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 ..read more

*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, an ..read more

*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 d ..read more

*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 Heal ..read more

*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 ..read more

*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. Our guest is Maryjo Charbonnier - Chief HR Officer at Kyndryl, an IBM spin-off that is one of the largest startups in corporate history. In her role, Maryjo is responsible for the design and implementation of all human resources strategies, policies, and processes. Kyndryl is a talent-centric company and Maryjo is proud to be at the helm of their global effort to become the employer of choice in the more ..read more

Our guest today is Andrew Dart - Navigator and People Leader at VIDA and an all-around delightful human and a stand-up guy who we all love. Prior to joining VIDA, Andrew spent 10+ years leading people in Tourism Industry and successfully built high-performing workplace cultures through a few acquisitions. VIDA is one of our companies owned by Scaling Culture host Ron. VIDA is on a mission to revolutionize affordable communities, providing safe, secure, affordable rental suites for residents to call home. This is a special episode as we’ll be diving into our own culture and we’ll uncover some o ..read more

*This episode was sponsored by WilsonHCG, a strategic, global recruitment partner focused on bringing out the best in what your workplace culture has to offer. Our guest is Monica Novomisle - Chief People Officer at Kraft Heinz North America. Monica is known for building high-performing teams that deliver profitable business results. In her 20+ years of experience in the people space, she worked with leadership teams at Kraft Heinz, Diageo, and Tory Burch, to achieve total business and culture transformations, focusing on changes in performance culture, coaching culture, employee experience, a ..read more

Our guest is Johanna Soderstrom - Chief People Officer at Tyson Foods. As a member of the Tyson Foods’ enterprise leadership team, Johanna brings over two decades of experience in global people solutions, employee engagement, and talent development. Before that, she served as Chief HR Officer at The Dow Chemical Company and oversaw the company’s cultural and organizational transformation through the DowDuPont merger and spin-off. Johanna is also a member of the board of Neste. In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Johanna discuss: How does Tyson make core values come to life across 139 ..read more

Our guest is Rich Diviney - bestselling author of “The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance”, a leadership and human performance expert, and retired Navy SEAL commander. During his career in the US Military, spanning over twenty years, Rich completed thirteen deployments overseas. As the officer tasked with training others for specialized command, Diviney was intimately involved in SEAL selection process, paring down a group of exceptional candidates to a small cadre of the most elite optimal performers. He also spearheaded the creation of a directorate, employing a strong ..read more