S6-Ep7: Courageous Leadership Is Required to Address Global Issues

Guest: Mike Gerbis, CEO of Delphi

Politics and megaweather get all the attention on climate change, but the impacts on business are profound. The liabilities for business may rise faster than the temperature! So why are so many business leaders so far behind in dealing with it?

 

As Oz’s Lion would say, it boils down to courage. The climate issue means challenging the status quo, which upsets stockholders focused on short-term profit. Mike Gerbis, a CEO who HAS challenged the status quo, tells host Maureen Metcalf that businesses need courageous leadership to address climate change and other pressing global issues.

 

Produced in association with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org/ .

 

Other episodes you'll enjoy:

• The Circular Economy: Better for Earth, Better for Business with John Kilpatrick
• Hot Topics: A Prime Minister’s Perspective with the Right Honourable Kim Campbell
• Climate Change: Leaders in the Hot Seat with the Right Honourable Kim Campbell

 

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RESOURCES:  

You can learn more about the organizations Mike leads or works with on their websites. Delphi is at https://delphi.ca/about-us/ . Globe Series is at https://www.globeseries.com/ . And Canada’s Leading Change is online at https://leadingchangecanada.com/ .

 

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Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 

 

 

Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:

• Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane. Hardback (https://amzn.to/48Doh6j) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/48YCRF4)
• Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First by Martha Piper & Indira Samarasekera. Paperback (https://amzn.to/3tOtzg4) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/41OYdT5)
• Jilly Truit murder mysteries by Beverley McLachlin:
  • Full Disclosure – https://amzn.to/46TxW6Q (paperback) https://amzn.to/46VDL3Q (audiobook)
  • Denial – https://amzn.to/46YCbhs (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GJc0AA (audiobook)
• Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole

 

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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  

Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf

Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko

Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko

Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli

Courageously Keeping the Rest of Us In Line: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox

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About Our Guest:  

Mike Gerbis is CEO of a constellation of organizations that includes The Delphi Group, GLOBE Series, EXCEL Partnership and Leading Change and shares a common purpose: to achieve a sustainable, prosperous and socially just future in a generation. Mike works closely with Canadian and international leaders on issues related to climate change, corporate sustainability, cleantech and innovation, and the green economy. In addition to his 30 years of experience in sustainability consulting and events, Mike also engages and educates youth and business leaders through guest lectures and presentations as well as through initiatives such as SHAD Valley International and TEC Canada.