Working better, together.
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -A podcast hosted by Hi5 and Friends who are on a mission to improve culture, leadership and people within organisations.
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#20: Moments of genius: how to sell your company culture
April 21, 2021 10:58 - 24 minutes - 18.6 MBOur first podcast of 2021 featuring David Donde, CEO Founder of Minimalist Chocolate and award-winning Truth Coffee. Read Full article > David Donde is the Founder of Truth Coffee Roasting, which specialises in sourcing and roasting some of the world’s most exclusive coffees. Truth Coffee was named the world’s best coffee shop by MSN Travel in 2013 & again by The Daily Telegraph in 2015 & 2016. In 2018 the FNB Coffee Magazine Awards nominated Truth for Best Café Design and Excellence in Cof...
#19: A time of amazing reinvention: remote work during COVID-19
May 07, 2020 13:32 - 26 minutes - 20.1 MBOur first pandemic podcast featuring Carin-Isabel Knoop, Executive Director of the Global Research Group at Harvard Business School. First published at www.get5.io/podcast Carin Knoop is the Executive Director of the Global Research Group / Case Research & Writing Group at Harvard Business School, supporting faculty research and the development of about one-third of the School’s case study output and other types of research. She is a published researcher and co-author of the book Compass...
#18: Being a culture change insider
March 23, 2020 13:49 - 19 minutes - 15 MBFull article published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/18-siobhan-mchale-culture-change-insider Siobhan McHale is an acclaimed culture transformation expert and global executive. She currently holds the title of Executive General Manager of People, Culture & Change at Dulux Group. She recently published her book, The Insider’s Guide to Culture Change, which walks readers through her four-step process to culture transformation. One of the ways she catalyses culture change in companies, is t...
#17: Organisational sub-cultures and how to set up a culture team
December 09, 2019 09:32 - 17 minutes - 12.6 MBWe chat to Jane Garza (Managing Director of culture change company, NOBL) on the benefits of culture change. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/17-jane-garza-organisational-sub-cultures-how-to-set-up-culture-team Jane Garza is the Managing Director of NOBL, a radical team of culture change experts whose mission it is to improve work and culture for more than 1 million people before they’re 10 years old. She worked in HR for 8 years before joining NOBL. She became interest...
#16: How to cultivate values-driven work at an all-remote company
November 05, 2019 11:42 - 21 minutes - 16 MBPreviously the MD and Talent Manager of Brighthouse (now known as This Way Up), Nadia has worked at Gitlab since 2017 simultaneously recruiting to scale the company from 75 to 767 hired team members and building up her career in People Operations at the company. She moved into a management position at Gitlab a couple of months ago. All 767 Gitlab employees work from home. It was decided from the start by the founders that the company would always stay remote. “If we say all-remote, we real...
#16: Non-political, values-driven work
November 05, 2019 11:42 - 21 minutes - 16 MBPreviously the MD and Talent Manager of Brighthouse (now known as This Way Up), Nadia has worked at Gitlab since 2017 simultaneously recruiting to scale the company from 75 to 767 hired team members and building up her career in People Operations at the company. She moved into a management position at Gitlab a couple of months ago. All 767 Gitlab employees work from home. It was decided from the start by the founders that the company would always stay remote. “If we say all-remote, we real...
#15: How design-thinking helps HR
October 15, 2019 10:16 - 15 minutes - 11.5 MBIn this episode of Working better, together, we chat to Melissa Hui from Context Leap on people + culture design. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/15-melissa-hui-how-design-thinking-helps-hr Melissa is educated in social sciences & anthropology, but has worked most of her career as a designer. With 15 years’ experience in the tech sector, she’s worked with major companies like Google, Microsoft and CapGemini, as well as startups, with her expertise in strategy, product-s...
#14: What it takes for CEO’s to scale up their companies
August 14, 2019 13:38 - 41 minutes - 31 MBWe chat to Founder Coach, Dave Bailey, on how he helps CEO’s move their companies from scale-up to success. First published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/14-dave-bailey-what-it-takes-ceo-scale-up-companies Timestamp notes: 0.23 — Dave introduces himself. 1.00 — How Dave got into the Coaching business. 2.59 — What is Dave’s №1 regret? 3.12 — Dave’s coaching process. 3.39 — When is a good time to get a coach? 5.00 — Why every startup needs a Chief of Staff. 10.55 — The bias against H...
#13: The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
March 25, 2019 14:00 - 12 minutes - 9.69 MBWe chat to Dr Paul White, experienced psychologist & speaker, and co-author of book The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/13-dr-paul-white-5-languages-of-appreciation-in-workplace Dr Paul White is a psychologist, author, keynote speaker, leadership trainer & consultant who has been helping organisations like Microsoft and SHRM“make work relationships work” for the past 20 years. He co-authored The 5 Languages of Appreciation ...
#12: HR trends today
March 20, 2019 15:09 - 27 minutes - 21.3 MBTom Haak, Founder and Director of the HR Trends Institute, tells us how he became an HR trend watcher, and what’s happening in HR today. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/12-tom-haak-hr-trends-today Tom Haak has always worked in HR. Based in the Netherlands, he worked his way up from a trainee to a senior position at Phillips Electronics, went on to other multinational companies like Aon and KPMG and later took the position of global HR Director for Arcadis, a leading glo...
