Ambassador Joan H Underwood, Managing Director and Principal Consultant UTDS Inc
- Ambassador Underwood is the Managing Director of and Principal Consultant of UTDS, Inc.
- She served as the Chief Implementation Officer in the office of the Prime Minister, The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer.
Podcast
Overview
In this episode of The Brand Called You, Ambassador Joan H Underwood, Managing Director and Principal Consultant UTDS Inc. discusses key insights from her career in human resources management and leadership. She touches on essential skills for HR practitioners, common challenges faced by Caribbean organizations in engaging HR strategically, and HR’s role in diversity, equity and inclusion. She shares her experiences overcoming obstacles as a woman leader and offers advice for aspiring leaders. The conversation covers important themes in HR and leadership based on her multifaceted background including her book.
00:32- About Ambassador Joan H Underwood
- Ambassador Underwood is the Managing Director of and Principal Consultant of UTDS, Inc.
- She served as the Chief Implementation Officer in the office of the Prime Minister, The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer.
- She is the author of a book titled Managers First Aid Kit, a Practical Guide to Remedy the Three Most Common Managerial Challenges.
03:52- What in your view are some common challenges that organisations in the Caribbean face when it comes to HR and how do they overcome these challenges?
- It is less common to see HR at the C-suite table making big decisions about business strategy and competitive advantage.
- To overcome this challenge, HR practitioners need to show that we understand the business and speak the language of business, before seeking to be understood.
- We should seek first to understand the business and business strategy, then we can talk to our C-suite partners about how we can bring the people along to help them execute successfully on the strategy.
17:50- What advice would you have for young HR professionals aspiring to become leaders in their field, based on your own journey?
- For anyone aspiring to be a leader, it’s very important, for you to ensure that you do the hard and necessary work to inspire confidence in others because you can only lead if people are willing to follow.
- You need to establish your credibility and ensure that you do the hard and necessary work to be the best at your craft.
- If you want to lead others, you have to show that you care for others – for people to be committed to you, they have to believe in you and the vision that you’re asking them to work towards.
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- Ambassador Underwood is the Managing Director of and Principal Consultant of UTDS, Inc.
- She served as the Chief Implementation Officer in the office of the Prime Minister, The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer.
