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Oct 2023
40m 12s

How Kyndryl is Leading Culture Change in...

CHRIS RAINEY
About this episode

In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast, I’m joined by Maryjo Charbonnier, CHRO of Kyndryl, to discuss how she is leading a cultural transformation at the IT services spin-off from IBM. With 90,000 employees on day one, Kyndryl is the world's largest start-up undertaking rapid change.


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Episode highlights


00:00 - Introduction + episode highlight

01:30 - Spinning off from IBM

03:10 - Articulating the culture & values

06:30 - Effective change management

08:20 - Building the HR tech stack

10:40 - Supporting career growth

13:30 - Managing the team through change

16:40 - Key advice for future HR leaders

18:50 - The exciting future of HR

22:00 - Defining effective culture change

24:30 - Anchoring transformation in business priorities

27:00 - Change management recipe

29:30 - Communication and messaging

32:00 - Learning from past mistakes

34:30 - Maintaining work-life balance

37:00 - Leaving things better

39:00 - Final advice


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