Ratana Stephens, CEO of Nature’s Path: “When it comes to business and people, I'm a lioness.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Ratana Stephens has always been fiercely loyal to her instincts and her employees. This week, she walked us through how she and her husband built Nature’s Path from a local food favorite into a global enterprise. And why investing in her employees has been the key to creating a sustainable business. In this episode, Ratana shares how she brings empathy into the workplace (5:48), why common sense should not be overlooked (10:54), and what it’s really like to start a business with your spouse (19:01).

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0:00.0	Yes, as a wife I'm loving and kind, but when it comes to business and people I'm illiness.
0:16.0	I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:18.0	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:20.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.
0:23.4	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:26.1	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:31.6	We started the skim from a couch so what better place to
0:34.3	talk it all out than where it began on a couch?
0:37.0	Hi everyone this show might sound a bit different today because we're skimming
0:47.4	from three different couches. The skim is working from home for the time
0:51.4	being because of COVID-19.
0:53.9	Today Ratna Stevens joins us on skimmed from the couch.
0:57.4	She is the co-founder and CEO of Nature's Path,
1:01.2	which she founded with her husband in 1985. Since then, Nature's Path
1:05.8	has grown to become North America's largest independent organic breakfast and
1:11.1	snack food company. Nature's Path is also a leader in sustainability
1:15.4	and has been recognized as one of Canada's greenest employers.
1:19.4	Ratna, welcome to Skin From the Couch.
1:22.2	Thank you.
1:23.0	We're so thrilled to have you here.
1:25.0	So we're going to ask you what we ask everybody, which is to skim your resume.
1:29.0	Walk us through it.
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