CultureLab with Aga Bajer
160 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThis podcast helps you turn your company culture into rocket fuel for meaningful growth. It explores how we can make work synonymous with fun, meaning, and belonging and looks at how we can build remarkable cultures that scale as our businesses grow and the world keeps on changing.
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Sir Cary Cooper: A Different Kind of Manager
March 13, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBFor our organisations to create healthy cultures, we urgently need a new breed of managers: emotionally intelligent, able to give candid feedback, open, transparent and effective in leading organisational change. According to our guest, Professor Cary Cooper, we still don’t have enough managers with strong people skills. In spite of progress made in the domain of HR in the past decades, people keep getting promoted to managerial roles for their technical expertise, not their leadership qu...
David Clutterbuck: The Dialogue That Moves Mountains
February 27, 2018 05:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBAccording to Professor David Clutterbuck, one of Europe's most influential management thinkers and author of over 70 books, truly great leaders have one thing in common: They've mastered the art of dialogue that moves mountains. David deeply believes that the majority of problems we face in the workplace could be easily solved through honest conversations where both parties are prepared to be open, to listen and take different perspectives on board. So, what stands in the way of these...
Samie Al-Achrafi: It Only Takes One
February 13, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBIn 2005, David Foster Wallace addressed the graduating class at Kenyon College with a speech. He began it with a parable: There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water? In this interview with Samie Al-Achrafi, he echoes Wallace and says: ...
Fons Trompenaars: Reconciling Dilemmas
January 29, 2018 23:30 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBImagine that you are in a car, driven by a close friend of yours. She's speeding, going 50 mph in an area where the limit is just 30 mph. And suddenly she hits a pedestrian. After the incident, your friend's lawyer reassures you: “There were no other witnesses - if you swear under oath, your friend will be free." Two questions: 1. What right does your friend have to expect you to lie to protect them? a) definite right b) some right c) no right 2. Would you lie or not? J...
Itay Talgam: The Ignorant Maestro
January 16, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBThere’s a common misconception about what makes an orchestra electrifying: that it requires musicians to play in absolute harmony. The reality, however, both in music and in business is that truly extraordinary performances result from the right combination of unity and diversity. Ensemble performances provide a powerful analogy to how teams operate in the workplace. A symphony orchestra is an example of teamwork, discipline, learning, role clarity, execution and true leadership in action...
Darelyn DJ Mitsch: We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For
January 02, 2018 13:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBWhen DJ Mitsch attended a writing workshop with Sam Horn in Washington, she thought it would help her polish the manuscript of what seemed to be a great case study book. However, instead of the final touches to her almost finished manuscript, she left the workshop with a title and an idea for a completely new book. That’s how “Zombies to Zealots” was born. And if you haven’t read it yet, the only thing I can say is “What are you waiting for?” We embark on careers of our choosing with varyi...
Richard Barrett: It's All About You
December 18, 2017 11:23 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBFocusing on financial stability, customer satisfaction and employee engagement is necessary but not sufficient for an organisation to thrive. According to Richard Barrett, long term success requires what he refers to as “full-spectrum consciousness”. It calls for a strong focus on creating a culture based on a shared vision and values, making a difference to others and embracing a service mentality. Full spectrum consciousness cannot be achieved without full-spectrum leaders. As Richard...
Emmanuel Gobillot: A Question of Identity
November 27, 2017 06:59 - 55 minutes - 53.5 MBIf we had to narrow it down to just one factor that differentiates a victim of culture from a leader, it would have to be their identity. While they often feel the same frustrations, notice the same problems and experience similar challenges, the leader sees herself as an agent of change. This self perception urges her to take action that challenges the status-quo. And it turns out that this act of courage creates ripples and waves that make a world of difference to others. In this episod...
Marissa Levin: Values are at the Heart of Company Culture
November 27, 2017 06:47 - 39 minutes - 39.5 MBWhen profits or revenues plummet or when people feel disengaged and disconnected, the culprit is often the company culture. In this episode of CultureLab, Aga talk to Marissa Levin, the CEO of Successful Culture about what can be done to create a culture that works for your company, not against it. How would you go about harnessing the power of culture in your organisation? What happens when an organisation’s culture gets stuck in its natural evolution? And - is there are differe...
David Taylor: Focus on Choice Rather Than Change
November 27, 2017 06:42 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBDavid Taylor (aka The Naked Leader), believes that change has become the most meaningless, boring, and pointless word in every organisation. And what he suggests focusing on instead of change is choice. David makes a bold statement - he says that he figured out the formula of guaranteed success. He claims that if you follow the formula, success is guaranteed no matter what your background, your present position, where you want to go, or who you want to be. Sounds too good to be true? H...