Guy Ryan on leading with authenticity and respect

Guy Ryan recently made the big decision to step away from the organisation that he founded and poured his heart and soul into for so many years (Inspiring Stories) to become the new CEO of the Wellington Hospitals Foundation. This episode offers the honest and humble story of a leader who invented himself as a successful social entrepreneur at the age of 24, and has had the recent experience of reinventing himself as the CEO of a very different type of organisation. ---This episode is part of ‘Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand’, a collection that featuring the stories of six acclaimed New Zealand change-makers and their personal journey of ethical leadership. Together, these stories offer a great breadth of voices that reflects Aotearoa New Zealand’s diversity: leaders from various cultural backgrounds and upbringings, who are anchored in different communities, and who are making a positive difference to Aotearoa’s future by shifting the dial in various sectors of the economy. By sharing these real-life stories in a way that is humble, authentic and meaningful, we aim to demystify ethics, and make ethical leadership a concept we all become more fluent in, and a skill we all become more nimble with. What ELS? is a podcast by the Brian Picot Chair in Ethical Leadership | Aritahi,  at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. It is curated and produced by advisory firm Pocketknife.