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Trudi Mares describes herself as the accidental public servant but whether accidental or not, Trudi has carved out an impressive and impactful career and continues to learn, eveole and take the opportunities she rightly earns. She understands how to connect purpose and values and turn it into meaningful action and inspires the same in others.  Trudi has a passion for authentic leadership, customer and people experience and transformation. She has led teams across the NSW Public Service at NSW Police, Roads and Maritime Services, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Corrective Services and Attorney Generals and Justice. Her background spans business management, policy, finance, people and culture and shared and corporate services. Trudi holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD). --------- Want to create a great place to work? Join the free Culture Makers Community to learn and share with like-minded peers Find out more about Colin www.colindellis.com --------- Incidental show music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

This week's Culture Makers episode is a replay of my 2019 (pre-pandemic!) interview with Didier Elzinga, CEO of Culture Amp a people and culture platform that helps companies around the world to gather insight and analytics on engagement and performance so that they can build and evolve high achieving teams. So while a lot has changed in the world of work since this interview, I think you'll also hear that not a lot has changed when it comes to attitudes towards culture and there's still a lot of scope to do more! If anything, culture has become even more important since this interview.  Didier left a highly successful career in Hollywood to, in his own words, 'make a bigger dent on the universe' by building a global software company on a mission to create a better world of work. Culture Amp now has offices around the world, a growing roster of clients and plenty of insights into what it actually means to create that better world of work. Culture Amp walks the talk when it comes to their own people and culture and Didier shares his unique insights on: ⚡ Being a culture-first company ⚡ How the company uses technology to build connections between its global workforce ⚡ On winning at culture - but doing it the right way ⚡ Shifting mindsets in business - the growing realisations that culture will kill if you get it wrong and that there is no finish line - culture is never 'done' ⚡ How knowledge is not enough and the work Culture Amp does in designing systems that support companies in being human ⚡ Why you can't copy culture ⚡ The idea of 'Peak Culture' and why it has to be OK to not always belong. We had a fascinating conversation and you can find out more about Culture Amp here: https://www.cultureamp.com/ --------- Want to create a great place to work? Join the free Culture Makers Community to learn and share with like-minded peers Find out more about Colin www.colindellis.com --------- Incidental show music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Richard has been in the coffee industry for 16 years, beginning with his first cafe in 2006. His career has taken him from behind a coffee machine to coffee farms in Colombia, washing stations in Burundi to head judging the World Barista Championships. His work with growers as part of Raw Material has been some of the most rewarding; developing and building new relationships with in-country partners for project work in Rwanda and Burundi and connecting coffee buyers with meaningful and impact-driven coffee value chains all over the world. Richard is a big believer is sharing knowledge and experiences for the greater good and knows that culture and commitment to values is a big part of finding and keeping great people.  Find out more about Flight Coffee and Raw Material ----------------------------------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Leanne is an award-winning CEO and Director with a demonstrated history of building vibrant cultures of success in the real estate industry. Skilled in Leadership, Negotiation, Property, Sales and Event Management, Leanne was recognised as the Most Influential Woman in Property at the 2021 AREA awards and Industry Thought Leader of the Year at the REB Awards. She has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Sydney Graduate School of Management, is a dynamic public speaker, and the host of the Courageous Conversations podcast. Leanne shares her career story, how she navigates the cultures and sub-culutres of a franchise business, her approach to team bonding and why she still personally leads the induction day for all new starters.  Listen to Courageous Conversations here ----------------------------------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Tamara Ryf is an experienced executive with 20 years’ experience in Australia and Europe providing staffing, consulting and technology solutions to Private and Public Sector organisations. Her strength is in building vibrant cultures that work collaboratively with clients to achieve their business objectives through the attraction and retention of exceptional individuals. She is a pragmatic solutioneer with strong commercial management capability who champions both human and technology-driven innovation. Tamara has been with Clicks in Melbourne for around 16 years in a variety of roles and last year was named CEO.  Throughout her first year as CEO of Clicks, Tamara has been sharing her insights and journey on LinkedIn  ----------------------------------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

