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Being different is something CEO and Co-Founder of GO-VA Fiona Kesby knows all about. As a single mum of two, she left Australia to set up a business in the Philippines along with her brother. Five years later, that business is a global success story. And the secret ingredient is corporate CULTURE. She reveals practical tips all leaders can apply.

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Why you should listen:

• Discover the most important values that crafted all decisions in this successful business
• How to scale culture and help every employee feel valued, even in a big company
• How women in the Philippines are surging ahead in management roles

We explore:

• Cultural differences when it comes to individual vs collective achievement
• How to incentivise a team to be on time, every time
• Innovative ideas from the Chief Happiness Officer

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About Fiona Kesby:

Fiona Kesby is a CEO, Co-Founder, public speaker, and single mother of two teenagers. She has built a track record in recruitment and sales and is a firm believer in the power and fulfilment of learning for life. She has a simple philosophy in leadership and that is to lead from the heart. 

Originally from Brisbane, Australia, Fiona moved with her two daughters to Cebu, Philippines in May 2015 to lead Go Virtual Assistants (GO-VA) as it scaled from having fewer than 20 full-time team members at the start to more than 400 as of May 2020. Fiona started her recruitment career over 20 years ago with one of the worlds largest and most prestigious firms, Michael Page International. She is passionate about creating innovative ways to attract and select top talent and then provide an environment that makes employees feel safe, happy and inspire a lifelong love of learning. 

She loves to learn about and share ideas, all tested in the businesses she and her brother Matt Kesby have built, about: 

• the importance of organisational culture 
• unleashing human potential 
• the game-changing advantages of outsourcing, when both the people and technology pieces are done right

She has enjoyed public speaking engagements on these subjects in events hosted by Asia CEO Forum, Google Business Group-Cebu, and Payoneer. CEO Asia - Circle of Excellence Award for SME Company of the Year 2019, Nominated for the ACES Leadership awards for 2020 (The Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards).

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Related Episodes:

E71 - Boundless Leadership: Secrets from the wild west of tech startups - Interview with Simon Julian, SitePoint

E68 - Secrets in growing remote teams and a life of freedom - Interview with Liam Martin, timedoctor.com

E66 - 'Best of the Best' Workplace Culture - Interview with Shanyn Payne of OES

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About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.

Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.

Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.

www.zoerouth.com