great place to work

In Season 2 of the SchoolCEO podcast we have had some of the brightest school leaders tell us about their work, inspiration, and strategies. Along the way, experts in influence, storytelling, culture building, hiring, and more from outside of K-12 have joined in to share additional perspectives. 

We’ve curated some of the very best comments and insights on how to build a high performing culture, the best way to reach your community, working with and across different generations, becoming a great leader, and how to hire teachers and staff. These insightful segments come from some of the most popular and most shared episodes.

Links to the full SchoolCEO Conversations Episodes:

E65: Neel Doshi

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E66: Jeff Mayo

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E70: Jonah Berger

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E72: Dr. Jeffrey Collier & Coty Kuchinsky

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E73: Julie Lythcott-Haims

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E76: Karen Eber

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E77: Jennifer Hines

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E78: Donald Killingbeck

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E80: Aurora Meyer

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E82: EDU Openings

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E84: Melissa Thompson

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E86: Michael C. Bush

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E89: Debbie Critchfield

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E90: Margaret Heffernan

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E91: Dr. Joe Sanfelippo

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E92: Andrew McPeak

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E94: Kim Lear

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E96: Paul Coakley

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E97: Greg Turchetta

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12.02.2024 Research suggests a strong linkbetween employee wellbeing and a positive woekplace - so should employers prioritise staff happiness?

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We are extremely proud to announce that Radar Healthcare has not only been recognised as a Great Place to Work, but has recently ranked amongst the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech. This prestigious recognition is a testament to our dedicated team, our unwavering commitment to excellence, and the vibrant work culture we have collectively fostered over the past 10 years.

In this week's episode, Head of People and Culture, Hannah Jones, joins Justine Abson, Head of Marketing, to discuss the value of prioritising a people-centric culture. Hannah offers insights and strategies for attaining workplace greatness and shares best practices that have contributed to our internal success.

If you'd like more information about Great Place to Work click here.

For more information on how Radar Healthcare helps health and social care organisations to manage their risk and create positive outcomes click here.

One of the most explored topics at SchoolCEO magazine in our research, interviews, and perspectives is employee culture. Our original research on teacher satisfaction (February 2023) looked at 1,000s of teachers from more than 300 districts to find out what they want in a job, how they find opportunities, and more. And in 2019, we published the largest study of its kind on millennial teacher recruitment and retention in schools. 

In this podcast, we speak to Great Place to Work CEO Michael C. Bush. Great Place to Work leads worldwide in employee satisfaction surveys and helping leaders improve the employee experience and workplace environment. Join this conversation and gain a new understanding about creating the best work environment for teachers and staff:

- A great place to work is defined by a high level of trust, respect, transparency, fairness, equity, and caring about one another. 
- It is a place where people feel like they can work well as a team and achieve more together than individually. 
- Pride in a great place to work is defined as care, where people feel cared about by those around them, and they reciprocate that care. 
- Trust is the most crucial factor in creating a great place to work. 
- Fairness is the key lever that impacts trust the most. 
- Working for a leader who treats everyone with equal disrespect is better than a leader who treats different groups unfairly and unequally.
- And so much, more... 

About Michael C. Bush:

Michael C. Bush is CEO of Great Place To Work, the global research and analytics firm that produces the annual Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, the World’s Best Workplaces list, the 100 Best Workplaces for Women list, and dozens of other distinguished workplace rankings around the world. Driven by a love of business and an unwavering commitment to fair and equitable treatment, Michael joined Great Place To Work as CEO in 2015, bringing 30 years of experience leading and growing organizations. This includes serving as CEO of Tetra Tech Communications, which he grew from $40 million to $300 million in revenue. Michael is a former member of President Obama’s White House Business Council and a founding board member of the private equity seed-fund, Fund Good Jobs, which invests in small inner-city businesses. Michael was a member of the Board of Directors at Workday, Inc. until September 2021 when Great Place To Work was acquired by UKG, Inc.

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22 November 2022: The team talked to a successful DJ who's also a successful businessman and just so happens to be a TV personality. 

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People & Culture / #20 / Our Group Head of Communication Lynn Al Khatib hosts Radwa Salem – Head of Performance at Chalhoub Group and Marilena Hadgianni – Head of Marketing at Tryano to talk about owning your career.

What does ‘It starts with you’ mean?  

People need to understand that they own their career and performance

Mindset of companies need to shift towards making sure employees are empowered. It is the shared responsibility of employee and manager.

Your personal career development is not in the hands of the manager like it was previously – today and with all the changes in workplace we need to make sure our employees are empowered and they are on the right career path in accordance to their ambitions.

Trends & Brands / #19 /  In this episode of The Podcast by Chalhoub Group, our resident host and Group Head of Communication, Lynn AlKhatib talks everything skincare and clean beauty with Alice Fourquet, Head of Curation and Beauty Nation, Stephanie Shenouda, Senior Brand Manager in our Beauty Division and Maricel Evangelista, Skincare Expert at L’Occitane.  

