Episodes

“Long term, if you don't also pay attention to the satisfaction and learning dimensions, then over the long term, … the ability of that team to remain effective over time is really going to get compromised.” - Peter Axelson In this podcast episode, Winnie and Peter provide an overview of the Team Development Methodology, which will serve as the foundation for the subsequent episodes of this season. They discuss the key elements of this methodology and emphasize the importance of measuring team ...

In this episode of Transformative Leadership Conversations, Winnie da Silva and her special co-host, Peter Axelson, provide a sneak peek into Season 4, offering a glimpse of what's in store for this Team Development Masterclass. They delve into the practical tools, examples, and insights for this season, all aimed at helping leaders and team members build effective teams. Subsequent episodes will take a deeper dive into each foundational building block, offering extensive discussions, real-life...

Walking the Camino: Leadership and Life Lessons In this bonus episode, Winnie reflects on her experiences this summer walking the Camino with her family and the leadership and life lessons she learned along the way. Be prepared but don’t over prepare. Allow for serendipitous opportunities to emerge for a more present experience. Sushil planned all of the logistics to get us to our starting place. After that, we just started walking, following the signs as we went. We didn’t know where we we...

Bonus Episode: Mommy, Are You Scared? Welcome leaders, friends, and listeners! While working on Season 4, I have a bonus episode to share. My daughter was in an ice-skating accident in February and I immediately tapped into a leadership program I teach called Managing Stress & Building Resiliency. There is teaching and knowing something and then there is living what you know. In this episode, I share a bit about my experience with my daughter and how I applied perceptual practices from this p...

Season 3; Episode 9: You Should Smile More with The Band of Sisters The Band of Sisters is a tribe of six women: Dawn Hudson, Angelique Bellmer Krembs, Katie Lacey, Lori Tauber Marcus, Cie Nicholson and Mitzi Short - who all met when they worked at PepsiCo. Each of these women are impressively accomplished executives in their own right with a deep bench of experience working in competitive and traditionally male dominated industries. They have a lot to teach us. And in fact so much so they rec...

Season 3; Episode 8: Intention Matters with Marianne Manseau Marianne Manseau is the Area Vice President for Pernod Ricard a global wine and spirits group whose ambition is to turn every social interaction into a genuine sharing experience. While Marianne’s friendly spirit is immediately apparent, underneath that smile is an extremely intentional, hardworking, and ambitious woman. Marianne shares her experience learning to be vulnerable, why intention matters and how her father and three brothe...

Season 3; Episode 7: How a Bike Accident Build a Leader with Gary Hamilton Gary Hamilton is the Senior Vice President for WSP a global management and consultancy services for the built and natural environment. With 25 years of experience in designing and building healthcare facilities globally, Gary is passionate not just about his work but how he shows up as a leader and being a role model for others. Gary’s flair for connecting with people and pushing himself past boundaries is truly inspirat...

Season 3; Episode 6: You Have To Go First with Lindsey Saletta Lindsey Saletta is the Chief Operating Officer at west~bourne, a food and lifestyle brand that began as the first zero-waste neighborhood restaurant in New York City and is now piloting conscious capitalism in the food industry. Lindsey is an experienced multichannel consumer goods business leader with a focus on organizations experiencing transformational change. She’s also a strategic systems thinker and customer-centric leader ru...

Season 3; Episode 6: You Have To Go First with Lindsey Saletta Lindsey Saletta is the Chief Operating Officer at west~bourne, a food and lifestyle brand that began as the first zero-waste neighborhood restaurant in New York City and is now piloting conscious capitalism in the food industry. Lindsey is an experienced multichannel consumer goods business leader with a focus on organizations experiencing transformational change. She’s also a strategic systems thinker and customer-centric leader ru...

Season 3; Episode 6: You Have To Go First with Lindsey Saletta Lindsey Saletta is the Chief Operating Officer at west~bourne, a food and lifestyle brand that began as the first zero-waste neighborhood restaurant in New York City and is now piloting conscious capitalism in the food industry. Lindsey is an experienced multichannel consumer goods business leader with a focus on organizations experiencing transformational change. She’s also a strategic systems thinker and customer-centric leader ru...

