Fostering Belonging: a Mission to Create Healthy Organizational Cultures (with Randy Lioz) - a podcast by Elena Agaragimova

In this episode of the Shift with Elena Agar - I sit down with Randy Lioz -founder of DOC - a company that helps organizations of all types develop healthy cultures that foster a sense of belonging for all their members and employees. He spent six years with the nonprofit Braver Angels, one of the leading national groups focused on reducing political polarization, active in all 50 states. He worked in a variety of roles there, most recently as Sr. Director of Events & Partner Engagement, focusing on building a network of organizational partners and helping them with internal polarization challenges.

One of Braver Angels’ most experienced moderators, he led the effort to migrate their events to the online environment, and later pioneered hybrid events for the organization. He regularly led workshops for regional and national audiences, in addition to spreading the depolarization message through interviews, speeches, columns for Braver Angels Media, and appearances on the Braver Angels Podcast.

Randy also does consulting for automotive clients, having worked for over 20 years in the automotive industry. He’s spent his career doing forecasting and analytics, working for brands like Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader, and in advertising for Ford. Randy is also an experienced professional wedding officiant, a soccer goalie and a frequent amateur chef. He grew up on Long Island, NY. After getting his undergraduate degree in economics from Duke University, Randy made his way across the country, living in Michigan— where he got his MBA from the University of Michigan—and California, before moving to Washington, DC.

Connect with Randy:

Website: https://www.depolorgcultures.com/
Tell me what’s going on with your org: https://www.depolorgcultures.com/connect
Demo session sign-up: https://www.depolorgcultures.com/demo-session

About your host:
Elena is a talent development specialist & an education advocate. She started her career in higher education, having worked across various institutions, departments and regions, followed by a shift to corporations - where she creates learning journeys, builds effective talent acquisition pipelines, and develops talent development programs. Elena has a strong interest in how we can use science - particular Behavioral and Neuro sciences - to help people learn effectively, expand their mindset and overall grow personally and professionally.

As an entrepreneur – Elena founded Bloom Youth - a tech education platform that prepares youth for the future - and co-founded Bessern – tech solution for productivity and well-being in organizations. When she is not leading talent transformation, she volunteers her time to help young students with their career development goals, as well as military veterans looking to make career transition to corporate jobs.

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