proving workplace culture can sound like an impossible task, but today’s guest, Bonnie Low-Kramen, has had more than 1,500 unfiltered conversations with executives, HR professionals, recruiters, executives, assistants, and leadership experts to identify the people focused solutions that really work to create the ultimate workplace.
* What people are saying behind closed doors about improving workplace culture.
* The critical importance of respect in the workplace, and how it”s often trampled.
* The powerful links between respect, belonging and improving workplace culture.
* The surprising thing one CEO did during Covid to maintain his organization’s culture.
* How improving workplace cultures requires identifying and fixing broken systems.
* And MUCH more.
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TEDx international speaker and trainer Bonnie Low-Kramen worked as the Personal Assistant to Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis for 25 years. Since 2010, Bonnie has been traveling the world teaching and speaking – in 13 countries and 38 states to date.
She is now a CEO herself, employs an assistant, and is globally recognized as one of the most respected leaders in the administrative profession and an expert on workplace issues. Bonnie
is sought after to speak about building ultimate partnerships between executives and assistants.
In 2022, Bonnie made her TEDx debut with “The Real Reasons People Quit.” Her writing has appeared in Harvard Business Review and her work was featured as the Forbes cover story in May 2019. Corporate clients include the Wharton School of Business, Starbucks, Amazon, Rutgers University Business School, University of Chicago Business School, Campbell Soup, and British Parliament. Bonnie holds a BA from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
She is a co-founder of NYCA – New York Celebrity Assistants – a professional networking organization which began in 1996. A New Jersey native, Bonnie’s highly interactive, informative, and inspiring work seeks to bridge the gaps between staff towards building an ultimate workplace – or as close as they can get.
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