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Our guest is Adam McBain - Vice President of People at Bolt. Adam’s career in people and culture spans 17 years and began initially in talent acquisition at Nokia. At Nokia, Adam discovered his true passion for human resources. He has held multiple roles throughout his career, from talent acquisition to people leadership. Adam enjoys mid to late-stage startups and prides himself on helping companies scale by leveraging culture and engagement to drive results.In his role as Vice President of People, he is leading Bolt’s People Operations, Business Partnership, Employee Experience and Communication, Talent Acquisition, and Total Compensation teams. Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts.In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Adam discuss:
 
Some of the best Bolt’s people and culture strategies: 4-day work week and conscious pay
Conscious culture website, playbook and operating values
Engagement surveys and people team internal roadmap for assessing culture
 
For more information about Adam, please follow him on LinkedIn. To learn more about Bolt’s Conscious Culture: Culture Playbook, please go to https://conscious.org/To learn more about our books or our Scaling Culture Masterclass on how to build and sustain a resilient, high-performing team, please go to ScalingCulture.Org.
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Our guest is Melissa DiMuro - Chief People & Culture Officer at Limbach, a public company of 1,700+ team members delivering engineering, construction and services solutions to owners and partners across the United States.Since joining the Company in January 2021, Melissa has designed a ‘First Choice Employer’ strategy to increase stability in a diminishing labor market, resulting in a 27% less attrition for them YoY. Previously, Melissa spent 15 years in global leadership roles in GE Aviation. Recognized by the CEO of GE Aviation for ‘Culture of Innovation Leadership’, she earned a reputation of scaling businesses and talent, scaling one engineering organization by nearly 5X to support record new product intros and promoting a record number of new executives. Melissa is a passionate advocate for diversity and has led the strategy for each organization she has been a part of, as well as serving as a leader of the GE Women’s Network. In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Melissa discuss:

Limbach's 120-year legacy: experience of going from a family company to private to public and what things changed and stayed the same?


How to get through to people who resist or won't buy into culture?


Change management tactics and the big mistake many leaders make.

For more information about Melissa, please follow her on LinkedIn.
To learn more about our books or Scaling Culture 6hrs Masterclass Series, please go to ScalingCulture.Org.Lastly, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a comment and share the podcast with one of your friends or colleagues. We’ll be back soon with another incredible guest!

Our guest is Dr. Yuvay Ferguson - an Associate Professor of Marketing at Howard University’s School of Business.With almost 20 years of professional and academic experience, Yuvay is a lifelong lover of education and a fierce champion for inclusivity in all endeavors that impact the professional growth of future business leaders (Gen Zs).Her research interests focus on representation of Blacks, Millennials and Gen Z in advertising and their consumer behavior in the marketplace. And her consulting interests focus on partnering companies with universities to drive experiential learning in the classroom and build pathways for diverse candidates to have access to amazing career opportunities.In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Yuvay discuss:
Attributes of the Gen Z generation and what differentiates them from Millenials and Gen X
What does Gen Z look for in the workplace and where is the line in the sand for things they can’t stand?
How best to communicate feedback, resolve conflicts, motivate and connect with Gen Z?
Strategies to attract and lead Gen Z to become the best versions of themselves?
For more information about Dr. Yuvay Ferguson, please follow her on LinkedIn.
To learn more about our books or Scaling Culture 6hrs Masterclass Series, please go to ScalingCulture.Org.Lastly, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a comment and share the podcast with one of your friends or colleagues. We’ll be back soon with another incredible guest!

