In this week’s episode, Tracy and Mike interview Tracie Sponenberg, Chief People Officer of the Granite Group. A great conversation on how leaders can build communications, support their teams and ultimately put people first. 

Show Highlights:

• Tracie S shares more about the Granite Group and her role as the Chief People Officer, including the most pressing challenges coming out of COVID, and her role in creating a psychologically safe environment for the team at the Granite Group. (00:53)
• Tracie S addresses how she and the team balanced business goals, while also working to create a physically and psychologically safe environment for the team (4:57)
• The group discusses the process of developing culture, and how the approach to growth can also help build a great culture (8:20)
• Tracy, Tracie, and Mike discuss the importance of creating a truly diverse and inclusive culture, and being intentional about challenging our own biases (17:56)
• The group discusses strategic planning and and how companies like hte Granite Group manage this process (24:50) 
• Tracie and Tracy talk about the challenge of driving great employee engagement among different employee groups, for instance: hourly vs. salaried, working from the office vs. remote workers. (36:20)
• The group closes the discussion with a conversion on what it means to be “people-first” in all things (41:58)

Related Links:

• A great part of this discussion was focused on challenging our biases, and on the process of becoming more diverse and inclusive as organizations, and as people. Following are several links to resources discussed in this podcast:  How to Be an Antiracist, Biased, White Awake, Brene Brown, White Fragility
• Do you want to learn more about The Granite Group? Visit: https://www.thegranitegroup.com/
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Related Podcasts: If you liked this episode, here’s a throwback episode to our conversation with Brett Hampson. 

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