Leaderful

Psychological safety, unhealthy conflict, leadership and power in the DEI space with Jennifer Velez

In this episode of The Leaderful Podcast, Jennifer Velez - Senior Strategist for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Forever 21 - joins Jeff Couillard for a rich discussion on psychological safety, unhealthy conflict, power dynamics, and leadership in the DEI space. Follow along or connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn.
A bit more about Jennifer - she currently leads Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Forever 21 where she drives organizational growth and development through the organization's most valuable resource - people. She is committed to expanding equity and access by directly supporting historically marginalized communities. Jennifer has experience building DEI strategies, assessing culture, standing up Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and creating wellness programs to increase employee engagement, psychological safety, and satisfaction.
Jennifer is committed to growing organizations to be better tomorrow than they were today. Additionally, she has lived, worked, and conducted research in six countries! Jennifer currently resides in Los Angeles and is a single mom to a child with multiple disabilities.

All roads lead to power

In this episode, Jeff Couillard and Pablo Romero discuss a few of the key components of The Ally Co.'s Transformational Impact model, including the Right Use of Power framework.

The problem with employee engagement surveys

In this episode of The Leaderful Podcast, Pablo Romero and Jeff Couillard discuss some of the problems, challenges (and opportunities!) with traditional and mainstream employee engagement surveys. If you are tasked with collecting meaningful data from your team to inform better strategic decisions, this is a must listen!

Healthy conflict or artificial harmony?

In this episode of The Leaderful Podcast, Co-CEO's Pablo Romero and Jeff Couillard discuss the two key factors in getting from artificial harmony or unhealthy conflict to healthy conflict, or productive tension.

The shadow side of vulnerability

Is being 'vulnerable' always a good thing? When might a leader's vulnerability actually burden or harm the people they're supposed to support and lead?In this conversation between the Co-CEO's of The Ally Co. (Pablo and Jeff), we explore the nuances of vulnerability and why it might not always be the path leaders want to take with their teams.

Feedback is an investment in relationship

In this episode of The Leaderful Podcast, Jeff and Pablo discuss the importance of feedback and some of the common barriers that exist - especially when you try and give feedback "up the chain". 

Mental wellness in the workplace with Ty McKinney

In this episode of Leaderful, Jeff Couillard and Ty McKinney discuss mental wellness in the workplace, hybrid work, addiction and neurodiversity.Ty McKinney is a neuroscientist, Co-Founder of 8 Bit Cortex, Mental Health Advocate and self-described 'professional nerd'. 

The six core pain points facing leaders and teams today

In this episode of Leaderful, Pablo Romero and Jeff Couillard discuss the six core pain points that leaders and teams face as they strive to build high-performing workplaces where everyone thrives.These six pain points include:
Chronic burnout
Deep stuckness
Cultural disconnection
Unhealthy conflict
Unsafe environments
Shitty communication
Learn more about The Ally Co. and the work we do do to help teams overcome these challenges at our website.

Introduction to Leaderful

In this first episode of Leaderful, Jeff Couillard and Pablo Romero discuss the hopes and goals of the show and the key challenges that leaders and teams face as they navigate building human-centred, systems-conscious organizations.