HeyJaredFuture Shapers: Next-Gen Leadership Stories
A BRG podcast spotlighting the journeys of emerging leaders, told through the stories that shaped their paths to success in today's dynamic world.BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise.
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Difference Is the Superpower (opens the original)
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What does Spider-Man have to do with leadership? For Heather Sager, more than you'd expect. In this episode, BRG Director Shantee Hope sits down with Heather, her longtime friend and Senior Workforce Transformation consultant at Perceptyx, to discuss what happens when the thing you spend years hiding turns out to be what makes you good at your job. Heather traces the story back to childhood: learning struggles in school in rural Pennsylvania, the shame of feeling like she processed the world dif
Captain of Your Own Career (opens the original)
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What can a children's picture book about a school election teach about leadership? More than you might expect. In this episode of Future Shapers, BRG D irector Kelli Foy sits down with Rachel Gervin, a ssistant general counsel at NCR Voyix , to explore leadership, representation, and resilience through the lens of Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio—the story of a young girl who notices there has never been a woman president and decides to do something about it. Rachel reflects on the themes
There's No Leadership Playbook (opens the original)
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What can Home Alone teach us about leadership? In this episode of Future Shapers, BRG Director Mark Jennings sits down with James Breese, a partner at Stewarts, to explore leadership, resilience, and team-building through the holiday classic. James reflects on the four themes he sees in the film—confidence, determination, resilience, and protectionism—and how those qualities shaped his approach to leadership while helping build Stewarts' policyholder disputes team from the ground up. They explor
Leadership Is a Muscle (opens the original)
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Leadership is not something you are born with or given—it's a muscle you can train. In this episode of Future Shapers, BRG Associate Director Isaac Wong sits down with Hsiang Low, cofounder and general counsel at Riverchain, to discuss messages from Disney's Mulan to explore how one develops into a leader. Hsiang shares why effective leadership starts with listening and why growing comfortable with discomfort is nonnegotiable. He breaks down the balance between delivering honest, consistent feed
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