North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 667)
Karen Walters, Founder of Beyond Culture, joined host John Ray on this episode of North Fulton Business Radio. She discussed her background in HR that led her to where she is today, the difference between managing versus leading, how a company can boost their employer brand to attract and inspire great candidates, and much more.
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North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Karen has spent decades providing expert human resource support to world-class organizations such as the Atlanta Falcons, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta United MLS Team, Unisys Corporation, and the Arthur M. Blank Foundation. She enjoys inspiring teams and helping leaders to build cultures that achieve mind-blowing results. Anxious to provide leaders with full spectrum human resources support, Karen leads her own consultancy called Beyond Culture, LLC.
Services offered include but are not limited to:
- Confidential HR sounding board, advisor, and coach
- Leadership development and workshop facilitation
- Strategies to attract, select, inspire, and retain high-performing team members
- Skill development and career pathing approaches
- Reward, recognition, and benefits program design
- Fun ways to build and strengthen cultures
- HR compliance, handbooks, and policy creation
Karen resides in Dawsonville and enjoys time with her wonderful adult children and grandchildren.
Questions and Topics in this Interview:
- How did you get to where you are today?
- What is workplace culture and how should companies use the power of a core values-led people strategy?
- What is the difference between managing versus leading, and what is often the misunderstanding?
- How can one boost their brand to attract and inspire great candidates?
- How can companies reap the benefits of servant leadership?
- How can employers activate care values around the entire employee life cycle?
North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.
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