The Culture Voice Sun, 24 May 2026 03:25:33 -0400 https://theculturevoice.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 The Culture Voice yes Support this Podcast d3e87bc9-53cc-51c8-9bb9-b4fdb94c07f0 Fernando Vilas episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Fernando Vilas https://storage.buzzsprout.com/tegnmhczhdcwm94ko50m65i204aw?.jpg The Culture Voice Life as a big playground, with Galina Bankova Life as a big playground, with Galina Bankova In this episode of The Culture Voice podcast, we had the privilege to have a great conversation with Galina Bankova, a great entrepreneur on a mission to build something great.

Galina defines herself as a "woman on a mission"; the mission to help people find their playground in life. For that, she has founded three companies: "Do Work You Love", "The Matchmakers" and "The People Accelerator", her last project. All of them really complement each other and contribute to her great mission.

Listen to this podcast and find out how Galina enables connections and helps people find the best out of themselves.

If you want to learn more about what Galina does or reach out to her, the best way is through LinkedIn. You can find her profile here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/galinabankova/ 

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]]> In this episode of The Culture Voice podcast, we had the privilege to have a great conversation with Galina Bankova, a great entrepreneur on a mission to build something great.

Galina defines herself as a "woman on a mission"; the mission to help people find their playground in life. For that, she has founded three companies: "Do Work You Love", "The Matchmakers" and "The People Accelerator", her last project. All of them really complement each other and contribute to her great mission.

Listen to this podcast and find out how Galina enables connections and helps people find the best out of themselves.

If you want to learn more about what Galina does or reach out to her, the best way is through LinkedIn. You can find her profile here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/galinabankova/ 

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]]> Fernando Vilas Buzzsprout-9315172 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0200 2670 full false Communicating your company purpose, with Carolina Fonseca Communicating your company purpose, with Carolina Fonseca Today's guest of The Culture Voice podcast is Carolina Fonseca, Engineering People Manager at FlixBus and Founder at The Leadership Boat.

In this episode Carolina explains how important is for a company that its employees are truly  aligned with its Culture and Values. She provides very good tips to achieve this, starting by how to communicate your company purpose in a meaningful and authentic way.

To get in touch with Carolina, you can:

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]]> Today's guest of The Culture Voice podcast is Carolina Fonseca, Engineering People Manager at FlixBus and Founder at The Leadership Boat.

In this episode Carolina explains how important is for a company that its employees are truly  aligned with its Culture and Values. She provides very good tips to achieve this, starting by how to communicate your company purpose in a meaningful and authentic way.

To get in touch with Carolina, you can:

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]]> Fernando Vilas Buzzsprout-8195085 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0200 2431 full false Understanding Expats, with Lucyna Bolin Understanding Expats, with Lucyna Bolin Being an expat is something really interesting but it implies a lot of challenges too, not only related with the fact of moving to a new country, learning a new language, etc, but also with the intrinsic pressure that expats have to do just well outside of their country.

In this podcast chapter, Life & Business Coach Lucyna Bolin shares her great experiences being an expat herself as someone who lived abroad 21 years in 6 different countries and explains the challenges that usually expats need to overcome and how she works on those during her coaching sessions.

Listen to the full interview if you want to find out more about:

  • How a holistic approach to Coaching considering the full environment has a much bigger impact than individualistic Coaching
  • How to focus on Strengths rather than on Weaknesses to be much happier in your life and shorten the path to success
  • How to keep an open mind when it comes to be an expat and enrich yourself with great experiences rather than criticising the environment around you


To get in touch with Lucyna, you can use any of the following channels:


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]]> Being an expat is something really interesting but it implies a lot of challenges too, not only related with the fact of moving to a new country, learning a new language, etc, but also with the intrinsic pressure that expats have to do just well outside of their country.

In this podcast chapter, Life & Business Coach Lucyna Bolin shares her great experiences being an expat herself as someone who lived abroad 21 years in 6 different countries and explains the challenges that usually expats need to overcome and how she works on those during her coaching sessions.

Listen to the full interview if you want to find out more about:

  • How a holistic approach to Coaching considering the full environment has a much bigger impact than individualistic Coaching
  • How to focus on Strengths rather than on Weaknesses to be much happier in your life and shorten the path to success
  • How to keep an open mind when it comes to be an expat and enrich yourself with great experiences rather than criticising the environment around you


To get in touch with Lucyna, you can use any of the following channels:


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]]> Fernando Vilas Buzzsprout-8623997 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0200 2865 full false True motivation at work, with Rico Fernando True motivation at work, with Rico Fernando Rico Fernando is co-founder at Bonrepublic, a great tool that helps organizations to increase motivation through a culture of challenge, collective achievements and peer-to-peer recognition.

In this great interview Rico shares his great experience as HR Leader and company Founder as someone that perfectly understands the greatest challenges that organisations face today when it comes to hiring employees, scaling companies from the ground up and the most important: keeping a high level of motivation and engagement at work.

Listen to the interview if you want to learn: 

  • How Bonrepublic can have a very positive impact on your company.
  • What truly motivates employees today (which is not the same as 20 years ago)?
  • How HR Leaders should consider the Culture Fit during the End-to-End hiring process?
  • Do you really want to change your Company Culture? If yes, you should now true why and you must be able to communicate your reasons.
  • And many more interesting topics...

To find out more about Bonrepublic, simply visit their website at https://www.bonrepublic.com/

If you want to contact Rico directly, you can contact him on his LinkedIn.

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]]> Rico Fernando is co-founder at Bonrepublic, a great tool that helps organizations to increase motivation through a culture of challenge, collective achievements and peer-to-peer recognition.

