Listen & Learn, The Future of Work with Victoria Perrin
In today’s episode, Jeanie is joined by Victoria Perrin. Victoria currently serves as the Director of Culture and Innovation & the Black Consumer Initiative Lead at Prudential Financial. Victoria and Jeanie discuss how Victoria and other leading voices at Prudential are adopting the listen and learn way of being throughout this pandemic. Victoria breaks down what is and isn’t working, how they’re engaging employees, efforts they’re making to be people-centric, her perspective on working remotely and much more. This conversation is sure to provoke deep thought around the current changes in the workplace.
Victoria Perrin is a process-orientated leader with broad exposure to Global Operations, Program Management, and Human Resources functions. She has worked for companies such as Panasonic, Walt Disney World, and Hertz. Victoria currently serves as the director of culture and innovation & the black consumer initiative lead at Prudential Financial.
This is a conversation you don’t want to miss!
3:32 Jeanie welcomes Victoria
4:05 Victoria shares about her 2 current roles as the Director of Culture and Innovation
5:59 Victoria describes herself
8:11 The effects of the pandemic
15:15 How Victoria encourages employee connection through the pandemic
19:57 The plan to return to the office
21:44 The importance of networking while working remotely
26:40 Showing appreciation to employees during the pandemic
29:08 Generational differences Victoria is seeing through this shift
29:45 Looking ahead over the next 6 months
30:33 Stepping into the homes of employees by working remotely
33:50 How Victoria stays grounded
36:18 What Victoria is working on strengthening
37:28 Ideas and practices for returning to work
Connect with Victoria Perrin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriaperrin/
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