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Welcome to Season 4, episode 1 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode Joel Richardson - Manager of Electronics & E-mobility at Morgan Latif is joined by Puneet Jhawar. Puneet is the General Manager of of the global Spark Ignited business for Cummins Inc. Over his 15 year career at Cummins, Puneet has focused on helping customers achieve their success and has cultivated successful relationships with several Cummins' largest global customers.

In this episode, Joel and Puneet discuss how Puneet has maximised success when leading international teams and the difficulties he has faced doing this.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 2 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode Ollie Pearn - Manager of the Packaging & Paper division at Morgan Latif is joined by Georg Kasperkovitz. Georg achieved an MBA from Harvard Business School and is the President for EMEAA for MCC Label. Throughout Georg’s illustrious career, he has held multiple executive positions at industry-leading organisations such as Mondi, Trivium & even McKinsey. Georg has focused on helping organisations achieve their transformational goals while building high-performing international teams. Georg has been the catalyst for many organisations conducting their success and has devised an incredible ethos regarding hiring and knowing what credentials make for a great leader.

 In this episode, Ollie and Georg discuss the highs and lows of what it takes to be a great leader and some personal challenges Georg faced which taught him invaluable lessons.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 3 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode, Sam Latif, Director at Morgan Latif, is joined by Alexander Baumgartner. Throughout Alexander's career, he has been at the forefront and had executive roles in many global organisations such as Constantia Flexibles, Goglio Group and currently ProAmpac.

Alexander has helped many global packaging organisations achieve transformational change, influencing leadership amongst their businesses. In this episode, Alexander discusses the incredible journey that led him to his current catalyst position as President of ProAmpac in this high-performing and innovative packaging company.

Welcome to Spotlight Sessions: Navigating Your Career to the C Suite: Episode 1. In this episode, Joel Richardson - Manager of Electronics at Morgan Latif is joined by Xavier Hamers. Xavier is the ex-CEO and CCO of Leuze and BARTEC Safe Technology over his 20-year career Xavier has navigated his career from Inside Sales all the way to C suite by putting customer needs first by solution-finding and using his servant leadership approach to get the best out of his teams.


This episode discusses Leadership Styles, Mentoring Talent and Navigating your career to the C suite. 

Welcome to Spotlight Sessions: Navigating Your Career to the C Suite: Episode 2. In this episode, Ollie Pearn - Manager of Paper & Packaging at Morgan Latif is joined by Sergio Pupkin. Sergio is a global C-suite Executive and Board member with a proven track record of building competitive advantage, driving strategy and sustainable growth in B2B environments. Most recently he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Growth & Strategy at Sealed Air corporation, a global provider of flexible packaging integrated solutions for Food and Protective packaging markets. 

This episode discusses becoming a global executive, being a strategic growth leader and an acquisition specialist.

Welcome to Spotlight Sessions: Wordly Wisdom - A CMO's Cross-Cultural Leadership Episode 3. In this episode, Sam Latif, Director at Morgan Latif is joined by Charl Bassil. Charl Bassil is a seasoned marketing and business executive with over two decades of experience leading global brands in the FMCG, beverage, and management consulting sectors. Currently serving as the Group Chief Brand Officer for the BBC, his leadership is marked by a focus on brand innovation, cultural integration, and fostering dynamic, high-performing teams.

This episode discusses, Charl's global leadership journey, unpacking the lessons he’s learned navigating different markets and cultures, and how these experiences have shaped his approach to leadership.

Welcome to Spotlight Sessions: How to Build an International Career in Supply Chain Episode 4. In this episode, Alberto Eiras, Manager of Consumer Packaged Goods at Morgan Latif is joined by Mauricio Garcia. Mauricio is the Global Head of Ready-To-Drink Supply Chain for Suntory Global Spirits. Over his 25 years of experience in the E2E Supply Chain, he has led global organizations to best-in-class levels, via transformational projects around people, processes and technology. 