As Second Commissioner and CIO, Ramez Katf provides leadership and strategic direction on information and communications technology in the ATO and ensures the delivery of technology services to support staff. He also ensures that the organisation is leveraging the most innovative trends in technology, to improve the experience of staff and clients. Before joining the ATO, Ramez was a managing director at Accenture for more than 29 years, working with government and non-government clients to deliver large-scale transformational change, in particular with innovative, technological business solutions. In this episode of Culture Makers Ramez and I chat about the transformation challenge, how to influence and evolve culture in a new role, the importance of continuous innovaton and more!  ---------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Born in Italy and educated in Milan, Matteo started his own photography business at an early age and spent 10 years shooting and exhibiting his work around the world. After starting their own family, Matteo and his husband became entrepreneurs in the healthcare sector when they opened the pionnering South Slope Pediatrics in New York City. Matteo fell in love with customer experience and company culture and works with empathy, humour and passion to ensure it is demonstrated every day, in every interaction at SSP.  Find out more about South Slope Pediatrics' vibrant culture: http://www.southslopepediatrics.com/ssp-culture.html Connect with Matteo on LinkedIn for great culture content.  ---------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Narelle Burke's full job title is as big as her experience and passion for people: Chief Human Resources Officer, Insights for Asia Pacific and Head of Diversity and Inclusion Global for Kantar. Narelle is an award winning international Human Resources (HR) leader with more than 20+ years’ experience working in strategic HR Business Partnering and Centres of Excellence roles. She has worked across a multitude of country, regional and global roles and across various industries; from Government business enterprises to Tech start-ups. In particular, Narelle is known for her work in organisational leadership, transformation and change, development of an inclusive culture, developing talent in agile ways and the ability to turn around and build great teams. She is unapologetically authentic and human and brings an endless energy, drive, positivity and passion for people to all roles she takes on. In this episode we talk learning as a leader, doing more on diversity and the importance of a support crew to help you realise your potential.  ---------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Brisbane-based Martin Holzworth has worked at BoQ, EDS, Hewlett-Packard, Ernst & Young, Fujitsu, Griffith University and now VMware in a mix of CTO and cyber roles that have seen him share his expertise and knowledge in 35 countries and territories. In this conversation, Martin shares his leadership and culture insights around cyber security, building great teams, purpose before paycheck and his little black book of learnings which has helped him record and shape his values over 30 years of employment.  ---------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

As you'll see from this bio, Dr Siew Fang Law has qualifications and experience a-plenty but what really stands out for me is her understanding of people, the unique human experience and how who we are, where we come from, what we believe, influences how we create meaning in the world. Being able to tap into this is a great skill for building cultures and encouraging collaboration.  Siew Fang Law is a highly-motivated, dynamic and proactive leader in Higher Education Research Engagement and Impact (E&I). She has 20 years of academic experience and an interdisciplinary research background that intersects across culture diversity, community development, peace psychology and conflict transformation. She is a doctor of philosophy, with a PHD in culture and conflict resolution, has a master of science in social and applied psychology and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has worked on projects for the United Nations and UNESCO, is multilingual and currently works as the Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Engagement, Collaboration and Partnership at the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (MCSHE), Melbourne Graduate School of Education.  Check out Siew Fang's paper on the impact of COVID on collaboration and engagement. 📄 ---------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Guillermo Diaz is a transformative global business leader and champion of diversity, equity and inclusion. He serves as the Chairman of the Hispanic Technology Executive Council (HITEC), he is on the board of directors at Blue Shield of California and also at Kloudspot Inc., an innovative predictive analytics platform provider, where he was previously CEO. As founder and CEO of Conectado Inc., Guillermo is working to make career opportunities for underrepresented groups more accessible 'from the classroom to the boardroom'.  Prior to these roles, he was a transformational innovator across Cisco Systems and more broadly in the industry where he developed a strong track record for accelerating culture through people, leadership, and technology. Guillermo has a raft of leadership awards, with the most recent including:  C-Suite Leaders - Top Latinos in C-Suite | 2019 Maestro Award - Top Industry Leadership | 2019 Top Ten Latino Leaders by Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019 Find out more about HITEC: https://hitecglobal.org/ and connect on LinkedIn to find out more about Conectado Inc. ---------------- Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Welcome to Season 4 of the Culture Makers Podcast where Colin D Ellis finds more culture makers out in the world of work and gets them to share their stories, insights and tips for creating a great place to work.  In this episode Colin is talking to a leader who thrives on getting things done! Hassanah Rudd is the Head of People and Culture at Brighte, based in Sydney. Hassanah has more than 20 years people experience in three countries in the public and private sector and was recently named Corporate Talent Leader of the Year! A champion of experimentation, using technology for good and creating cultures where it's OK to be vulnerable, Hassanah shares her pragmatic approach to people and culture.  Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

