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Margo Thomas

Margo Thomas

HR leader and Head of People Experience (NZ) at Sime Motors, guest on the HR Unlocked podcast.

Sep 9, 2026

1:10
So tell us how you ended up where you are.
1:12
Uh, look, my passion is people.
1:13
It's always been pe- people.
1:15
I think, um, I'm a natural extrovert.
1:18
Over the years, I've become a bit more introverted, probably as my career has grown.
1:22
Um, but I went into education, so I was a high school teacher for a, a, a number of years, and my, that was because my passion was to see the magic go on in kids' eyes as they learned something and then develop that.
1:36
So it was kind of just a natural progression.

26 MINS LATER

27:30
Yeah.
10:54
But how has your leadership changed? I mean, how would you describe your leadership? What do we need to know about being a leader in this V-U-C-A, I can never say that word, vocal world that we're operating in?
11:07
I think it's awareness and I think you've got to be really agile.
11:11
So, you know, you've got to be on your toes constantly because things come at you from all different angles.
11:21
corners.
11:22
I never aspired to be at this level.
11:25
It just kind of came my way, and it came my way because I said yes.
11:30
So I just happened to be at the right place at the right time.

16 MINS LATER

27:25
Where do you start? Well, I

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