Angela Ahrendts, Board Chair, Save the Children International [Part 1]

[Archive Interview from March 4, 2021]

“Deep values help build deep trust. Deep trust empowers individuals. And it unites groups of people, ordinary people, to collectively do extraordinary things,” says Angela Ahrendts, a member of the Board of The HOW Institute and the Chair of the Board of Save the Children International.  Angela spoke with Dov Seidman, Founder and Chairman of The HOW Institute,  on this special episode of HOW Conversations.  

Angela is the catalyst behind The HOW Institute's research report Human Connection in the Virtual Workplace. The report found that since the start of the pandemic human connection was strained for all employees but for some more than others, particularly women and younger workers. Yet, the findings also showed workers felt more meaningfully connected when their supervisors exhibited and embodied responsible, ethical and moral leadership behaviors. 

 The two also discuss the role of love in business, leadership frameworks for working virtually and engendering trust in others. “Our job as leaders is to look ahead, use our instincts to unite our teams of people. What underpins all of that is trust, ” Angela tells Dov. 

Watch the episode to hear why Angela believes that trust allows us to make deeper human connections and what she learned about moral leadership while she was the SVP of Apple Retail and the CEO of Burberry.

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