Victoria MacDonald's guest appearances

Victoria MacDonald

A Pint With Seaniebee

Writers' Rough Drafts

The CultureING Podcast

Dave Chesson

Mark Manson

Dorie Clark

Chris Guillebeau

Ann Handley

Duncan Wardle

Jenny Blake

Elisa Doucette

Paul Jarvis

Brian Griffin

Colin Wright

David Hepworth

Tom Morkes

Sarah Peck

Tucker Max

OwlTail

Victoria MacDonald is a writer, public relations expert, and social media influencer. She shares her personal journey of becoming a travel blogger and coping with depression by diving into the content creation world. You can find Victoria on Twitter @TheAyeLife or on her website. Want more? Visit craftyourcontent.com/episode55 for links and resources.

Victoria MacDonald is a writer, public relations expert, and social media influencer. She shares her personal journey of becoming a travel blogger and coping with depression by diving into the content creation world. You can find Victoria on Twitter @TheAyeLife or on her website. Want more? Visit <a href="http://craftyourcontent.com/episode55" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">craftyourcontent.com/episode55</a> for links and resources.

Writers' Rough Drafts with Victoria MacDonald - Episode 055

One Canadian organization that has made one of the greatest global impacts is WE. We have the honour of hearing from Victoria MacDonald, their former Chief People Officer today for a brilliant discussion of millennials, translating values into actions &amp; leading a team in a hyper-growth mode! Victoria is a 20-year veteran HR professional who is known for building cultures of alignment, accountability and high levels of engagement without pool tables, beer fridges or free food.  Some questions Tynan asks:  How do you come into a company as a new executive to bring change in a well-established, already world-class company culture? WE has an incredibly diverse set of roles in their 1000+ person organization. How do you hire so that across the organization, in the variety of roles &amp; the types of people each require, to still hire aligned to your values? How do leaders, many of whom are struggling with this, translate their values into behaviours people know how to demonstrate at school? Are there tools &amp; technology to help reinforce core values? What are some key learnings you’ve found that millennials need to thrive in the workplace? “Working with a purpose” is incredible, WE may even have it more easy than most, sometimes work still gets monotonous… how do you keep your workplace invigorated?  In this episode, you will learn:  Heading into a major growth-period that involves maturing as a company is highly complex. Adding a more diverse workforce (in WE’s case, adding more tenured employees bringing the average age from 24 to 30 years old). Most elements of your people programs much change including your offer letters, performance management processes, the way you set goals, even your career development conversations. WE sets out to always continuously improve, Co-Founders Marc &amp; Craig Kielburger never let themselves think they’re “done.” WE doesn’t see their quarterly employee engagement surveys as a way to figure out whether people are “happy at work.” Rather, they use their surveys to find out: what is working, so they can do better at those what needs to be tweaked or changed &gt; create plans against these things When Victoria created her detailed HR Roadmap, every item on this plan is directly related to something that has come out of their surveys. Hiring for core values such as “we move for purpose &amp; positivity,” guide their interviews. 3 Day Orientation is also integral to having people understanding how to display values at work, this achieves cultural cohesion. Because this occurs in all offices around the world, there’s a similar employee experience across-the-board. What’s rarely discussed is that millennials go to work everyday to create a sense of community and to be with their friends. Nurturing that and giving people the opportunity to work with their friends is really important.  LEARN MORE Connect with Victoria:  LinkedIn 

One Canadian organization that has made one of the greatest global impacts is <a href="https://www.we.org/en-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WE</a>. We have the honour of hearing from Victoria MacDonald, their former Chief People Officer today for a brilliant discussion of millennials, translating values into actions &amp; leading a team in a hyper-growth mode! Victoria is a 20-year veteran HR professional who is known for building cultures of alignment, accountability and high levels of engagement without pool tables, beer fridges or free food. <h3>Some questions Tynan asks:</h3> <ul> <li>How do you come into a company as a new executive to bring change in a well-established, already world-class company culture?</li> <li>WE has an incredibly diverse set of roles in their 1000+ person organization. How do you hire so that across the organization, in the variety of roles &amp; the types of people each require, to still hire aligned to your values?</li> <li>How do leaders, many of whom are struggling with this, translate their values into behaviours people know how to demonstrate at school?</li> <li>Are there tools &amp; technology to help reinforce core values?</li> <li>What are some key learnings you’ve found that millennials need to thrive in the workplace?</li> <li>“Working with a purpose” is incredible, WE may even have it more easy than most, sometimes work still gets monotonous… how do you keep your workplace invigorated?</li> </ul> <h3>In this episode, you will learn:</h3> <ul> <li>Heading into a major growth-period that involves maturing as a company is highly complex. Adding a more diverse workforce (in WE’s case, adding more tenured employees bringing the average age from 24 to 30 years old). Most elements of your people programs much change including your offer letters, performance management processes, the way you set goals, even your career development conversations.</li> <li>WE sets out to always continuously improve, Co-Founders <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210127123403/https://www.we.org/en-CA/about-we/our-founders/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc &amp; Craig Kielburger</a> never let themselves think they’re “done.”</li> <li>WE doesn’t see their quarterly employee engagement surveys as a way to figure out whether people are “happy at work.” Rather, they use their surveys to find out: what is working, so they can do better at those what needs to be tweaked or changed &gt; create plans against these things</li> <li>When Victoria created her detailed HR Roadmap, every item on this plan is directly related to something that has come out of their surveys.</li> <li>Hiring for core values such as “we move for purpose &amp; positivity,” guide their interviews. 3 Day Orientation is also integral to having people understanding how to display values at work, this achieves cultural cohesion. Because this occurs in all offices around the world, there’s a similar employee experience across-the-board.</li> <li>What’s rarely discussed is that millennials go to work everyday to create a sense of community and to be with their friends. Nurturing that and giving people the opportunity to work with their friends is really important.</li> </ul> <h3>LEARN MORE</h3> Connect with Victoria: <ul> <li><a href="https://ca.linkedin.com/in/victoriamacdonald" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> </ul>

Chief People Officer of WE, Victoria MacDonald | How To Build a High-Performing Company of World-Changing Millennials

Channel 4 News’s Health and Social Care correspondent and one of the UK’s preeminent journalists, joins the pod to discuss everything from fake news and the state of journalism today; the future of the NHS; the likely impact of Brexit on health care professionals; whether depression, mental health issues and violence towards women are on the rise; and how children may be the best people to steer us pedantic adults on the whole personal pronoun debate.Links:RCPCH Christmas Lecture: https://tinyurl.com/yc5ytq2mA Pint With SeaniebeePlease subscribe to the podcast: www.patreon.com/seaniebeeAudible Feast list of Best Podcast Series of 2017: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vsTop 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn550 Best Podcast Episodes list 2017: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajatRelease date: December 30th 2019Runtime: 55mRecorded: London

Channel 4 News’s Health and Social Care correspondent and one of the UK’s preeminent journalists, joins the pod to discuss everything from fake news and the state of journalism today; the future of the NHS; the likely impact of Brexit on health care professionals; whether depression, mental health issues and violence towards women are on the rise; and how children may be the best people to steer us pedantic adults on the whole personal pronoun debate. Links: RCPCH Christmas Lecture: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yc5ytq2m" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yc5ytq2m</a> A Pint With Seaniebee Please subscribe to the podcast: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/seaniebee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/seaniebee</a> Audible Feast list of Best Podcast Series of 2017: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs</a> Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5</a> 50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2017: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat</a> Release date: December 30th 2019 Runtime: 55m Recorded: London

Episode 108 - Victoria MacDonald has a pint with Seaniebee