This episode discusses, how Mauricio has built an international career, its challenges and lessons learned, and how this experience has made him a stronger Supply Chain executive.

Welcome to Spotlight Sessions: Building a Successful AI Strategy - Episode 5. In this episode, Dave Cumming, Director at Morgan Latif, is joined by Ronny Fehling, Partner and Vice President for (Generative) Artificial Intelligence at BCG X.

In this episode, Dave and Ronny discuss the strategies for building a successful AI roadmap, the impact of generative AI, and the critical elements of leading AI transformations in today's business landscape. Ronny shares valuable lessons from his extensive background, providing listeners with actionable insights on how to navigate the evolving AI landscape.

Tune in to learn how to create an impactful AI strategy that leverages innovation for competitive advantage!

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Welcome to Spotlight Sessions: Problem Solving in E-Mobility – Episode 6

In this episode, Joel Richardson, Head of Commercial for Industry Technology Morgan Latif, is joined by Randal "Tiny" Smith, Ex Group Technical Officer at Project EV.
Randal led the electrification of JLR’s UK Retailer network and, as Head of UK Transformation, delivered up to 25% efficiency improvements and a 22-point boost in NPS scores. 

In this episode, Joel and Randal dive deep into the pressing challenges and the adoption of electric vehicles. Together, they explore strategies and approaches required to overcome these obstacles and achieve meaningful progress.

We live in scary and disruptive but also transformative times. As we turn inward, we have an opportunity to examine who we are, who we will become, and how we want to be known in this crisis and beyond. To work with an active thinking partner, therefore, makes a lot of sense. However, how do we go about selecting the right Coach to support us during this crisis? 

In this episode, we provide a clear and practical criteria to apply in order to choose the right executive coach for you. 

About Navid Nazemian

Navid Nazemian is a PCC (ICF) accredited Executive Coach. He has a professional background in commercial roles before moving to leadership roles in Human Resources in order to elevate the practice of people, leadership and culture.

Navid works as an active thinking partner with clients and is hands-on with delivery, and has specialised in Executive Transitions, Maximising Leadership Impact and High Performing Teams.

He is a corporate leader himself and therefore has first-hand experience of what it is like to work with the dynamic complexities and pressures faced by leaders. Navid has successfully mastered his rigorous 3-year long coach education across three continents in Africa, Europe and America and coaches in 3 languages. 

About the Host

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of empathy in leadership. We talk through how to better understand, develop, and utilize it in the context of the current climate around Covid-19 and beyond.

Leaders are now facing a different set of challenges and the ability to harness empathy is a key tool to help navigate this, as Alexander explains.

About Alexander Meyer auf der Heyde:

As an accredited and internationally active Executive Coach, Alexander works with leaders and leadership teams on topics including Empathy in Leadership, Executive Presence, Executive On-boarding, Intercultural Communication and Cultural Change.

His clients are senior leaders from various industries and span six continents. Feedback, which Alexander regularly received from his clients includes that his empathy and own senior leadership experience allow him to understand the individual situation of a client quickly and – when appropriate – also to add his own perspective to a challenge.

Alexander became self-employed as an Executive Coach after a successful corporate career with leadership positions up to global Executive Committee level. Along with his leadership career, Alexander also spent significant time abroad, living and working in India and China, respectively. 

He worked for several globally leading corporations before doing a Master in Executive Coaching and pursuing this passion by setting up his own business

About the Host:

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents. 

In this episode, we talk about the leadership of self, essentially how we take responsibility for our world.  As individuals, we have never been more challenged and at the same time, it has never been more important than it is at the moment. 

Social norms have been thrown up in the air, workplaces are forever changed and the global scale of the pandemic has reiterated our essential powerlessness.

There never been a riper moment for us to take stock and reflect – and that is as relevant for the CEO of a multi-national as a final year student looking to enter the workplace for the first time. 

