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The Red Cube episodes

May 08, 2023 How Trigon Hotels Promote A Culture of Belonging in the Workplace
In the twelfth episode of the Red Cube Podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined by Kathleen Linehan, Group Strategic Director of Human Resources at Trigon Hotels. Kathleen speaks about her experience with making a big jump from the manufacturing industry into hospitality, and the lessons she has learned along the way. Building on the importance of inclusivity in the workplace, Kathleen also shares some tips for the onboarding stage right up to senior management, and how to foster a culture of belonging for all.
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26 min
March 13, 2023 Creating a Culture of Resilience through Remote Work with John Riordan
In the eleventh episode of the Red Cube Podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined by John Riordan, Chairman of Grow Remote and formerly Chairman of Shopify International. Dubbed the 'Godfather of Remote', John has years of expertise in the field of remote working, having first discovered the concept while living in the US in the early 2000s and adapting it to perfect his ideal way of working, whether it's 'deep work' or an afternoon of meetings. John chatted with Cathal about the importance of organisations always being ready and able for change, as well as the often overlooked but huge opportunity remote work brings for Ireland's rural areas.

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41 min
December 13, 2022 Embracing the Human Approach in the Workplace with CluneTech's Rachael O'Shea
In the tenth episode of the Red Cube Podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined by Rachael O’Shea, Head of Employee Experience at CluneTech. Rachael draws on her learnings from the past few years in switching to remote working and highlights the measures CluneTech have taken to improve employee experience and flexibility, based heavily on “doing what works for you”. Building on her “be human” approach, Rachael also discusses how the new way of working has forced employers to become more personal and how important change is for organisations to thrive and grow.
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43 min
November 07, 2022 Distilled's Communication Shapes the Way they Work
In the ninth episode of the Red Cube Podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined by Laura Doyle, the Chief People Officer at Distilled. Laura shares her journey of guiding Distilled as they embarked on the demanding yet exciting task of combining three of Ireland’s most successful internet brands, Daft, DoneDeal and Adverts, and with that combining three different cultures and three different ways of working. Drawing on her years of expertise in Human Resources, Laura also gives us an insight into the importance of effective leadership, and how dealing with feedback (both positive and negative!) and encouraging employee engagement can propel a business from good to great.
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38 min
June 14, 2022 Trust building in a virtual leadership
In the eighth episode of the Red Cube Podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined again by Dr Colin Hughes. Dr Colin Hughes is Head of the Graduate Business School, TU Dublin and recently conducted a PhD examining trust-building in virtual leadership. In this episode, the duo is discussing the different trends in the new ways of working based on the PhD research, the SOAR practical model developed by Dr Colin Hughes which covers eight successful leadership behaviours of hybrid leaders, and useful tips for leaders' communication.
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47 min
June 14, 2022 Accelerating Strategy through Employee Experience
In the first episode of The Red Cube podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined by Jarlath Dooley, People Success Director with Version 1. Together they discuss working during the pandemic, and more specifically, how to build gratifying organisational cultures through HR practices, and people strategies which support growing businesses. You will hear about how to attract talent in a competitive marketplace and will learn about Version 1’s core values and leadership styles. Jarlath also delivers some tips around navigating ego in the workplace.
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26 min
April 26, 2022 The inner Core of Culture
In the seventh episode of the Red Cube Podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined by Alan Cox, former CEO of Core. Alan Cox is the recently departed CEO of Core and soon to be CEO of a software startup. For the Red Cube Podcast, he shared all about how his career led him to be leading Core, the media company and Core's journey through the Great Place to Work Programme, with all benefits and challenges it entails. You will also discover his best lessons learned and advice in terms of organisational culture and transformation, leadership and communication and action planning; along with how trust has helped Core overcome the recent pandemic we all faced.
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37 min
October 28, 2021 Hospitality: The Doyle Collection’s approach to People and Culture
In this new episode of the Red Cube Podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined by Alan Smullen, General Manager of The Croke Park Hotel, part of The Doyle Collection group. Together, they discuss The Doyle Collection's People strategy up to now, and how the trust they had banked with their team helped them to face the COVID-19 crisis. Alan Smullen shares lessons learned from these hard times in Hospitality, and the importance of honest communication in difficult times. The duo also gets back to the importance of Culture while navigating through a time of industry uncertainty, and discusses different perspectives on the future of the industry.

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55 min
September 08, 2021 In the future of work with Poppulo
In the fifth episode of the Red Cube Podcast, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined again by the insightful Yvonne Frost. Yvonne is the VP of Employee Experience with Poppulo and the most recent recipient of The Great Place to Work Ambassador Award. Yvonne shared her people-focused approach to navigating the psychological impact of Covid-19, and how her experiences have influenced her approach to wellness moving forward. The duo goes on to discuss all things future-readiness, including the pressing topics of post-vaccine working, remote working versus working from home during a pandemic, adapting to a hybrid model of working and much more.
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24 min
July 09, 2021 In the future of work with Version 1
In this new episode, Great Place to Work CEO Cathal Divilly is joined again by Jarlath Dooley, People Success Director with Version 1. They discuss how having trust in the bank helped Version 1 delivered excellent client services in a pandemic year and how they have shifted to a hybrid working model. Jarlath Dooley also shares their strategies around employee ownership, recruiting and onboarding virtually, along with adapting recognition programmes.
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24 min