Conflict Resolution, Ageism & Inclusion- Sports & the Workplace FT Megna Shankarnarayanan

Published: Jan. 9, 2021, 5:23 a.m.

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Conflicts, Inclusion, Socio-Economic & Gender Diversity, Teamwork and Competition.

These are common threads between sports and the workplace and that\\u2019s what we\\u2019re addressing in our Women of Substance Special for this episode.

Our guest Megna Shankaranarayanan is the current President of the Ultimate Players Association of India that governs over 10,000+ athletes.\\xa0She has represented India in multiple Asian, European & World Championships and brought home medals from the World Championships in Dubai & London.

A champion for gender equity, she convinced the National Federation to include the women\\u2019s division of the sport and went on captain India\\u2019s first ever women\\u2019s team. She has played an integral role in ensuring that the sport remains inclusive. She works as a senior sales consultant with Google India driving mental health awareness, corporate fund-raising initiatives along with DEI initiatives. She is an alumni of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

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Skip to your favourite part-

3.00- What is Ultimate Frisbee? And Women in Sport

6.00- Mixed Gender Sports & Opportunities for Women (Profession type vs Gender)

9.00- Socio-Economic Equality at Sports and Work

11.00- Allyship, Partnerships and what needs to change wrt women representation

13.30- Why diversity needs to be taught in school/college?

17.30- Dealing with differences, Conflict Resolution and the CALM technique

21.00- Managing Conflicts, Agreeing to Disagree and Moving On

24.00- Can sports and professional careers thrive alongside each other & why have 2 GOALS

28.00- Choice, Decision Making and Trade Offs

31.30- Sports- Failure and Teamwork

33.00- Ageism at Work and the EGO

35.00- Competition, Insecurities and Collaboration

37.00- One Gold Medal- healthy and unhealthy competition

40.00- Why leadership is a loaded word

43.30- Why and how we should FOLLOW

45.30- Work vs Identity

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Original Music by Joseph Mc Dade

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