Katie has created an easy acronym BOLD that works as a simple framework to make this process easy.

About Katie Lancaster
Katie brings over twenty years of corporate board-level experience, leading strategy development for globally acclaimed creative agencies on some of the world’s most famous brands.  

She used her experience as a springboard to become an internationally certified and accredited Executive Coach, supporting high-achievers to become more effective leaders and happier human beings. She also advises start-ups,  who value her blend of branding, business and coaching expertise.

About Sam Latif
Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents.

In this episode, Dr. Kleebaur discusses her assumptions on how the "New Now" will look like and impact us as we emerge from lockdown. 

Organizations, teams, and leaders are already pivoting to address these assumptions and we break these down and outline how coaching ultimately can address the issues that will arise.

About Dr. Carolina Kleebaur

Dr. Carolina Kleebaur is an accredited and internationally active Executive Coach. Her aim is to support organizations, teams, and managers through transformational phases such as corporate programs, change management initiatives or individual and/or professional development phases.  

Carolina holds a PhD in organizational psychology. After her Master Studies in Sociology, Psychology, and Communication Science, she started her career as a management consultant, i.e. at Roland Berger. To follow her real passion, she became self-employed as a systemic business coach in 2018. 

Given her own background as a long-standing senior manager, she is a passionate mentor for female leaders.

About the Host

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents. 

In this episode, Arun talks us through practical advice on leading through uncertainty. Many leaders are in unchartered territory with the lasting impact of coronavirus. In our discussion, we break down how to confront the prospect of the unknown and how to communicate effectively to our teams throughout. Arun weaves in his own experience as a CEO and Executive coach expertly to provide insights.

About Arun Kohli

Arun is an accomplished C-suite expert with 35 years of experience in challenging environments and cultures. He fosters a strong conviction that leaders should actively engage in developing their people to higher levels, and that is what brought him to coaching.

After an assignment in China, he returned to Germany to work as an executive coach. An enormous ambiguity about what a coach and coaching is existed and became the major determinant in developing a new business. In 2016, after 5 years of scientific research, he published his findings in his book, “Effective Coaching…” This enabled him to achieve effective results within a few short meetings and relieve his potential clients of binding long contracts.

Focused on leaders and top managers his clients are many renown international corporations, who remain indebted to him for his exceptional work in executive coaching and intercultural trainings.

About the Host

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents.

In this episode, we discuss the pivotal role of “human energy” and “inner space” in leadership.  Our “inner space” tends to widen as we give attention to and nurture awareness of our four sources of energy and wisdom: body, heart, mind, soul. We explore also how coaching can be an effective way of both widening this space we grow in and into and listening even more to our inner guidance. Boris is the author of “Chief Energy Officer” and guides us through this journey..

About Boris Diekmann

What gives Boris a buzz is to witness leaders truly connect with their innate health and inner guidance, and nurture higher forms of energy in their teams and organizations. He accompanies leaders and top teams on transformative journeys to nurture a thriving, healthy spirit at and from the top. 

Boris has over 15 years of professional experience in organization-wide culture shaping, leadership development and personal transformation, and has been a Vice President with Senn Delaney, a Heidrick & Struggles company and culture shaping pioneer, for over seven years. 

Boris is an accredited Executive & TopTeam coach and has supported senior leaders in large organizations globally. Prior to his work as a consultant, Boris was responsible for the Leadership Development activities at a global division at Siemens. He also co-devised and piloted the first-ever Executive Development Programmed in NATO. In his work, he has partnered with both Executives, managers of all levels, experts, and front-line employees across various European countries, the Middle East, the US, South America, Africa, and Asia. 

His inaugural book “Chief Energy Officer: Universal Principles to Nurture a Spirit of Performance” has become an international Amazon bestseller.

About the Host

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents.

In this episode, we discuss the choice point—how we choose to respond to adversity. We talk about the benefits and challenges of actively choosing our response in a situation, rather than acting on autopilot. 

