Ruchika Tulshyan is the founder of Candour, a global inclusion strategy firm. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times and Harvard Business Review. As a keynote speaker, Ruchika has addressed audiences at organizations like NASA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and U.S. Congress.  Ruchika is the author of “The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace.” Her forthcoming book "Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work" is available for pre-order now (MIT Press, March 2022.)  Ruchika is on the Thinkers50 Radar list and named among Hive Learning's Most Influential D&I Professionals for the past two years. She is a former international business journalist who is now regularly quoted as a media expert in outlets like NPR, The New York Times and Bloomberg. In this episode, we discuss: Her view of  inclusion and why it has EVERYTHING to do with power  How she helps leadership step back and reconsider what power structures should look like going forward   Decades of research that show us the positive effects of inclusion   Scarcity mindset and what it has to do with power When a leader discovers how empowering it is to share their power Her viral HBR article on why we need to stop telling women they have imposter syndrome and start looking at the system and how it takes power away Being pro-active actionable advocates for inclusion, no matter our identity The importance of one’s tribe to create a chain of validation Intersectionality, where multiple marginalized identities intersect and how an understanding of it can create positive validation and empowerment We all have the power to create the change we want to see and make a reality where we all thrive and rise together Listen in on this powerful episode of The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts!  Connect with Dr. Ruchika: Websites:  https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/inclusion-purpose https://www.rtulshyan.com/   Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Michelle K. Johnston is a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert helping leaders achieve results through meaningful connections. She is an award-winning professor studying leadership and business communication, and her research has shown a clear link between a team’s effective communication and its positive financial performance. Michelle is a celebrated keynote speaker presenting at conferences and events nationwide. She received her Ph.D. in Communication from Louisiana State University, and she was named to the prestigious 100 Coaches group, which consists of the top executive coaches around the world. Michelle serves as the Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University New Orleans where she teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs in the College of Business. She lives in her beloved city of New Orleans, Louisiana, with her daughter, Elizabeth. The Seismic Shift in Leadership is her first book In this episode, we discuss: Dr. Michelle’s experience as a young professor trying to use power which disconnected her from her authentic self. The client stories spurred her to search for what was missing in traditional power structures.   What The Seismic Shift in Leadership is    What true power really is and why its a superpower   Dr. Michelle’s approach to the new realities of a virtual workplace that are opportunities to connect with a team members and their burping babies, rambunctious dogs, and kitchen remodels The “Treat Me Like A Human” revolution she’s starting Helping perfectionists learn that mistakes are acceptable and a surer path to innovation than perfection.   Listen in on this powerful episode of The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts! Connect with Dr. Michelle: Website: https://michellekjohnston.com/ Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring and leadership development and is currently a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about ‘optimizing success’. She also has a weekly show and podcast by the same name where she gathers high achievers to talk about their journey to success. In 2021, she was one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the Thinkers50 Radar List, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking and is a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list. Dr. Gotian publishes on topics ranging from networking, mentoring, leadership development and optimizing success and has given keynote talks on these themes all over the globe. She regularly publishes in such journals as Nature, Scientific American, Academic Medicine, Psychology Today, Forbes and Harvard Business Review. She is the co-editor of a book on medical education, won numerous mentoring awards and is the author of The Success Factor – Developing the Mindset and Skillset for Peak Performance. In this episode, we discuss: Dr. Gotian’s definition of power as the ability to have an impact. her realization that Nobel Prize and Olympians are regular people just like her who learned to be High Achievers The 4 traits all highly successful individuals have, whether they are astronauts or CEOs. The difference between extrinsic motivation and doing something because it is your passion  The secret to knowing your subject so well is that it makes you a high achiever, and how the children in your life can help you with this  It is more about what over-achievers don’t know than what they do know that lends to their success. Listen in on this powerful episode of The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts!   Connect with Dr. Ruth Gotian: Email: [email protected] Website: www.ruthgotian.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgotian/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthgotian Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthgotian/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTG7Bo7f5QZ3aaxOxAX5_3Q   Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nabeela Ixtabalan leads human resources and corporate affairs for one of Canada's largest employers with over 100,000 associates and more than 400 stores nationwide.  Her career includes nearly 20 years of leadership and business development experience with three of the world’s most recognized brands - Walmart, IKEA, and Starbucks Coffee in the US, Canada, and Europe. Nabeela was previously Head of Digital Transformation at Ingka, leading IKEA’s digital and retail transformation globally across 41 countries.  Nabeela is especially passionate about enterprise-wide transformations, the future of work, change management, diversity and inclusion, and organizational design. In 2017, she was appointed to the TaskRabbit Board of Directors, a leading gig economy platform that has revolutionized digital two-sided marketplaces. In 2019, she joined the Future Skills Centre of Canada as a Board Advisor, a pan-Canadian effort focused on skills development and employment training to help Canadians transition in the changing economy.    