"We need to invite in the critics. We need to open our doors. We need to listen to them." Join your host, Tobias Sturesson, and his guest, Bob Langert, for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change podcast. In this fascinating and helpful conversation, you will learn how Bob Langert, former VP of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability at McDonald's, shifted from fighting the company's critics to a posture of listening and even collaborating with organizations like Greenpeac...
Sep 02, 2021•50 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast “The best organizations encourage people to work together in teams and groups of people, promoting benefits that can be conferred on other parties – where the benefits are of considerable significance – to not just the customers and those organizations, but society and the natural world at large. That is what we need to be seeking from the organizations that we are creating, throughout the economies and nation-states in which we're operating, to help us address the problems that we're facing.” W...
Aug 19, 2021•55 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Our host Tobias Sturesson greets us with some exciting updates on Season 4, launching August 19. We have a number of wonderful, insightful, inspiring, and challenging conversations lined up. Don't miss it!
Aug 11, 2021•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "I've seen many examples of management by fear in organizations. People become so much less than they could be. Many managers think they are making things happen, but the opposite actually happens - people become less active and take less initiative." Join your host, Tobias Sturesson, and his guest, Louise Bringselius, for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change podcast. In this informative and engaging conversation, you will learn how trust can be an organizational operating system ...
Jun 17, 2021•42 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast "As much as you feel you're trying to do the right thing, the unforseen implications just knock you from every side." Join your host, Tobias Sturesson, and his guests, Bianca Goodson and Mary Inman, for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change podcast. In this vulnerable and compelling conversation, you will learn how most whistleblowers report internally first, without being heard, before choosing to blow the whistle. This episode discusses how organizations can create environments w...
May 20, 2021•46 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast "We have created contexts where so many everyday behaviors are seen as requiring courage." Join your host, Tobias Sturesson, and his guest, Jim Detert, for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change podcast. Their informative conversation focuses on how we can learn to be competently courageous in our workplaces, but also why leaders should never encourage courage but instead create an atmosphere where speaking and standing up is the safest thing in the world. Jim De...
May 06, 2021•54 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast "Being curious is a skill, which more people would practice if it was actually referred to as a skill." Join your host, Tobias Sturesson, and his guest, Francesca Gino, for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change podcast. During their fascinating conversation, Francesca shares about ethics, culture, leadership, and authenticity. Be inspired by her insatiable curiosity and passion for creating more human, more diverse, and more ethical workplaces. Francesca Gino is an award-winning re...
Apr 22, 2021•51 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast "The tragedy is that so many managers get told that you mustn't show weakness, that you should always be in control - this is just nonsense in today's world, and yet we continue to teach it." Join your host, Tobias Sturesson, and his guests, Ed and Peter Schein, for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change podcast. During their engaging conversation, Ed and Peter share how we can build more healthy cultures and trusting relationships through humble leadership and humble inquiry....
Apr 08, 2021•50 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast "Instead of trying to solve it yourself, give tasks to duos and tell them to solve it - make it clear what mandate they have!" Join your host, Tobias Sturesson, and his guest, Maria Deckeman, for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change podcast. During their highly informative conversation, Maria discusses what she has learned about facilitating collaboration, creating a shared identity, and developing professional judgment. Be inspired by Maria's insights into the role of leaders and...
Mar 25, 2021•50 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast "If you assume that no news is good news, then you're dangerous." Join your host Tobias Sturesson and his guest, Ron Carucci, for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change podcast. During their lively conversation, Ron discusses how the world’s most successful organizations are leading with the Power of Truth, Justice, and Purpose. Be inspired by Ron's insights into how our organizations can and should be a place where people can find purpose, dignity, and belonging. Ron ha...
Mar 11, 2021•37 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Tobias Sturesson invites Adam Kahane to join him for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change Podcast. During their in-depth conversation, Adam candidly shares about his time working with Former Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in bringing the 50-year-long Colombian civil war to an end. Be inspired by Adam's insights into a revolutionary way of collaborating that goes against usual organizational norms. Adam Kahane is ...
