Corporate Culture needs guidance with specific leadership skills

Do you struggle with corporate culture? Do you worry about office politics? As a leader have you thought about helping your team members fit in? This is not about team building, but about mapping your corporate culture and then knowing your people so well, you can help them align with what you are doing in a way that brings out the best in others. Corporate escapee turned culture and leadership expert Aoife O’Brien shares her experience and research on ‘fitting in’.

Why you should listen: learn the leadership skills you need for corporate culture

• Aoife shares her experience of learning management is about getting people to do something; leadership is about bringing out the best in others

• Discover 3 aspects of fitting in: aligned values, need satisfaction, and matching demands and abilities

• Discovering that not everyone wants to, or can, be a leader

We explore office politics, leadership skills and other people stuff

• Aoife’s first painful experiences as a leader

• What it’s like to be suddenly managed by your peer (and what not to do)

• Not accepting feedback on blindspots - a sign someone is in survival mode and not able to hear what you have to say 

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Shownotes: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/corporate-culture-aoife-obrien

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About Aoife O’Brien:

Aoife O’Brien is a Happiness at Work expert. She is passionate about ‘fit’ and specifically how creating the right environment can help individuals to reach their full potential and support organisations to thrive. Understanding humans and how they behave at work is key to this. Before launching her own business, Empowerment Coaching (soon to be renamed Happier at Work), Aoife had a successful 17 years in the corporate world, working with global companies like Coca Cola, Unilever and Heinz to solve marketing problems using data analytics. Her clients are primarily HR and business leaders, and they hire her for speaking engagements, training workshops, and consultancy programs (including People Analytics).  

Aoife has been featured on several media platforms and podcasts speaking about ‘fit’ as well as imposter syndrome. She has also delivered a number of keynote speeches on these topics. Her mission is to help organisations to increase employee retention by using culture-fit in their hiring decisions. She has lived and worked in Dublin, London, Perth, and Sydney and has a MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour. She also has a podcast called Happier at Work.

Socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien

https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie 

https://www.twitter.com/happieratworkHQ 

Website: 

www.happieratwork.ie

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E177 - How to scale corporate culture from 0 to 400 in five years with CEO Fiona Kesby

E90 - How to move from expert to team leader

E66 - 'Best of the Best' Workplace Culture - Interview with Shanyn Payne of OES

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About your podcast host, leadership expert Zoë Routh:

Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.

Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.

Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.

www.zoerouth.com