Learn to Lead - The Podcast

Learn to Lead - Episode 8 - Helen

In our season finale, we will be interviewing Helen, the Learn to Lead Student Coordinator. Helen is an undergraduate student finishing her final year at Western. She'll share her perspectives and reflections from a season of conversations.

Learn to Lead - Episode 7 - Ladan

This week, Helen sat down with Ladan Mowlid, who works with as the Equity, Diversity and Education Coordinator at Western. You’ll hear about Ladan’s focus on EDI and why education is so important. She “leads by behind” and empowers others to step into their own leadership.

Learn to Lead - Episode 6 - Meg

This week, Helen sat down with Meg U’Ren, who works with the Transition, Leadership and Enrichment team at Western. Learn about her career journey which included a major shift in the earlier part of her career. In this conversation, we talk about how good leaders “take bits and pieces and apply it to their own leadership style.”

Learn to Lead - Episode 5 - David

This week, Helen sat down with David Feeney, who works with the Career Education team at Western. Learn about how experience working in not-for-profit and career education have provided him with transferable skills. David speaks at length about the various career paths and why “the idea that you need to find your passion is a misnomer”.

Learn to Lead - Episode 4 - Heather

In this week’s episode, Helen sat down with Heather Wakely. Heather, an English major, infuses her love of language into her current career. Learn about her 16-year history at Western University. Currently, she is the Team Lead for the Experiential Learning. Heather will speak about informal leadership and why your behaviours and actions strongly influence your personal style.