years in Fortune 500 pharma leadership, including nearly 3 decades at AstraZeneca. Hear how to focus on your people while scaling for growth, how to balance performance and cost control, why leadership needs to happen at all levels, how to approach feedback in today’s world, and whether empathy is still relevant. Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and LinkedIn, and Dean on LinkedIn
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Leading Virtual Teams - Insights from Cameron Bray
Cameron Bray is a business consultant specializing in building high-performing teams & in leadership development. He’s been the Chief People Officer in a number of organizations, and spent a formative part of his career working for The Body Shop in the UK. Hear how to build an organization around virtual teams, how to lead in a virtual world, how to optimize productivity in hybrid work environments, the biggest challenges facing virtual leaders today, and Cameron’s career backpacking the world. Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Cameron on LinkedIn
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Leading, Learning, and Thriving Across Cultures with Dr. Eimear Nolan, Trinity Business School
Eimear Nolan is Associate Professor of International Business and Director of the Flexible Executive MBA at Trinity Business School. Her research interests are in expatriate adjustment, cultural agility, recruitment & retention strategies, AI (Artificial Intelligence) in education, and the healthcare sector. She also offers private cultural consultancy to organisations who wish to bridge cultural gaps & enhance global collaborations. Hear the insights from creating the Flexible Executive MBA program, how we can reduce culture shock for leaders and employees transitioning to a new country or city, why the best way to learn is by mistake, and what we should be cautious about with generative AI. Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Eimear on LinkedIn
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Build Your Personal Brand with Carol O'Kelly, Founder & CEO of Redstorm Communications Ltd
Carol O’Kelly is regarded as one of the leading proponents of Personal Branding, Communications, and Positioning Strategy for high-level C-suite and Owner/Managers, having worked with key teams in companies such as EY, KPMG, Horizon Therapeutics, BoI Corporate Banking, and The Executive Institute. She’s the Founder & CEO of Redstorm Communications Ltd, which she established as a Strategic Marketing & Communications Agency in 2003 and still works with many of the same clients she had when she opened the doors - a fact she’s immensely proud of. Hear why your personal brand matters, how to get started developing your personal brand, why confidence can be learned & nerves are a good thing, how to speak authentically on LinkedIn & other social media platforms, and how to celebrate what makes you remarkable. Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Carol at Redstorm.ie and on LinkedIn
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Learning Reimagined with Tony White, Founder of Brú Na Learning
Tony White has deep expertise in Learning, Talent Management, and Leadership Development. With over 20 years of global experience spanning industries like Financial Services, FMCG, Healthcare, and Technology, he brings a wealth of insights drawn from his career and experience in senior Talent roles at brands such as Coca-Cola Enterprises, Allianz, and Inizio. He has shaped large-scale employee engagement programs, fostered learning culture transformations, and championed diversity and inclusion to make workplaces more equitable. Hear his leadership lessons from the military, how to create a culture of learning at your organization, how to get your team comfortable in chaos, and what we can do better at the intersection of Talent & Learning. Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Tony on LinkedIn
You know it best: being an executive leader can be tough. How do you stay inspired and keep moving the business forward with so much going on? Meet Dr. Shirley Kavanagh, Executive Advisor and scholar/practitioner. In each episode, hear Shirley in conversation with top global leaders and experts on leading with integrity, overcoming adversity, and developing other leaders. Presented by Shirley Kavanagh Consulting
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