Culture Makers
by Colin D EllisThis is a 'how to' podcast for anyone who wants to create a great place to work. Here, culture leaders will share their insights on how they build great cultures and I'll be sharing my experiences of helping organisations to establish and evolve winning cultures.
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Episodes
Jeffrey Sumberg, Executive Partner, Gartner
29m · PublishedJeffrey Sumberg is a seasoned executive leader with deep experience helping organisations address their most difficult human capital challenges.
From a legal role in labour relations and developing US government-wide policy and tools in all areas of human capital, to being a trusted partner for C-suite clients by helping them align people strategies with critical business goals. Throughout his career, Jeffrey has consistently delivered results by aligning people strategy with workforce needs and business priorities.
Jeffrey shares his experiences of culture in highly unionised environments, explains the Human Deal that powers Gartner and underlines how culture never stops.
He joins Culture Makers today from Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Highlights from our conversation include:
The importance of fairness and equity in federal employment [00:09:05] Discussion on the role of the Office of Personnel Management in setting standards for fair treatment of federal workers.
Enhancing organisational culture in federal agencies [00:10:18] Exploration of strategies to attract and retain talent in the federal government, despite limitations in compensation.
The bipartisan importance of a well-functioning government [00:12:19] Reflection on the non-partisan commitment to ensuring the right people with the right skills are in place to serve the American people.
The importance of continuous effort in building and sustaining culture [00:17:24] Jeffrey discusses the process of identifying and implementing behaviors to shape culture, emphasizing the need for ongoing reinforcement and accountability.
The perpetual nature of culture and the need for continual intentionality [00:18:32] Colin and Jeffrey highlight the importance of consistently being intentional about culture, as it is an ongoing and ever-present aspect of an organization.
The impact of culture on employee and client experiences [00:21:15] Jeffrey explains the correlation between a positive employee experience and the ability to provide excellent client services, emphasizing the value of deep connections, flexibility, personal growth, well-being, and a shared sense of purpose in enhancing the employee experience.
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Bhavya Misra Director & Head of HR - India, Lenovo
32m · PublishedWelcome to season five of the Culture Makers podcast with your host Colin D Ellis!
We are kicking off this season with a fantastic guest who walks the talk when it comes to people and culture.
Bhavya Misra is the Director & Head of HR - India, for Lenovo.
A seasoned HR professional, Bhavya started her career with PepsiCo, took a leap into the start-up world and then returned to PepsiCo before making her mid-pandemic move to Lenovo.
In our conversation Bhavya shares her insights into:
- The role of HR in the business
- Getting feedback from the floor
- Stepping out of your comfort zone
- Making decisions and backing yourself
- Learning before acting
- A holisitic approach to diversity and inclusion.
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Trudi Mares, Deputy Secretary Greater Sydney at Transport for NSW
25m · PublishedTrudi Mares describes herself as the accidental public servant but whether accidental or not, Trudi has carved out an impressive and impactful career and continues to learn, eveole and take the opportunities she rightly earns. She understands how to connect purpose and values and turn it into meaningful action and inspires the same in others.
Trudi has a passion for authentic leadership, customer and people experience and transformation. She has led teams across the NSW Public Service at NSW Police, Roads and Maritime Services, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Corrective Services and Attorney Generals and Justice. Her background spans business management, policy, finance, people and culture and shared and corporate services. Trudi holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).
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--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/messageREPLAY: Didier Elzinga, CEO of Culture Amp
23m · PublishedThis week's Culture Makers episode is a replay of my 2019 (pre-pandemic!) interview with Didier Elzinga, CEO of Culture Amp a people and culture platform that helps companies around the world to gather insight and analytics on engagement and performance so that they can build and evolve high achieving teams.
So while a lot has changed in the world of work since this interview, I think you'll also hear that not a lot has changed when it comes to attitudes towards culture and there's still a lot of scope to do more! If anything, culture has become even more important since this interview.
Didier left a highly successful career in Hollywood to, in his own words, 'make a bigger dent on the universe' by building a global software company on a mission to create a better world of work.
Culture Amp now has offices around the world, a growing roster of clients and plenty of insights into what it actually means to create that better world of work. Culture Amp walks the talk when it comes to their own people and culture and Didier shares his unique insights on:
⚡ Being a culture-first company
⚡ How the company uses technology to build connections between its global workforce
⚡ On winning at culture - but doing it the right way
⚡ Shifting mindsets in business - the growing realisations that culture will kill if you get it wrong and that there is no finish line - culture is never 'done'
⚡ How knowledge is not enough and the work Culture Amp does in designing systems that support companies in being human
⚡ Why you can't copy culture
⚡ The idea of 'Peak Culture' and why it has to be OK to not always belong.
