Better Leaders Missing Link Podcasts

Season Finale of Better Leaders - The Podcast! Today, in episode #19, we're mixing things up a bit:
Podcast Host Anita Zielina, CEO and Founder of Better Leaders Lab, is being interviewed by her friend Shazna Nessa, formerly Global Head of Visuals at the WSJ. Anita shares candid reflections on her own career path; discusses her learnings about her own strengths and weaknesses as a leader; and explains how she strives to have impact with her own new entrepreneurial venture. She also explains why "Presence" is her 2024 professional/personal motto.

In Episode #18 of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking to Candice Fortman, Executive Director at Outlier Media. We chat about the importance of understanding and prioritising the business side of running a news organisation; discuss how Outlier centers the needs of Detroiters who have been undervalued and underserved by other media; and why and how leadership also includes "ecosystem work" and stakeholder management to drive change.

In Episode #17 of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking to Jane Barrett, Global Editor for Media News Strategy at Reuters. We talk about her exciting career path through a variety of innovation roles; how to craft jobs that haven't existed before and how new generations have different expectations regarding their careers. We also tap into the importance of deliberate culture change, and the need to preserve what is essential to journalism, but change many of our processes and traditions to make the media industry better. Finally, we hear Janes advice on the importance of building and fostering strong, diverse teams.

In Episode #16 of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking to Gianpiero Petriglieri, INSEAD professor and a world famous expert on leadership and learning in the workplace. We discuss how the quest to become a better leaders is actually the quest to lead a more meaningful, fulfilled life; why and how leaders must be prepared to experience failure; how frustration plus care create the path to leadership; and the importance of friends in the workplace to build resilience.

In the 15th episode of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking with Irving Washington, Senior Fellow at KFF (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation). Irving is focused on conducting research at the intersection of media and health misinformation. Together we analyze how to drive and sustain change in organizations. We begin by discussing what drove his relatively long tenure at ONA, what he learned from that experience and when he knew it was time to move on. Then we talk about curiosity and how it can be a beneficial trait that constitutes a good leader. We conclude by analyzing how fear can be used as a good tool to invoke change, and we also speak about organizational malpractice of using diversity and inclusivity initiatives purely as business strategies instead of actual methods of equity.

In Episode #14 of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking with Ros Atkins, Analysis Editor at the BBC, about the importance of leadership communication in facilitating smooth change in an organization. We’re also talking about good, open communication and how it validates a leader’s trustworthiness independent of the information being shared or the audience. Finally, we speak about empathetic communication and why it’s important.