Mark Milotich provides tips for leaders to use the choice point to navigate and shape the ever-changing cultural landscape in their teams and in their organisations.

About Mark Milotich

Mark is the founder of Claxus Consulting—an international network with partners in Germany, Switzerland, UK, USA, Canada & Australia. 

As an executive coach, Mark works with international leaders and their teams, focusing on organizational and personal transformation. He believes that lasting organizational change both requires and creates opportunities for personal change. 

Mark brings a cross-cultural perspective to his work, having lived in Germany, Switzerland, the United States, and the UK. 

He studied Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Anthropology at the University of Michigan. 

Mark considers himself a life-long student of human behaviour. And he says he is still learning.

About the Host

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents.

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Neslyn Watson-Druée and she talks us through her journey from trainee nurse to Chairman of NHS Kingston, receiving a CBE for her contributions to health service innovation, and later becoming a multi-award-winning leadership coach. Through her experience, she also coaches us through how to deal with our own vulnerability and how to turn into a source of strength and resilience. Her story is a fascinating one, and her message unique and inspiring. It is a discussion that is none more relevant than in the current times we are living in.

About Dr. Neslyn Watson-Druée

Dr Neslyn Watson-Druée, CBE is multi-award winning and highly decorated executive coach. She is a renowned international speaker articulates the behaviours and characteristics of successful leaders. Her Unique Business System: The Leaders’ Code™ is used with corporate organisations to change organisational culture, demonstrate courage, show commitment, develop creativity, challenge issues and care about people. 

Neslyn has 3 separate honours from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11: Member of the British Empire (MBE), Queen Elizabeth 11 Medal for Health Service Innovation, Commander of the British Empire (CBE). She has authored many books inclusive of: Fly High – Land Safe: Career Transition for Executives; Beacon Leadership Technique: From the Impossible to the Possible; Authentic Choice: Be You.

Furthermore, Neslyn has broad experience as a business psychologist and leading health service innovation in the UK.  Neslyn has also presented to the European Parliament, public and private sector organisations and various charities. She is focused on enabling the development of individual personal mastery including the expansion of leadership competencies within organisations.

Neslyn guides with smart interventions and strategies based on 25 years Board experience, 21 years’ experience as a non-executive director within the NHS inclusive of 10 years as Chairman of NHS Kingston.

About the Host

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents.

Today as our world struggles to develop sustainable strategies in “wake-up” after the first wave of our COVID-19 “New World”, leaders need to create a revitalised “Way of Doing Things”!

Michael Keating challenges them to adopt his 10 C’s Model of Change-Coaching-Crisis Leadership. It’s all about seeing the Chance in this Change and enabling leaders to champion the What’s In It For Us (WIIFU) more than What’s In It For Me (WIIFM) mindset!

“Better Together, Together Better “ is the motto Michael employs.

About Michael Keating

Michael is an international Human Relations expert.

For the last 6 years at KEATINGRELATIONS, he has been developing others on the Essence of being Human and the Power of Togetherness.

Others know him as a Mentor & Networker who creates a bridge between people from different cultures. Thereby, bringing people together to implement commonly agreed solutions.

He has worked more than 25+ years as a Senior EMEA HR Leader in Industrial Companies like SOLERA, NSK, EATON, TEREX, MWZ, and LAFARGE.

His expertise lies in coaching on: Change Management, Leadership Mentoring, Organisation Culture Analysis & Development.

About the Host

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents.

For the series 1 finale of the Coaching You Through Crisis Vodcast we welcome 2 very special guests. Our very own co-founder and director and Oliver Morgan and Jean Pierre de Villiers.

Jean-Pierre was the first experience we had with a coach to optimise performance and Oliver covers the value he found from it and how it lead to the creation of the ML search offering. As a published author, speaker, and elite vegan athlete, JP as he is known, takes us through his own personal journey to become a high performance coach and more importantly his road to recovery from his own personal crisis having suffered a very serious accident whilst on a charity bike one year ago.

