Your Leadership Matters: A Podcast by Odgers Berndtson
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Welcome to Your Leadership Matters by Odgers Berndtson – a podcast series diving into pivotal career moments and high-stakes decisions. Each episode, one of Canada’s top business leaders will share personal reflections and unpack critical decisions throughout their career.
Episode 5 - A conversation with Gillian Stein, the former CEO of Henry's, interviewed by Eloise Moodie, Partner in Odgers Berndtson's Leadership Advisory Practice
Gillian Stein is the former CEO of Henry’s, Canada’s leading specialty digital imaging retailer. In 2021, Gillian became the first Canadian CEO to publicly announce that they are living with a mental illness, sharing that she had bipolar disorder. Mental illness had been openly discussed in Gillian’s household growing up, but it had become apparent to her how damaging the public stigma and lack of discourse was to those struggling with mental illness. She understood that if she wanted to make a real difference, it was vital for her to be open about her challenges and prove that you can still be successful with a mental illness. With this brave statement, Gillian helped reduce the shame associated with mental illness, knowing it had the potential of putting herself and her company at risk of losing business and stakeholder confidence. Ultimately, it was an effective decision that built trust in her ability to lead authentically and with strong emotional intelligence – a critical skill in today’s leadership capabilities.
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Episode 4 - A conversation with Dr. Ronald Cohn, the President and CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), interviewed by Collin MacLeod, Partner and Head of the Healthcare Practice at Odgers Berndtson Canada
Dr. Cohn is the President and CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children, affectionately known as SickKids, Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest centre dedicated to improving children's health in the country. After receiving his medical degree in Germany, he practiced medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Boston where he began as their first combined resident in pediatrics and genetics and became the director of the world’s first multidisciplinary centre for Hypotonia, earning national and international recognition. In 2012, Dr. Cohn moved to Canada to join SickKids as the Chief of the Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Co-Director of the Centre for Genetic Medicine, and Senior Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute.
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Episode 3 - A conversation with Cindy Bush, Chief Human Resources Officer, TMX Group, interviewed by Brian Slomka, Partner, Odgers Interim, and Professional Search – a service line by Odgers Berndtson Canada
Cindy is an accomplished leader with over 30 years of experience in human resources, talent strategies and culture transformation at national and global companies including Foresters Financial, OMERS, BBC, and Cineplex. Her CHRO role at TMX, in addition to numerous others throughout her career, built a strong foundation for understanding the power of cultural transformation in business.
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Episode 2 – A conversation with Brad Beveridge, President, Odgers Berndtson, interviewed by Brian Slomka, Partner, Odgers Interim, and Professional Search – a service line by Odgers Berndtson Canada
For over 25 years, Brad has held senior leadership positions at executive search and integrated leadership advisory firms. He has made a career out of placing exceptional leaders in organizations across Canada and providing strategic direction to large teams across multiple lines of business. In 2003, David Shaw, the founder of Knightsbridge, asked Brad to join him in building an integrated human capital organization. Although it was a compelling value proposition, it certainly had its risks. Brad had been in a promising and stable position in his current role where he saw significant upward mobility potential and had a young and growing family.
Episode 1 – A conversation with Judy Goldring, President & Head of Global Distribution, AGF Management, interviewed by Brad Beveridge, President, Odgers Berndtson
AGF Management is an independent and globally diverse asset management firm, co-founded by Judy Goldring’s father and mentor Warren Goldring, an inductee of the Investment Industry Hall of Fame. Prior to being named President and Head of Global Distribution at AGF, Judy served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer. She has held several roles at AGF, starting in the mail room as a teenager, and has made strategic choices in determining where she could add value to the firm. After spending several years as a lawyer in private practice, Judy joined AGF as General Counsel in 2009.
