Creating a Healthy Corporate Culture with Hema Crockett

Authentic Living

Roxanne Derhodge engages in a fascinating conversation with Hema Crockett, exploring her career path and her company, Gig Talent. They delve into the purpose of Gig Talent and discuss the foundational elements of a successful culture, emphasizing the role of leadership. The discussion covers the current state of leadership, highlighting the significance of self-awareness among leaders and how aligning leadership traits with actions is crucial. Hema shares insights on leaders as role models and introduces her new book, The Everyday Leader. The episode wraps up with closing remarks and an outro.

As we’ve been moving through the pandemic, there’s been a greater demand for a shift in leadership. Leaders find themselves needing to be more connected to their teams than ever before. Meeting the needs of their employees in these tumultuous times has been a bigger challenge than it was before COVID started and retaining their top talent is essential. On this episode of Authentic Living with Roxanne, we welcome Hema Crockett to share her thoughts on how to develop a healthier corporate culture while leading through a crisis. Hema is a military spouse, entrepreneur, and recovering HR executive, who worked in the private sector as well as for the DOJ and State Department for 18 years before becoming an entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of Gig Talent, a modern talent collective connecting high-caliber HR consultants and leadership coaches with forward-thinking organizations.

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(0:00) Introduction and welcome to the podcast (1:22) Conversation about Hema's career path and her company, Geek Talent (3:52) Explanation of Gig Talent and its purpose (5:18) Hema's take on the foundational elements of any culture and the importance of leadership (10:25) Roxanne's question on the current state of leadership (13:38) Discussion on the importance of self-awareness among leaders (15:58) Aligning leadership traits and actions (17:40) The role of leaders as role models (19:02) Introduction to Hema Crockett's new book: The Everyday Leader (24:05) Closing remarks and outro