Season 3; Episode 5: I See You with Cassandra Rose Cassandra Rose is a Founding Partner and DEI Practice Co-Lead at Meritarc, a human capital software company and provider of advisory services. Cassandra helps organizations fully leverage their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy and enables HR and People Leaders to connect the value of their talent with their mission. She has also been recognized as a Top 100 DEI Leader in 2021 by Mogul. Cassandra is also a compelling speaker on the topi...

Season 3; Episode 5: I See You with Cassandra Rose Cassandra Rose is a Founding Partner and DEI Practice Co-Lead at Meritarc, a human capital software company and provider of advisory services. Cassandra helps organizations fully leverage their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy and enables HR and People Leaders to connect the value of their talent with their mission. She has also been recognized as a Top 100 DEI Leader in 2021 by Mogul. Cassandra is also a compelling speaker on the topi...

Season 3; Episode 5: I See You with Cassandra Rose Cassandra Rose is a Founding Partner and DEI Practice Co-Lead at Meritarc, a human capital software company and provider of advisory services. Cassandra helps organizations fully leverage their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy and enables HR and People Leaders to connect the value of their talent with their mission. She has also been recognized as a Top 100 DEI Leader in 2021 by Mogul. Cassandra is also a compelling speaker on the topi...

Season 3; Episode 4: The Shared Journey is Where the Richness Lies with Peter and Holly Gordon Peter Gordon is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt for a large asset management firm. Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media, overseeing the company’s social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant’s mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. Key Takeaways from this Episode: Words, Behavior & Connection ...

Season 3; Episode 4: The Shared Journey is Where the Richness Lies with Peter and Holly Gordon Peter Gordon is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt for a large asset management firm. Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media, overseeing the company’s social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant’s mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. Key Takeaways from this Episode: Words, Behavior & Connection ...

Season 3; Episode 4: The Shared Journey is Where the Richness Lies with Peter and Holly Gordon Peter Gordon is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt for a large asset management firm. Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media, overseeing the company’s social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant’s mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. Key Takeaways from this Episode: Words, Behavior & Connection ...

Season 3; Episode 3: Storytelling is Our Most Powerful Tool for Change with Holly Gordon Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media, overseeing the company’s social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant’s mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. Prior to Participant, Holly co-founded Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education. Holly was also an Executive Producer for Girl Rising, the film at the center of the movement. Forb...

Season 3; Episode 3: Storytelling is Our Most Powerful Tool for Change with Holly Gordon Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media, overseeing the company’s social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant’s mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. Prior to Participant, Holly co-founded Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education. Holly was also an Executive Producer for Girl Rising, the film at the center of the movement. Forb...

Season 3; Episode 3: Storytelling is Our Most Powerful Tool for Change with Holly Gordon Holly Gordon is the Chief Impact Officer at Participant Media, overseeing the company’s social impact strategy and campaigns, furthering Participant’s mission to create storytelling that inspires positive social change. Prior to Participant, Holly co-founded Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education. Holly was also an Executive Producer for Girl Rising, the film at the center of the movement. Forb...

Season 3; Episode 2: Freedom, Responsibility and Community with Peter Gordon Peter Gordon is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt for a large asset management firm. Peter is the type of leader who instinctively forms his leadership philosophy and approach and then realizes there are a few books out there that back up those instincts. Peter’s leadership analogies range from parenthood, tennis, golf, political ideologies…and through his metaphors we gain some fabul...

Season 3; Episode 2: Freedom, Responsibility and Community with Peter Gordon Peter Gordon is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt for a large asset management firm. Peter is the type of leader who instinctively forms his leadership philosophy and approach and then realizes there are a few books out there that back up those instincts. Peter’s leadership analogies range from parenthood, tennis, golf, political ideologies…and through his metaphors we gain some fabul...