*This episode was sponsored by Empyrean, a top-tier HR technology company that empowers organizations to build a better culture by connecting employees to meaningful, life-enriching benefits. To take Empyrean's Benefits Maturity Assessment, please click here.Our guest is Carlos Adame - a Senior Global HR Leader at Amazon. In his role, Carlos is responsible for all strategic people planning and execution globally to optimize finance and Amazon performance.Prior to Amazon, he held HR executive roles at Providence and other well-known organizations such as UPS, PacifiCare, United Healthcare, and AltaMed.Also, Carlos is an associate professor teaching graduate-level Human Resources courses at USC Bovard College.In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Carlos discuss:
Carlos’ personal journey from Providence to Amazon
Some ways Amazon uses data science to get closer to the customer and to their staff
A new exciting initiative of Amazon’s with far reaching impact to rural communities
Speed, innovation and systems to allow people to prioritise the most important thing 
For more information about Carlos and his work, please follow him on LinkedIn.To learn more about our books or Scaling Culture 6hrs Masterclass Series, please go to ScalingCulture.Org.To learn more about a sponsor of this episode, Empyrean, please go to GoEmpyrean.Com, and to take Empyrean's Benefits Maturity Assessment, please click here.Lastly, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a comment and share the podcast with one of your friends or colleagues. We’ll be back soon with another incredible guest!

*This episode was sponsored by Empyrean, a top-tier HR technology company that empowers organizations to build a better culture by connecting employees to meaningful, life-enriching benefits. To take Empyrean's Benefits Maturity Assessment, please click here.
Our guest is Serena Anthony - Chief People Officer at GroupM North America.Serena is an expert Human Resources Management professional with over 20 years of experience working across complex ecosystems and demonstrating her true capabilities as an innovative thinker and change-maker in the field.In her role at GroupM, Serena designs and implements programs and support for their workforce across North America. Under her leadership, the people operation at GroupM challenges the conventional role of ‘Human Resources’ to more holistically reflect an operation focussed on the needs and wellbeing of its people and implementing new approaches and initiatives to tackle diversity, inclusion and talent equity across the board.In this episode of Scaling Culture, Serena and Chester discuss:
Serena's career in HR and her biggest learnings from CBC having a front-row seat when the company was going through the Jian Ghomeshi scandal
Creative strategies on how to effectively work with unions and build trust and relationships
Empathetic leadership and how to deal with mass layoffs
How to ensure a company is aligned with your personal values and is likely to be a place you’ll be proud to call home? 
For more information about Serena, please follow her on LinkedIn.To learn more about our books or Scaling Culture 6hrs Masterclass Series, please go to ScalingCulture.Org.To learn more about a sponsor of this episode, Empyrean, please go to GoEmpyrean.Com, and to take Empyrean's Benefits Maturity Assessment, please click here.Lastly, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a comment and share the podcast with one of your friends or colleagues. We’ll be back soon with another incredible guest!

*This episode was sponsored by Empyrean, a top-tier HR technology company that empowers organizations to build a better culture by connecting employees to meaningful, life-enriching benefits. To take Empyrean's Benefits Maturity Assessment, please click here.
Our guest is Chester Elton, a #1 New York Times Bestselling Business Author, and an Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement, and Leadership Expert. He has been called the “Apostle of Appreciation” by Canada’s Globe and Mail, “creative and refreshing‚” by the New York Times, and a “must read for modern managers” by CNN. Chester is co-author of the multiple award-winning bestselling leadership books including All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude and Anxiety at Work. His books have been translated in 30 languages and have sold 1.6 million copies worldwide. Chester is often quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fast Company and the New York Times. He has appeared on NBC’s Today, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, National Public Radio and CBS’s 60 Minutes.Also, Chester is the co-founder of The Culture Works and a board member of Camp Corral, a non-profit for the children of wounded and fallen military heroes. He serves as a leadership consultant and coach to firms such as American Express, The World Bank, Zoox, Momofuku, and the New Jersey Devils of the NHL.In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Chester discuss:
What’s driving Chester to write books?
Random act of kindness and the ripple effect
Anxiety at work and strategies how leader can spot it, normalize it and make it safe to talk about it
Gratitude stones, humility, empathy, vulnerability, mental health and how to lead with gratitude
For more information about Chester and his books and work, please follow him on LinkedIn or go to ChesterElton.com.To learn more about our books or Scaling Culture 6hrs Masterclass Series, please go to ScalingCulture.Org.And to learn more about a sponsor of this episode, Empyrean, please go to GoEmpyrean.Com, and to take Empyrean's Benefits Maturity Assessment, please click here.
Lastly, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a comment and share the podcast with one of your friends or colleagues. We’ll be back soon with another incredible guest!