Barbie Winterbottom: An HR Executive’s Lens

Published: June 24, 2020, 10 a.m.

Barbie Winterbottom, CEO, The Business it HR, has spent more than two decades spearheading HR initiatives at industry giants like BIC Graphic North America, Capital One and Amazon. Barbie believes the trinity of Brand, Culture, and Purpose results in employee happiness and belonging at the workplace. She advises HR Executives to influence change and drive results through people-first culture.

In this episode of Thinking Inside the Box Podcast, Barbie suggests HR professionals view the pandemic as an opportunity to demonstrate leadership in crisis and the value HR brings to the organisation. She discusses hyper-communication plans designed to support employees in multiple dimensions such as information hubs for COVID19, work from home, and laid off resources.  

It was such a pleasure connecting with Barbie. I always enjoy our conversations.

Barbie Winterbottom

With deep roots in Talent Acquisition, recruitment marketing and its ties to culture, Barbie understands and drives the needed awareness and alignment between what she believes is the Trifecta of employee happiness and belonging, Brand, Culture & Purpose.

Grounded in truth and authenticity, Barbie brings a whole person, humanised approach to her work quickly becoming a trusted advisor, executive coach and decision maker, ensuring leaders use the lens of employee well being balanced with desired financial outcomes when planning and innovating.

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