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Thinking Inside the BoxHow People-Centric Cultures Shape the Future of Work - Lorne RubisIn today’s episode, we delve into the world of organizational culture with @Lorne Rubis. From the rinks of the @National Hockey League with the @LA Kings to the digital buzz of the dot-com era, to leading HR functions in financial services at @ATB and in education at @Norquest College, Lorne's professional story is one of developing leaders. He believes successful organizations are 'People First and Customer Obsessed'. He believes successful leaders are eternally curious. And in weighing the advice he wants to share most with the next generation of HR professionals, Lorne points to the imp...2023-10-1250 min
CultureLab with Aga BajerLorne Rubis - The Path to True BelongingBelonging - a concept that speaks to the core of our human experience. We all yearn for acceptance, a place to belong, and the freedom to be our authentic selves. In this thought-provoking episode of the CultureLab podcast, we dive into the transformative power of true belonging with Lorne Rubis, a fervent advocate for fostering inclusion within teams. Lorne shares invaluable insights into his Belongify System - an approach empowering leaders to create a culture of belonging in hybrid or remote teams. To join CultureBrained® go to tinyurl.com/culturebrained To learn more abou...2023-08-021h 09
The Connector Next Door with Lisa GareauGrant Assenheimer, Executive Leader, Belonging Ambassador, and Natural ConnectorSend us a textGrant Assenheimer grew up as a farm kid, worked as an engineer, travelled the world as a humanitarian worker, and landed as an executive leader. His drive to find solutions is backed by a deep value of different perspectives and the patience to discover root causes, leading to sustainable, systems-level outcomes.Grant has had an outstanding career as a water engineer, previously worked with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad and served as a Director on the MSF C...2023-07-2542 min
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura[Part II] Extraordinary Cultures: the Evolution from Inclusion to BelongingDr. Laura welcomes Lorne Rubis, thought leader and Co-Founder of Belongify.com, back to the podcast to continue their conversation on inclusion and belonging. Having previously examined the differences between inclusion and belonging, they now discuss the wider implications of remote working through the pandemic and whether or not that has detracted from fostering a culture of belonging. Lorne shares thoughts from personal experience around how connection in any context cannot be taken for granted.Dr. Laura delves into Lorne’s thoughts on work-life wellness and how to maintain balance. Lorne explains how he views all aspects of...2022-04-2822 min
Where Work Meets Life™ with Dr. Laura[Part I] Extraordinary Cultures: the Evolution from Inclusion to BelongingLorne Rubis, thought leader and Co-Founder of Belongify.com, joins Dr. Laura to talk about the journey from inclusion to belonging, and the differences between the two ideals. Lorne Rubis explains how his research into extraordinary and highly adaptive cultures led him to establish a foundation from which to bring leadership into alignment on advancing culture. He details to Dr. Laura how Belongify.com is part of that evolution.Dr. Laura hears foundational stories from Lorne’s past that helped shape his thoughts around inclusion and belonging. They discuss how belonging is more than inclusion, it’s what...2022-04-1431 min
Unique Leaders PodcastUnique Leaders: Lisa PatrickLisa was born to two wonderful parents. Lisa’s father was a police and her mother was a nurse. Her fatherwas a farmer and she grew up on the farm, working really hard to help out around.After college she worked atthe police department in the sex crimes division. She didn’t like it and went to work for a private investigation firm. She thought she could do it better and started her own business. This was the start of her entrepreneur journey. She was pretty much the only woman in this field.As a startup advi...2021-12-1448 min
Unique Leaders PodcastUnique Leaders: Lisa PatrickLisa was born to two wonderful parents. Lisa’s father was a police and her mother was a nurse. Her fatherwas a farmer and she grew up on the farm, working really hard to help out around.After college she worked atthe police department in the sex crimes division. She didn’t like it and went to work for a private investigation firm. She thought she could do it better and started her own business. This was the start of her entrepreneur journey. She was pretty much the only woman in this field.As a startup advi...2021-12-1448 min
Dr. Finance Live PodcastDr. Finance Live Podcast Episode 30 - Lisa Patrick - Expert Marketer and NetworkerThis is Episode 30 of the Dr. Finance Live Podcast hosted by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”). Dr. Criniti interviewed Lisa Patrick, expert marketer and networker. Lisa Patrick is a startup advisor, entrepreneur, a co-author of the recently released book Intelligent Curiosity (with Hall of Fame speaker Jim Cathcart), an award-winning podcast host, co-founder of Belongify, investor, and speaker. She is highly sought after for her unique abilities in operations and marketing and is always asking questions others never thought of. Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”) is the world's leading financial...2021-10-091h 41
The HR HubCreating Culture Change in an OrganizationHow do you know when you should be creating culture change in an organization? We talk about culture in many different ways e.g. safety culture and innovation culture and a culture of respect etc. It's important to identify when it is working for the organization or against it. And it's important to root out toxic culture because it has a tendency to spread.
I spoke with Lorne Rubis, culture expert, about changing the culture - who has the role, what aspects of culture to focus on, when and why it might be urgent.
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The HR HubManaging Organizational CultureHow do you go about managing organizational culture? It is a nebulous concept, hard to measure and difficult to change, but Lorne Rubis, culture guru, has insight to share.
You should be intentional about your culture and put some thought and resources into ensuring it helps your organization achieve its goals. But how? Lorne has some specific advice for that too i.e. where to start in achieving a thriving culture!
HR also controls many of the levers that help us create a thriving culture or prevent one from developing. Listen here!
