62. Janine Canham: Bringing humanity back to the workplace

Sue Stockdale talks to Janine Canham, Chief Operating Officer of Sanford C. Bernstein in Asia about how she leads her team by showing empathy and building a sense of team spirit. Janine also talks about her love of running, particularly ultra-distance races and draws the parallels between both environments.Janine Canham was born of a British mother and Lebanese father and was raised in Beirut until the Civil War. She has lived in Hong Kong for 30 years. She started her career as a lawyer with an international law firm. Janine sat on the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and led the establishment of Bernstein in Hong Kong, Singapore, and India. Janine has twin boys and is an avid runner, having taken part in numerous multi-stage ultra-races across the world. She has also dabbled in triathlon, completed an Ironman, and is a keen supporter of RUN, a charity in Hong Kongwhich helps support vulnerable refugees through the power of sport.Find out more about Janine Canham https://www.linkedin.com/in/janine-canham-21b58929/Janine Canham Quotes'My dad's Lebanese and we lived in Beirut till I was 12 and left because of civil war. Now I look at refugees and think, there but for the grace of God, we were obviously very lucky.''I think COVID especially has made people appreciate families more, and appreciate your colleagues' families more as well'.'I think you don't need to hide your vulnerabilities.''We're trying to be really understanding and help people and I hope people appreciate that.''I guess when it gets really, really tough and you're struggling, that's when the mental game kicks in. And when you have to play mind games with yourself to stop yourself from quitting.''I think with the job and the running event, you have to have the finish line in mind. I think I'm not quite sure yet how I'm going to get there, but I know somehow I'm going to find a way to get there.''I think the main thing with people working remotely is just to make sure we all stay connected with each other.'Read the transcription for this episode on www.accesstoinspiration.org and connect with us:Twitter www.twitter.com/accessinpirat1 Facebook www.facebook.com/accesstoinspiration Instagram www.instagram.com/accesstoinspiration LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/access-to-inspiration/ Download our Impact Report https://accesstoinspiration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/Impact-Report-2021.pdf Sign up for our newsletter http://eepurl.com/hguX2b Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra (he/him)Producer: Sue Stockdale (she/her)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/access-to-inspiration--4156820/support.