Leaderful – Details, episodes & analysis

In their transition from working women to working mothers, Erin Smith and Saphina Benimadhu-Waters both had unique but challenging return-to-work experiences that didn’t support them in the way they needed. Now, as co-founders of The Debut Co., they provide professional coaching to help parents take charge of their career journey and help organizations champion equity. They describe a truly equitable workplace as one where a person of any gender can be a caregiver and earn equal pay for equal work. 

 

In this episode, Saphina and Erin sit down with Co.CEOs Jeff and Pablo to talk about how they’re working to help people operationalize their power within the workplace to create individual and systemic change.  

 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Power dynamics 

• The CLEAR coaching model 

• For the Love of Men by Liz Plank (book)  

• Pay Up by Reshma Saujani (book) 

• Daily Stoic (newsletter) 

• Diary of a CEO (podcast) 

 

The Leaderful Podcast explores the use of power within teams and organizations, through the stories and perspectives of impact-conscious leaders who are disrupting outdated thinking, systems, and ways of working. 

 

Have an idea for other topics you think we should be exploring? We’d love to hear it! Here’s where you can find us:  

Website 

Email 

LinkedIn 

Tammy Arseneau is a consultant and coach who takes a science-based, systems-level approach to help leaders at all levels get to the root of common workplace challenges and build resiliency. In this episode, she joins Co.CEOs Jeff and Pablo to discuss: 

• Why change can be so hard for individuals, teams and organizations. 

• What leaders can do differently to operationalize their leadership and their power. 

• How neuroscience can help us build capacity for engaging in crucial conversations that lead to better outcomes.  

 

Also mentioned in this episode: 

• Impact assessments (our version of true 360° feedback reviews) 

• Trusted advising 

• Find Tammy on LinkedIn and learn more about Cortical Consulting and Coaching

 

 

The Leaderful Podcast explores human-centred, systems-conscious approaches to leadership and building high-functioning teams. We focus on the core problems of burnout, disconnection, conflict, misuses of power, unethical leadership and stuckness on teams and within organizations. 

Got an idea for other topics you think we should be exploring? We’d love to hear it! Here’s where you can find us:  

Website 

Email 

LinkedIn 

Founder, Coach and Advisor, Joe Cardillo, joins our Co.CEO Jeff Couillard to discuss how middle managers can use power to create meaningful change.   Listen in as they explore:

• The importance of making power dynamics visible and transparent
• Advice for middle managers on navigating values and performance tensions
• Why power awareness is foundational to ethical leadership
• Why meaningful change requires building social capital

About Joe Be sure to connect with Joe on LinkedIn, and let them know what you enjoyed or found insightful in this episode!   Interested in learning more about The Ally Co.?

• Find us on LinkedIn
• Explore our upcoming Transformational Leadership workshops
• Connect with our Co.CEOs Jeff Couillard and Pablo Romero

​Our Co.CEO's Pablo Romero and Jeff Couillard discuss the 'intention vs. impact' gap, and share practical steps leaders can take to close it.   Listen in as they explore:

• The core drivers and indicators of problems/opportunities that exist within the intention vs. impact gap
• Why 'real' underlying problems don't get identified without conscious and skilled discovery work
• How leaders can approach doing meaningful discovery work 
• The role of practitioners and consultants in holding the bigger picture and facilitating conscious sense-making

Interested in learning more about The Ally Co.?

• Find us on LinkedIn
• Explore our model for leaderful workplace cultures
• Connect with our Co.CEOs Jeff Couillard and Pablo Romero  

​Our Co.CEO Jeff Couillard joins Mahir Nisar on The Workplace Justice podcast to discuss the very real impacts of power dynamics in the workplace.   Listen in as they explore:

• Five (5) types of power and how they each show up in our workplace systems
• Why overcoming addiction makes people powerful
• How power awareness helps to discover root problems for systems-change
• Why meaningful change requires ethical leadership (and some actions you can take)

About Mahir Be sure to connect with Mahir on LinkedIn, and let him know what you enjoyed or found insightful in our conversation!   Interested in learning more about The Ally Co.?

• Find us on LinkedIn
• Learn more about our Transformational Impact model
• Connect with our Co.CEOs Jeff Couillard and Pablo Romero  

   

Tune in as our Co.CEOs Pablo Romero and Jeff Couillard share The Ally Co.'s model for leading meaningful workplace culture initiatives with their clients.   Listen in as we breakdown the Five Ds for meaningful work:

1. Discovery: "What do we know about this from 'their' perspective(s)?"
2. Definition: "Why should people care about the 'problem(s)' we are prioritizing?"
3. Design: "How might we approach these meaningful opportunities?"
4. Delivery: "What will we do to ensure our intended impact?"
5. Debrief: "What have we learned, and what now?"

Interested in learning more about The Ally Co.?

• Find us on LinkedIn
• Learn more about our Transformational Impact model
• Connect with our Co.CEOs Jeff Couillard and Pablo Romero

Learning and development thought leader Grant Drmaj joins our own Co.CEO Jeff Couillard to discuss the current state of learning and leadership in today's organizations.   Here are some key topics they cover:

1. Important considerations for virtual vs. in-person learning
2. Common barriers to designing and delivering experiences that drive meaningful change, and
3. The intersection of L&D, leadership, and workplace culture

  About Grant Grant Drmaj is an experienced leader that focuses on creating blended learning solutions to reinforce the value of big-ticket programs like leadership development, employee upskilling and reskilling, performance management, onboarding, and even succession planning. He takes the tools of today and brings them together to build well-rounded and inclusive learning ecosystems that support employees at multiple stages in their careers. Creating robust learning experiences and making them stick through effective and ongoing evaluation and reinforcement is what he does best, and this directly contributes to positive organizational effectiveness outcomes.   Be sure to connect with Grant on LinkedIn, and let him know what you enjoyed or found insightful in our conversation! Connect with us! Find us on LinkedIn Get a feel for who we are on our website Connect with either Jeff Couillard or Pablo Romero, Co.CEOs at The Ally Co.  

In this episode, Jeff Couillard chats with Woodrie Burich on how to set and hold effective and healthy boundaries - at work and in life. They discuss self-care (beyond the band-aids) and setting boundaries before burning out. Enjoy!

In this shorter episode, Co-CEO and Director of Learning and Development, Jeff Couillard, tackles three of the primary problems that exist in most mainstream leadership development programs and approaches. He also offers a few key insights to consider when developing your organization's approach to developing 'leaderful' teams, highlighting the importance of team-based, real-world and action-oriented learning.

In this episode of The Leaderful Podcast, Jennifer Velez - Senior Strategist for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Forever 21 - joins Jeff Couillard for a rich discussion on psychological safety, unhealthy conflict, power dynamics, and leadership in the DEI space.  Follow along or connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn.

A bit more about Jennifer - she currently leads Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Forever 21 where she drives organizational growth and development through the organization's most valuable resource - people. She is committed to expanding equity and access by directly supporting historically marginalized communities. Jennifer has experience building DEI strategies, assessing culture, standing up Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and creating wellness programs to increase employee engagement, psychological safety, and satisfaction.

Jennifer is committed to growing organizations to be better tomorrow than they were today. Additionally, she has lived, worked, and conducted research in six countries! Jennifer currently resides in Los Angeles and is a single mom to a child with multiple disabilities.