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The LaunchcastPitch Perfect - A Shark Tank (ish) Business Pitch EventIt's time for The Launchcast's own version of Shark Tank on episode 209. In this very special episode, we teamed with "Winning Entrepreneur Secrets," a room from in the "Network Like Crazy" club on the Clubhouse app to host a pitch event for entrepreneurs. Here's the deal: George and the rest of the moderators from "Winning Entrepreneur Secrets" give each speaker 30 seconds for their best business pitch and the mods in turn give them invaluable feedback on how to improve their pitch. Business and speaking gems galore. The LaunchDad also talks about his newly released TEDx Talk "How to Reinvent P...2021-03-011h 58
The Culture Uncorked PodcastThe Panel Talks: Being People First, Will Bring Business BackJoin the Pane; Lisa Patrick, Lorne Rubis. and Hilton Barbour talking about how to be people first.
As the pandemic lingers ...people continue to be working from home... having productive employees remains a challenge.
Be committed to PEOPLE FIRST ...
people need to feel valued, respected, connected, supported.
THEY WILL BE then be more productive.
AND you prevent them from running to competitors with a better culture.
What does unapologetic leadership mean to you? To the company? To team members? To Clients?2021-01-1659 minThe Culture Uncorked PodcastJennifer Garibay. Hiring right at Google.𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚?
What is the relationship between recruitment and culture at Google?
Jennifer Garibay joins Lorne at happy hour at Culture Uncorked and leans into the discussion.
Jennifer is a staffing expert, developing and managing active candidate pipelines for Google’s global business operations by understanding functional hiring needs is what Jennifer keeps her days busy with.2020-12-1047 minThe Culture Uncorked PodcastAroon Sequeira: How to keep the heart in “sell-side” transactions.A leadership group that has been together for 10 years has a secret sauce boiled in their culture.
A belief in building solid relationships and leveraging experience and creativity to ensure his client's business is always in a position of strength is one way that Aroon has been able to grow his firm to one of western Canada’s largest boutique advisory firms serving clients in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.
The team at Sequeira Partners has completed more than 200 mid-market transactions valued in excess of $4 billion in Canada, the United States, and countries around the wo...2020-12-1048 minThe Culture Uncorked PodcastThe Panel Talks with Katy Dineen. WHAT IS Belonging, Safety, and Identity?Lisa, Lorne, Hilton, and Patrick have a deep dive discussion about what is Belonging, Safety, and Identity with their special guest, Katy Dineen. Katy is the Assistant Lecturer at University College Cork and Senior Associate at The Mizen Group.
Katy's expertise is in value theory, the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, political theory, and philosophy of education.
She published in the area of human character and values (in particular hope), education and inclusion. The focus of her published (and forthcoming) work is on the overlap between autonomy and finite, vulnerable human agency. Part of her research...2020-11-141h 00The Culture Uncorked PodcastJoan Hertz: Board compliance and how they add value to the entire team.Chair of ATB Financial Joan Hertz, joined Lisa and Lorne to discuss what is the real role of the board, how does compliance comes into play, not just for a public company, but even for non-profit and private companies.
Joan answers questions like, How much value does Management get from their Board? How to have real discussions and bring tremendous value to the team. What causes Joan to worry when a management team presents to the Board? and so much more.
Having sat as a CEO and in the Chair seat, Joan discusses the value t...2020-11-1446 minThe Culture Uncorked PodcastPatrick Sells: Why words matter so much in life and for your culture.Why words matter so much. Say Cheeze. Try It On. There are phrases that are spoken throughout the halls and zoom rooms of Quontic Banking.
Join Lisa, Lorne, and Patrick Sells, Digital Banker of the Year 2020 by American Banker and CIO at Quontic Banking for Happy Hour. Tune in as they take a deep dive into how Patrick is interrupting community banking, his mission, and how he is doing things differently at one of the fastest-growing banks in the country - Quontic Banking.
(Patrick has helped Quontic Bank grow into a $400 million-asset, financially sound, leading d...2020-11-1453 minThe Culture Uncorked PodcastAndrea Mondor: CEO Transitions. The good, the bad, and the ugly.Intentional C-Suite Transitions: What does that mean?
Reaching the C-suite is the pinnacle many leaders strive toward for years. Yet, the journey is rarely smooth transitioning to and from the C-Suite.
No two transitions are the same. They are definitely non-linear. But there are also common patterns to departures and arrivals.
Join Lisa and Lorne in the conversation with their Guest Andrea Mondor, founder of Roar Transitions. Andrea brings insights into leadership and organization transitions earned alongside more than 300 clients in 11 industries – more than two decades of rolling up her sleeves in strategy, organizational development, an...2020-11-1452 minThe Culture Uncorked PodcastGarry Ridge: Be People First. The Winning Formula at WD40.Whether you are leading a team or your customer, put their needs first, and help them develop and perform as highly as possible.
Garry became CEO of WD40 in 1997 when WD40 was only serving the US market and employee engagement was only 50%.
TODAY in 2020, WD40: Is in 176 countries Has a Market Cap over $2.5 BILLION Employee Engagement is 93%
During this happy hour, Garry joins Lisa and Lorne and reveals his winning formula for success, how he leads his meetings by NOT SAYING anything until the end of the meeting, how he creates a safe...2020-11-1456 minThe Culture Uncorked PodcastDave Mowat: How to be happy in the boardroom and in life.How does happiness have a direct impact on how people feel and how they belong at work and in the boardroom?
Named by glass door as the #1 CEO in Alberta, Dave Mowat is one of the top 50 of the most influential people in Alberta.
He's sat on the board of STARS, The Citadel Theatre, and currently on the board at Telus Communications, Dave Mowat joins Lisa and Lorne for happy hour.2020-11-131h 01