#20 - Making Corporate Values Human: A Conversation with Marsha Ershaghi Hames

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Marsha Ershaghi Hames about how COVID-19 has shaped and continues to shape, the way corporate leaders respond to challenges not only to their business models but also how they are evolving their dialogue with their own workforces in a new era of employee activism.

We discuss:
Supply chain changes
Good leadership over a remote workforce
The adaptability of leadership
Activating robust DEI efforts amid the pandemic
Who gets to shape an organization’s moral narrative?
The promise of younger employees to shape better conversations
The future of corporate governance

Marsha Hames is a partner at Tapestry Networks, a stakeholder strategy firm that designs a variety of collaborative meetings, for senior leaders in a given industry, in order to help advance positive economic and societal outcomes. Hames leads Tapestry’s corporate governance practice, offering advice on issues related to culture transformation, board leadership, and stakeholder engagement. She also serves as an expert fellow on USC’s Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making.