{"id":6829,"date":"2022-03-02T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/?post_type=tc-podcast&#038;p=6829"},"modified":"2022-03-08T12:35:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:35:16","slug":"dame-inga-beale-on-embracing-your-identity-from-chameleon-to-role-model","status":"publish","type":"tc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/podcast\/dame-inga-beale-on-embracing-your-identity-from-chameleon-to-role-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Dame Inga Beale on embracing your identity: from chameleon to role model"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the first episode of We All Make Mistakes, our podcast host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.escp.eu\/voyer-benjamin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Voyer<\/a>, a professor of entrepreneurship at ESCP Business School and a behavioural scientist, speaks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ingabeale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dame Inga Beale<\/a>, the former and first female CEO of Lloyd\u2019s of London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognised as a role model throughout the LGBTQ+ community as well as one of the most successful businesswomen in the insurance sector, Inga Beale has many impressive titles. To the point where one might wonder: <strong>has Inga Beale ever made a mistake?<\/strong> Ben Voyer digs in to learn how Inga Beale became the successful and inspiring leader she is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/wamm_portrait_ingabeale_web_h.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Dame Inga Beale for We All Make Mistakes podcast\" class=\"wp-image-6830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/wamm_portrait_ingabeale_web_h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/wamm_portrait_ingabeale_web_h-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/wamm_portrait_ingabeale_web_h-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/wamm_portrait_ingabeale_web_h-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>We All Make Mistakes Episode One: Interview with Dame Inga Beale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaking your truth&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The art to my success, or part of it, has been the ability to be a bit of a chameleon and adapt in certain situations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><mark>While Inga Beale recognises the usefulness of adaptability, she equally believes in the importance of authenticity.<\/mark> And it might actually be finding the right balance between the two that is the key to success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cSome people find me terrifying and other people say, oh, but she&#8217;s the most lovely thing in the world. And that&#8217;s because I do this chameleon thing sometimes, although I struggle with it. I also want to be authentic, as much as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This desire to not rock the boat may have led Inga Beale to follow some advice at the start of her career that she later regretted. <em>\u201cI was advised in various times of my career to not speak up about something, to not challenge, to not upset things, and I wish I hadn&#8217;t followed that. In other words, I wish I had spoken up and I wish I had challenged.\u201d<\/em> But Inga Beale did find her voice, and once again, it was her commitment to authenticity that motivated her to open up about her personal choices and be a role model for others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cYou can&#8217;t have one view internally and a different view externally. It doesn&#8217;t work anymore. With social media, the way everyone communicates, you can&#8217;t have two different versions of something. And actually, I think it takes courage, means and time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impulsiveness can lead to beautiful paths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Inga Beale, <strong>impulsivity and impatience are what led her to make most of her mistakes<\/strong>, like when she walked out on a job in the late 80s and went away to travel the world:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI have been a bit too impulsive at times. I left this company without giving it enough time because I just saw it going in one direction. Rather than staying and trying to change it or bring it back to a more modern environment, I just chose to give up and leave \u2014 and that&#8217;s a mistake.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAlthough that impulsiveness was also very positive. Walking out of that job in the late 80s, travelling around the world, meeting a female role model in Sydney, being inspired to go back and take the insurance sector back on, was a really positive thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An impulsive decision she confesses was partly caused by her personal life falling apart at the time. Something that we would never talk about in a professional context then, but that is now mostly accepted &#8211; especially with the impulse of younger generations. With Gen Zs accessing the job market, openly discussing mental health issues at work and in our personal lives is becoming very important. <strong>When <a href=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/choose-to-lead\/it-was-now-the-time-to-feel-free-and-to-be-able-to-bring-my-whole-self-to-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inga Beale<\/a> started her career, telling your colleagues about personal matters wasn\u2019t a common thing.<\/strong> <em>\u201cI was in the closet for years and years, then I decided to come out as a lesbian when I went for a new job. When people don&#8217;t know much about your private life, you can feel unapproachable, unfriendly, and it&#8217;s partly because you&#8217;re hiding this other stuff but people don&#8217;t know that. I realised I was lying to people and I thought, \u2018this isn&#8217;t good\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I was advised in various times of my career to not speak up about something, to not challenge, to not upset things, and I wish I hadn&#8217;t followed that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To hear more about Dame Inga Beale\u2019s opinion on being a role model or on the challenges she\u2019s faced trying to modernise a centuries-old industry, have a listen to WAMM\u2019s first episode, available on all your favourite podcast apps.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of entrepreneurship and behavioural scientist Ben Voyer digs in to learn how Dame Inga Beale became the successful and inspiring leader she is today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6831,"template":"","tags":[51,42,49],"podcast-category":[68,198],"class_list":["post-6829","tc-podcast","type-tc-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-career-lessons","tag-leadership","tag-management","podcast-category-the-choice-podcasts","podcast-category-we-all-make-mistakes","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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