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Women Emerging Podcast

Every week, we produce a new episode that explores women and leadership from a different perspective. In a series of lively, wide-ranging discussions, we talk to women all over the world who are dealing with tough leadership challenges in their daily lives. We find out the barriers they face and how they are overcoming them; they share their experiences, insights and advice. (the series also informs and illustrates the expedition while it is underway and gives updates on the members’

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194. WE Explorer Vijaya Balaji on How to Lead So...

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/12/03

In this episode, Julia speaks with Vijaya, a WE Explorer about her powerful reframing of vulnerability from weakness to strength. She was part of the Women Emerging expedition for women leading in India, in partnership with Buzz Women.Vijaya begins by reflecting on how she grew up believing that showing vulnerability made you unreliable, less capable, and easier to dismiss. As a founder and leader, this belief pushed her into toughness, especially during the crisis year of 2020, when her

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193. WE Explorer Nayonika Roy on What She Discovered...

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/11/26

In this episode, Julia speaks with Nayonika Roy, a WE Explorer from the India Group Expedition, about discovering her Essence and how that understanding has influenced the way she leads.Nayonika shares how she initially rejected Motherness. It felt like a stereotype. But through reflection and the Expedition, she realised that Motherness captures what she naturally brings: care, emotional awareness, organisation, and creating spaces where people feel comfortable and seen.She talks about how

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192. When Trailblazing Chooses You: Isata on Leading...

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/11/19

In this episode, Julia speaks with Isata Kabia, about what it really means to be a trailblazer and why leading doesn’t always have to be loud.Isata shares that being a trailblazer often isn’t a choice. It happens when you step forward out of necessity, conviction, or courage when you realise, as she puts it, “the hero you’ve been waiting for is you.”She talks about her journey of learning to lead as a quiet storm: calm yet powerful, nurturing yet unyielding. The “quiet” stands for listening,

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191. Combining Ego and Empathy in Leading

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/11/12

In this episode, Julia speaks with Ragini Das co-founder of Leap Club, a community of over 25,000 women — about how to combine ego and empathy in leading.Ragini shares why she refuses to see ego as a “dirty word.” For her, ego is self-belief — the conviction that fuels courage, creativity, and resilience. It’s what helps you dream big and keep going when the odds are against you. But she also insists that ego alone isn’t enough. Without empathy, you lose connection, trust, and perspective.The

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190. Transformational Leadership and How To Get Unstuck

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/11/05

In this episode, Julia speaks with Mai Chen, constitutional lawyer, author, and change-maker, about one of the most overlooked challenges of leading finding the energy to keep going when you feel stuck.Mai reflects on what she calls “transcending worlds” - the process of shifting from one phase of life or leadership into another, especially after exhaustion or disappointment. She shares how energy, not time, is the true currency of leading, and how we often drain it trying to meet expectations, fit

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189. WE Explorers Jenny & Unnati on Body & Disability

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/10/29

In this episode, Julia speaks with Unnati and Jenny, two women who joined the Women Emerging expedition on leading with a disability or chronic condition, about what it means to lead when your body demands a different pace, and how that changes everything about how you lead yourself and your team.They start by exploring the pressure to push through pain, mask discomfort, and pretend you’re fine, especially when you’re the one in charge. Both share the emotional cost of ignoring your limits, and what

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188. WE Explorers Lily & Melati on How Friendship...

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/10/22

In this final episode of the Changemakers series, Julia speaks with Lily and Melati, co-founders and co-leaders of their organisation, about what it really means to lead side by side.The two reflect on the months they’ve just spent on the Women Emerging Expedition, realising again and again how rare and valuable it is to have a partner in leadership when so many peers are walking a lonely road. They talk about the power of being “the same but different” similar enough to share a wavelength,

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187. WE Explorers Maryam and Nivaal on Combining...

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/10/15

In this episode, Julia speaks with identical twins Maryam and Nivaal, who often lead together as one voice. They share how their approach to leading has evolved sometimes converging, sometimes diverging and how they balance respect for each other’s strengths with the need to make joint decisions.Maryam & Nivaal were part of Women Emerging expedition for Global Changemakers in partnership with YouthtopiaThe conversation explores a central dilemma for leaders: if you never listen, you risk

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34:53

WE Explorer Belai on Leading Without Words: Art,...

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/10/08

In this episode, Julia speaks with Belai, a young changemaker and artist, about the power of leading without words.Belai shares how she uses traditional art forms like music, dance, and weaving as leadership tools to connect people, shift energy, and ground communities in shared purpose. From playing the sape (a traditional healing instrument) to leading communal dances and weaving circles, she shows how leadership can transcend language barriers and invite deeper connection.She also speaks candidly

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185. WE Explorer Ghina on Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Lead

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/10/01

In this episode of the series with explores from Changemakers expedition, Julia speaks with Ghina, a 24-year-old law graduate whose message is simple and urgent: don’t wait to lead.Growing up the youngest of four sisters, Ghina absorbed early lessons that leadership isn’t a title but a mindset, something you practice long before anyone calls you a leader. She reflects on the battles with self-doubt, modesty, and cultural expectations that made her hesitate to step forward, and the turning points

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184. Navigating the World We Live In with Hope – Dr....

