How can HR departments help to build a community of women in the workplace and make their workplaces more female-friendly?
My guest this time is Dr. Toni Best, Chief Human Performance Officer at Aduro, a leading SaaS provider of corporate wellness solutions.
Toni is on a mission to help people be the most expansive, best version of themselves which benefits employees and employers alike. Her team says her “Let’s make the workplace more human, shall we?” approach represents the leadership style she brings to Aduro, a company that she co-founded.
For several years, Aduro has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America; in 2021, it was honored as one of Ragan’s 2022 Workplace Wellness Hot List; and named 6th Most Equitable Workplaces in Washington by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Questions For Toni Include:
- One of your colleagues recently shared the following on Linkedin: “I am continually impressed and inspired by how employee effectiveness and productivity get improved at Aduro. It has been almost 2 years since I joined the company, and during this time, I have constantly been empowered to express myself more freely at work”. What goes into creating a company culture where people feel empowered to speak up?
- In May 2022 you launched Aduro® Connect Care, a digitally-enabled proprietary condition management solution for employers wishing to help some of the 37 million Americans who have Type 2 diabetes. Tell me more.
- How can HR departments help to build a community of women in the workplace and make their workplaces more female-friendly?
- How can CEOs (often men) become better mentors and coaches for their female employees?
- In the Summer of 2022, you wrote a post called 5 Reasons Employers Should Build a Family-Friendly Workplace. Why is building or expanding a family-friendly work culture vital? Can you now share some of those 5 reasons from the article and explain why they matter?