Signs Your Organization’s Culture Needs to Change, With Laura Hamill

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on January 30, 2025

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Many organizations struggle to understand how their culture impacts employees and business goals.

Leaders often overlook how their actions influence culture or how to tackle cultural challenges effectively.

Yet, a positive culture can inspire, unite, and drive purpose, while a toxic culture leads to poor results and high attrition—MIT/Sloan found it’s the top predictor of employee turnover.

Drawing from her HR leadership and research expertise, Laura Hamill shares how to:

  1. Align aspirational and experienced culture.
  2. Recognize leadership’s role in shaping culture.
  3. Foster a human-centric workplace.
  4. Build a consistent, positive culture across the organization.

Tune in to hear Laura’s thoughts on:

  • Why did you want to write this book?
  • What is organizational culture and why is it so hard for so many companies to get right?
  • What happens when organizations aren’t intentional about culture?
  • Why did you call your book “Power of Culture?”
  • What are some of the mistakes you see leaders making when it comes to culture?
  • Why is it important to connect strategic objectives with culture?
  • What is cultural betrayal?
  • Why are you still optimistic about organizational culture, even though it is so challenging?
  • And much, much more!

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Laura Hamill is an organizational psychologist, ex-Microsoft director, and Limeade cofounder, an employee experience software company. Through her firm Paris Phoenix Group, she advises companies on how to transform their cultures. She’s also a host at the Happy at Work podcast. Her new book is, The Power of Culture: An Economist Edge Book (The Economist Books, Nov. 12, 2024).
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