S10-Ep5: Can You Hear Her Now?

Guest: Celina Caesar-Chavannes What’s your secret identity?   Our true selves are often buried so deeply that they’re a secret to us. It’s hard enough to lead authentically when you don’t know who you are – but how can you motivate your team if you don’t know who they really are, either?   The key is the praxis of humanization, a way of helping your coworkers bring their authentic selves to the office. Guest Celina Caesar-Chavannes discovered this truth in her own personal journey – a journey that took her to the halls of power as a member of Canada’s parliament, where societal stereotypes continued around her unabated. But her revelation on identity soon followed, with important lessons for other leaders! Here's what Celina and Maureen cover: Why titles don’t protect us from society’s sundry "-isms"; The many ways we’re conditioned to NOT be our best at work (or at home); and How leaders can foster humanization, so people bring their best, unique selves to work (and you have a happier, more productive team).   Produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org.   Other episodes you'll enjoy: - The Power of Praise: Making People's Performance Positive with Ben Marcovitz - Non-Traditional Leadership for Our New Era with Nathan Eva & Nicole Ferry - Working & Living in Joy with Pamela Larde   For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!   RESOURCES:   Celina’s website is https://celinacc.ca. Her book is Can You Hear Me Now; it’s available in hardback at https://amzn.to/494KzO9, paperback at https://amzn.to/49jrJmz, and audiobook at https://amzn.to/47QhWDm.   Books Celina referenced for further reading include Paulo Freire’s The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (paperback: https://amzn.to/48Knws6 or audiobook: https://amzn.to/3OeP0ho) and Robert Livingston’s The Conversation (hardback: https://amzn.to/3UbQahp or audiobook: https://amzn.to/42awCf4).   Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here.    Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here.      Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include: Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota Time and Chance by Kim Campbell Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith -----------------------   OUR PODCAST TEAM:   Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli We Hear Them Now and Always: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox CONNECT WITH US:  YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership  Threads: @innovativeleaders Twitter: @IL_Institute  LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2  Instagram: @innovativeleader  TikTok: @innovativeleadership Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com    Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating!  -----------------------   About Our Guest:   Celina Caesar-Chavannes is a highly accomplished author, speaker, and consultant, serving as Sr. Advisor of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives and Adjunct Lecturer at Queen’s University. She is a former Member of Parliament (MP) with the Government of Canada, who represented the Town of Whitby, a suburb east of Toronto. As a Liberal MP, she served as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from Dec 2015 – Jan 2017, and later as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development et la Francophonie from Jan 2017 to Aug 2018.    Celina is also an astute academic with a commitment to service. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, an MBA in Healthcare Management from the University