Today we have Shawna Stewart on the podcast, VP of People and Operations at Railz Financial. Shawna is truly a people-focused leader, she has extensive background in psychology and organizational behaviour and experience involving performance management, full scope operational effectiveness, succession planning, employee engagement and talent development.
I’m so excited for you to listen to her episode because this was one packed full of with incredible insights, the common realities of today’s labour landscape and more. Not to mention Shawna shares her personal people-first approach and how that has helped her ability to deliver and collaboratively support her employees and together elevate organizations.
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2:49 Rewards and Recognition
8:10 Investing in Retention
13:18 Soft Life vs. Hard Life
16:57 Quiet Quitting
19:42 Giving People a Reason to Care
22:06 Shawna's Journey
26:57 Deciding What Culture to Create
28:35 Creating An Inclusive Culture and Employee Lifetime Value
31:52 Learnings and Mistakes
35:52 Encouraging Feedback
41:17 Building and Scaling Teams in Uncertain Times
48:41 Trade-offs of a People First Organization
Guest Bio:
Highly innovative and results-driven, Shawna Stewart is an accredited people-focused leader who possesses the fundamental skills and expertise necessary to help organizations achieve new levels of scalability and cultural advancement. As the VP of People and Operations at Railz Financial., Shawna brings to the table an extensive background involving performance management, full scope operational effectiveness, succession planning, employee engagement and talent development. Building on her background in psychology and organizational behavior, Shawna mixes her passion, grit and creativity to foster an employee experience that is inclusive, supportive and purposeful. Her people-first approach has helped her build a strong reputation in demonstrating that by delivering pragmatic, collaborative support she can effectively translate business priorities into executable strategies that lead to profitable, team bolstering outcomes.
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