Salma De Graaff, VP People/(CHRO) at Skyscanner on using multicultural experiences to build better communities that drive greater engagement

Diverse & Inclusive Leaders & CEO Activist Podcast by DIAL Global

In this week’s podcast, Leila McKenzie-Delis, CEO and Founder of DIAL Global speaks to Salma De Graaff, VP People/(CHRO) at Skyscanner
"People that have come from the people function that can lead an organization, they're also leading the people in an organization and finding a way to understand and facilitate both what generates great revenue and what are going to be the key elements that lead the company forward and also how do we create the environment able to thrive."
You'll hear about:
- Salma's rich personal history and her upbringing with an immigrant father and growing up in an Asian family with its educational pressures, through her career in sales into HR
- How her move abroad made her understand privilege from an intersectional lens, but also started her on her travel history, living in the Netherlands, Suriname, Kinshasa, The Dominican Republic, Congo, Ethiopia and finally back to the Netherlands with regular trips to the UK.
- The importance of a strong understanding of the commercial lens, as well as the fast paced, modern world that we live in to give someone a commercial edge.
- How Diversity and Inclusion, culture and intersectionality fit into Human Resources
- The importance of coaching and mentoring, and how that became Salma's inflection point in terms of going after the role that she always said she wanted and he importance of self-belief in that journey.
- How a company is also a community, and the important role that HR/People plays in creating an environment where employees can thrive.
- What resilience really means in terms of work-life balance and the importance of finding it earlier in life.

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