Mastering leadership and culture transformation with Hiam Sakakini, The Culture Equation

<p>Wondering what great companies do differently than the rest? Tune into this episode for some golden advice. </p><p>While working across 13 countries as a senior leader at Google, Hiam Sakakini mentored thousands of google managers and watched the company grow from 21 billion to 110 billion in revenue. Now <a href="https://thecultureequation.com.au/culture-transformation/why-culture-eats-strategy-for-breakfast/">transforming companies’ cultures</a> as the CEO and founder of <a href="https://thecultureequation.com.au/">The Culture Equation</a>, Hiam is able to mentor scaleups that are pre or post series B!</p><p>Without a doubt, Hiam has plenty of valuable knowledge to drop for business leaders and motivated workers who wish to incorporate more value to their teams in their own company and across industries.</p><p> </p><p><strong>What you will learn in this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>How Google's interview process peaked Hiam’s interest in leadership development</li><li>What the hiring process of Google can teach your business about leadership</li><li>Why it’s a pitfall to promote someone who is simply exceeding expectations</li><li>Practices your business can do to keep employees happy</li><li>What working across 13 countries can teach you about working with a diverse culture</li><li>Tools that can help you prioritise tasks in your startup</li><li>Hiam’s verdict on on what your business could look like in 20-30 years</li><li>Using creativity and problem solving to future-proof yourself</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Notable Quotes:</strong></p><ul><li>“We’ve got to think differently about how we promote people into managing other people.”</li><li>“What’s exciting about coaching being the number one attribute of great leaders is that it flips the whole thinking around autocratic leadership to more servant leadership”.</li><li>“The only way of overcoming those challenges is through your people. Not moving your people around like pawns but actually working through them.”</li><li>“When they come to you with a challe