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Mar 2024
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Combatting Cyber Attacks with Laura Prob...

THE HR GAZETTE
About this episode

In this HRchat episode, we welcome Laura Probert, Chief People Officer at Egress to share tips to help companies combat cyber attacks.

Laura is responsible for the company’s global people strategy. Her focus is on attracting, retaining, and developing world-class talent, including creating a high-performing culture that rewards and recognizes its people, provides flexibility, training and career development, and supports mental and physical wellbeing.

With over 25 years of experience, Laura is passionate about creating successful people development strategies and building agile, high-performing, diverse teams with high levels of engagement.

Questions for Laura include:

  • Before joining Egress, you held senior HR positions in technology, advertising, retail, and entertainment, working with some of the world’s leading brands including Adobe and Bwin Sports. How have recent trends like the rise of AI, remote working, and more gig workers changed how HR leaders do their jobs?
  • Egress helps companies combat various cyber attacks. Why does that matter and how severe is the threat?
  • I can see you have a passion for creating a great culture. In your experience, what are some of the key elements that make a great culture?
  • After launching a 4-day week initiative and noticing patchy delivery and customer support, you conducted a post-mortem and found that the inflexibility of the program was negatively impacting particular days of the week so you introduced a new concept to Egress employees known as eFlex. Tell us more
  • The tech industry has been facing a skills shortage for some time, what advice or insights can you offer to attract and retain top talent?
  • What does the Great Places to Work ranking from 88th to 50th mean to you and Egress? What does it say about the company?


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