Leadership Matters: Recent Episodes
Steven Parker
Learn from leading entrepreneurs and business people in Taiwan and around the world by tuning into Leadership Matters, our new podcast hosted by Serial Networker, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Mentor, Lecturer, Author, Musician, and CEO of Cottingham Ltd. Steven Parker. Recorded in partnership with ICRT this show aims to inspire YOU to unleash your inner talent and change the world! Listen live on ICRT's third Monday of the month and then new the following first Monday of the month on SoundOn, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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In this episode of Leadership Matters, host Steven Parker engages in a thought-provoking conversation with the Author of "Lead like Julius Caesar" and leadership coach Paul Vanderbroeck. With an impressive background in HR and leadership training, Paul shares his journey from corporate life to coaching, shedding light on the importance of self-awareness and effective communication in leadership roles. Throughout the episode, Paul emphasizes the significance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in modern organizations. He argues that embracing diverse perspectives not only fosters a more inclusive environment but also enhances organizational productivity. As Paul eloquently puts it, "Diversity should bring new ideas, new values, new thoughts. It shouldn’t just detract from what is going on." The discussion also delves into Paul's book, "Lead like Julius Caesar", where he draws parallels between historical leadership practices and contemporary challenges. By examining the life of Julius Caesar, Paul highlights the importance of strategic decision-making and the necessity of feedback in leadership. He warns that a lack of self-awareness can lead to significant pitfalls, as demonstrated by Caesar's eventual downfall. Listeners will find valuable insights on how to develop their leadership style, the role of emotional intelligence, and the need for leaders to actively seek diverse feedback. Paul’s advice is clear: "You need to take an active role as a leader to get feedback." This proactive approach is essential for anyone looking to enhance their leadership capabilities. As the conversation unfolds, Paul shares practical advice for aspiring leaders, encouraging them to focus on their strengths while also being mindful of their weaknesses. He reminds us that the journey of leadership is not just about achieving results but also about building meaningful relationships and fostering a collaborative environment. In a world where leadership is often lonely, this episode serves as a reminder of the importance of connection, communication, and continuous learning. Tune in to Leadership Matters for an enlightening discussion that will inspire you to lead with purpose and authenticity.
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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.
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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.
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What is Culture. How to communicate and build teams. The Art of Listening. How to be authentic and still be an effective leader. Coach, Facilitator, and founder of Culture Cuppa Victoria Rennoldson answers these and many other questions in a wide ranging discussion on Leadership Matters in this episode.
Victoria Rennoldson is communication coach, certified cultural intelligence trainer, and the CEO the aforementioned founder of Culture Cuppa.
She helps current and future global leaders to elevate and amplify their communication for the next step in their international career, by developing speaking clarity, confidence, connection and agility to handle challenging conversations.
Victoria supports multicultural teams with her training to build trust and collaboration with cultural intelligence, growing themselves, their teams and their organisations globally.
She is based in London, the UK, and works virtually and in-person with individuals and teams all over the world. Victoria is a keynote speaker and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Cultural Communication Confidence.
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Moon Yiu is the Founder of digital consulting company DigitSense and a serial entrepreneur. Passionate and driven but with a very healthy self awareness Moon talks about authenticity, being outgoing when you are an introvert, following your passion practically, doing business with integrity, and leading when others know more than you do. She also shares how you can transform a regular job offer into a consulting contract.
In this month’s Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks to Peter Kurz - “Mr. Taiwan” – a long time foreign resident of Taiwan with over 40 years in banking and finance and a genuine media personality in his own right. Peter shares his insights on working in Taiwan, when to invest in the stock market, Social Media and the necessity to hunt out accurate information, and how an aging population may be one of our best, but perhaps wasted, resources.
In this episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker interviews Raoul Kubitschek - the Taiwan Head of Danish Offshore Wind company NIRAS. Raoul has been involved in renewal energy in Taiwan from its very beginning and has seen the growth, opportunities, and the issues from the inside. He shares with Steven about the need for networking, taking opportunities when they are presented, being flexible in your mind set, and keeping ahead of the trend.
In this month’s Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks with David Kelly - the Executive Director of the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore.