In this great interview Rico shares his great experience as HR Leader and company Founder as someone that perfectly understands the greatest challenges that organisations face today when it comes to hiring employees, scaling companies from the ground up and the most important: keeping a high level of motivation and engagement at work.

Listen to the interview if you want to learn: 

  • How Bonrepublic can have a very positive impact on your company.
  • What truly motivates employees today (which is not the same as 20 years ago)?
  • How HR Leaders should consider the Culture Fit during the End-to-End hiring process?
  • Do you really want to change your Company Culture? If yes, you should now true why and you must be able to communicate your reasons.
  • And many more interesting topics...

To find out more about Bonrepublic, simply visit their website at https://www.bonrepublic.com/

If you want to contact Rico directly, you can contact him on his LinkedIn.

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]]> Fernando Vilas Buzzsprout-8280891 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:00:00 +0200 2709 full false The future is Female, with Christopher Weber-Fürst The future is Female, with Christopher Weber-Fürst On this occasion we had the privilege to talk with Christopher Weber-Fürst. Christopher is an Executive Coach and Expert Strategic futurist leading from the emerging female future.

During this engaging interview we talked about really interesting topics, such as:

  • Why the leaders of the near future will be mainly women and why this is a great thing!
  • What is true leadership, based on his 40+ years of experience working in several types of business, countries and environments?
  • How to understand your own Ego needs and live a balanced life.
  • Christopher owned a farm in Norway before changing his path to working with people. What were the learnings working with animals?
  • And many more really interesting topics...

This chapter is an amazing session with a great leader and coach who's sharing his best tips on how to understand yourself, understand your personal values and find the right place where you can live them and be truly happy.

It's a highly recommended listening!

To reach out to Christopher, you can contact him directly on his LinkedIn.

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]]> On this occasion we had the privilege to talk with Christopher Weber-Fürst. Christopher is an Executive Coach and Expert Strategic futurist leading from the emerging female future.

During this engaging interview we talked about really interesting topics, such as:

  • Why the leaders of the near future will be mainly women and why this is a great thing!
  • What is true leadership, based on his 40+ years of experience working in several types of business, countries and environments?
  • How to understand your own Ego needs and live a balanced life.
  • Christopher owned a farm in Norway before changing his path to working with people. What were the learnings working with animals?
  • And many more really interesting topics...

This chapter is an amazing session with a great leader and coach who's sharing his best tips on how to understand yourself, understand your personal values and find the right place where you can live them and be truly happy.

It's a highly recommended listening!

To reach out to Christopher, you can contact him directly on his LinkedIn.

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]]> Fernando Vilas Buzzsprout-8075833 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100 2488 full false How a common purpose contributes to success, with Kristin Eyschen How a common purpose contributes to success, with Kristin Eyschen Kristin Eyschen shares in this episode her great and diverse experience as HR Leader who worked in multiple countries and different types of organizations.

She uncovers the common factors that she observed over the years that made these companies successful. You'll hear things such as: communication, purpose, feeling like a family, and many more.

Apart from being an experienced recruiter, Kris is a Health Coach and helps many people have a better quality of life. Check her website krisoak.com or get in touch with Kris directly on LinkedIN.

Listen to this great interview to learn from somebody with a great perspective on what matters to be happy at work and what's important for organizations to be successful.

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]]> Kristin Eyschen shares in this episode her great and diverse experience as HR Leader who worked in multiple countries and different types of organizations.

She uncovers the common factors that she observed over the years that made these companies successful. You'll hear things such as: communication, purpose, feeling like a family, and many more.

Apart from being an experienced recruiter, Kris is a Health Coach and helps many people have a better quality of life. Check her website krisoak.com or get in touch with Kris directly on LinkedIN.

Listen to this great interview to learn from somebody with a great perspective on what matters to be happy at work and what's important for organizations to be successful.

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]]> Fernando Vilas Buzzsprout-7207423 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0100 2009 full false Understanding Great Company Cultures, with Liene Ozola Understanding Great Company Cultures, with Liene Ozola In this episode Liene Ozola, co-founder at Smartist.one shares her great experience in recruiting and uncovers those common cultural elements present in all great organizations.

You'll also learn what she considers the "Great Candidates" in today's changing working environment and where HR is heading in the near future.

Listen to this podcast and enjoy learning from a great HR leader!

To reach out to Liene, you can contact directly on her LinkedIn.

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]]> In this episode Liene Ozola, co-founder at Smartist.one shares her great experience in recruiting and uncovers those common cultural elements present in all great organizations.

You'll also learn what she considers the "Great Candidates" in today's changing working environment and where HR is heading in the near future.

Listen to this podcast and enjoy learning from a great HR leader!

To reach out to Liene, you can contact directly on her LinkedIn.

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]]> Fernando Vilas Buzzsprout-7199830 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0100 2363 full false Introducing The Culture Voice Podcast Introducing The Culture Voice Podcast The Culture Voice is your podcast to navigate the amazing world of Company Culture. 

The Culture Voice explores how successful companies understand their internal culture and how that understanding is taken into account in all key decisions: hiring, growing, launching new products, everything!

In this podcast from www.talentese.com, host Fernando Vilas, Founder and CEO of Talentese speaks with some of the most influential and innovative human resource leaders and company founders to discuss these topics.

Subscribe to The Culture Voice podcast and do not miss any episode.

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]]> The Culture Voice is your podcast to navigate the amazing world of Company Culture. 

The Culture Voice explores how successful companies understand their internal culture and how that understanding is taken into account in all key decisions: hiring, growing, launching new products, everything!

In this podcast from www.talentese.com, host Fernando Vilas, Founder and CEO of Talentese speaks with some of the most influential and innovative human resource leaders and company founders to discuss these topics.

Subscribe to The Culture Voice podcast and do not miss any episode.

Support the show

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