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📺 WATCH EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Vice President of Human Resources at Lenovo's Solutions and Services Group, Jeanne Bauer-Hamlett. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Josh and Jeanne discuss Lenovo's initiative to unify culture under the "Lenovo Way." This framework has became the cornerstone of Lenovo's global strategy and is articulated through the Four P's. The...

📺 WATCH EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Executive Coach, Kate Blake. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Kate and Josh discuss the challenges of scaling a business and the changing role of employees towards a more entrepreneurial mindset. For younger generations, in particular, a job is about more than just making money. The modern employee wants to feel good about the w...

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📺 WATCH ON YOUTUBE In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, your host Josh Levine discusses Boeing's shift from a culture of safety and quality to prioritizing efficiency and shareholder value, leading to a culture of taking shortcuts. Recently, Boeing has been ridiculed in the press for mechanical failures. Josh dives into how Boeing, once seen as the benchmark for all things aircraft, has since...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Senior Manager and Strategic Advisor at Great Place to Work, Julian D. Lute. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Julian highlights the strategic importance of ERGs in fostering inclusion and belonging within organizations. He also discusses their role in driving business outcomes and supporting employee well-being. Throughout the episode, Josh and Julian expl...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Chief People Officer at Thumbtack, Jelena Djordjevic. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Josh and Jelena discuss the evolution of Thumbtack's performance review system, emphasizing the "what" and the "how." At Thumbtack, the "what" refers to the business impact while the "how" centers on the behaviors, collaboration, and leadership skills of each employee. J...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Founder of Bosun Solutions, Nicole Grinnell.\ In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Josh and Nicole discuss culture, trends and challenges in the staffing industry, including best practices for hiring Gen Z. Nicole explores how Gen Z values lifestyle and and experiences over the traditional stability through work. She also emphasizes the need for a flexible wor...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with CEO of Medium, Tony Stubblebine. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Tony discusses the impact that offsite meetings have had on his team. These offsites have given his international, remote team a chance to meet, come together, and build connections. While the company travels to appealing destinations, Medium's employees know they are there to take advantage...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Organizational Design Strategist and Partner at EY, Tiffany McDowell. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Tiffany discusses her approaches for change management, emphasizing the importance of creating an environment that drives behaviors, rather than focusing on individual improvement. Josh and Tiffany discusses using people texure model for driving desired t...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with current Chief Human Resources Officer at NetApp, Alessandra Yockelson. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Alessandra discusses how living in different countries has influenced her view of company culture. She dives into the need for global corporations to include different national cultures into their practices. It is easy to fall into the swing of promoting...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Founder of The Gathering Effect, Lindsey Caplan. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Lindsey explores the importance of understanding employee motivations and connecting content to their needs for meaningful engagement. Josh and Lindsey touch on implementing a central question into your meeting agendas and the need to clarify stakes in your workplace situatio...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Leadership Coach at Intel, Pam Kelley-Dockter. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Pam and Josh discuss Pam's role as a Leadership Coach and her work leading the Women's Leadership Academy at Intel. The program aims to equip high-potential senior women with skills to address bias and challenges in the tech industry. This week, you'll hear about how matching y...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Founder of CultureDynamiq, Samantha Stilwell. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Samantha, a culture consultant and startup anthropologist, discusses how she combines anthropology and neurology to understand workplace culture. She and Josh explore how we, as humans, are inherently drawn toward community. The social aspects of human nature play a huge part in...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Founder of Human Machine, Andre Plaut. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Andre describes the layers of his framework, beginning with the most abstract ideas and continuing through the most concrete policies. Each of these concepts builds on from one to the next, beginning with culture and policies, continuing with programs, and ending with tools. Josh and A...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Executive Director of HR at SK Pharmteco, Drew Berryessa. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Josh and Drew dive deep into the world of leadership, innovation, and workplace culture within the pharmaceutical industry. Drew opens up about the challenges of navigating unnecessary bureaucracy in the workplace and how it can stifle innovation and growth. Drew's b...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Trust Expert, Brian Harman. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Brian discusses how the economics of trust can lead to faster and more efficient teams, while low trust can result in more time and resources being used. Intentionality, character, and competence are all key pieces in building trust. Throughout the episode, Josh and Brian touch on effective ways...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with co-founder of Future London Academy, Ekaterina Solomeina. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Ekaterina dives into the importance of creating inclusive workplaces, with a special focus on accommodating neurodivergent minds. Understanding that diversity goes beyond visible differences, Ekaterina underscores the necessity of creating environments that are not o...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Executive Director for the Toldeo-Lucas Public Library, Jason Kucsma. In this episode of Great Mondays Radio, Josh and Jason dive into effective communication techniques. Administrators and leaders should know about the day-to-day lives of their employees. Jason touches on his methods for tightening communication through all levels of his organization, leading to...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Founder and CEO at The MathPath, Aubrey Blanche. Through all of her work, Aubrey seeks to question, reimagine, and redesign the systems and practices that surround us to ensure that all people can access equitable opportunities and build a better world. In this week's episode of Great Mondays Radio, she dives into the complex ideas around DEI. Is DEI actually dea...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Global Leader and SVP for Research and Client Insights at TELUS Health, Paula Allen. TELUS Health is committed to building the healthiest workplaces on the planet, offering employers a range of scalable services and tools to help keep their teams healthy, happy and productive. Through world-leading technology, they are able to better support their customers and s...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Venture Partner at Loyal VC, Levi Velez Reed. Loyal is a global semi-liquid venture fund, designed to offer above-average returns while preserving capital, through diversification and a unique gate-stage investing process that reduces bias. Loyal partners with entrepreneurs, advisors and partners worldwide to deliver sustainable growth and strong returns. Through...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Head of People Operations at CodeScience, Karen Engstrom. CodeScience can solve your most complex problems by combining the power of Salesforce with their deep expertise to build people-first solutions designed to drive growth at scale and digital transformation. They have been developing top-performing solutions in the Salesforce ecosystem since 2008. Organizati...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Founder and Principal Consultant at CodeTraveller HR, Kim Minnick. Code Traveller HR customizes People Ops and HR solutions for companies leading the future of work. Their process, programs and practices increase engagement, give valuable insights and set your company up for success. Kim developed a growing interest in finding new and better ways to work while st...

In this episode, we're revisiting one of Josh's favorite episodes of 2023! We're throwing it back to Josh's insightful conversation with Chief of Staff at Microsoft, Emily Griffin. Josh and Emily discuss how culture needs to come into alignment with a company's mission. Culture needs to be approached with a human-focused design, which takes deliberate culture design. Focusing on people is vital, a...

Your host, Josh Levine, talks with Director of People and Culture at True Terpenes, Sara Stowe. Based in Oregon, True Terpenes sets the industry standard for the highest quality, most thoroughly tested and trusted terpenes (pure aromatics) on the market. They are experts in their field and trusted producers of precision terpene blends, particularly for quality-driven producers at all production sc...