Born in Manchester but having lived in Asia and with degrees from both UK and Singaporean Universities - David is a true global citizen and has a unique perspective on international management. Listen to David share about mentoring, life-long learning and how we achieve more when we support others.
TA Wu is the Managing Director of Springpool Glass – Taiwan’s largest glass recycling company and dedicated to developing sustainable and Circular Economy. Building on the foundation his Father built he has taken Springpool Glass from a recycling company to a major international luxury brand focused on circular materials. He is a graduate of Cambridge University, an Eisenhower Scholar, and life-long devotee of continuous learning. In this episode of Leadership Matters TA talks to Steven Parker about getting the vision right, building “doing good” into the DNA of the company, and how success is easily measured if you get these two things in place. A true Taiwan entrepreneur and visionary.
In this episode Steve Parker talks to Steven Lynch about learning to manage when you are not ready, growing in a role, networking, and life after the job you have now. Steven Lynch is the former Managing Director of the British Chamber of Commerce in China. Steven has returned to the UK after 12 years in China. He is a strategic leader with experience in business development, events management and developing UK-China business relations. Steven is currently a consultant on international relations and business transformational growth strategies. He is Chairman of the Institute of Directors China group.
Kuan is Founder and Creative Director of Story Wear, Taiwan’s only zero waste designer fashion brand. Story Wear headlined three successive Taipei Fashion Weeks from 2019 to 2022, was selected for the Taipei City Government’s Social Enteprise Development Programme, and received the prestigious Asia Pacific Social Innovation Partnership Award and Buying Power Award from the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2021, having supported the Cerebral Palsy Association to raise over NT$40 million through a highly innovative public outreach campaign. Kuan was educated at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada, and received a Master’s degree in Fashion Management from the University for the Creative Arts in the UK. She is a branding and marketing specialist with over 10 years of experience in the fashion industry and international trade.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Working from Home is becoming the new normal but what are the legal - and ethical - ramifications of this for companies and communities? In this month's Leadership Matters Steve Parker sits down with Lawyer John Eastwood Partner from Eiger and discusses the issues surrounding the changing workplace.
In this Episode of Leadership Matters Steve Parker talks with Joe Lai about the changing role of marketing in the digital age – what is changing and what is staying the same. And also bridging industries can bring additional value to your leadership style.
In this episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks with True Black of True Development - one of Taiwan’s preeminent Executive Coaches and Leadership Trainer/Facilitators. True talks with Steven about the need for Leaders to be open to feedback, search out moments for reflection, and the pathway to being your authentic self in leadership.
Thomas Fann has worked in the automobile trade for over 20 years and now runs Taiwan giant TECO. In this episode of Leadership Matters he shares with Steven Parker about change management and how being a leader requires facing up to your own potential shortcomings. Thomas shares his experience on three main areas, the importance of Teams, Learning from Failures, and how authority doesn't have to be cruel to be effective.
In this month’s Leadership Matters Steve Parker sits down with Allison Fong – CEO of Urban Regeneration focused NGO TURF. Allison brings a unique perspective to Leadership having lead across 4 distinct sectors; Multinationals GSK, Nestle, and L’Oreal, her own start up, her current NGO, and volunteer community organizations. Among other topics Steven and Allison talk about the difference between a leader and a manager and the path to grow from one into the other.
In this episode Steven Parker speaks with Olivia Braddick; Head of Brand at Gemba; a company running executive training in the metaverse. Olivia moved to Asia from the UK at 21 and has a unique perspective on making it in an unfamiliar environment. She shares her thoughts on success, learning, leadership empathy and mental strength.
In this episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks with Zach Fraser - COO of HSBC Bank Taiwan. Zach shares his philosophies on staff engagement, where the future of work is headed, as well as how he made the transition from trumpeter to banker!
Ian Anderson - the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank in Taiwan - shares his and the banks approach to the Future of Work and how to manage change in a big organization. Ian has worked for the bank in 3 countries around the world, largely in senior risk related roles including Head of Risk for the Regions, Head of Retail Risk, Head of Restructuring and Head of Enterprise Risk Management. Ian previously held various senior roles at RBC, Morgan Stanley, Citi and PwC.
