Ensuring workplace culture is fit for purpose

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of workplace culture and workforce engagement in achieving business objectives.

Ensuring the workforce is engaged does not simply bolster team culture; it also strengthens the collective focus on the business's objectives. Here, we unpack how to strike the right balance. In this episode of The HR Leader Podcast, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Ensign Laboratories head of human resources Grant Wyatt about his journey in the HR space, concerns around workforce engagement, whether engagement is harder to come by than ever before, what constitutes a strong workplace culture, navigating generational differences, what works and doesn't work in bolstering culture and a focus on objectives, meaningfully prioritising optimal culture in a time of voluminous change.

People in this episode

Host: Jerome Doraisamy

Guest: Grant Wyatt

Topics covered

• workplace culture
• workforce engagement
• generational differences
• business objectives
• HR practices

Keywords

• workplace culture
• engagement
• HR
• business objectives
• generational differences
• team culture
• optimal culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ensign Laboratories

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