Talk Talent To Me Insider SVP of People & Culture Nailah Banks-Embden
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New York City - The Canary Club - June 1st
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Today on Talk Talent To Me, we are joined by Nailah Banks-Embden, SVP of People and Culture at Insider. Nailah explains how she was able to introduce a culture of inclusivity and diversity at Insider and how she was able to make culture a priority for the company. Nailah also delves into how Insider is going to focus on career development this year before giving us an overview of how they will help employees use their abundance of resources effectively. She tells us how she knew that Insider was ready for a change and what that entails as well as who will be responsible for their future plans. Finally, Nailah tells us what her hopes are for the future of the company and gives a word of advice to people who aspire to forge their career in the same direction she has.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing the guest Nailah Banks-Embden.
- An overview of Nailah’s background and how she ended up in her current role at Insider.
- Why experience in recruiting and connecting with experts in the field is imperative.
- Nailah explains the process of interviewing for her current job.
- What Nailah was looking for at the time of interviewing for her current job with Insider.
- How she reflected and figured out what she wants in her career.
- The importance of allowing employees to be themselves in company culture.
- How she was able to ensure that Insider was ready for a culture of inclusivity.
- How she went about turning that culture into policy for the company.
- How Insider is going to invest in career development this year.
- The strategy at Insider is to help employees use their resources most effectively.
- How Nailah knew that the company had outgrown its previous systems.
- Nailah explains who will be responsible for all the content Insider plans to create.
- What her ideal outcome of all these changes is.
- Nailah’s opinion of Slack as a source of communication.
- Discussing the abundance of software used today.
- Advice Nailah would give to people aspiring to have roles such as hers.
Tweetables:
“One of my number one values is authenticity and bringing my whole self to work and not having to compartmentalize who I am when I'm at work.” —Nailah Banks-Embden [0:09:23]
“Don't be afraid to take a risk. Take that leap and if it doesn't work out, you gain experience, you learn from it, and you're better the next time you embark on a new role.” —Nailah Banks-Embden [0:22:36]
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