#11: Bringing the Humanity back into HR
March 20, 2019 13:54 - 19 minutes - 14.6 MBWe chat to Claude Silver on how she brings the humanity back into HR as the Chief Heart Officer at Vayner Media. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/11-claude-silver-bringing-humanity-back-into-hr In her almost 5 years of working at Vayner Media as their Chief Heart Officer, Claude Silver (Publicis London, Garageband.com) has assisted in growing the VaynerX parent company from 389 to 650+ employees while retaining their family-first culture. “I think culture really needs t...
#10: Actions vs Behaviour
February 27, 2019 14:11 - 24 minutes - 19.1 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/10-richard-shotton-actions-vs-behaviour We chat with Richard Shotton, author of “The Choice Factory”, experienced media planner & behavioural scientist and founder of Astroten media consultancy. Richard Shotton started his career as a media planner working with brands such as Coke, Lexus and comparethemarket.com before he found his passion in applying behavioural science to business problems. He writes about the behavioural experiments he...
#9: Why startup culture works
January 30, 2019 11:56 - 20 minutes - 15.6 MBBreegan works with growing startups to implement clearly defined cultural values, an onboarding programme unique to the company, and sustainable, authentic hiring practices. She has also worked in large companies like Amazon and Snap Inc. (the makers of Snapchat). When it comes to company culture, Breegan thinks that startups have somewhat of an advantage to large organisations, since you start with a ‘clean slate’ — having a smaller team of people who are deeply passionate about the same t...
#8: How to treat employees like adults
January 02, 2019 10:28 - 24 minutes - 18.7 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/8-rob-stokes-treat-employees-like-adults Rob Stokes is an investor, entrepreneur & speaker who is passionate about business and education. He sits as a non-exec Director on the boards of BrandsEye, Openbox, Happy Flats and CloudOne.mobi. Rob founded the digital agency Quirk in 1999, one of South Africa’s earliest, most award-winning and now largest digital agencies, with five offices across Africa and in London. The company was acquired b...
#7: The New World of Work
November 22, 2018 13:17 - 30 minutes - 22.7 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/7-themba-chakela-new-world-of-work In this episode of our Working better, together. podcast, Themba Chakela joins us for a chat around the state of HR and the “new world of work.” Themba wears many hats (check out his LinkedIN profile), but is currently the new People and Culture Director for Go-To Market at global IT company, Dimension Data (founded in 1983 in SA). As a well-educated and experienced HR practitioner, Themba gives us some ...
#6: Why innovation requires the right culture
October 18, 2018 21:01 - 22 minutes - 32.7 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/6-richard-mulholland-why-innovation-requires-the-right-culture Richard Mulholland is a highly regarded business thinker, innovator and speaker. He authored his book Legacide: Why legacy thinking is the silent killer of innovation (with another book on the way!), is an avid blogger and vlogger, writes for Longevity and Destiny Man and besides recording a weekly podcast on CliffCentral, he also lectures a bit at The Cape Graduate School of Bu...
#5: Gangs of Ballet
September 19, 2018 07:22 - 21 minutes - 34 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/5-gangs-of-ballet In this fifth episode of Working better, together., we chat to Brad Klynsmith, the lead singer and manager of Durban-based band, Gangs of Ballet. Gangs of Ballet was formed in 2011 when Brad wanted to play bass in a band and persuaded his brother to be the drummer. The band was an almost instant success and started building momentum from their very first live show, going on to playing big shows and winning music awards in...
#4: LEMON: a radically fresh take on leadership.
September 18, 2018 15:41 - 16 minutes - 30.9 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/4-lemon-radically-fresh-take-on-leadership In this episode of Working better, together. we chat to Brett Johnson, an impactful leader, Silicon Valley consultant and author of 10 books, one of which is the well-known LEMON leadership. 0.37 — Brett explains how LEMON leadership came about. 1.02 — More about Brett and his impressive career working with companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, CSC, Google, Apple and KPMG. 3.36 — What are th...
#3: Colombo Coffee & Tea: collaborative company culture.
April 10, 2018 15:24 - 23 minutes - 43.8 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/3-colombo-coffee-tea-portrait-of-collaborative-company-culture In this episode of Working better, together. we chat to Geoff Noble, one of the Noble Brothers, who bought over the legendary Durban-based café & coffee reseller, Colombo Coffee & Tea. "Colombo has become synonymous with coffee in Durban." Geoff talks about how and why he got into the Coffee industry (considering his education and background in Corporate Finance), the challeng...
#2: Travelstart - the recruitment story.
January 30, 2018 11:27 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/2-lee-watts-travelstart-recruitment-story We chat to Lee Watts, Business Partner (People Team) at Travelstart, on how this “startup” became 300+ staff strong. Conceived in Sweden, Travelstart first opened its doors in 1999, as the brainchild of Travel visionary Stephan Ekbergh. In true start-up fashion, Sweden’s first online travel agency was run from an old coffee roastery in the town of Helsingborg. Nearly two decades, plenty of learning...
#1: How to set vision & values in a high performance company
December 20, 2017 14:04 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBOriginally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/1-bailey-kropman-how-to-set-vision-values-in-high-performance-company Welcome to our first episode of Working better, together! In this episode, we chat to Bailey Kropman, who is the Head of Talent and Organisational Performance at Superbalist. Superbalist.com is South Africa’s biggest and trendiest online shopping destination for fashion and apartments. Bailey takes us through how she has impacted the growth at Superbalist — which was l...