In this week’s podcast, Ken Forster speaks with Kairus Tarapore, former Chief Human Resources Officer of Xylem, a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water and critical infrastructure challenges. For more than 30 years, Kairus has provided executive leadership for human resources across industry-leading companies such as Xylem, Babcock & Wilcox, Ceridian, and General Electric. He's provided leadership across the US, Canada, and India with cross-functional experience across sales, marketing, supply chain, and Lean Six Sigma quality.
Some of the discussion points during this interview:
Where does Kairus find his inspiration?
Every company that I've been with, I've always made it a point to really get to know the people. Given my role, more than programs and policies, I really wanted to get to know the people and that's always been my inspiration. So, every week wherever I was after the first few months of the job, once I got to know the company and the people I always made it a point to have 30-minute catch-up sessions with people across the organization. I would set up no agenda, no specific purpose, but just have the sort of, ‘Hey, what's going on in your world?’
That really gave me great insights. Not only about what was really going on and disconnected from where we were from headquarters, but also getting to know the people, what motivates them, what drives them, what are some of their energizers?
If you're interested in connecting with Kairus, check out his LinkedIn!
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