In this episode, we discuss:   ● How she defines being in her power as inhabiting a self-authoring state, as opposed to inhabiting a socializing state ● Why even getting to the c-suite as a young minority female does not mean you are in your power if you have a dark shadow ● The moment that sparked Nabeela to realize that her self-identity was tied to her work, prompting her to broaden her definition of success to include her personal life and mental health ● How she courage to speak her truth by choosing to believe in people’s compassion as opposed to their judgement. ● What Nabeela’s faith has taught her that liberates from trying to control everything ● How Nabeela created a movement around mental health and well-being at Walmart Canada ● How Walmart Canada provided essential services during a pandemic by having a motivated, healthy workforce. Listen in on this powerful episode of The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts! Connect with Nabeela: Email: [email protected]     Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSharonMelnick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As part of Integral’s executive team, Melissa leads strategists, creative managers, and consultants to reimagine how clients handle change and its impact on company culture. Melissa’s responsibilities also include initiatives to support and accelerate Integral’s growth, operations, and talent development. She has transformed culture and operational models at both Fortune 50 companies and aggressive growth start-ups in retail, tech, and consumer products. Organizations of note include New York & Company, Quirky.com, and IBM—along with her own agency, Resonant Insights Consulting where she forged breakthrough brand and marketing strategies for major players within the Retail, Consumer Goods, and Hospitality industries. Under Melissa’s leadership, Integral’s multidisciplinary teams deliver solutions that combine strategic value with bold human-centered outcomes by working closely within and across clients and stakeholders to co-create engagement strategies, share best practices, and bring to life initiatives that communicate the value of their work.  In this episode, we discuss:  The in depth research report by Integral that details what employees need to see from their employees in order to align with their values and stay at the company How employees are using their power and holding their organizations accountable The evolving way that younger generations are approaching their careers and how they consume work - the similarities and differences with other What companies can do to reduce burnout and create a healthier work-life balance The different concerns between male and female employees in the workplace The importance as a leader to listen to a workforce’s needs and noticeably respond to them   Listen in on this powerful episode of The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts! Connect with Melissa Website: https://www.teamintegral.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc0wQiR0YcPihOCEtYSEVvw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teamintegral/     Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evelyn Rodstein is an Executive and Team Coach and Consultant who is a recognized pioneer in the field of Leadership Development. She has an exceptional background that combines experience as Global Managing Director of Leadership and Talent at four Fortune 100 companies with an early career as a supervising individual and family therapist.  She was Managing Director of Leadership at JP Morgan, JP Morgan Chase, Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, and was Chief Talent & Development Officer of KPMG, where she managed a matrixed team of over 100 people with a $100+ million budget and won the #2 national Best Company for Training.  She is a recognized authority in Leadership, Executive & Team Coaching, and Organizational Change. She has done groundbreaking work and led cultural integrations in several Fortune 100 mergers, Leadership and Succession Programs for CEO succession and the top 200 executives, as well as complex cultural transformations and ethics initiatives at scale.  Her coaching practice includes companies across many industries of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500, PE portfolio companies, privately held/middle-market firms and professional services, plus universities, healthcare, the arts and nonprofits. She coaches CEOs, C-Suite executives, high-potentials, and does team building and strategy offsites to create organizational and culture change. In this episode, we discuss: Knowing your strengths, weaknesses, and triggers as the basis of finding your power The internalized sense of competence that is needed to grasp your power How women can avoid fear of using their power How to strategically display emotion The one emotion that should be kept out of the workplace Being able to push back productively, with calm judgment as a form of power The authentic - and only meaningful way - that leaders can show their power (and how leadership programs lack this)   Enjoy this informative episode on The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts!   Connect with Evelyn Rodstein: email: [email protected]  website: https://www.evelynrodstein.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelynrodstein/   Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacqueline M. Welch is the executive vice president and chief human resources officer at The New York Times Company. In this role she leads The Times’s human resources department and oversees all aspects of talent acquisition, career development, organizational development, equitable compensation practices, performance enablement and diversity, equity and inclusion. She sits on the company’s executive committee and reports to the chief executive officer. Jacqueline joined The Times from Freddie Mac, where she was senior vice president, chief human resources officer and chief diversity officer since 2016. In this role, she led the Freddie Mac H.R. team and served as a trusted adviser to its board of directors and the executive team. She also had oversight responsibility for Freddie Mac’s corporate community engagement program and their 10 employee resource groups. A seasoned corporate executive, she joined Freddie Mac with 20 years of experience in H.R. strategy and execution. She served as senior vice president for international human resources for Turner Broadcasting System from 2010 to2013 and was senior vice president, talent management and diversity, from 2008 to 2010.  In this episode, we discuss: The power that comes with shedding society’s conventional thinking and instead focusing on your own personal reality The biggest gift we can give to children in order to empower them Who provides the wisdom that helps her have perspective on the pressures of modern life The Non-attachment and the strength it brings to know that what you have accomplished can be accomplished again Knowing how to be a power broker among Executives  How she uses her power to be the steward of the mission of her organization How to not just be ‘heard’ but really listened to by Managers and Decision-makers  Get ready for another powerful episode here on The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts!   