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Laura Sherbin

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“What I learned in academia is that, when you publish it sits on a shelf. Some of the joy I have at Culture@Work is working so closely with organizations who implement policies and programs. Your insights, your wisdom, doesn’t sit on a shelf – it really comes to life.” - Laura Sherbin   Laura Sherbin, managing director of Culture@Work, speaks with LRN's Ben DiPietro about the joy she gets from taking academic research about how people behave, and sharing it with organizations to help them improve their corporate cultures. She discusses the vital role diversity and inclusion play in creating strong, values-base cultures of ethics and integrity. Sherbin is an economist who specializes in the creation of advantage through inclusion and diversity. She earned her Ph.D in economics from American University. Most recently, she served as co-president at the Center for Talent Innovation in New York, a think tank and content provider that studies global workplace diversity. Sherbin built a rigorous data analytics machine and team that have been core to innovative approaches to measuring and tracking employee experiences. She is known as a leading expert in applying diversity and inclusion data to human behavior in organizations, and using such data to quantify how workforce sentiments and satisfaction affect company bottom lines. She taught "Women and Globalization" at the School of International and public affairs at Columbia University, and is a coauthor of Harvard Business Review articles "How Diversity Can Drive Innovation;" "How Gen Y and Boomers Will Reshape Your Agenda;" and "Off-Ramps and On-Ramps Revisited," and several Harvard Business Review research reports.   What You’ll Learn on This Episode: [0:51] What is the mission of Culture@Work, what does the firm do to help companies improve culture, and are there specific areas on which Laura focuses? [1:53] What’s an example of a lagging indicator and one of a leading indicator? [3:42] What inspired Laura’s interest in culture in organizations and what was the career path that led her to become the managing director of Culture@Work? [4:54] One of the most important times to learn about ethics and integrity is before someone is hired. Do organizations pay enough attention to ethics during onboarding and recruiting, and how they can improve in that area? [6:24] Is Laura finding that companies are shifting more towards this, or is there still resistance toward the expense, time and effort required? [7:31] Younger people coming into the workforce are probably going to be more committed to some of these value-based standards. Instead of companies interviewing for employees, it’s employees interviewing for companies. It’s going to be the companies who are going to have to answer the questions and meet the standards of the employees more than the other way around. How has Laura seen that in play? [8:36] If a strong culture is impossible without ethics, trust, transparency, and accountability, how can organizations work to establish these in their operations if they’re lacking. What are some of the ways they can go about doing that? [10:51] What are two of the biggest challenges companies and organizations face when they’re trying to improve their culture? What can they do to overcome these things and make these improvements? [13:44] what are two or three red flags that may signal that an organization is having issues with its culture, and why are these sometimes so hard to spot? Or are they actually there, but people just don’t want to acknowledge them? [15:40] How can diversity and inclusion help build these robust cultures and how can that make a lot of these red flags disappear?

