My guest today is Ola Snow, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cardinal Health. Ola oversees the company’s Human Resources, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Community Relations, Communications, Environmental Health and Safety, Security, Real Estate, Facilities and Aviation organizations. Her passion for DE&I has propelled her to become a co-executive sponsor for the company’s DE&I Council and an advisor for the company’s Black and African American Racial Equity Cabinet, two internal groups charged with challenging the status quo and ultimately helping to advance DE&I within the organization. Snow’s leadership has been recognized by several organizations including Top 50 HR, Columbus Business First and the National Diversity Council.

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Discussion Points:

• Ola’s path to her current success
• Shaking up the status quo at Cardinal Health - curiosity, transparency and truthtelling
• A “comprehensive listening strategy” with employees
• M&A failures - culture clashes and lack of time
• Recruitment for ‘careers’, not jobs
• Employee retention and engagement
• Management roles are completely different than five years ago
• Leadership training - listening and soft skills
• What employees expect from their leaders these days
• Vulnerability to set the tone as a leader
• Looking outside your industry and company size for best practices
• Simplifying and streamlining

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Ola Snow at Cardinal

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