Feb 25, 2021•45 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Tobias Sturesson invites Stan Slap to join him for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change Podcast. During this insightful conversation, Stan articulates the need to rethink culture and values, unpacks his concepts of "self-protective organisms" and "cultural obsessions", and outlines practical strategies and tactics for success. Be inspired by his passionate plea to leaders to care for the humanity of their organizations, especially as we continue to navigate a global pandemic and u...
Feb 11, 2021•57 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast How do we live out our corporate values with integrity? It’s something that is easy to say, but not as easy to do. Too often, corporate values become either a shield against justified criticism or merely some meaningless statements we articulate to seem more attractive. Tobias Sturesson invites Jay Jakub to join him for this episode on The Leading Transformational Change Podcast. Their insightful conversation explores how the Mars Corporation, a 38-billion-dollar privately owned company, lives o...
Jan 28, 2021•51 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Tobias Sturesson kicks off Season 3 of the Leading Transformational Change Podcast with a profound and empowering conversation with Dr. Margaret Heffernen, entrepreneur, CEO, author, and keynote speaker, about how to reimagine the future and not fall into the trap of wilful blindness.
Jan 14, 2021•55 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast They were in a state of deep shock. How could something so shocking happen in Germany’s largest corporation, and to one of its most iconic brands? On episode 28 of the Leading Transformational Change podcast, I have the privilege of speaking with Hiltrud Werner about Volkswagen's journey from shock - to shame - to change, after the diesel emissions scandal. Hiltrud is head of Integrity and Legal Affairs and a part of the Volkswagen Management Board. We talk about: - Why it was vital to make the ...
Dec 17, 2020•39 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast What distinguishes a great culture, and how do we achieve it? How can we avoid hiring narcissistic leaders that corrupt culture? Jennifer Chatman, Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management at Berkeley Haas School of Business and a world-renowned corporate culture researcher, has focused her career on how leaders can leverage culture for business impact. Recently she also published a highly publicized study on the destructive impact of narcissist leaders on corporate culture. On Episo...
Dec 03, 2020•49 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast How do you overcome your ethical blindspots? Ann Tenbrunsel, Professor of Business Ethics at Notre Dame, has researched why we believe we are more ethical than we are, why that is a serious problem for every organization, and what we can do about it. This is vital for every organization that wants to lead with values. On episode 26 of the Leading Transformational Change podcast, I talk to Ann about: -How ethical fading can remove ethics and corporate values from the decision making process. -Why...
Nov 19, 2020•39 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast "I think I’ve got an idea for another study. I think we should talk about how we lie in the Army” Lenny Wong, Research Professor at the US Army War College, discovered, while doing a study on why junior officers weren't innovative enough, that the Army had put so many requirements on officers that it was physically impossible to get it all done. However, everyone would still report that everything got done because that was what the system required. Lenny and his research partner found that this ...
Nov 05, 2020•33 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Anna & Michaela share their learnings, building up ethics, and compliance at the Telia company in the wake of a corruption scandal. Michaela Ahlberg is a lawyer with over thirty years of experience working with ethics & compliance programs at several multinational companies and is currently the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Getinge. Anna Romberg is an anti-corruption, compliance, and corporate governance expert who has deployed ethics and compliance programs in global o...
Oct 22, 2020•48 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Bistrong shares his story - from being a successful Vice President at a Law Enforcement and Defense company to being sentenced for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, going undercover for the FBI, and finally to prison. Today Richard speaks and advises leaders, HR, and compliance professionals on ethics and compliance challenges. We talk about: How leaders and organizations need to navigate the tension between the pressure to succeed and the pressure to c...