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/09/24

In this standalone episode, Julia turns to Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, global leader and philanthropist, for wisdom on how to lead with hope in a world that often feels overwhelming.Musimbi reflects on lessons from communities she has worked with around the world, including Indigenous women in Peru who remind us that as long as we are alive, we cannot live without hope. She speaks about hope not as naïve optimism, but as an active choice: showing up each day, making small differences, and course-correcting

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183. How to Lead: Balancing Task, Team, and...

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/09/17

In this episode of the How to Lead – 2025 Edition series, Julia Middleton revisits a Women Emerging favourite: Julia Cleverdon’s framework of task, team, and individual.Back by popular demand after her earlier episodes (95 and 96), Julia Cleverdon returns to answer listener questions on how leaders can hold these three circles in balance. She shares insights on building strong teams without letting prima donnas dominate, sustaining energy when cynicism creeps in, and the challenges of leading

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182. How to Give Feedback with Monica Medina

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/09/10

In this episode of the How to Lead – 2025 Edition series, Julia reconnects with Monica Medina after her earlier episode on performance reviews sparked a flood of listener questions. This time, they take on one of the trickiest parts of leading: how to give feedback.Monica explains why feedback is so hard both for the giver and the receiver and why avoiding it usually makes things worse, not better. She shares practical tools for leaders who want to give feedback that is fair, constructive, and

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181. How to Lead Brave Teams

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/09/03

In this episode of How to Lead – 2025 Edition, Julia is joined by Zainah Anwar, a trailblazing feminist and human rights advocate whose decades of work have helped shift how women’s rights are understood and practised within Islamic legal and cultural frameworks.Best known for founding Sisters in Islam and now leading the global movement Musawah, Zainah speaks with striking honesty about the realities of leadership when your work is seen as both revolutionary and controversial. From pushing for

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180. Anita R. Ratnam on How to Lead Creative Teams

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/08/27

In this episode of the How to Lead – 2025 Edition series which is focused on the practical realities of leading in today's world, Julia speaks with Anita R. Ratnam, performer, choreographer, writer, and cultural commentator, about what it really takes to lead creative teams.Anita explains why leading creative people starts with trust: trust in the team, trust in the process, and trust in yourself. She shares how to create the right kind of invitation by holding space for chaos, she talks about

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179. Julia Middleton on How to Give a Good Speech

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/08/20

In this episode of the How to Lead – 2025 Edition series, Julia shares the practical steps that can turn a nerve-wracking speaking slot into a powerful moment of connection.She breaks a good speech into two halves: preparation and delivery. From using A5 cue cards and writing your opening and closing lines first, to finding the right pauses, stories, and shifts in volume, Julia’s approach is rooted in years of trial, error, and speaking to audiences around the world.Along the way, she shares tips

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178. Autumn Phillips on How to Lead a Strategy Meeting

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/08/13

In this episode of the How to Lead – 2025 Edition series, Julia speaks with Autumn Phillips, a travel writer, adventurer, and change leader, who spent two decades as a newspaper editor leading award-winning newsrooms across the United States.Autumn shares how to run a strategy meeting that doesn’t feel like a slow march through an agenda. Drawing from her experience leading both high-pressure editorial rooms and creative retreats around the world, she explains how to create conditions where people

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177. Susan Taylor on How to Lead a Strategy Day

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/08/06

In this episode of How to Lead: 2025 Edition, Julia is joined by Susan Taylor, a CEO & leadership coach and facilitator whose work invites us to reimagine what real leadership feels like; not just from the outside, but from within.Susan talks about entering a room grounded, choosing observation over reaction, and how to read the atmosphere of a meeting not just for what’s being said, but what’s being felt. Susan shares practical insights from her work.This isn’t leadership as performance. It’s

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176. Dr. Fiona Kerr on How to lead a strategy day

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/07/30

In this episode of the How to Lead - 2025 Edition series, Julia speaks with Dr. Fiona Kerr, a neuroscientist, engineer, and systems thinker, about how to lead a strategy day in a way that truly taps into the collective intelligence of the room. Fiona begins with neuroscience: why proximity makes us smarter, how brains sync when people interact face-to-face, and what that means for the quality of thinking in a strategy session. She then explores how to design and steer, not control a conversation

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175. Paula Redway on How to Lead a Strategy Day

Women Emerging Podcast ·

2025/07/23

In this episode of the How to Lead – 2025 Edition series, Julia speaks with Paula Redway, Culture and Community Development Manager at Oxford City Council, who shares practical, creative, and refreshingly honest advice on running a strategy day.Drawing on her background in the arts, Paula offers guidance on everything from how to set the tone and read the room, to how to use physical space, body language, and structure to help people open up and contribute. She discusses what makes people switch off

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