Leadership Matters – Details, episodes & analysis

Steve Parker hosts Leadership Matters podcast featuring Niven Huang, Managing Director of KPMG Sustainability Consulting in Taiwan. Niven Huang shares his journey starting from his birthplace in Hualien, where environmental concerns shaped his early career. He describes how Taiwan's serious environmental issues in 1985, particularly municipal solid waste management, influenced his career path in chemical engineering and environmental studies. Huang explains his transition from environmental engineering to sustainability advocacy when he joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 1997. He highlights how global environmental treaties and protocols, particularly the 1992 Rio Summit and 1997 Kyoto Protocol, influenced his career shift from being a 'carbon dioxide creator' to becoming a climate action advocate. The discussion covers Huang's role in promoting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices in Taiwan. He emphasizes how he translated key documents like the GHG protocol into Mandarin Chinese in 2003 and facilitated major companies like TSMC in sustainability practices. Huang discusses the evolution of social enterprise and its importance in addressing societal challenges. He describes how KPMG has been working to build an ecosystem supporting social enterprises, including developing impact measurement methodologies and facilitating partnerships between traditional businesses and social enterprises. The conversation concludes with Huang's perspective on current challenges facing Taiwan, including aging society and low birth rates, and how social entrepreneurs can contribute to solving these issues. He emphasizes that everyone should be part of the solution, noting that currently only 20% of people see themselves as solution providers. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

In this episode we interview Mike Weinberg. Mike is a best selling author and sales trainer and is the truth teller when it comes to sales. His specialties are sales management and new business development, and his passion is helping sellers and sales teams win more New Sales! He’s become one of the most trusted and sought after sales experts and has led workshops and consulted on five continents. He was the #1 salesperson in three organizations and has authored four #1 Amazon bestsellers – New Sales. Simplified., Sales Management. Simplified., Sales Truth., and his latest book, The First-Time Manager: Sales achieved bestseller status in three categories and is being praised by executives as Mike’s best book and a practical roadmap and essential playbook for both new and experienced sales managers. Mike’s blunt, funny, tell-it-like-it-is style, and his ability to share simple, practical, powerful, and easy-to-implement concepts made him a natural guest for Leadership Matters. He works with companies in all industries ranging in size from a few million to many billions of dollars. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

In this episode Steve Parker talks to Fredrik Boye – the outgoing head of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Taipei. Fredrik was a trailing spouse in Taiwan though a successful business person in his own right and had to build his own networks from the ground up eventually becoming the Executive Director of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce. Steve talks to Fredrik about building networks and how to thrive in a new environment. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Benjamin Lamberg is the CEO of Crédit Agricole CIB Taipei Branch. He is a banker who believes in more not less regulation, and who also believes that people are the heart of banking. Does that make him unusual? I think it does. Benjamin shares his secrets to Global Banking and his believe not only that banks are responsible for their customers but that Managers are responsible for their teams. A passionate and outgoing man who freely admits that he doesn't always GET it right - but he always tries to do what IS right. Learn with me as I talk with Benjamin Lamberg. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Steven Parker talks to diplomatic professional Yao Chingyu. Chingyu has been the Director-General of the Secretariat of New Taipei City Government since 2018 and is Taiwanese career diplomat having been stationed in New York for over a decade (1995-2007). Being - or despite being - a public servant for over 26 years, she has a different, innovative, and change focused approach to government. In this episodes she talks about stakeholder management, getting alignment from different groups, and how to save the world. Simple! -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Bitcoin is subject that some of us struggle to understand. Eric Ma has been working in this field since the beginning and he breaks it down for us; what it is, how it works, and how it differs from other more traditional industries – especially in managing the people and resources you need to be successful. In this episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks with Eric Ma, Social Media expert, CEO of Tidex and Chief Evangelist at Deeper Network. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

David Davila is a Facilitator, Trainer, Podcaster, and Executive Coach with extensive experience in Asia and the US. In this episode of Leadership Matters we discuss with David about the difference between being good at your job and being good at leading others; they are definitely not the same thing and the transition can be hard for some people. Join us for insights to help you make this sometimes difficult transition. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Daniel Barth is an Author, Facilitator, and Leadership Trainer who is an expert on Agile Leadership. Daniel has worked in Beijing, Taipei, and now resides back in his native Germany. He is currently writing a book on Agile Leadership and in this episode of Leadership Matters talks with Steven Parker about how the key concept of Agile Leadership - empowering others - does not mean giving up on responsibility and how we can adopt the principles of Agile Leadership for our own companies. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Robert Jordan is a US Author and placement specialist who has developed a system for matching high-level candidates with positions and the specific needs of any given position at any time. Steven Parker speaks to Robert Jordan about his systematic process (as shared in his book - Right Leader Right Time available on Amazon) and how it can help us to better match job and candidate for our own professional needs. See more about Robert Jordan's work at https://interimexecs.com/ and https://www.rightleader.com/ -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

In this episode of Leadership Matters Steve Parker speaks with Tiffany Chou, Co-Founder and CEO of CAREhER- a platform that empowers leadership for women through community connections, content and curated experiences. Tiffany has over 10 years of experience in digital media production, branding and four years of DEI (Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion) consulting at Fortune 500 companies in Japan & Singapore. Tiffany talks about multicultural leadership, humble leadership, Gender imbalance, and leading youthful teams with empowerment. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn