CAPITAL H - John Guziak

Today I would like to invite you to listen to another episode of the C-suit@Transformation podcast series. This time, together with my guest, Marta Florczak, Member of the Management Board and CHRO at Lidl Polska, we're discussing the impact of the pandemic on development opportunities and changes at HR departments, as well as the key factors that might prove significant from the perspective of professional career and achieving success in the future.

In this sequel of C-suite@Transformation podcast series I will talk to Magdalena Zielińska, HR Director in GOG.com. She will tell us what HR means to her, what challenges leaders will have to face this year, what should they focus on when implementing changes and making decisions, and what is her idea of work in future. My guest believes that each management board needs both flexibility and agility as they allow fast and easy response to changes and new market trends, such as globalisation. The number of firms organising international teams and giving their employees a choice to work from home, in a hybrid manner or in the office has been growing. The pandemics has contributed to the development of this model, which allows companies to employ the most talented people, and employees to adjust work performance to their needs and preferences.

In this episode of our C-suite@Transformation podcast I am talking to Joanna Jochimczyk, People Partner Cloud Tech EMEA at Google about how the HR function at Google is different from other HR organizations, what the work will look like in the future, and what companies need to consider to retain their employees and be able to work with the brightest talents. My guest believes that every organization should be working towards the goal of getting to know and understanding the needs of its employees. It is worthwhile to consider whether we really know the reason why teams stay with the company or, on the contrary, why they leave it. At the same time, each change introduced within the organization should be thoroughly planned and based on detailed data collected from people who are to be directly affected.

In another episode of the C-suite@Transformation podcast I'm talking with Katarzyna Bieńkowska about the role of HR and how its function has been evolving throughout her career, and about her experience with HR transformation via digitalization. This episode is a continuation of our discussion initiated during a webinar "HRT: How to accelerate transformation through digitalization?" You are more than welcome to watch the recording, which is available on our website.

In another episode of the C-suite@Transformation podcast I am taking with Mikołaj Woźniak about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the automotive industry and how the Volkswagen Group has coped with changes during crisis. We are discussing what the future of work will look like once the pandemic is over and how leaders can help their teams make work more efficient.