Empowering Workplaces

It is possible for great CEOs to be both competent and kind. Maybe it doesn’t sound like an easy balance, but this is certainly true for Popmenu’s leadership, and one of the key reasons the company has been able to build and sustain an exceptional culture.

We are joined in this episode by Anna Bruns, Head of Talent and Culture at Popmenu, who talks about how the head of talent can work hand in hand with the CEO in building a culture where both the people and the business thrives.

The pandemic has given us a reason to redefine the value of collaborating. What is the purpose of a meeting? Should a meeting actually be an email? Are in-person meetings even necessary any more? In this conversation with Lindsey Caplan, Organizational Psychologist and founder of The Gathering Effect, we dig into this topic with a specific focus on company gatherings for creating change.

Employee experience today encompasses everything, almost from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to sleep; whether you’re working or not, there’s some way that your work is impacting you. For this episode, our guest Anna Matuszewska, Ph.D, an expert on Talent Management, joins us to talk about how learning development has changed and how the way employers approach career development is an even greater strategic imperative that impacts each person throughout the organization.

When you watch the news these days, it’s hard not to feel discouraged about the world… but that doesn't necessarily mean that you have to join ranks with the pessimists! In fact, when facing negativity, it’s extra important to be optimistic to help offset any bad vibes that might be surrounding you.

In this episode, we talk about both the simple and the complex things that keep us going, and what can we do to start walking on the sunnier side of the street.

Dr. Candace Steele Flippin is a communications executive, best-selling author, and multigenerational workplace scholar. Her mission is to help women accelerate their career growth so that they can achieve the careers they need, want and deserve.

She joins us as she launches her newest book: Get Your Career in SHAPE: A Five-Step Guide to Achieve the Success You Need, Want, and Deserve.

Workers today are increasingly seeking full transparency from their employers. That means that a company’s values are an even more critical part of a successful recruiting strategy. In fact, 88% of workers said that it's important for them to have a sense of a company's culture when they are applying for a job.

For this episode, our guest Yaagneshwaran Ganesh —also known as Yaag— host of the podcast ABM conversations, joins us to talk about how effectively marketing your company culture can significantly help you employment brand.

In this episode, we chat with Brian Mohr, co-founder of Anthym, about what it really means to "bring your whole self to work".  The pandemic has brought a new impetus towards more empathy in the workplace, meaning that we need better systems for helping employees to connect better and build better relationships with each other, within teams, and also between managers and direct reports. Why? Because this is the foundation for trust, as well and a key component of diversity and inclusion. We dig into some great ideas for how to make it happen!

In this episode we chat with Meico Whitlock, mindfulness consultant and founder of Mindful Techie about the impact of technology and information overload on wellbeing. We're so tethered to our devices these days, in good ways (like being able to work remotely during the pandemic) and bad ways (like spending too much time doom-scrolling on social media. Meico shares some useful tips for maintaining balance in a tech-heavy world.

There is a lot to talk about when it comes to career development and the best things that companies can do today to help their people grow, especially when development is such an essential part of retention. How are employee-led approaches working when it comes to internal mobility and finding the right opportunities? And how does a company build a succession plan that doesn’t become outdated as soon as it’s created?

The answer may be in creating succession chains based on skill and merit, and making them fit into the organization’s plans for the near future, while preparing leaders and direct reports for a vast array of possibilities.

Joining us for this episode is a very special guest, Julie Rodda, PhD, Talent Management Leader, to talk about the future of succession planning and career development and how to best prepare for it.

The word “change” can hardly encapsulate everything that is different since March 2020, given the collective awakening to the great variability in how differently people's advance due to their backgrounds, and the quantity of outdated policies that need to evolve to keep this from happening.

Managers can play a monumental role in helping their teams thrive on their own terms. This starts by giving them choice and flexibility, so that they can work in the best way that suits them, and not necessarily adhering to the usual four walls, 9-to-5 gigs. Because work is not defined as something that you come to the office for nonetheless, it is something that you do. So, why are some managers still so hesitant to provide this flexibility?Joining us in this episode is Meighan Newhouse, CEO & Co-Founder of Inspirant Group, who shares some actionable ideas for challenging the norm.