Your Passion, Purpose and Personal Brand
164 The Hidden Disconnect: Why Your Workplace Culture is Killing Your Brand with Nader Safinya
04 Mar 2025
Is your company saying all the right things to customers while silently pushing away your best employees? In this eye-opening episode of Your Passion, Purpose and Personal Brand, we sit down with Nader Safinya, known as The Culture Branding Guy, who reveals the dangerous gap between what companies say and what they actually do. After an incredible journey that included applying to 460 jobs in just six months, Nader developed a revolutionary approach to branding that focuses on the alignment between internal culture and external messaging. He shares how this disconnect is costing businesses both talent and customers and provides a practical framework for building brands people actually trust. Whether you're a business leader struggling with retention, a marketer trying to build authentic connections, or someone interested in workplace culture transformation, this conversation will change how you think about branding forever. Episode Highlights: The two fundamental questions every company needs to answer honestly (and why most businesses get at least one of them wrong) Why your job descriptions might be sabotaging your recruitment efforts before candidates even apply The surprising connection between how you treat employees and how customers perceive your brand A counterintuitive approach to transparency that prevents culture breakdown during major transitions The systematic problem Nader discovered in workplace culture The "Inside-Outside-In" method for creating alignment between what you say and what you do How to tell if your company is truly "people-first" or just using it as an empty marketing slogan Listen now to discover why the most important branding work happens long before your marketing team creates a single ad campaign! CONNECT WITH NADER Website: https://blackribbit.com Podcast: Frog Talk: https://blackribbit.com/podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadersafinya/ CONNECT WITH LISA Take the "Reimagine You" Quiz: https://lisamcguire.com/takeequiz/ Learn which of the four styles will put you on the path to your next steps. Next Steps to the New You: Manifest Your Next Level Life: https://go.lisamcguire.com/next-steps-to-the-new-you Join the So Much More Newsletter: https://www.thediyframework.com/so-much-more-subscribe Lisa's writing a book. Join the waitlist: https://lisamcguire.com/book-waitlist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-mcguire/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamlisamcguire/ Website: https://lisamcguire.com
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