We had a fascinating conversation and you can find out more about Culture Amp here: https://www.cultureamp.com/
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--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/messageRichard Corney, Managing Director & Founder at Inigo Coffee Group
26m · PublishedRichard has been in the coffee industry for 16 years, beginning with his first cafe in 2006. His career has taken him from behind a coffee machine to coffee farms in Colombia, washing stations in Burundi to head judging the World Barista Championships. His work with growers as part of Raw Material has been some of the most rewarding; developing and building new relationships with in-country partners for project work in Rwanda and Burundi and connecting coffee buyers with meaningful and impact-driven coffee value chains all over the world. Richard is a big believer is sharing knowledge and experiences for the greater good and knows that culture and commitment to values is a big part of finding and keeping great people.
Find out more about Flight Coffee and Raw Material
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--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/messageLeanne Pilkington, CEO Laing+Simmons, Deputy President of the Real Estate Institute of Australia and founder of Real Women in Real Estate
27m · PublishedLeanne is an award-winning CEO and Director with a demonstrated history of building vibrant cultures of success in the real estate industry. Skilled in Leadership, Negotiation, Property, Sales and Event Management, Leanne was recognised as the Most Influential Woman in Property at the 2021 AREA awards and Industry Thought Leader of the Year at the REB Awards. She has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Sydney Graduate School of Management, is a dynamic public speaker, and the host of the Courageous Conversations podcast. Leanne shares her career story, how she navigates the cultures and sub-culutres of a franchise business, her approach to team bonding and why she still personally leads the induction day for all new starters.
Listen to Courageous Conversations here
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--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/messageTamara Ryf, Chief Executive Officer Clicks IT Recruitment & INDEX Consultants
22m · PublishedTamara Ryf is an experienced executive with 20 years’ experience in Australia and Europe providing staffing, consulting and technology solutions to Private and Public Sector organisations.
Her strength is in building vibrant cultures that work collaboratively with clients to achieve their business objectives through the attraction and retention of exceptional individuals. She is a pragmatic solutioneer with strong commercial management capability who champions both human and technology-driven innovation. Tamara has been with Clicks in Melbourne for around 16 years in a variety of roles and last year was named CEO.
Throughout her first year as CEO of Clicks, Tamara has been sharing her insights and journey on LinkedIn
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--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/messageRamez Katf, Second Commissioner and Chief Information Officer at the Australian Tax Office
27m · PublishedAs Second Commissioner and CIO, Ramez Katf provides leadership and strategic direction on information and communications technology in the ATO and ensures the delivery of technology services to support staff. He also ensures that the organisation is leveraging the most innovative trends in technology, to improve the experience of staff and clients.
Before joining the ATO, Ramez was a managing director at Accenture for more than 29 years, working with government and non-government clients to deliver large-scale transformational change, in particular with innovative, technological business solutions.
In this episode of Culture Makers Ramez and I chat about the transformation challenge, how to influence and evolve culture in a new role, the importance of continuous innovaton and more!
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--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/messageMatteo Trisolini, Chief Behavioural Officer, South Slope Paediatrics
22m · PublishedBorn in Italy and educated in Milan, Matteo started his own photography business at an early age and spent 10 years shooting and exhibiting his work around the world. After starting their own family, Matteo and his husband became entrepreneurs in the healthcare sector when they opened the pionnering South Slope Pediatrics in New York City. Matteo fell in love with customer experience and company culture and works with empathy, humour and passion to ensure it is demonstrated every day, in every interaction at SSP.
Find out more about South Slope Pediatrics' vibrant culture: http://www.southslopepediatrics.com/ssp-culture.html
Connect with Matteo on LinkedIn for great culture content.
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29m · PublishedNarelle Burke's full job title is as big as her experience and passion for people: Chief Human Resources Officer, Insights for Asia Pacific and Head of Diversity and Inclusion Global for Kantar.
Narelle is an award winning international Human Resources (HR) leader with more than 20+ years’ experience working in strategic HR Business Partnering and Centres of Excellence roles. She has worked across a multitude of country, regional and global roles and across various industries; from Government business enterprises to Tech start-ups. In particular, Narelle is known for her work in organisational leadership, transformation and change, development of an inclusive culture, developing talent in agile ways and the ability to turn around and build great teams. She is unapologetically authentic and human and brings an endless energy, drive, positivity and passion for people to all roles she takes on.
In this episode we talk learning as a leader, doing more on diversity and the importance of a support crew to help you realise your potential.
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--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/messageCulture Makers has 62 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 26:18:08. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 24th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 19th, 2024 14:11.
