CA107: Unguarded Networking

In this final episode in the first series of the Culture: Awesome podcast; hosts, Rebecca Lewis Smith and Emily Groves reflect upon what they've learned, both personally and professionally, over the duration of the past ten episodes, whilst adding some new ideas and insights of their own around culture change in larger organisations.   https://www.cultureawesome.co.uk/

In this podcast episode of Culture: Awesome, hosts, Rebecca Lewis Smith, MD of The Fountain Partnership and, Emily Groves, MD of Indigo Swan, chat with Professor Damian Hughes, author of The Barcelona Way and The Liquid Thinker about unlocking culture in organisations. Hear how winning teams have achieved success through different approaches and styles of leadership and why many organisations have the wrong idea about implementing a culture destined for success. https://www.cultureawesome.co.uk/

In this eighth podcast episode of Culture: Awesome, from the first series, hosts, Rebecca Lewis Smith, MD of The Fountain Partnership and, Emily Groves, MD of Indigo Swan, talk about the importance and benefits of having diverse personality types in their teams. Hear how we communicate in life and at work and the value of recognising our own tendencies; how an awareness of differing personality types can enable the switching of roles in business situations. Emily and Rebecca also share their experiences as, and with, varying introvert and extrovert personality types. https://www.cultureawesome.co.uk/

What's been your experience of business networking? Most professionals have a handful of mixed experiences business networking. Yet the culture of business network events, today, is changing. In this episode of Culture: Awesome, hosts, Rebecca and Emily, discuss their own experiences of networking and how these have shaped and affected them as both business leaders and as people. Hear how positive networking can be a great way to connect with your business community. And how unguarded networking can offer your organisation a competitive advantage. https://www.cultureawesome.co.uk/

In this podcast episode, number six in the first series, of Culture: Awesome, hosts, Rebecca Lewis Smith, MD of The Fountain Partnership and, Emily Groves, MD of Indigo Swan, share their own stories and why they care deeply about company culture today. Rebecca and Emily share their own experiences, which have shaped them as business leaders in innovative industries. Hear how their friendship has evolved, as mums, whilst juggling business leadership, parenthood and play. And learn why they have chosen to create a podcast on company culture. https://www.cultureawesome.co.uk/

Are you aware that 57% of the UK workforce is not engaged; 26% is actively disengaged. Does your team know what's expected of them everyday? In this fifth episode of the first series, Rebecca and Emily share actionable ideas and reveal how they use the Gallop Q12 survey, and careful questioning, to gain insights as to how engaged their colleagues and teams are with their work and organisation. You'll hear how engagement and happiness differ and how surveys can support company growth. Find out the four key elements towards better employee engagement and how achieving such aims can improve the UK economy. https://www.cultureawesome.co.uk/

In the fourth podcast episode of this first series of Culture: Awesome, hosts, Rebecca Lewis Smith, MD of Fountain and, Emily Groves, MD of Indigo Swan, discuss how they unlock motivation in their businesses. Hear how Rebecca and Emily collaborate and work with their teams and colleagues towards creating thriving business environments motivated by mastery, autonomy and purpose and a love for implementing what they learn. https://www.cultureawesome.co.uk

What does it mean to own vulnerability in a business? In the third podcast episode of this first series of Culture: Awesome, hosts, Rebecca Lewis Smith, MD of Fountain and, Emily Groves, MD of Indigo Swan, discuss what it means to lead and own vulnerability in business. Hear how Rebecca and Emily have embraced the work of Brene Brown, as business leaders, managing shame, guilt, failure and perfectionism with empathy, non-judgement and compassion towards creating a safe environment of love, belonging, connection and collaboration. http://www.cultureawesome.co.uk/

What are cultural building blocks in a business? In this second podcast episode of Culture: Awesome, hosts, Rebecca Lewis Smith, MD of Fountain and, Emily Groves, MD of Indigo Swan, discuss the importance of creating values, the cultural building blocks that matter, in business. Sharing from their own experiences whilst leading values lead companies, in a world full of companies claiming to be values lead; hear how Rebecca and Emily came up with their own company values and the challenges they face finding ones that fit, inspire and create impact. http://www.cultureawesome.co.uk

In this inaugural podcast episode of Culture: Awesome, hosts, Rebecca Lewis Smith, MD of Fountain and, Emily Groves, MD of Indigo Swan, share their passion for company culture and how they have created 'black box' businesses. http://www.cultureawesome.co.uk