Creating Positive Impact While Leading Through Change and Uncertainty – A Conversation with Laura Paglia, CEO of the Canadian Forum for Financial Markets

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Laura Paglia about authentic leadership and navigating change with integrity and resilience.

What does authentic leadership mean amid rapid change and digital noise? On this week’s episode of the Do Good to Leac Well podcast, I speak with Laura Paglia, CEO of the Canadian Forum for Financial Markets, who draws from her experience leading Canada’s top financial markets think tank and decades in private practice to answer this question. Her answers challenge the myth that ethics are just slogans, showing how integrity and transparency must guide every decision, even with the toughest choices. We also explore how to bring together diverse perspectives and contentious viewpoints, leveraging empathy without sacrificing progress and accountability. She also shares how she keeps herself and her team resilient by focusing on controllable outcomes. We also have a candid discussion about the impacts and opportunities of AI ranging from increased efficiency to navigating job disruption. Laura emphasizes the importance of maintaining our critical thinking and curiosity, even as technology transforms the informational and decision-making landscape. The conversation closes with an empowering message focused on the importance of stepping back, not personalizing setbacks, and always…

People in this episode

Host: Craig Dowden

Guest: Laura Paglia

Topics covered

• authentic leadership
• change management
• ethics in leadership
• diversity and inclusion
• AI impact
• resilience
• organizational change

Keywords

• leadership
• integrity
• transparency
• empathy
• AI
• critical thinking
• organizational change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian Forum for Financial Markets

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