[Introduction]

In this week’s episode of The Median Podcast, I’m joined by Yan Kruger who is the managing director of Growth Wave, a boutique business and HR advisory firm. Throughout his 15+ year journey, Yan has worked across the full remit of human capital and brings a unique blend of experience as a consultant as well as internal employee and leader. With that, Yan shares the four pillars to creating an enduring business, the values that define him and his business, the painful leadership lessons he has learnt in his career and how his upbringing has very much shaped his desire to achieving social justice where the ultimate reward is very much an emotional one.

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[Timestamps]

00:01:18 Injustices in the world, a wanting to achieve social justice, achieving an emotional reward, influences when growing up - best friend and mum

00:11:53 Applying core business principles in his consulting business - fair/equitable pay for workers, adopting a transparency ethos for customers and employees, profitability from day one and challenging the status quo, disrupting the business consulting space

00:28:32 Values that define who he is - people, planet and profit, the importance of sustainability

00:31:47 How fatherhood was a pivotal time in his career, burning the candle at both ends 

00:35:25 We teach what we most need to learn, being vulnerable as a leader, leading a team in a hybrid work environment, mistakes as a leader, giving feedback in the workplace, the pitfalls of heuristics

01:01:45 “A comet is coming - which camp are you in?”

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