His lessons on personal responsibility and developing a mindset and habits are lessons anyone can take when dealing with difficulties.

About Jean-Pierre De Villiers

Jean-Pierre is a Professional Speaker, High Impact Coach, Author and Elite Vegan Athlete

JP, as he is known, coaches people how to tap into their full potential and perform at their best by transforming their body and mind and spirit. He delivers high impact coaching programmes giving people optimum certainty, energy and obsession.

With almost two decades of experience in peak performance and personal coaching, JP is renowned for running transformational events, seminars and challenges globally, stretching people to be their absolute best.

He has worked with thousands of influential men and women who demand the best from themselves and has over 250,000 followers on social media.

JP is the founder of Life Fitness University, an online coaching membership which is focused on making the best education, motivation and inspiration available and accessible to the world.

As well as speaking internationally, being featured on TedX, and being hired by large global organisations for his high impact coaching skills, Jean-Pierre regularly contributes to publications and features in the media. He is the author of several books, is a professional martial artist, has completed multiple ultra-marathons and other endurance events, is an Ironman triathlete and was voted as health coach of the year.

JP was selected as one of the most inspiring people in London, supported by the London Mayor’s Office, and has had the honour of speaking in front of the UAE Royal Family.

About the Host

Sam is Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif. We empower life sciences and industrial businesses to achieve their change management, diversity and transformation goals.

Sam personally focus on leadership searches across commercial, strategic, and corporate functions. He has worked across various industrial segments globally working cross-functionally and building teams in specialist industry segments, most notably in packaging, food & beverage. Based out of London but a world citizen (Portuguese, Ecuadorian) having lived in 4 different continents.

Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 2 of Morgan Latif Presents: Leadership in Transformation.

For this series, Oliver Morgan, Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif, takes the reins from Sam to discuss leadership in transformation. The goal of this series is to offer insights and lessons from our leadership network on restructuring and transformation success.

In this first episode, Oliver's joined by Dietmar Dold, who discusses his recipe for a successful transformation - consisting of the three Ps - and the leadership skills required for successful implementation of this framework, especially when there is a high level of uncertainty and a lack of internal agreement, which is almost always the case in the types of transformation discussed, such as pivoting and adopting a new business model, or wide scale cultural change.

Dietmar's has a Big 4 management consulting Partner background, Danahare executive, and acts as a C-level partner and Interim Executive. And on top of all of that, Dietmar was also a Germany double champion for both one and three meters springboard in the platform diving competition, competing at the same time as Jason Statham!

You can get in touch with Dietmar here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dietmardold/

This week, Oliver Morgan - Director at Morgan Latif - is joined by Head of Continuous Improvement at Philips, Carolyn Lum, who gives some enlightening insight into her role at Philips since she joined in 2014 and the Lean transformation journey that she has led.

They discuss the circumstances behind her joining Philips; teaching leadership and the importance of creating rock-stars (perfectly demonstrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ); the decision to focus initially on three Lean tools of daily management, problem solving and Kaizen, which laid the platform for accelerated improvements in revenue, profitability and quality; as well as a little bit about what she looks for in Lean leaders to drive the continuous improvement journey with her.

To find out more about Philips' Lean transformation journey:
- https://planet-lean.com/philips-lean-transformation/
- https://planet-lean.com/lean-leadership-development-philips/

To get in touch with Carolyn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-lum-2000108/

To get in touch with Oliver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivermorgan1/

In the latest episode of Morgan Latif Presents Oliver Morgan talks with Manfred Kwade, Partner Automotive at WP Board Services.

Oliver and Manred have a really interesting discussion about restructuring in automotive, starting with why companies often go into situations where they need to restructure in the automotive industry, how he would approach a typical restructuring situation, and then talks us through the leadership skills required to be successful in automotive restructuring.