Connect with Jacqueline Welch: Website: https://www.nytco.com/person/jacqueline-m-welch/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmmwelch/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/JMMWelch  Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill Johnson is the Co-founder/CEO of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL). She has nearly 30 years of experience as a business strategist with expertise in financial analysis, marketing, and business development. She is an advocate for community businesses and microenterprises and is a leading authority in the area of minority inclusion in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Jill is a speaker on topics including community economic development, business plan development, entrepreneurship, minority and women small business growth, and access to capital. Jill is a champion of small business inclusion within the economic development landscape. She is working on innovative solutions to address the challenge of access to capital and other barriers faced by Women of Color entrepreneurs. She is committed to helping Women of Color entrepreneurs get connected and to helping influencers and decision-makers connect with them. Jill is inquisitive by nature, and not afraid to challenge the status quo. This attribute makes her a strong conversationalist and an expert moderator. In this episode, we discuss:     Power and capital are intertwined,  and the system of getting funding for great ideas is broken for Black people but not those who devised the system The vicious cycle of Black people being excluded from funding by being told to “invest” money they have been kept from having The human bias toward surrounding ourselves with people we feel comfortable with and the power in understanding one another and opening doors for others Small Businesses Needs Us - an initiative that helps to build the capacity of small businesses to recover in the Covid 19 pandemic. Addressing the systemic issues that go beyond grant dollars Why she started the Black Angels to invest in Black-owned businesses   Get ready for another powerful episode here on The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts! Connect with Jill LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smallbizexpert/ Website: https://www.smallbusinessesneedus.org/ Website: https://makingblackangels.org/ Website: https://www.woccon.org/ Website: https://www.weareifel.org/ Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ulcca Joshi Hansen is currently Chief Program Officer for Grantmakers for Education, a membership organization committed to strengthening philanthropy’s capacity to improve educational outcomes for all students. Prior to Grantmakers for Education, Ulcca served as Chief Strategy Officer at Boundless and as Vice President for Partnerships and Research at Education Reimagined. She began her career as an elementary teacher in New Jersey public schools, after which she served as a Program Fellow with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Ulcca brings a diverse set of experiences working with educators, funders, policymakers, researchers, legislators, business leaders, and community advocates in the US and internationally to her work and writing. Her work is aimed at helping transform the foundational values of our educational, cultural, and social systems, and building the capacities of educators, families, communities, and advocates to work with young people toward new ways of being in the world. Ulcca holds a BA in Philosophy and German from Drew University and a certificate in early childhood and elementary education with a focus on special education. She earned her Ph.D. from Oxford University and a JD from Harvard Law School. She has been recognized nationally for her academic achievements and her commitment to public service through education as a Harry S. Truman Scholar, a British Marshall Scholar, and a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow.  In this episode, we discuss: How outdated Western philosophical ideas took over our education system and prioritized intellect over body  What we pathologize in children instead of teaching each individual child to claim their power and own their future The difference between the 3 types of education systems that exist - factory schools, innovative reforms, and human-centered - and which is the only one which creates conditions in which every individual child can thrive  How each person - whether educator, donor, parent, or neighbor - can be a part of educational transformation PLUS an extra unplanned exchange of brags that will inspire every woman listener   Get ready for another powerful episode here on The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts!   Connect with Ulcca Website: https://educatingpotential.com/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulcca/   Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gloria Feldt is an acclaimed expert on women, power, and leadership with frontline leadership experience, a bestselling author, and an in-demand keynote speaker. She is co-founder and president of Take The Lead. She is the bestselling author of four books;  No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, plus her own real-world experience, forms the core of Take The Lead’s programs. She is the former president and CEO of the world’s largest reproductive health and advocacy organization, Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She was named by Vanity Fair one of “America’s Top 200 Women Leaders, Legends, and Trailblazers,” Glamour’s “Woman of the Year,” She Knows Media Inspiring Woman, Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, Women Economic Forum Circle of Light award, Texas Monthly’s Texas 20, Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award, and Forbes 40 Over 40. She teaches “Women, Power, and Leadership” at Arizona State University. Feldt has been widely quoted and published, including by the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Daily Beast, Forbes, other major media outlets and an infinite number of podcasts. Her podcast is “Power TO You.” Her forthcoming book Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics and How Women Will Take The Lead is available for presale from your favorite bookseller and will be in bookstores by September 28, 2021. In this episode, we discuss: Redefining power as a hammer that can build and break something apart The turning point where Gloria realized she needed to speak in her own voice How to take the locus of power back inside you Her new framework called “Intentioning” Why you need Conscious intention about how you want others to define you  V.C.A - three basic parts to intentioning She showed courage to open up about using her power as a leader to create a movement and new policies in our culture “Abortion is not about abortion. It is about power.” Four things that ‘Take the Lead’ does to support women to create gender parity Get ready for another powerful episode here on The Power Shift Podcast! Please let me know your thoughts!   Connect with Gloria Feldt   Website: https://gloriafeldt.com/ twitter: https://twitter.com/GloriaFeldt Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloriafeldt/ Connect with Dr. Sharon Melnick Website: https://www.sharonmelnick.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmelnick/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices