DiscoverPeople and StrategyCulture Over Ego: How Booking.com Aligns 24,000 Employees Worldwide
Culture Over Ego: How Booking.com Aligns 24,000 Employees Worldwide

Culture Over Ego: How Booking.com Aligns 24,000 Employees Worldwide

Update: 2025-09-12
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What does it take to create a thriving, low-ego culture in a global organization with 24,000 employees? Paulo Pisano, CHRO of Booking Holdings and CPO of Booking.com, shares how he connects culture to strategy, leverages customer dashboards and engagement metrics to benchmark success, and drives alignment across international teams. Discover why resisting the influence of the HiPPO (highest paid person’s opinion) is essential for effective decision making and gain practical insights to elevate your own organizational culture. 

 

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Culture Over Ego: How Booking.com Aligns 24,000 Employees Worldwide

Culture Over Ego: How Booking.com Aligns 24,000 Employees Worldwide

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