Manfred is an experienced automotive executive and before WP Board Services, he gained significant international experience working at notable companies, such as Frasier and Philips Lighting.

In Episode 4 of this second season of Morgan Latif Presents, Oliver Morgan is joined by Georges Vandenhove, an experienced transformation leader who has seen over 100 restructures, transformations, mergers, acquisitions, and turnarounds.

In this episode, Georges and Olly discuss business driven HR leadership. Georges has got so much experience in this area and he uses the example of an industrial
business turnaround and the value that business driven HR leadership brought. We go on to talk about the value that business driven HR leaders can add to organizations and how HR leaders
should have a seat at the board.

Georges is currently partner at Square Circle and spent nearly 13 years prior at Ingersoll Rand/Trane Technologies. You can get in touch with him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgesvandenhove/

Get in touch with Oliver here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivermorgan1/

In this episode, Oliver Morgan - Director and Co-Founder of Morgan Latif - is joined by Marie-Philippe Vanheems to discuss the power of purpose. 

In the podcast they cover the definition of 'purpose' for individuals, companies and departments, as well as the importance of having a clear purpose, how you can define it, and the consequences of not having a clear purpose.

Marie-Philippe is a mechanical engineer and has over 15 years of experience in operational excellence working in top tier companies, including Avery Dennison, Nestle and Carlsberg. She helps conscious leaders transform their business from startups into big corporations and is a purpose developer and cash maker. She has her own I Love OPEX community, is a member of women international network, and has a vision of freedom and equity in the workplace.

Get in touch with Marie-Philippe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-philippe-vanheems%E2%9C%94-aa00847/

Get in touch with Oliver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivermorgan1/

We're just over half way through the season! In episode 6 Oliver Morgan is joined by Manufacturing & Supply Chain Leader, Nicholas Racster who discusses his approach to making transformation successful.

Nick is an expert in his field and an experienced manufacturing and supply chain leader, having led single factories, groups of factories and global supply chain, particularly through change or to a higher level. In total. Nick has seen over 50 transformations, both in corporate and private equity environments, and has a passion for leading and driving performance.

Oliver and Nick kick-off the episode by discussing what transformation really is, initially focusing on cost reduction, and they then move on to tackle the practicalities of large scale cultural change.Their overall focus is on how well transformations actually work, how to deliver a successful transformation and the key things to focus on. We hope you enjoy and feel free to get in touch if you'd like to continue the discussion!

Get in touch with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasracster/

Get in touch with Oliver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivermorgan1/

In Ep.7 of Morgan Latif Presents, Oliver Morgan has an enlightening conversation with Libby Costin - Chief Marketing Officer at Tetra Pak - as they discuss the marketing transformation journey at Tetra Pak.

Libby takes us through the state of marketing at Tetra Pak when she joined and the three waves of marketing transformation that they are embarking on: marketing services and customer innovation centers, digital infrastructure implementation, and a combined sales and marketing transformation. We get to hear about some of the challenges and opportunities of a digital and marketing transformation journey at a global organisation like Tetra Pak, as well as some of the leadership skills required to make this successful.

Libby is a high-performing and experienced thought-leader who has diverse leadership experience at global consumer products companies (Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay) and market leading industrial companies (Avery Dennison and Tetra Pak). She is a leader who takes an innovative and collaborative approach to building long-term value and sustained profitability, and has successfully led large multinational globally distributed teams with high engagement and strong delivery. We loved having her on the podcast!

Get in touch with Libby: https://www.linkedin.com/in/libbycostin/

Get in touch with Oliver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivermorgan1/

This week in Season 2 Ep.8, Oliver Morgan is joined by Christian Stickl to talk about the movement of ownership from private hand to private equity from the perspective of an incoming CEO.

Christian has over 18 years of international experience working in multinational corporations, including Hewlett Packard and Danaher. He spent over eighteen months living in America, has overseen factories in China, and has recently had four appointments as CEO when a business has gone through a transition of ownership.