The future of HR is here and it's bright! Erin is a dynamic young HR professional on a mission to make employee experiences positive and meaningful. She's already got great experience, insights and ideas and I have no doubt she will take the profession by storm.  Erin shares her career path so far, what she loves about HR, the importance of inclusion and how to do all of this while still having fun!  Find out more about the great work of OzHarvest - Australia’s leading food rescue organisation. ------------- Find out more about me: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community Music courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Matt Defina is an organisational psychologist and program manager at The Man Cave - a preventative mental health and emotional intelligence charity that empowers boys to become great men. Through extensive study and work, Matt has explored how to create organisations and communities that bring out the best in people and now he does that at The Man Cave, ensuring the culture is evolving and scaling to meet its growing needs and our increasingly complex world. A big believer in the innate goodness of people, Matt prefers to see possibilities where others might see problems. In our chat he shares some brilliant cultural habits, talks about the convergence of self on social media, how to build a sense of responsibility and what happens when you tune in to your inner voice.  Find out more about the important work of The Man Cave here: https://themancave.life/ ------------ Listen wherever you find your podcasts. Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community --------- 🎵 Music from Purple Planet Episode produced by wrdsmth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Callum Morrison is a commercial and solutions focused HR generalist who is passionate about building great leaders, creating engaged teams and vibrant workplace cultures. He grew up around business with entrepreneurial parents and knew early on that his 'sweet spot' would involve developing people, building cultures and delivering change and he set about getting both the theoretical frameworks and the practical experience it took to excel in his field. He carries with him his dad's philosophy of: treat people well and they will deliver.  Callum has over 15 years of HR experience across a number of industries and is currently the Head of People & Culture Business Partnering at Medibank, one of Australia’s largest private health insurers. ------------ Listen wherever you find your podcasts. Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community --------- 🎵 Music from Purple Planet Episode produced by wrdsmth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Dr Rachel Nowak wanted to be a farmer. She studied agricultural science, then fell in love with research and recognised that a lot of great research never made it out into the world, to become really useful and have an impact on our lives. So she set about changing that, becoming an award-winning investigative journalist. Now, as Director, Research Marketing and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Dr Nowak and her team work across multiple functions to embed research communication and marketing strategies that will get research knowledge, IP, capabilities and expertise into the hands, minds and businesses of all those people who can use them for financial and cultural benefit, or to improve human or environmental health.  In this episode of Culture Makers we talk about the simple power of a good introduction, why perfect is not the goal, and how Rachel goes about building diverse and supportive teams. ------------ Listen wherever you find your podcasts. Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community --------- 🎵 Music from Purple Planet Episode produced by wrdsmth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

John Salamone's epic job title of Chief Human Resources Officer at U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, is the culmination of more than 25 years in people capital leadership. In some capacity or other, John has been in service to his community and constituents since he was in High School!  One of the US Government's top people capital leaders, John brings a pragmatic, people-centered approach to his culture making and program oversight. He's an infectiously positive public servant who leads by example and can't help but amass fans and followers! An absolute joy to speak with. ------------ Listen wherever you find your podcasts. Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community --------- 🎵 Music from Purple Planet Episode produced by wrdsmth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

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Jocelyn Hunter is one of Australia’s most respected PR professionals. With over 20 years PR experience working for some of the world's top technology-driven companies, in both agency and in-house roles, today Jocelyn runs her own successful PR consultancy, Bench PR, through which she is dedicated to building a vibrant workplace culture that values trust, empowerment and flexibility. She is bucking trends in an industry known for churning through employees!  ------------ Listen wherever you find your podcasts. Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community --------- 🎵 Music from Purple Planet Episode produced by wrdsmth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message

Carey McIntyre is passionate and deliberate about people and culture, developing teams and building future leaders while always listening to the needs of the community. Starting out at Kmart in his student days gave Carey a grounding in customer service, studying and working as a civil engineer gave him another perspective - and now he combines them with a boat load of experience, a thirst for learning and a willingness to not be right all of the time to head up an award-winning culture at Shellharbour in New South Wales.  ------------ Listen wherever you find your podcasts. Find out more about Colin: www.colindellis.com Join the Culture Makers Community: www.culturemakers.community --------- 🎵 Music from Purple Planet Episode produced by wrdsmth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culturemakers/message