In Episode 11 of Leadership Matters Steven Parker interviews Carl Blundon - Director for Asia Pacific for Offshore Wind recruitment company Taylor Hopkinson. Carl offers specific insights on Sales Management, Goal setting, and Self-Development.
In this month’s episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks with Mark Hsu of 11th Fleet. Brought up in Silicon Valley Mark talks about different Leadership styles in the US and Taiwan, ways to build creativity, and the difference between technicians and story tellers.
Justin Chin, President of AstraZeneca Taiwan talks about leadership in a time of global crisis and how this requires both an adjustment of style whilst at the same time reaffirming corporate and personal values. Justin also discusses his concepts of what diversity really means, leading from behind, and allowing space for teams to bring out ideas.
Leading from behind may seem counterintuitive but join me as I speak with Mick Stanley, Head of GSK in Taiwan, about allowing others leading leaders through questions, and giving time to those you to achieve what they need to do.
For this episode, we invite John Dennis, the Representative at the British Office in Taipei, to provide insights into what it means to be a good leader. Facing the challenges of being a diplomat during times of immense global change, especially with COVID and climate change, John shares his personal tips on overcoming hurdles.
In this episode, we welcome Jimbo Clark and Florian Rustler, two of Taiwan’s most innovative entrepreneurs who are focus on shaping the future of work. Jimbo founded innoGreat in 2007 to help clients to achieve results by providing dynamic and forward-thinking learning experiences and he has worked with more than 40 Fortune 500 companies in more than 25 countries, Florian is founder of creaffective Germany and Asia, consultant, bestselling author of five books and keynote speaker. They both use innovative and dynamic solutions to solve modern-day workplace issues. We look forward to hearing their morning routine, leadership style and their perspective on future of work.
In the fifth instalment of Leadership Matters, Andreas Weckherlin takes us through his top tips to stay innovative and at the forefront of leadership even during these challenging times. As a Harvard Business School graduate and now CEO of several start-ups, Andreas is extremely well placed to talk to Steve about transforming company cultures to achieve the best results. Enjoy!
Oliver Chang, founder and director of ImpactHub, has created a powerful network of businesses and people to inspire motivation and leadership to drive change in Taiwan's growing business environment. In this episode, Oliver shares his unique perspective on the future of work and how he combines a passion for sustainability and improving business practices to build better businesses.
This episode we welcome Tom Fifield, currently a generalist at Taiwan's Employment Gold Card Office and a consultant on data management and architectures. Extremely experienced in software engineering, Tom has been the leading force for community-driven projects that change the way we think about traditional company structures. We find out more about how Tom has used his Taiwanese and Australian background to create a unique experience for his teams in Taipei!
Abby Hsieh takes us through her career progression, from intern to becoming one of the youngest managing directors in Ogilvy PR, one of APAC’s largest and most dynamic PR agencies. As well as learning how to make use of young people, Abby talks to Steve about the myriad ways she tries to better improve the work-life balance in Taiwanese working culture.
In our first episode, Steve (CEO and Entrepreneur) speaks to Tom Manning, CEO of CWind and Chairman of the UK Renewables Committee. This first interview explores the importance of offshore wind to the Taiwanese economy, how new talent can get involved in renewable energy projects and finally how Tom manages a busy working life with his personal ambitions! Listen to find out more.
Have you ever wondered what makes great leaders tick? What is the first thing the most successful leaders do in the morning? How have successful leaders navigated tricky waters in uncertain times? The answers to all these questions and more can be found in our brand new podcast, Leadership Matters, hosted by CEO Steven Parker. In collaboration with ICRT, we hope to share the latest thinking and stories to release your inner talent to succeed in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. Our working lives are changing dramatically, and leadership is something that can make or break companies. We’ll be speaking to leaders who have to deal with all the issues associated with leading a business on a daily basis and asking them to share their experiences on how they cope, to help you better take on the challenges that being a leader pose. Our first guest, Tom Manning, is Deputy General Manager at CWind and co-chair of the UK Renewables Committee. CWind provides offshore wind farm training, best practice and support services to Taiwanese offshore wind farm developers with the latest technology in the green energy sector.
We kick off the series next week on Monday March 22nd. You can listen live at 7am every 4th Monday of the month on ICRT or catch up on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast or wherever you get your podcasts. Get ready to bring your talent to the next level!