Rob Sadow, Co-founder of Flex Index: Flexible Work

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11/09/23

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Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward.

This week Naomi Titleman is joined by Rob Sadow who is a LinkedIn top voice on flexible work, founder and CEO of Scoop, inventor of the Flex Index and host of his very own podcast.

Naomi has a chance to speak to Rob about one of her favourite topics – hybrid work. Rob shares information on how Scoop pivoted from supporting people with their commute to helping organizations use their time in the office more effectively and shares data from Flex Index that tracks organizations' policies and practices related to work flexibility.

They share more about the “magic number” and provide some practical strategies to support your flexible working plans.

You can learn more about Rob’s work by following these links:

https://www.scoopforwork.com/

The Flex Index can be found here:

https://www.flex.scoopforwork.com/

And his newsletter here:

https://flexindex.substack.com/
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From Performance Management to Performance Acceleration with Guest Stephen Friedman

November 2, 2023

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44m

In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman has a chance to connect with Stephen Friedman who, amongst other interesting things, is a Professor of Organizational Studies at Schulich School of Business.

It’s the start of a new term, and Stephen shares his early insights from engaging with 650 students – and his tricks to remember their names!

Once they cover their mutual love of ice cream, they go on to explore a range of interesting topics based on Stephen’s fascination with business and human relationships.

They talk about a range of topics including performance management, unlimited vacation and the 9-box grid.

You can connect with Stephen at LinkedIn here –

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenfriedman1/

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The Importance of Purpose & Values with Guest Susan Conrad

November 16, 2023

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42m

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward.

In this week’s episode, Mark Edgar is joined by guest Susan Conrad who is part of the Chapman & Co Leadership Institute – an organization that supports companies create a people-first culture. She is also a serial entrepreneur and sees her purpose as serving as a catalyst so people achieve more together.

Mark partners with Susan and team as part of his Chief People Officer role at Wajax as we continue to focus on building a people-first company.

A lot of the Chapman & Co Leadership Institute work is based on the Barry-Wehmiller journey who have created a very intentional culture focused on unleashing the potential of every person in the organization. You can learn more about the company and the work in these links.

Everybody Matters Documentary (37 minutes)

Everybody Matters Book & Discussion Guide (see attached)

Truly Human Leadership Animation Video (10 minutes)

In this episode they talk about the importance of taking a people approach and the role a purpose and a set of values has in creating a sustainable culture. They talk about the unique approach they take to creating a purpose and values.

You can learn more about Susan’s work by following her on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-conrad-b167636/

Or you can email here at susan.conrad@ccoleadership.com
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