He recently exited Kappa Optronics - a private equity-backed manufacturer of high-end vision systems - and in this discussion, he gives some valuable insights into some of the initial challenges CEOs face, such as poor customer retention, or technical developments, and cash flow management. He also takes us through the importance of many other important parts of an incoming CEO's role, including managing shareholder expectations, good strategy, deployment, the leadership team involved, as well as some low hanging fruit.

Get in touch with Christian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-stickl-9a4b793/

Get in touch with Oliver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivermorgan1/

Welcome to season 2, episode 9 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode, Oliver Morgan - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif - is joined by Dr. Reinhard Schiebeler to discuss his thoughts on leadership, especially the importance of servant leadership in today's generation, culture, and environment.

Reinhard is now CEO of Reinhard Schiebler Consulting, where he supports companies in critical situations, or to achieve top-level results as an Interim Executive. Throughout his career, he worked in various countries including the USA, Russia, Switzerland, Philippines, Finland, Portugal, and Germany and has previously held various leadership positions in companies including Philip Morris, and Glatfelter, before his most recent role as interim CFO of SGL Carbon in Germany. He's also an expert in operational excellence and building powerful leadership teams, and has a passion for supporting senior executives as a personal coach.

In our discussion, Reinhard is able to share some interesting examples of where leadership teams can fail, even if they have a solid foundation of continuous improvement. He illustrates his points with some great analogies and at the end, we have a really interesting discussion around what servant leadership really means and the importance of self-leadership.
Enjoy!

Get in touch with Christian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-stickl-9a4b793/

Get in touch with Reinhard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reinhardschiebeler/

Welcome to season 3, episode 1 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode, Oliver Morgan - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif - is joined by Steven Cox. After a career leading some of Fujitsu's largest businesses within the UK latterly the public sector and transport business, Steven took his executive leadership experience and became Fujitsu's first ever global ambassador for Diversity & Inclusion. 

In this podcast episode, we start off discussing the ED&I success factors, as well as a management approach or framework for implementation, especially relevant within large international organisations. We then look at ED&I  from an employee lifecycle perspective, and also tackle some of the topics like conflict of interest and some of the challenges that businesses don't always speak about. I hope you enjoy!

Get in touch with Steven Cox: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenajcox/

In this Episode Oliver is joined by Shereen Daniels, Shereen is Founder + Managing Director of HR rewired. The HR consultancy focusing on Antiracism and Racial Equity. Collectively they have unlocked over 50,000 global conversations about race, and with insights gleaned from reviewing over 1,000 Black Lives Matter Statements, published anti-racist commitments and published diversity, equity and inclusion reports, they have partnered with organisations such as Nandos, Totaljobs Group and Duke of Edinburgh Awards.  In addition, Shereen’s story has been featured in Forbes and she’s recognised as one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices for 2020.

In this Episode, they talk about what organizations can do regarding Equity Diversion & Inclusion and also about Leadership and the impact leaders can have on culture.

Welcome to Season 3, episode 3 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode, Sam Latif - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif - is joined by Sari Brody.  Sari has over 25 years of experience working in Equality,  Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I). In her latest role as the Global head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion at IKEA she has spearheaded the company's transformation into a leader in equality.

In this podcast episode, we start off discussing  Sari's career and dissect her journey over the last 25 years. We then discuss how that has shaped her perspective and how she sees the D&I space overall.  She also gives us practical examples that not only leaders, but all of us can take to form a more inclusive culture and through that find value in our own professional and personal lives.

I hope you enjoy!

Welcome to Season 3, episode 4 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode, Sam Latif - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif is joined by Amri Johnson. For over 20 years, Amri Johnson has been instrumental in helping organisations and their people create extraordinary business outcomes. Amri is the CEO/Founder of Inclusion Wins, he is building a global cooperative of people-focused solution providers for those whose work are informed and enhanced by inclusiveness.

