Culture Unwrapped

Episode 10: Letting go of your MASK as a leader (Interview)

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode we are delighted to welcome Lindsay Texel. Lindsay has had an incredible journey in the field of law, starting with university transitioning to law school and then securing a training contract with a national firm. She Progressed to partner level and is now a partner at Clarion Solicitors.
Lindsay shares her perspective on people being at the heart of every culture. She is passionate about leaders setting the tone to create an incredible culture from within, and utilises her experiences throughout her career for continuous improvement.
 
Connect with Lindsay here!
 
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Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching
 

Episode 9: Walking with Dinosaurs (How to manage outdated beliefs in your mgmt team)

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode we've built upon some common feedback we gained from minisode Episode 3 - our "passionate rant". If you've not already listened, scroll back to Ep3 then revisit this one. We discussed how damaging to your culture that having strong outdated beliefs in your leadership team can be, how to recognise this and what do it if perhaps it's YOU that's the dinosaur! 
 
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Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching

Episode 8: Minisode: Passionate Rant about ”Soft Skills”!

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode, Rachel & Jo rant on their frustration with the way "soft skills" are described and approached within organisations. We want to ban the term soft skills and rename to essential capability building - as they are indeed essential. Let's put a stop to HR being referred to as the "fluff". Tune in for a new perspective on how soft skills should be approached.
 
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Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching

Episode 7: Spotlight on Zest! Discover how they really make a difference

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode, Rachel had the honour of interviewing our very own Jo Smedley and Andy Poole - co-founders of Zest Learning.
We share the behind the scenes of how Zest approach their transformative people development experience, in an honest, funny and touching interview.
 
Find Andy here
Find Jo here
 
Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture.
 
Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching
 

Episode 6: Holding Leaders Accountable for the change we want to see

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode we get down to the nitty gritty. We've explored culture change in organisations, but one of the things we've identified is that often there is a high energy kick-off season, and things can go stale or become forgotten very quickly. 
We're chatting about the power behind holding leaders accountable for that change we want to see, and exploring different effective ways of measuring engagement and adoption throughout.
 
Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture.
 
Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching
 

Episode 5: Minisode: 5 Top Tips for Unwrapping Culture

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode we summarise our top 5 tips we've found have resonated most on unwrapping culture in your organisation. As usual with our "minisodes" these are concise, bite sized and it wouldn't be Jo & Rachel without it being direct and to the point!
 
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Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching
 

Episode 4: How to Create a Thriving, Inclusive Culture with Tom Emery

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode we welcome our first guest, Tom Emery. Tom Emery is co-founder of Hex  - a leadership and talent consultancy. Tom is an organisational development expert and coach with a wealth of expertise in HR. Having worked within a variety of industries such as financial services, technology and the public sector, Tom has joined us to share some of his perspectives surrounding creating a thriving inclusive culture.
 
Connect with Tom and learn more about Hex Development here
 
Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture.
 
Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching
 

Episode 3: Minisode - A passionate rant on Dinosaur Leaders

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
Join us for our first "minisode" - a bite size episode for you to grab 10 minutes of inspiration, in a way that's easy to incorporate into your routine. We're having a bit of a passionate rant today about a topic that can negatively impact a company culture - Dinosaur Leaders!
 
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Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching
 
 

Episode 2: How can we create an environment of psychological safety?

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode we're diving into the topic of Psychological Safety - and how we can incorporate this into our thriving environment. We're curious to unwrap anything that can sometimes feel like a "buzzword" to get clear on exactly what we mean, and how this benefits your culture..
Listen today - We referred to the fantastic work done by Amy Edmonson and her book The Fearless Organisation - check it out!
 
Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture.
 
Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching
 
 

Episode 1: What do we mean by ”culture”?

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. 
 
Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. 
 
Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. 
 
Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. 
 
In today's episode we're setting our stall out and discussing what we actually mean by culture, and the challenges we are seeing when changes need to be made. Listen today for tips on how to position change if there are individuals within the leadership team that seem keen to resist it!
 
Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture.
 
Zest Learning
Rachel Harriet Coaching