Learn With Leena

Another bonus episode this week. This time it's Leena's interview on the Change Maker's podcast, hosted by Michael Hayman.  This episode details Leena's path to becoming Unilever's first female and youngest-ever CHRO and her perspective for the Future Of Work. It also includes Leena's BIG mistake after the birth of her first baby – and what it taught her about the importance of leadership.  Subscribe to the Change Makers Podcast here: https://changemakers.works/podcasts Follow Leena: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairleena/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeenaNairHR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leenanairhr/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/leenanair YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHuT662il6ZwWrPXjZdfsw

My guest for this episode is Genevieve Leveille, the founder of AgriLedger, a startup working with farmers in Haiti to change the way produce is sold. NB: This interview was recorded back before the pandemic, back in 2019. Genevieve sent through an update letting me know that AgriLedger’s Haiti project went live in May 2020. ‘During the Pandemic, we were able to demonstrate a gain of over 750% for the farmers compared to the local price, she said.’] Follow Leena: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairleena/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeenaNairHR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leenanairhr/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/leenanair YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHuT662il6ZwWrPXjZdfsw

Another bonus episode! This time Leena was on the Centre for Army Leadership Podcast. Leena's thoughts on a future-fit leadership, hierarchies, the importance of finding your purpose in life (and pursuing it even if those around you doubt you), and how working on your own “inner game” is vital to success are all in this episode of the Centre for Army Leadership podcast. Subscribe to the Centre for Army Leadership Podcast here https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-fey3w-94e30c ⠀

For this episode of Learn With Leena, I caught up with Ken Charman, Chief Executive Officer for uFlexReward at Unilever to talk about the genesis of uFlex Rewards, to find out what drove Ken to get involved, and to hear about how the company has just received the seal of approval from Microsoft.  We discuss global markets, internal goals and what keeps us motivated to work hard. Business is an exciting place to be right now and in this discussion we highlight many of the ways in which Unilever is pioneering the way for other global multinationals.  Follow Leena: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairleena/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeenaNairHR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leenanairhr/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/leenanair YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHuT662il6ZwWrPXjZdfsw

This episode is an interview Leena recorded for the Startup Grind Podcast titled "50/50 Gender Balance Across Global Leadership". In it, Leena and Chris discuss Unilever’s new social commitments, including a commitment to pay living wage across its whole supply chain. Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. They like-minded yet diverse individuals together to connect, learn, teach, help, build, and belong. They do this daily through their local events, flagship conferences, startup program, partnerships, and online media + content - collectively reaching over 3.5 million individuals worldwide. You can subscribe to their podcast here: https://podcast.startupgrind.com/ 

Did you know most humans eat just 12 crops and 5 animal species? I caught up with April Adams-Redmond, Unilever's Global VP Knorr, about the new Knorr campaign “Eat for Good” day, which wants to change our eating habits for good. It was so great to hear about this brilliant campaign – and to take some inspiration for mixing up my own recipes!

Especially during a global pandemic. I was interviewed by the Anish Singh and Rachael Hennin from our Unilever Australia and New Zealand team for their Heart 2 Heart Leadership journey podcast series last year. It was great to talk about some of the challenges we have faced and share how our teams have exceeded my expectations during what has been for so many a difficult, emotionally draining, bewildering year. NOTE: We do discuss the sad losses of life we have had at Unilever between 24:00mins to 24.40.  If you are grieving a loved one, or taking care of your mental wellbeing, please do approach with caution. You can watch this interview over on my Instagram or YouTube channels.  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairleena/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeenaNairHR  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leenanairhr/ 

Leena caught up with entrepreneur and author of Be More Pirate, Sam Conniff Allende to talk about how businesses like Unilever can be more pirate.     Sam is the founder of Livity, a social enterprise and youth-led creative network. His new book, "How to be More Pirate", is out now.     Follow Leena:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairleena/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeenaNairHR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leenanairhr/ Watch the interview (with added outtakes on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-eJIoDkgcI&t=3s NB. This interview was done long before Covid-19 and the lockdown.

A new series of my #LearnWithLeena podcast begins today! This week: How does a company as big as Unilever reimagine its ways of working? Unilever  has long been a company that embraces agile ways of working, even  before Covid-19 struck. But we always want to keep pushing to try new,  more innovative ways for teams to work. This interview with our Benelux Refreshments team from last year gives an insight into what  happens when you fully embrace agile methodologies to change how you  work together.

If we want true gender equality, we have to make it easier for dads to share the parental duties. In this episode of Learn With Leena, I spoke to David Tregidgo. David is our People Analytics and Employee Insights Director at Unilever Recently, David decided to take an eight-month shared paternal leave to focus on his family and support the birth of his daughter. You can read more about David and our conversation in my Learn With Leena newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/learn-with-leena-6503687640133431296 To watch a video version of this interview, you can subscribe to my channel on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bN6K1k0KAp0