Description

In this episode of the Diverse Minds podcast, I speak with Shaara Roman about how businesses should focus on creating a healthy workplace culture by aligning people, strategy, and culture to optimize organizational performance.

About my guest

Shaara Roman is the founder and CEO of The Silverene Group, a culture consulting firm that aligns people, strategy, and culture to optimise organisational performance.

As an award-winning entrepreneur, board member, speaker, author, and experienced chief human resources officer, Shaara and her team consult with leaders to create healthy workplaces by helping them build inclusive workplace cultures, design effective organisations, and align their company values and people programs to achieve business goals.

Prior to founding The Silverene Group in 2016, Shaara held leadership positions in Fortune 500 companies, including Fannie Mae and Visa, as well as CGI and the NRECA.

Born in India, schooled in Nigeria and England, and having lived in Greece before coming to the US, Shaara uses her global experience as the foundation for her distinctive expertise in crafting strategies to improve culture, workforce quality, and operations across a multitude of disciplines in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

She received an MBA from Georgetown University, where she is also an adjunct professor. Today, Shaara serves on several advisory and nonprofit boards.

In today’s show

• About Shaara and what she's working on at the moment [02:15]
• The importance of company culture. [06:00]
• Creating a conscious workplace culture. [10:33]
• Some challenges for women in business. [21:24]
• Her top three tips for looking after his mental health [23:54]

Quotes

• I've always been a guest in someone else's country.
• If you can build human-centred organizations, where everybody can come and thrive, then you're going to achieve your financial goals.
• We have to shift how we think and how we approach our work.
• The conscious workplace is really about recognizing that people, purpose and profits don't have to be mutually exclusive.
• Everybody is contributing to the culture of the organization.

Resources

• Visit Shaara official sites: www.shaararoman.com & www.silverenegroup.com website
• Connect with Shaara on LinkedIn.
• Join my Mailing List and receive my free e-Book here
• Check out my TEDx talk: The Connection between Culture, Race and Mental Health

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