Working with People Podcast

Harrison Kim interviews Monique Cadle and Fran Benjamin on inclusion and belonging through the computer screen.

1. Can you speak to the importance of inclusion in the workplace and how organizations can prioritize inclusion and belonging in a remote workplace?
2. What are some of the common challenges that come along with inclusion and belonging when employees are working remotely?
3. Can you speak on some of the biases that occur for remote workers?
4. In your experience, what are the most important qualities that make an inclusive leader in a remote setting?

Find Monique on LinkedIn. Find Fran on LinkedIn. Check out their website goodworks.consulting to stay up to date with their thought leadership!

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #63: How to support employee engagement , driving retention, and boosting morale in a remote workforce and Episode #76: How to unlock collaboration and collective genius within work teams.

Recorded November 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews Sumit Gupta on the 5 steps every manager can take to improve work culture.

1. Can you define a good work culture? 
2. What are the 5 steps every manager can take to improve work culture?
3. What is the most challenging part of improving work culture?
4. How can managers ensure employee adoption for culture initiatives? 

Find Sumit on LinkedIn and his website Deployyourself.com.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #39: Company culture is not just a HR responsibility and this article on people management skills that every manager needs to master.

Recorded November 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews Dirk van Reenen on unlocking collaboration and collective genius within work teams.

1. What does a collaborative culture look like?
2. What benefits does collaboration unlock in an organization?
3. What are challenges/ conflicts that arise with collaboration in the workplace?
4. How can managers/ leaders encourage collaboration within their teams?
5. How can organizations encourage collaboration in remote teams?

Find Dirk on LinkedIn and check out BERGflows website.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode: #72: Accelerating employee success across your company.

Recorded October 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews Joseph Ifiegbu on the process of building truly diverse teams.

1. Can you speak on the benefits of having a diverse team?
2. What is the process of building truly diverse teams? 
3. How can managers/ leaders encourage inclusive behavior in the workplace?
4. What are some ways that organizations can celebrate employee differences?

Find Joseph on LinkedIn and check out the Eqtble website.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, check out Episode #43: Inclusive leadership, Episode #53: Importance of inclusion as a catalyst for diversity, and our article highlighting some powerful DEI quotes that can inspire any workplace.

Recorded October 2021.

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Harrison Kim interview Ilya Brotzky on building a culture in a global team.

1. Can you describe the importance of company culture? 
2. What are the key aspects of a great company culture?
3. How can organizations build a great company culture on a global team?
4. What are some specific challenges to building a great company culture on a global scale?
5. Do you have any suggestions on how organizations can best acknowledge and respect regional differences?

Find Ilya on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, you may also enjoy Episode #78: Inclusion and belonging through the computer screen and Episode #65: Building a culture of feedback and innovation in person and remotely. 

Recorded October 2021.

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Harrison Kim interview McKendree Hickory on how to help people give 2x better feedback.

1. What is a feedback culture and why is it so important?
2. What does high quality feedback look like? And why is quality of feedback so important?
3. What have you seen work and what do you do at LifeLabs Learning when building a robust feedback culture or encouraging employees to share feedback continuously?
4. What challenges do remote/ hybrid organizations run into with feedback, as well as other areas of employee development and performance management?

Find McKendree on LinkedIn and check out LifeLabs Learning website!

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected]. 

Recorded October 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews Alli Trussell on accelerating employees success across your company.

1. What does employee success look like? Is it different across organizations? Across industries?
2. What role do leaders/managers play when it comes to employee success?
3. How can managers/leaders/organizations accelerate employee success across a company?
4. What are some common challenges when trying to accelerate employee success?
5. How can organizations encourage low performers to be successful?

Find Alli on LinkedIn and check out the Wunderkind website.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, you may also enjoy Episode #27: How to harness the energy of the youth for more senior roles.

Recorded October 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews David Hanrahan on cultural transformation amidst hybrid work.

1. What benefits have you seen from hybrid workplace?
2. What are the biggest challenges related to hybrid workforce?
3. One of the things that we've talked about is on cultural transformation. What do you mean by  this & why is it important?
4. How can managers/leaders contribute to this transformation?
5. How can hybrid workplaces compensate their employees?

Find David on LinkedIn.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like Episode #72: Accelerating employee success across your company.

Recorded October 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews Andrew Bartlow on how to prioritize in high-growth organizations.
 
1. Can you define high growth/what is a high growth organization?
2. What are some of the biggest challenges experienced by high growth organizations?
3. What are some of the greatest priorities for rapidly growing companies?
4. Do these priorities change at different stages of the company?

Find Andrew on his website seriesbconsulting.com and his LinkedIn. Check out his HR executive education program at People Leader Accelerator.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, you may also enjoy Episode #31: How to effectively scale culture and  Episode #50: Creating a high-performance culture.

Recorded October 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews Rachel Pacheco on the top 5 key skills for new managers.

1. What are the top five key skills for new managers?
2. Can you dig into each key skill for us?
3. What are the most challenging skills for new managers?
4. What patterns do you see in more tenured managers vs. new managers?

Find Rachel on LinkedIn and her website. Check out her new book "Bringing Up The Boss"!

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Riley Steinbach at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, you may also enjoy Episode #30: The problem with being "too nice" of a manager and Episode #66: How to be a great leader/ manager.

Recorded September 2021.

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