The Culture Code

Evan Watkins

Welcome to The Culture Code podcast. On this podcast, you’ll learn how to grow, shape, and sustain a high-performance culture with the Founder of LEADx, Kevin Kruse and the Head of Content & Community at LEADx, Evan Watkins. From designing and delivering highly effective leadership development programs, to measuring and improving the employee experience, you will understand what it takes to cultivate a thriving company culture. Through interviews with Chief People Officers, deep dives into key topics, and recordings of our invite-only community sessions, we bring you cutting-edge, data-backed insights from the most desirable companies to work for in the world.

57 Episodes

How To Be Ultraproductive (Without Working More) an Exclusive Interview with Dr. Christian Poensgen
10/30/2026
34:43
Dr. Christian Poensgen and Eric Partaker just released a new book, “Ultraproductive.” The premise is that if you adopt three specific 90-minute habits, you can increase your productivity by as much as 10x without actually working more. I was skeptical ...
What Being A CPO Looks Like At A Small Company with the CPO of Aperian
2/23/2024
18:56
The CPO of Aperian, Addie Johnsen talks about what it's like to be CPO at a 65-employee organization. We discuss: how she uses the smaller company size to personally coach every leader. how she indexes company values team by team her book recommendatio...
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RANT: My Problem with the Kirkpatrick Model
2/16/2024
7:50
I break down my problem with the Kirkpatrick model and what you should do about it!
L&D’s Transformation From Order Taker To Trusted Learning Advisor with the CLO of BDO Canada
2/8/2024
19:48
If L&D wants to evolve from "order-taking" into a strategic entity, a significant mindset and behavior shift is required. In comes Dr. Keith Keating, author of The Trusted Learning Advisor and CLO at BDO Canada. He covers: 1. The most common stumbling ...
How Consensus Cloud Solutions Scales And Sustains A Thriving Hybrid Culture, with CPO Lynn Johnson
1/29/2024
29:59
In this interview, CPO of Consensus Cloud Solutions, Lynn Johnson, explains how she scales and sustains company culture to 600 hybrid and remote employees. A few highlights include: 1. How she sustains culture with "an iron fist but a velvet glove." 2....
The Secret To Great Leadership? Develop Your Aspiring Leaders with The Aerospace Corp's CPO
1/22/2024
46:46
In this episode, we sit down with Heather Laychak, the CPO at The Aerospace Corporation. She covers everything from her best-in-class approach to aspiring leadership programs to an industry-shifting diversity initiative and her top three book recommend...
RANT: Why Bot Coaches Don't Work (And What Works Better)
1/15/2024
5:18
Five years ago, I wrote a check for $1 million to launch an AI-powered coach using IBM Watson. We then created the world’s first executive coach bot (long before Chat GPT). And it DID NOT work. Here’s why: Even though the leaders liked the tool… The BU...
A Scrappy And Highly Practical Approach To Develop Frontline Leaders with Collective Health's CPO
1/9/2024
34:04
Abbie Buck, CPO of Collective Health, breaks down her scrappy approach to leadership dev. This one's full of creative and stealable ideas! Key Topics Covered: Her scrappy approach to develop frontline leaders: Abbie designed and delivered in-house deve...
Why Leadership Development Is The Key To Scaling Culture with Symphony's CPO
1/5/2024
35:39
In this conversation with Courtney Panik, CPO of Symphony, we cover: How she helped Symphony scale its culture as it grew from a startup to a scale-up How Symphony's flat organizational structure and an open-door policy foster accessibility and trust. ...
How A Personalized Approach Solved For Attrition with SugarCRM's CHRO
1/3/2024
22:38
This episode explores the innovative way the CHRO of SugarCRM reduced employee turnover from 23% to 9% after joining the company. In addition to reducing turnover, CHRO Shana Sweeney shares: How she cultivates a unique company culture: She unveils the ...

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Evan Watkins

57 Episodes

How To Be Ultraproductive (Without Working More) an Exclusive Interview with Dr. Christian Poensgen

What Being A CPO Looks Like At A Small Company with the CPO of Aperian

RANT: My Problem with the Kirkpatrick Model

L&D’s Transformation From Order Taker To Trusted Learning Advisor with the CLO of BDO Canada

How Consensus Cloud Solutions Scales And Sustains A Thriving Hybrid Culture, with CPO Lynn Johnson

The Secret To Great Leadership? Develop Your Aspiring Leaders with The Aerospace Corp's CPO

RANT: Why Bot Coaches Don't Work (And What Works Better)

A Scrappy And Highly Practical Approach To Develop Frontline Leaders with Collective Health's CPO

Why Leadership Development Is The Key To Scaling Culture with Symphony's CPO

How A Personalized Approach Solved For Attrition with SugarCRM's CHRO