Leading a countrywide operation in a fast-paced, expanding industry comes with key challenges. The way to excel in this space is to continuously have a learner mindset and be obsessed about people. 

In this episode I get the chance to sit down with someone who’s leadership insights I admire. Puneet Chandok leads the Amazon Web Services business in India and South Asia. As the country MC, he leads the entire portfolio of AWS Services and helps organisations innovate and transform - something that he lives and breaths in his own career. 

Prior to going to AWS, Puneet held leadership roles with McKinsey and Co, and IBM Global Services. Puneet holds a MBA, and is an avid reader of the latest research into leadership and people growth. There are so many take-aways from this conversation that you may want to listen to it a couple of times. 

We talk about taking the time everyday to connect with customers, bringing leadership principles to life, and the importance of developing leaders.  

Enjoy this episode with Puneet Chandok. 

One of the goals of people and culture is to provide environments for people to function at their best. How do we do that in the current environment when so many people are feeling tired and unsure?

 Andrew Short is the Assistant Commissioner for the State Emergency Service or the SES as part of Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES). 

Leading in high stress critical response circumstances has been part of Andrew’s work for many years. Amongst this experience Andrew shares how the simple notion of being there for someone in need has, and remains a core skill required in our workplaces. 

In this conversation we unpacked the role of psychological safety, the value of curiosity, as well as a really practical tip on how to stay present with others amongst the busyness of work. 

This is an insightful conversation about preparing for the crisis, responding with humanity and rebuilding when we need to with the assistant commissioner Andrew Short.

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This question is true for every single organisation. How do you shift behaviours at work and more importantly how do you create behaviour change on mass?

In this episode of The Business of People podcast I chat with senior learning leader at SEEK, Melitta Hardenberg. SEEK are Australia’s number one jobs, employment, and career platform. An organisation that prides itself in being a little bit different. 

Melitta and I completely nerd out around the role of learning and development in behaviour change and cultural impact. Melitta is well known for extending leadership impact with inside organisations through personal impact, building inclusive high performing teams, and lifting career engagement within organisations.

In this conversation we talk about the strengths-based culture across SEEK that is held it in good stead in navigating the changes and the impacts have COVID-19. Melitta shares the power of strengths-based focus with leaders and in their conversations with their teams. There's also a metaphor that Melitta shares involving traffic lights and roundabouts that has stuck with me long after our conversation finished. 

We also get pretty real around the current experience of leaders who deeply care, who are also feeling exhausted. We unpack the potential challenge of workplaces across the next year or so about how do we maintain a focus on culture whilst we're also looking at hybrid and remote ways of working. This is one of those conversations that you want to share, and I no doubt want to tune into a couple of times, so please soak up the curiosity and the wisdom of Melitta Hardenberg.