HRD Live PodcastsTransparent trust: Navigating organizational dynamics with John Amaechi OBE

Transparent trust: Navigating organizational dynamics with John Amaechi OBE

In this episode of the HRD Live Podcast, Danielle Harmer, Chief People Officer at Aviva, speaks with John Amaechi OBE about building trust in organizations, workplace transparency and how diversity and transparency are connected. John also provides three key takeaways for HR leaders.

Transparent trust: Navigating organizational dynamics with John Amaechi OBE

In this episode of the HRD Live Podcast, we hear a conversation between Danielle Harmer, Chief People Officer at Aviva, and professor John Amaechi OBE.

John is a respected organizational psychologist, an award-winning International (Sunday and New York Times) bestselling author, and a sought-after public speaker, as well as an executive coach and the founder of APS Intelligence Ltd. He is a non-executive director of a FTSE 250 company, was a ten-year director of the UK’s largest healthcare organization, and a board advisor for several footsie 100 organizations in the financial, legal, and professional services, technology, publishing, engineering, and retail sectors.

In their conversation, Danny and John discuss, at its core, how to build trust in organizations. What is workplace transparency? How do we break down silos and open lines of communication? Are diversity and transparency connected?

John also offers his three key takeaways for HR leaders today.

1.18 – What is workplace transparency?

 9.19 – Trust and communication often go hand in hand. How can organizations open lines of communication and break down silos?

13.17 – To what degree is respect (both top-down and bottom-up) key to transparency? 

23.14 – Diversity within organizations and effective transparency–connected?

35.37 –  If you had 3 takeaways for HR leaders out there today, what would they be?

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