Culture Bites

Everyone will have their own approach to a debriefing the Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI), but there are some key elements you should discuss prior to debriefing the report. Consultants Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster answer a question from a listener about how you frame up an LSI debrief; How do you come into the session and set the scene before going through the report, and what are the key elements to discuss.

Mental health is a big topic right now, with lots of articles in the media and the current situation taking a toll on people’s mental health potentially due to added stress financially and a huge change in our lifestyles. Dominic Gourley and Sam Mead take this opportunity to talk specifically about men’s mental health and that the more we talk about it, the more it's accepted into society; How it’s also ok not to be ok, and it’s ok to ask for help.

This week on Culture Bites, Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley answer a letter from a listener. “Our organisation has a very passive/defensive culture and a recent staff survey demonstrated an alarming absence of trust, some key themes include a feeling that decisions aren’t transparent or fair, people wanting to maintain the status quo and not rock the boat, people feeling scared to ask for help, leaders being afraid to give honest feedback and a disconnect between a leaders words and actions. How would you suggest the organisation starts to build trust?”

At our Culture and Leadership Conference this year, one of the topics we covered was the Future of Work, which started a lot of conversations and thoughts around the subject. Dominic Gourley and fellow consultant Sam Mead talk about past predictions of what the future of work would look like and now that we’ve been forced into it due to COVID-19 what the differences are – the future of work has arrived.

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 about Box of Crayons - https://boxofcrayons.com/

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-synergistics.com.au

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. Register today at www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/

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 can people do to start growing this style. - Join us for this year's Asia-Pacific Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference. Register today at www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/

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 today at https://www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/

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 Conference: We've gone virtual this year, short presentations and interviews on August 25-27. This is a complimentary event. Register your attendance here: https://www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/home

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 current situation?

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