The Culture Nerds - A Leadership Podcast

The Unfinished Leader with Nathan Krieger, Dimensional Fund Advisors

Simon Thiessen & Kirralea Walkerden Season 1 Episode 28

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This week’s pod features an interview with Nathan Krieger, co-head of Client Group Australia for Dimensional Fund Advisors. Nathan shares many insights into enhancing workplace culture through well-defined principles and authentic leadership.

You can read the full blog based on the podcast here.

The Good, The Bad or The What-The?

At a recent event, a group of managers stepped out of their comfort zone to teach their peers a new (and non-work related) skill. Among the many great examples, one stood out for Kirralea.

Words of Authenticity

None of us are a finished product (Dave Butler, Co-CEO of Dimensional worldwide and ex pro basketball player)

Worth The Time (resource):
 
Shoe Dog - Phil Knight 

Interview Summary

·       Enhancing workplace culture with Guiding Principles

·   Doing the right thing number, doing it the right way number, and doing it right now. If it's worth doing, let's go ahead and get it done.

·       The treatment of ideas - allowing the best idea to stand the test of time

·       Creating a culture that lets new people know what is expected

·   Identifying behaviours that represent the ideal culture - cultural statements and value statements can sound a little nebulous at times unless they are brought to life.

·       Fostering attitudes that support the attributes and that mean cultural excellence is not reliant on any one leader - we are all the custodians of them.

·       Enhancing culture and building leadership with coaching

·       Keeping everyone on board in fast paced, ever-changing climates

·       The (surf) board meeting

·   A final piece of advice for leaders in fast paced environments - be OK being uncomfortable.

The debrief – what we learned from Nathan

The combination of an Authentic Leader (Nathan) and a clear framework (the Dimensional Guiding Principles, Attributes and Attitudes) is the ideal platform for enhancing workplace culture.

Nathan is ‘real’ – what you see is what you get, and he isn’t frightened about being authentic and vulnerable. He is also a humble leader, striving to be his best self while accepting that he is imperfect.

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