How to spot clean beauty products, what are the common skin issues in the region and what is Chalhoub Group’s involvement in clean beauty are just few of the questions our guests answer in this episode.

في سياق هذا البودكاست، تستضيف رئيسة المجموعة للاتصال- لين الخطيب، عمار بوقري، مدير عام الإستراتيجية والتطوير في  هيئة الأزياء-وزارة الثقافة، المملكة العربية السعودية وشربل لحود، رئيس قسم النمو في مجموعة شلهوب للحديث عن:

السياق والتعاون بين مجموعة شلهوب وهيئة الأزياء السعودية - 

أرقام وأعداد عامة عن السوق السعودية ودول مجلس التعاون الخليجي -

ما العمل الذي تقوم به مجموعة شلهوب وهيئة الأزياء في المملكة العربية السعودية؟ -

الخطوات التالية والخطط حول كيفية إثراء قطاع البيع بالتجزئة والخبرات -

KSA / #18 / In this new episode of The Podcast by Chalhoub Group, our Group head of Communications - Lynn Al Khatib, hosts Ammar Bogari, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia and Charbel Lahoud, Head of Growth at Chalhoub Group to discuss the context and collaboration between the Group and Fashion Commission of Saudi Arabia, in addition to overall numbers and figures on the market KSA and GCC, what we all are currently doing in KSA and what’s next. 

Sleekcast, Kausi 2., Suuret IT-johtajat ja ajattelijat, Mikko Kuitunen - Vincit Oyj. Mikko on alunperin kokotoisin Toijalasta. Mikko ja Olli-Pekka Virtanen perustivat Vincitin vuonna 2007. Kantava ajatus oli työpaikka johon on kiva mennä töihin. Mikko toimi yrityksen toimitusjohtajana pariinkin kertaan (2007-2015 ja 2018-2021).

Alussa 2007 yritystoiminta lähti hyvin käyntiin, mutta vuonna 2008 alkanut taantuma pudotti suurimman asiakkaan pois. Samalla ajoituksella Suomeen oli perustettu valtavasti muitakin IT-yrityksiä, joten vaadittiin erottautumistekijä. Vincit käänsi tilanteen voitoksi tarjoamalla tyytyväisyystakuun, jonka mukaan rahat luvattiin maksaa takaisin, jos asiakas ei ole tyytyväinen. Malli auttoi ensikontaktien avaamisessa asiakkaille ja toisaalta myös käänsi odotusarvon silloin yleistyneestä “2/3 IT-projekteista epäonistuu” ajatuksesta, rakentavaksi odotusten hallinnaksi. Nokian Burning Platform oli toinen iso alkutaipaleen haaste, mutta vain pieni kuoppa verrattuna ensimmäisen suuren asiakkaan putoamiseen vuonna 2008. 

Toinen erinomaisesti onnistunut ja yhä hyvissä kantimissa oleva erottautumistekijä on panostaminen työntekijäkokemukseen. Great Place to Work -viitekehykseen panostaminen vei asioita aidosti hyvään suuntaan. Vincithän valittiin sekä Suomen että Euroopan parhaaksi työpaikaksi kyseisessä kisassa 2016 ja teki paluun sekä voitti kisan taas 2022.

2016 Vincit listautui Helsingin First North pörssiin ja avasi myös konttorin Kaliforniaan. 2022 Bilot sulautui Vincitiin, jonka myötä Vincit alkaa lähestymään 100M€ vuosiliikevaihtoa ja on hyvin uskottava toimija paitsi Suomessa niin koko Euroopassa. 

Mikon vinkkejä nuorelle “Mikolle” voisivat olla 
1) luota ihmisten laaja-alaiseen hyvyyteen ja uskalla avoimesti olla omasta mielestäsi oikeaa mieltä. Ihmiset kyllä ymmärtävät ja toisaalta sparraavat ajattelua. 
2) Marcus Aureliusta mukaillen huoli sinulle mahdollisimman suurista asioista; Älä välitä pienistä, äläkä globaaleista asioista, vaan haasta itsesi ratkaisemaan niin suuria asioita, kuin sinä vain voit todellisuudessa ratkaista. 
3) Kun tekee paljon kaikkea, niin tulee väkisin tehtyä jotain oikein. “Mikä on absoluuttisesti pahinta mitä voi tapahtua?” - Jos sen kanssa voi elää, niin menoksi.

Tulevaisuudessa digitaalisuudesta haetaan yhä laajemmin kilpailuetua alalla kuin alalla. IT-ala on tällä hetkellä hyvin poikkeuksellisessa tilanteessa, koska sekä Euroopassa että Jenkeissä on täystyöllisyys. IT-konsulttien tärkeimmiksi taidoiksi nimetään paitsi tekninen osaaminen, niin myös jatkuva oppiminen, toimialaosaaminen ja resilienssi. Liiketoiminnan näkökulmasta IT tulee muuttumaan “kulusta” kilpailueduksi alalla kuin alalla.

Xtreme Triathlon tunnelmia voi seurata videosta, jonka perusteella Mikko tuli ihan hyvävoimaisena maaliin.

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