Culture Bites

Michael Bungay Stanier talks about his new book: 'The Advice Trap - Be Humble, Stay Curious, & Change the Way You Lead Forever' Michael is the founder of Box of Crayons, which is a learning and development company with over 17 years experience creating and delivering practical learning experiences that unleash the power of curiosity to create connected and engaged company cultures. Learn more abou...

At the heart of Phocas is a commitment to their values - to make life ‘fun, fulfilling and forever’ for Phocas customers, employees and investors. CEO & Co-founder Myles Glashier and Chief People Officer, Karen Hailwood recently shared the Phocas story of transformation at this year’s Asia-Pacific Culture and Leadership Conference. On this Culture Bites episode, they talk more about their journey.

Following on for their presentation at this year’s Virtual Asia-Pacific Conference, we take a deep dive into Sandoz’s culture transformation with Guy Strong, Country Head Australia & New Zealand and Head of People & Culture Asia, Clarette Crame; as they tell the story of how they turned Sandoz around…with incredible results! Got a topic you want us to cover on the podcast? Email podcast@human-syne...

Can you copy culture? With culture being the competitive advantage, Dominic Gourley asks our Managing Director David Byrum “Can you copy Culture? And if not, why?”. Find out on this week’s episode of Culture Bites. Join us for this year's Asia-Pacific Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference. Register today at www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/

How do you measure the success of a culture change or leadership development program? David Byrum and Dominic Gourley discuss how you can prove the value of a culture change or leadership development program to your leader or organisation, and how to measure the success and difference it’s made to the organisation. Join us for this year's Asia-Pacific Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference. Reg...

Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley have been doing a series over the past few weeks on growing the Constructive styles, focusing on the styles through a thinking and behaviour lens as used in the Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI). This week they finish off the series by talking about the Affiliative Style - How do you explain this style, how does it differ from the other constructive styles and what ca...

Following on from past episodes about the Constructive Styles, Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley talk this week about Humanistic Encouraging – How do you explain this style, how does it differ from the other constructive styles and what can people do to start growing this style.

Following on from past episodes about the Self-Actualising and Perfectonistic Style, Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley talk this week about the Achievement style – What is it, how does it differ from the other constructive styles in mindset and behaviour and what can people do to start growing this style. - Join us for this year's Asia-Pacific Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference. Register t...

Flexible working is one thing... but how do I lead when the entire team is remote? Effective leadership is still effective leadership - whether in people or remote - what might change is the 'How'. In this episode Corrine Canter and Dominic Gourley talk about fundamental principles of leadership and how they should be translated to a remote setting ------------- 2020 Culture and Leadership Confere...

Leaders are always under the spotlight! In this weeks Culture Bites Podcast, our General Manager David Byrum chats to Dominic Gourley about advice to new managers and leaders – someone that has moved into a new role as either an internal or external hire or taken over a new team.

A lot of changes have happened to the way we are working and every day we are getting closer to getting back to normal, or what the new normal will be. How should leaders lead after this change and what are some of the thing’s leaders should be doing or thinking, as we move towards a normal business state.

In this week’s episode of Culture Bites, our General Manager David Byrum and Dominic Gourley bring back a special guest from a previous episode - Gerard McMahon one of the founders of SHAPE, to talk about what impact Gerard has seen within the business since the COVID-19 crisis and how SHAPE has been responding to the situation.

In a crisis or situation like this changing world, it can be testing to the culture and leadership of an organisation. How does a crisis impact an organisations culture? What can we be doing as leader’s and organisations to respond to situations like this? How should you maintain your organisations culture or even improve it during these times? And how might you even be able to leverage the curren...

In last week’s Culture Bites podcast episode, Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley discussed expanded Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) profiles. This episode delves into explaining the characteristics and some of the questions to explore an individual who has a constricted profile.

In this week’s Culture Bites episode, Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley answer a question from a listener; “I recently debriefed a leader with an expanded Life Styles Inventory™ profile. Can you explain the characteristics and some of the questions to explore an expanded profile with the individual?” Got a topic you want us to cover on the podcast? Email podcast@human-synergistics.com.au

What is the LSI? How will it help me be more effective? How does it work? If you're about to do the LSI for the first time, listen to this to hear what it is all about. Got a topic you want us to cover on the podcast? Email podcast@human-synergistics.com.au

In this changing world, Dominic Gourley chats to our Head of Consulting Corinne Canter about what has changed for us, our Accredited Practitioner community and clients; finding new ways to do old things and how we are supporting you.

Needing to be right goes wrong. You may have come across them in your working life: people who believe they know what’s right, what’s wrong and cross the divide with no thought of a ‘but what if?’. Liana Sangster talks with Dominic Gourley in this episode of Culture Bites, to discuss the competitive and perfectionistic thinking behind this behaviour and how people can become blocked with a win/los...

Do you feel like you’re too busy and have too many priorities? This is a common feeling amongst Individuals, Teams and Organisations. Consultants Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster give you tips on prioritising better and what you can do as at an individual, team or organisation level to stop burn out. Got a question you want us to answer? email podcast@human-synergistics.com.au

In this week’s Culture Bites Podcast, Chairman Shaun McCarthy and Head of Consulting Corinne Canter answer a question from a listener around the Life Styles Inventory™ items. These questions keep coming up during debriefs, so what do some of them mean and how should people interpret them.

In a challenging time of heightened anxiety, fears, and isolation - it's important we all take time to keep ourselves mentally healthy. Oliver Brecht, Managing Director of Veretis, joins us on the podcast to share his tips about maintaining your own mental health as well as how to spot if others are having issues. Check out the Veretis website here: https://veretis.com.au/ And subscribe to their P...

In the changing world organisations still need to function, leadership roles really kick in and people need to behave constructively despite what’s going on around them. In the midst of COVID-19, we bring you a special episode of Culture Bites with our Chairman Shaun McCarthy, Head of Consulting Corinne Canter and host Dominic Gourley as they talk about what Human Synergistics are doing, how we ar...

Debriefing a leader can be tough at the best of times, especially if you are an internal Accredited Practitioner and having to debrief your own leader's in the business. But how do you deal with a leader's debrief when the LSI 2 profile is high in the defensive styles? Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster discuss in this episode of Culture Bites and give you advice for any concerns you may be having...

Bargaining is a common stage you can come across when debriefing someone, as people may try to justify the data they’ve just been given as part of their Life Styles Inventory™ 1 or 2 report. It’s helpful to be able to identify this stage in a debrief and equip yourself with skills to navigate these conversations. Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster give you tips and tricks to help you work through...

The teenage years can be characterised by egocentricity, boredom and a seemingly weird combination of revolution and conformity. Shaun McCarthy follows up from his podcast episode “Childhood Origins” to discuss how family systems play out through the LSI styles while going through the more challenging years of raising teenage children. Got a question you want us to answer? email podcast@human-syne...