NASCAR: Growth Mindset, Power of “YET” and Emotional intelligence with John Ferguson - Episode 83

Our guest is John Ferguson, Chief HR Officer at NASCAR.

John oversees NASCAR Human Resources and provides strategic leadership around talent acquisition, employee engagement, and culture development to support and engage employees across more than 20 office and racetrack locations in the U.S.

For nearly a decade, John served in HR roles at Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) in Washington, D.C.. He also serves on the Alumni Board of Directors for Furman University, UNCF Orlando Leadership Council, and Durham Success Summit Advisory Council.

In 2022, John was named to the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s annual ’40 Under Forty’ list and Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.

In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and John discuss:

• Emotional intelligence in hybrid environments and key strategies for all leaders to use
• How to scale knowledge across the organization to new and existing employees 
• Power of YET and growth mindset
• Quiet quitting and how to provide psychological safety in the work environment
• Best practices and strategies for people starting a new leadership position where everything is new and you have none of that organizational knowledge built up.

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