Alice Hanna is the People and Culture Manager at Melbourne based Kapitol Group, recent winner of a 2022 Best Place to Work award - the first time a construction company has ever topped the list. Kapitol’s award winning culture is no accident and Alice has leveraged her people, culture and psychology background to evolve a feedback rich workplace that is challenging industry norms.
Driven to leave places better than she found them, throughout her career Alice has gravitated towards traditionally male-dominated industries where she has championed diversity, normalised the conversation around mental health and leveled-up leadership skills around self-awareness and emotional intelligence. Alice shares how she approaches the challenges of male dominated industries with optimism, making small changes that have a big impact.
See it, be it - leadership role models make a difference to diversity
It’s not always easy being the trailblazer. To look around and see few people ‘like me’ can be a lonely and frightening path. As business leaders, not only do we need to recognise the bottom line value of diverse perspectives and backgrounds, we need to support the emotional need to do so too.
Why you should listen: leadership practices for improved energy
Learning, celebrating, sharing - this is self-care for leadership resilience
We explore leadership strategies for overhauling the system
Create a feedback culture - ask, then act
Self-awareness is an important leadership responsibility
Language matters - what is your leadership communication style?
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About Alice Hanna:
Alice Hanna has long championed diversity in traditionally male-dominated industries
Alice is an exceptional people-person who has been creating great places to work for more than 20 years. With qualifications in psychology, she takes pride in employee experience and promoting values that fortify a team.
Alice is passionate about diversity and inclusion. Coming from male dominated industries – construction, engineering, mining, aviation, and IT – she confidently tackles gender bias head on. She advocates comfortable, safe environments for women at work and is a committee member of Women in Design & Construction (WIDAC) in Melbourne.
Alice’s podcast recommendation: The Tim Ferriss Show
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BOOKTOBER Book Reviews
Culture Hacks by Colin D Ellis
Deep Listening by Oscar Trimboli
Practical Performance Measurement by Stacey Barr
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Related episodes on corporate culture:
Leadership tips to create the 'best of the best' workplace culture with Shanyn Payne
Corporate culture secrets with author Rebecca Friese
Corporate culture as a key leadership responsibility with Chris Dyer
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.