In this podcast episode we discuss Amri's 20 year journey in the D&I space. We talk  most notably about the stuck points he believes D&I is now facing and how there is a need to deconstruct that paradigm. He gives us great insight on reconstructing it to  make it more accessible, actionable and sustainable. Overall he gives us great takeaways for all those in organisations and individuals looking to further their D&I missions.

Below is a link for Amri's survey that we would like you to kindly complete.
: bit.ly/inclusionwins 

Welcome to Season 3, episode 5 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode, Sam Latif - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif is joined by Tinna C. Nielsen and Lisa Kepinski, founders of the Inclusion Nudges initiative. They developed the Inclusion Nudges change approach based on their backgrounds in behavioural and social science and their lived and professional experiences with diversity, equity, and inclusion. They have worked together online for the past 8 years creating a global movement to fundamentally change how to make more equitable, sustainable, and inclusive organisations, communities, and society.

In this podcast episode we discuss their journey into the D&I space.  We discuss the background and journey of Inclusion Nudges and have a fascinating conversation on some of the topics in their guidebooks and particularly on the talent selection pieces. 

Welcome to Season 3, episode 6 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode, Sam Latif - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif is joined by Dr. Kathleen Hamblin. Kathleen has over 20 years experience as a corporate consultant and trainer for leadership and people management skills. She has worked as a Project Director for research grants, therapist and university professor. Kathleen has worked around the world and for the past 30 years has been based in Berlin, Germany.

Kathleen is particularly interested in Equity, Diversity & Inclusion as it relates to Leadership and Strategy and plays itself throughout the Talent Management Lifecycle. In this podcast episode we discuss her journey into the D&I space. We discuss the 5 common mistakes organisations make when it comes to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. We also discuss the Unconscious Bias in the Talent Management Lifecycle and specifically the Hiring Process.

Welcome to Season 3, episode 7 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode, Oliver Morgan - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif is joined by Samra Chekroun. Samra has 15 years of experience working in talent acquisition and career counselling. 

Samra felt that even in a modern country such women still struggle at every level within the corporate world. She co-created BBold a career and corporate consultancy with the mission to advance diversity and inclusion within the work place. They assist corporate in their diversity and inclusion program and women who are seeking to develop themselves, their careers and stand out in a competitive workplace. We discuss the challenges that women face particularly in the D&I space, from lack of self confidence to the art of self promotion.

Welcome to Season 3, episode 8 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode Oliver Morgan - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif is joined by Kristin Envig. Kristin has dedicated the past 24 years to women’s leadership and organizational change in order to inspire others to create a world where business flourishes and societies thrive. She created WIN in 97’ to bring alive a vision of a more feminine, global and sustainable way at work, in communities and life.

Kristin Engvig is a pioneer and thought leader in the field of creativity, feminine and authentic leadership. She embraces global responsibility through innovative leadership events and personal speaking engagements to inspire women worldwide to become agents of possibility. She was granted with the CEO-For Life award and the Best Practice Leader award in 2021, as well as being part of the Diversity Global Magazine's Top 10 Influential Women in Global Diversity. She also won the International Alliance of Women Award in 2010. We discuss valuing the feminine from key characteristics to how valuing the feminine can help the planet.

Welcome to Season 3, episode 9 of Morgan Latif Presents. In this episode Oliver Morgan - Co-Founder and Director of Morgan Latif is joined by Rea Eldem. Rea is a consultant, strategist, speaker and advocate for organisational change and transformation with a focus on gender equity. Rea looks at different organisations addressing bias and facilitating conversations about structural change for an inclusive working culture. 

She founded IN-VISIBLE BERLIN in 2019  with the purpose of supporting organisations to establish more gender equity. In this episode we discuss gender studies and uncover main themes and talk about what businesses can learn from gender studies.