EP #183: Leadership and Diversity with Shana Francesca
Leaders are measured by their connections and not their title.
The best organizations are lead by people who take ownership of more than their own performance. They are inspired to help others be successful knowing that if they are, they will find their own success.
Shana Francesca has extremely challenging upbringing (in an evangelical cult) that taught her about the pitfalls of poor leadership at a very young age. Most would agree that children should not have to experience abusive leadership but Shana has tuned those experiences into a career helping people and organizations build and lead diverse teams. She believes that diversity is paramount for success and profitability in business.
What You'll Learn In Today's Episode:
About Francesca’s abusive upbringing
Shana’s thoughts about the cult she was raised in
What Shana’s clients are worried about
Examples of how leadership change can change an organization
The importance of values
How processes and procedures can be updated
How interrogation is key
About Campbell’s Soup’s example of corporate change
How lonely leaders are bound to fail
Other examples of great leadership from well-known companies
What Shana suggests for organizational diversity
About a CitiBank survey on diversity
A recap of “Leading from the Edge” from episode 67 and Rick Chromey
What is Shana’s favorite topic to speak on
What concinnate means
Quotes Worth Sharing:
“I was born into an abusive household and raised in an evangelical Christian cult.” - Shana Francesca
“It’s not necessarily about fighting back it’s about speaking truth to power..” - Shana Francesca
“The very same action can be helpful to one group of people and harmful to another.” - Shana Francesca
“Leaders who hire me are not people who wake up in the morning and say, “You know what I'm going to do - I’m going to mess up the world.” - Shana Francesca
“Leaders are coming to me recognizing that there are issues.” - Shana Francesca
“The foundations of my work are curiosity, respect, and accountability.” - Shana Francesca
“Intentionality is an ongoing process.” - Shana Francesca
“Diversity drives innovation. Diversity drives profitability” - Shana Francesca
“When you have a lonely leader at the top, stagnation is soon to follow.” - Shana Francesca
“It has to start with curiosity.” - Shana Francesca
“A lot of organizations are not diverse, especially at the top.” - Shana Francesca
“This is not about checking a box.” - Shana Francesca
“It’s not an us versus them scenario.” - Shana Francesca
“Hire me.” - Shana Francesca responding to a question from Bob
“Is there an appropriate ratio between innovation and tradition?” - Bob DePasquale
“Change is good.” - Bob DePasquale
“Giving is contagious.” - Bob DePasquale
Resources From Today's Episode:
Shana Francesca - LinkedIn
Concinnate World - Website - LinkedIn - YouTube - Instagram - Facebook
Bob’s Book - Personal Finance in a Public World
Related Episodes: