Episode 9

Think Equal - Leanne Foy meets Lucy d’Abo

Published on: 18th July, 2024

This month, THINK EQUAL Project Director, Leanne Foy met Lucy d’Abo, workplace culture expert, entrepreneur and public speaker.

Together, Leanne and Lucy explore workplace culture, defining important questions, such as; what is workplace culture? Why is it important? And, how can business leaders cultivate a positive workplace culture?

 In this episode, Lucy gives real examples from her past and current businesses sharing what it takes to build, manage and perform in the business world with culture at the core. Taking it one step further, this episode's key theme is unconscious bias and the impact it has on workplace culture. We deep dive into how unconscious bias manifests in organisations, how to spot it and why business leaders need to prioritise people, purpose and culture.

 Highlights include:

  • The connection between a positive workplace Culture business growth
  • Tangible actions business leaders can do to cultivate a great workplace culture
  • Why unconscious bias could be holding your team back from reaching their true potential

This episode is packed with insights and advice to take your organisational culture to the next level. We hope you enjoy it!

A note from THINK EQUAL

We are stronger together, than we are alone. And that’s why we want the marcomms industry to come together to make a difference. Every single person who makes up our brilliant industry can make an impact. Want to get involved? We’d love to hear from you. Whether that’s through donating your time on our working committee or putting your hand up to run an event or training session, you may have some suggestions of speakers to add to our speaker library, or have a venue you want to provide for free. Contact us at thinkequal@marketingsociety.com

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