How can organizations create a truly inclusive environment where everyone can grow? Join Dr. Dieter Veldsman as he speaks with organizational effectiveness and DEI expert Amri B. Johnson about building inclusive workplaces.

Welcome to The HR Dialogues with Dr. Dieter Veldsman! Join AIHR's Chief HR Scientist to learn from People Practitioners as they navigate the changing world of work.

In this episode of The HR Dialogues, Dr. Dieter Veldsman sits with Amri B. Johnson – organizational effectiveness and diversity, equity, and inclusion expert – to discuss the importance of creating conditions for people to thrive within organizations.

Amri believes that true inclusion transcends individual group identities and focuses on actions that foster growth, responsibility, and a shared organizational purpose. He uses his extensive background in DEI to advocate for building companies that are constantly moving forward based on their organizational purpose.

In this episode we’ll discuss:

• Moving beyond performative DEI initiatives
• Creating a culture of growth and shared purpose
• Building "river companies" that are constantly advancing

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How can you set boundaries and manage expectations in HR? Find out how a seasoned HR executive, with nearly two decades of experience, delivers responsive HR support while maintaining clear boundaries on when HR should step in to address people-related queries.

Welcome to The HR Dialogues with Dr. Dieter Veldsman! Join AIHR's Chief HR Scientist to learn from People Practitioners as they navigate the changing world of work.

In this episode of The HR Dialogues, Dr. Dieter Veldsman sits with Laksh Sharma – an HR expert with 18 years of experience leading global HR advisory, HR operations, talent transformation, and organizational change. Together, they explore how HR can guide the relationship and set the right boundaries to enable managers with credibility into the future.

Laskh is currently a subject matter expert at AIHR. He’s held leadership positions in companies such as IBM and Deloitte Engineering, and is an advocate of DE&I practices and mental well-being in the workplace.

In this video we’ll discuss:
- The importance of setting clear HR roles while empowering managers to handle people-related queries
- The 3Es to empower managers: enablement, engagement, and effectiveness
- The value of business acumen to understand managers’ perspectives

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How do you structure your HR department for growth? Find out how an experienced HR adviser at Learngility navigates through different inflection points of scaling start-ups.

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In this episode of The HR Dialogues, Dr. Dieter Veldsman sits with JooBee Yeow – an adviser to start-ups, educator, speaker, writer and entrepreneur at Learngility – to explore how HR departments should adapt and evolve as start-ups grow. Together they explore identifying the challenges, HR’s priorities, and how HR can set up both itself and the business for success at each phase.

JooBee is a trained Systems Engineer with a PhD in Leadership Development. With experience working with 2, 20, and 200 year-old companies as a consultant and internal HR, she has helped start-ups navigate their inflection points and transition from the creative chaos stage to repeatable performance.

In this video we’ll discuss:

• The 6 business foundations HR departments at scaling start-ups should focus on
• The HR best practices to navigate inflection points and avoid pitfalls
• The importance of setting guardrails and boundaries for HR

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