HR's role in powering culture change
summary
Argues HR creates conditions and holds accountability while leaders own culture, then shows how that plays out: Nordstrom assembles ~150 executives to run diversity strategy, runs seven employee resource groups, revamps job leveling and pay systems, posts all jobs internally and achieves pay equity and near pay parity, launches paid parental leave, and shifts to quarterly performance reviews called Grow plus pulse surveys and an inclusion index for 70,000 employees and a 70%-women customer base. Results show measurable policy and pay changes that stick.
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chapters (37)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:22Christine Deputy
- 1:38Leadership buyin
- 2:17Questions
- 2:31Building a healthy inclusive culture at Nordstrom
- 4:12Understanding the DNA of your culture
- 6:13Leadership driven inclusion
- 6:34Leadership driven diversity
- 9:36Examples of resistance
- 9:48How to overcome resistance
- 11:05Holding strong ideas loosely
- 13:03Employee resource groups
- 14:12Culture change at Nordstrom
- 14:55Open and inclusive culture
- 17:35Pay equity
- 17:57Why pay parity
- 21:15Creating an inclusive environment
- 22:27Culture evolution
- 22:42Retail apocalypse
- 24:19Tapping on the shoulder
- 24:36Overlay of a family
- 25:57You own your career
- 26:46Holding leaders accountable
- 27:28Its really hard
- 27:43Our role
- 29:11HR doesnt hear enough
- 29:49What culture change really is
- 30:38Trends around culture and belonging
- 31:12Transparency
- 31:55Speed
- 32:56Transparency Speed
- 33:31Advice
- 35:58Everyones job
- 36:30Gender minorities
- 38:03Performance discussion
- 42:25Culture service
- 44:25Advice from Christine Deputy
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