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Your Culture is Your Fault! With Meghan Schneider

Mary Beth Meadows & Katie Saliba Season 1 Episode 6

In this episode, we’re breaking down the ins and outs of workplace culture. Workplace culture is in everything a company does, manifested in the minds and emotions of all a company’s workers. In this week’s episode, we sat down with Meghan Schneider, the Program Director for HCA Healthcare’s Physician Leadership Academy. With over a decade of experience in leadership development and executive coaching, Meghan shares how measuring and making positive changes in workplace culture is crucial for organizational success. 

In this episode, we explore: 

  • How companies can define culture and specify it based on their leadership 
  • The things leaders should avoid when making cultural changes 
  • The ways culture and engagement go hand in hand 
  • Organizational culture doesn’t change overnight – it shifts steadily over time 
  • What psychological safety is and its impact on your efforts to change your company culture 
  • Is a strong culture always a good culture? 
  • How to build trust by giving trust 
  • People want hard feedback – but people are afraid to give it 
  • Having tough conversations is critical to professional growth – and it makes a huge difference in the workplace 
  • Which metrics will tell you how well you’re succeeding at growing your culture in the direction you want 
  • What to do when you have employees who “drain” your culture 
  • That listening is a crucial skill for gauging workplace culture 

 

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Additional Resources from the Show: 

  • Radical Candor - Kim Scott 
  • The Corporate Culture Survival Guide - Edgar Schein 
  • 5 Dysfunctions of a Team - Pat Lencioni 
  • Dare to Lead - Brene Brown 
  • Unreasonable Hospitality - Will Guidara 
  • Corporate “Love Languages” assessment 

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