Oct 08, 2020•34 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Max Bazerman, Jesse Isidor Strauss Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, takes us through four key aspects of ethical leadership, based on his new book - Better, Not Perfect. Max shares how research on decision making can help give better output on philanthropy, why we need to make wise trade-offs to decrease waste and how we can all be a part of disrupting corruption. The key is our moral obligation to notice and not close our eyes when we see signs of corruption ...
Sep 24, 2020•41 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Rob is the former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. A role he took on after nearly 4 years as Airbnb’s General Counsel. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Rob worked for 14 years with the U.S. Justice Department, including 10 years as an Assistant United States Attorney. He is the recipient of the Justice Department’s John Marshall Award for litigation, and the CIA’s Outstanding Service Medallion. In 1999, Rob moved to California to become eBay’s third attorney and was later promoted to Vice ...
Sep 10, 2020•45 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Mary Gentile is the Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and senior adviser at the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program. She is the creator and director of Giving Voice to Values, a pioneering business curriculum for values-driven leadership, which has been featured in publications such as, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and piloted in over 1200 business schools and organizations globally. Mary is t...
Aug 27, 2020•53 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Joan Lurie is a development psychologist and one of Australia’s leaders in systemic change & culture, known from her expert commentary in the media on organizational culture. With over 20 years of experience both as an internal change leader in organizations and as a consultant, she founded Orgonomix in 2008 with the mission to help leaders and organizations be free from the systemic patterns keeping them stuck. Joan has developed ‘Orgonomics’ – a proprietary systemic methodology, designed t...
Aug 13, 2020•44 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Sesil Pir is an industrial/organizational psychologist who has worked in Global HR Management roles on four continents in multinational corporations like Novartis and Microsoft. Sesil is currently acting as an HR functional thought leader, founder of SESIL PIR Consulting, a boutique management consultancy, focusing on changing the status quo of work; and of Whirling Chief, a global digital collaboration and learning platform, championing humanity into the workplace. She is a frequent Forbe...
Jul 16, 2020•40 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Terentia Browne has spent many years, first as an engineer and then in management positions, at multinational corporations like Unilever and Johnson & Johnson. She holds a bachelor of science and has been awarded a Rising Star Award from the Health Care Businesswomen’s Associations. She was chosen to be a part of the Ascend Accelerated Women’s Leadership Program within Johnson & Johnson. She is the founder of Greenleaf Leaders where she supports introvert emerging leaders to enhance thei...
Jul 02, 2020•27 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Alison Taylor is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and Executive Director at Ethical Systems. Ethical System's mission is to harness research, from leaders in academia, to transform the ethical practice of business in the corporate world. Prior to joining Ethical Systems, Alison was the Managing Director of BSR Business For Social Responsibilty. Alison is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Transparency and Anti-Corruption and writes frequently for Ha...
Jun 18, 2020•28 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Tobias talks about how the current moment is putting the spotlight on racism and injustice. And how leaders' response to the killing of George Floyd serves as an example of a dilemma that every leader and HR professional will be facing at one point or another. Will we, as leaders, be ready to practice courageous humility and deal with the underlying heart issues in our organizations, or will we cover-up, shift blame or just try to move on.
Jun 12, 2020•13 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Tobias shares how having a strong culture with high employee engagement shouldn't be the sole focus of our culture efforts. How a too-narrow focus on engagement and strong culture can lead to internal corruption or hinder us from achieving our strategy. Tobias proposes that we need a combination of three different aspects - a healthy culture, a strong culture, and a culture that enables our purpose and strategy - in order to build a flourishing organization. ...
May 14, 2020•16 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Carolyn is the co-founder of Walking the Talk, a global culture consulting firm, and she is globally recognized as the most experienced consultant and speaker on how to change corporate culture, having personally worked with over 100.000 leaders and helped lead over 200 culture change journeys in 35 countries. Carolyn is the author of Walking the Talk, a best selling book on culture change and values-based leadership. Robert Joss, Dean Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business calls it “An ...
Apr 30, 2020•41 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast 
