This week, you will meet Gabrielle Botelho, HR Director at CGG in Brazil. Vincent digged into the challenge of building a people-centric workplace by discussing with Gabrielle some of her preferred topics:

- the key role of HR in companies and how to make the most of it, 

- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,

- "culture fit" vs "culture add"

- and more.

The questions:

2:07 , What is HR about, for you?

3:45 , Why is it so important to humanize organizations, to make them more people-centric, and what does it mean for you?

6:06 , What could be concrete elements or signs to recognize real, authentic people-centric organizations?

9:07 , How can you transform organizations as an HR professional if you are not taken seriously, or not perceived as a powerful and impactful by the organization?

12:25 , What would it change if the HR function did not exist anymore in the organization, what would it change?

15:24 , You are a strong advocate for diversity, how would you argue for an active and ambitious diversity strategy?

20:22 , What is wrong with the concept of “culture fit” and why can it harm an effort towards people centricity?

23:38 , What does it mean for you to include people?

25:57 , Who would you like to send a message to and what would be that message?

26:48 , Where to go to read Gabrielle’s articles?

Have a good listening! 

You can read Gabrielle's articles here.

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