Boardwave Workshop: Scale, evolve and own your company culture

Boardwave Workshop: Scale, evolve and own your company culture

Sponsor: Farview

Host: Ciara Smyth, Human Capital, Farview Equity Partners Strategic Advisory Team

As Chano Fernando, ex-CEO of Workday advised at a recent Boardwave event, "Without the right company foundations, you’re fighting a losing battle" and that includes developing great culture and values.

The culture of a company is often described as its personality. Your personality as a business is unique and has evolved over time. 

Culture is the special sauce that differentiates your business as a place to work. It’s what makes you attractive to new talent and allows you to hold on to exceptional talent year after year. It can also be the reason talent flees to the hills and engagement is low. Culture is implicit - so while you may not have formalized your operating system, it is there already, it is experienced each and every day by your people. Culture can drive exceptional engagement among your team members, and superior results as a business. Every business should understand its culture and be intentional about scaling and evolving it as the business grows.

Join our discussion to understand how to be thoughtful, curious and intentional about your company’s culture. 

Ciara Smyth is a human capital advisor on the Farview Equity Partners Strategic Advisory Team. She spent her executive career as a Chief People Officer in global tech companies. Today she works across a portfolio of investor-backed businesses advising them on leadership, top team effectiveness, culture, engagement and much more.

Ciara has an accessible approach based on her decades of experience understanding, designing, implementing and embedding highly engaging, unique and dynamic company cultures and operating systems.

8.30-9.00am – Arrivals and coffee

9.00-9.30am – Introduction by Ciara Smyth

9.30-10am – Group discussions

10-10.30am – Q&A with Ciara

10.30-10.45am – Finish