Simon Taylor, Head of Organizational Effectiveness at Gap, joined us on The Modern People Leader.
He shared the three steps to building a high performance culture, the three things all leaders need to do really well, and the commonalities that he’s noticed among the top performing companies.
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Timestamps:
(1:55) Good news stories
(7:50) Chasing his childhood dream of moving to America
(11:29) What you do in Organizational Effectiveness
(13:12) Why we should be jealous Simon gets to work for the Gap
(14:30) Culture change is the number two priority for Global HR leaders right now
(18:43) The conflation between values and culture
(22:17) The 3 steps to building a high performance culture
(27:35) Shoring up sponsorship for culture initiatives with your leaders first
(33:30) His experience writing his first book
(35:03) Commonalities among the top performing companies
(37:52) The three things all leaders need to do really well
(49:04) How Simon identified his playbook for building a high performance organization
(50:37) The four pillars of building and managing a high performance organization
(53:46) Biohacking
(1:03:40) Rapid fire questions
(1:07:44) Build Smart: A blueprint for building a high performing organization
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