MAY 26, 2021

#34 - Sara Siami, Head of People & Culture at SWEAT on Developing and Leading People in a rapid growth environment


Sara Siami is the Head of People & Culture at SWEAT, developing and leading the people strategy across the organisation. Having been there from very early in the companies Journey, Sara has contributed immensely to the success of Sweat, helping it grow to be one of the world’s largest communities of women in the fitness arena.

Sweat is an innovative technology company in the health and fitness sector, founded in South Australia by Tobi Pearce and one of the world's most influential fitness persons, Kayla Itsines. Sweat connects a community of women with the world’s best trainers, technologies, content and products that helps enable them to lead their best life.

Always having a passion for human behaviour, Sara actually majored in Criminology, legal studies and sociology, before she went onto her graduate diploma in Human resource management. Previous to Sweat, Sara provided business partnering solutions to Coca-Cola Amatil in South Australia and Northern Territory and provided organisational development and workforce relations solutions at TAFE SA.

In this episode, Daniel and Sara talked about Sara's Journey to the role she finds herself in today to leading the people aspect of one of the most successful startups to come out of South Australia and how they managed through the times of rapid growth. They discussed the ups and downs of the HR world, from trying to find quality talent, to managing teams that are working from home.  

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Sara Siami.

Sara Siami

Sara Siami is the Head of People & Culture at SWEAT, developing and leading the people strategy across the organisation. Having been there from very early in the companies Journey, Sara has contributed immensely to the success of Sweat, helping it grow to be one of the world’s largest communities of women in the fitness arena.

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Daniel Franco

Meet Daniel Franco, the Managing Director of Synergy IQ.

A steadfast optimist who believes that the power of trusting relationships is foundational to our bright future. He believes that the world is a better place when we work together. Besides being the Director of Synergy IQ, Daniel is the Host of the Creating Synergy Podcast and rises up every morning with the vision that he can help leaders create a business where their people feel safe, inspired and fulfilled.

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  • The Courage To Be Disliked - How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness - By Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga