On this episode of the Bragworthy Culture Podcast, Jordan meets with Cassandra Rose, Partner at Meritarc and former Global Benefits Director at Sprinklr. Cassandra has held roles in multi-billion dollar global brands and unicorn startups, and she often speaks on the topics of benefits literacy and centering the BIPOC employee journey for transformative employee engagement. 

Cassandra explains how the concept of belonging is brought up and how belonging is different from inclusion, along with recommendations regarding how to ask questions about belonging and how that is approached in surveys. She talks about how people notice a rich company culture and how the media plays a role in that. She also gives advice to those learning how to communicate representation and belonging, as well as advice for people getting involved with people strategy who are starting to build a culture. She explains how to create a common language, how to talk through employee benefits and what benefit equity is. She gives insight into what organizations should aspire to be and the importance of reviews. She gives her perspective on how the COVID-19 environment presented opportunities for growth and reset, along with her opinion on the ease of transforming the culture of an older company versus a new one.

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