Riet Grond: Leadership and Career Lessons from the Summit

Riet Grond is a Human Resources executive with 25 years of experience. He has a successful track record in strategic HR leadership, with in-depth experiences across major functional HR areas (Data & Analytics, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Organization and Culture Development), covering geographies such as China, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and the USA. He is recognized for excellence in leading transformative change, developing diverse talent, managing difficult situations, and creating inspiring and curious work environments that drive exceptional performance.

We talk with Riet about how his extraordinary career has unfolded, his moments of pride and challenge, his transition from consulting to HR, the key lessons he learned  working with diverse leaders, his advice for early career professionals who are looking to start out in their careers, his passion for mountaineering and how is uses it as a school for life and leadership, how individuals and organization can better frame returning to work after time spent parenting, how organizations should reconsider their approach to people management in a context of rapid change and his most exciting projects for the coming year.

Links from the episode:

• Riet’s LinkedIn profile
• Careers at Novartis
• Learn more about the exceptional mountain rescuer Bruno Jelk

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