“What I learned in academia is that, when you publish it sits on a shelf. Some of the joy I have at Culture@Work is working so closely with organizations who implement policies and programs. Your insights, your wisdom, doesn’t sit on a shelf – it really comes to life.” - Laura Sherbin Laura Sherbin, managing director of Culture@Work, speaks with LRN's Ben DiPietro about the joy she gets from taking academic research about how people behave, and sharing it with organizations to help them improve their corporate cultures. She discusses the vital role diversity and inclusion play in creating strong, values-base cultures of ethics and integrity. Sherbin is an economist who specializes in the creation of advantage through inclusion and diversity. She earned her Ph.D in economics from American University. Most recently, she served as co-president at the Center for Talent Innovation in New York, a think tank and content provider that studies global workplace diversity. Sherbin built a rigorous data analytics machine and team that have been core to innovative approaches to measuring and tracking employee experiences. She is known as a leading expert in applying diversity and inclusion data to human behavior in organizations, and using such data to quantify how workforce sentiments and satisfaction affect company bottom lines. She taught "Women and Globalization" at the School of International and public affairs at Columbia University, and is a coauthor of Harvard Business Review articles "How Diversity Can Drive Innovation;" "How Gen Y and Boomers Will Reshape Your Agenda;" and "Off-Ramps and On-Ramps Revisited," and several Harvard Business Review research reports. What You’ll Learn on This Episode: <ul><li>[0:51] What is the mission of Culture@Work, what does the firm do to help companies improve culture, and are there specific areas on which Laura focuses?</li> <li>[1:53] What’s an example of a lagging indicator and one of a leading indicator?</li> <li>[3:42] What inspired Laura’s interest in culture in organizations and what was the career path that led her to become the managing director of <a href="mailto:Culture@Work?">Culture@Work?</a></li> <li>[4:54] One of the most important times to learn about ethics and integrity is before someone is hired. Do organizations pay enough attention to ethics during onboarding and recruiting, and how they can improve in that area?</li> <li>[6:24] Is Laura finding that companies are shifting more towards this, or is there still resistance toward the expense, time and effort required?</li> <li>[7:31] Younger people coming into the workforce are probably going to be more committed to some of these value-based standards. Instead of companies interviewing for employees, it’s employees interviewing for companies. It’s going to be the companies who are going to have to answer the questions and meet the standards of the employees more than the other way around. How has Laura seen that in play?</li> <li>[8:36] If a strong culture is impossible without ethics, trust, transparency, and accountability, how can organizations work to establish these in their operations if they’re lacking. What are some of the ways they can go about doing that?</li> <li>[10:51] What are two of the biggest challenges companies and organizations face when they’re trying to improve their culture? What can they do to overcome these things and make these improvements?</li> <li>[13:44] what are two or three red flags that may signal that an organization is having issues with its culture, and why are these sometimes so hard to spot? Or are they actually there, but people just don’t want to acknowledge them?</li> <li>[15:40] How can diversity and inclusion help build these robust cultures and how can that make a lot of these red flags disappear?</li></ul>

S3E11 | Off the Shelf: Laura Sherbin Brings to Life the Academic Underpinnings of Culture at Work

"Women in particular are bringing a different problem-solving tooLkit to the table...and innovative potential." Dr. Laura Sherbin on Electric Ladies podcast As the nation takes a fresh look at women in the workplace, hear from one of the experts on diversity in the workplace, Dr. Laura Sherbin of the Center for Talent Innovation. In this enlightening interview with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson, you'll hear about:  The uniqueness of women in science, technology and engineering Diversity programs that work Companies doing it well Tips for improving your diversity program What to ask for in job interviews and performance reviews  You might want to take notes or listen to this one again! You’ll also want to listen to:   Joann Lublin, of the Wall Street Journal about her book of lessons from top women CEO's, like Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors.  Bobbie Carlton, of Innovation Women on raising women's visibility  Ashley Milne Tyte, of "The Broad Experience" podcast and NPR's Marketplace.  Thanks for subscribing on  iTunes or  iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Folow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

"Women in particular are bringing a different problem-solving tooLkit to the table...and innovative potential." Dr. Laura Sherbin on Electric Ladies podcast As the nation takes a fresh look at women in the workplace, hear from one of the experts on diversity in the workplace, Dr. Laura Sherbin of the Center for Talent Innovation. In this enlightening interview with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson, you'll hear about: <ul> <li>The uniqueness of women in science, technology and engineering</li> <li>Diversity programs that work</li> <li>Companies doing it well</li> <li>Tips for improving your diversity program</li> <li>What to ask for in job interviews and performance reviews</li> </ul> You might want to take notes or listen to this one again! You’ll also want to listen to: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.greenconnectionsradio.com/career-workplace-tips-from-top-ceos-joann-lublin-wall-street-journal-author-of-earning-it-hard-won-lessons-from-trailblazing-women-at-the-top-of-the-business-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Joann Lublin</a>, of the Wall Street Journal about her book of lessons from top women CEO's, like Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors.</li> <li><a href="http://www.greenconnectionsradio.com/speaking-4-your-career-bobbie-carlton-innovation-women-public-speakers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bobbie Carlton</a>, of Innovation Women on raising women's visibility</li> <li><a href="http://www.greenconnectionsradio.com/broad-influence-ashley-milne-tyte-marketplace-on-npr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ashley Milne Tyte</a>, of "The Broad Experience" podcast and NPR's Marketplace.</li> </ul> Thanks for subscribing on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/green-connections-radio-insights-on-innovation-sustainability/id1077048971?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> iTunes</a> or <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/252-Green-Connections-Radio-27494569/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> iHeartRadio</a> and leaving us a review! Folow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

Women in STEM, Innovation - Laura Sherbin, Center for Talent Innovation