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Embracing Curiosity and Empathy in Leadership with Shannon Minifie Apr 06, 2021

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Business leaders must always have the desire to learn if they want to improve their work continuously. Integrating curiosity in leadership does not only hone the business itself, but the people who actually run it as well. Andy Storch sits down with Shannon Minifie to share how they teach people in asking the right questions, helping them elevate their business and experience personal growth at the same time. Shannon talks about how becoming the CEO of Box of Crayons taught her the right way to guide leaders in avoiding overwhelming responsibilities, burnout, and micromanaging. She also explains how they pivoted to cope with the virtual world brought by COVID-19, the importance of empathy in their processes, and her major realizations about working in talent development.

Coaching to Emotional Intelligence in a Virtual World with Tim Hagen Mar 30, 2021

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We hear all the time about the importance of coaching and emotional intelligence. During stressful times, people need to draw upon their EI to maintain resilience. But how do you coach to emotional intelligence and how do you get your leaders to do it regularly in a virtual world? Well get your notepad ready because that’s what this session is all about.

Tim Hagen is the President and Chief Coaching Officer of Progress Coaching and a well known workplace coaching expert. He is a member of the Forbes Coaching Council and the host of the Coaching Conversations Podcast

and is also a regular speaker at conferences and on webinars around the world and I’m excited to bring his expertise to you today.

Tim shares with us:

The biggest mistakes that managers and organizations make
Why feedback is not coaching
What is emotional intelligence
How to improve self-awareness
The #1 thing upper level managers can do is to get some group coaching going
Why coaching sessions needed to be activity-based
How to think about using empathy in the workplace
What can organizations do to improve culture and EI

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Leading the Multigenerational Workplace in the Virtual World with Lindsey Pollak Mar 23, 2021

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Developing different generations of talent and navigating careers were already a big challenge before the pandemic and now both have become infinitely more complicated. But there are some great things we can be doing to develop ourselves and the younger generations and we are going to share those with you today.

Lindsey Pollak is a New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading experts on today’s multigenerational workplace. She was named to the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, which honors 30 global management thinkers whose work is shaping the future of how organizations are managed and led. Lindsey has published such books as Getting from College to Career and The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace. Her next book, Recaclualting; Navigate Your CAreer Through The Changing World of Work will has just been published today!

In this episode, we discuss:

How the multigenerational workforce has changed in the virtual world
The challenges that the crisis creates for different generations
How COVID has changed the landscape for early career professionals
How the job application process is changing in the new world
What Millennials and Gen Z want and need including real job opportunities
The concept of the “lifelong colleague”
The practice of providing “manager toolkits”

How NetApp is leveraging the Golden Age of HR Technology with Larry McAlister Mar 17, 2021

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If you are looking for ideas on how to leverage new HR technology and want to hear from a practitioner who is doing inside their organization, you are in the right place.

Larry McAllister is the VP and Global Head of Talent for NetApp. He has held senior talent roles in several global companies and has a wealth of experience in this space. He also has a passion for learning and talent development that is unrivaled.

Topics we cover include:

Why we need to move forward and adopt the right philosophy of no going back
Why go from L&D to talent enablement
Why we are in the golden age of learning technology
The risk of not investing in HR technology
How to choose which technologies you need
How NetApp is enabling employees to own their careers
How NetApp is democratizing skills and coaching with technology
HR technology for recruiting
How to get executive buy-in for HR technology

You can find Larry McAlister on LinkedIn and more about NetApp here.

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“Betting on You” and supporting your employees Mar 09, 2021

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There are two sides to career success. For their part, employees need to learn how to put themselves first and take control of their career path instead of getting stuck in something that doesn’t resonate. On the other hand, employers need to provide a certain level of support in the form of learning and development opportunities. Laurie Ruettimann shares her thoughts and experiences around these in her book, Betting on You: How to Put Yourself First and (Finally) Take Control of Your Career. Before becoming the top-rated career she is now, Laurie spent over a decade working in human resources for a pharmaceutical giant. The things she witnessed and experienced during that chunk of her career led her to realize the inefficiencies of our current understanding of HR that she beautifully elaborates in her book. She joins Andy Storch in this episode to give us a taste of these insights.

What Stops Employees from Owning Their Careers Mar 05, 2021

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Are these things holding you back? Get the insider scoop on what stops employees from truly taking ownership in their career and their life. My hope is that you walk away from this episode ready to get back in the drivers seat and get after your dreams!

Find out more about my book at OwnYourCareerOwnYourLife.com

A Winning and Sustainable Approach to DEI with Jennifer Brown Mar 02, 2021

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We are in witnessing a massive social justice movement and almost every company I talk to is trying to figure out how to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. If you are looking to do those things as well, you are in the right place.

Jennifer Brown is the founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting, which is focused on unleashing the power of human potential, embracing diversity and helping people and organizations thrive. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, a regular speaker on DEI and is the author of two books including Inclusion and How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive.

Topics in this episode include:

The state of DEI and how it has changed in 2020
How conversations changed as a result of the Black Lives Matter and social justice movements
Why diverse talent falls out of the pipeline
Why women and people from other underrepresented groups don’t move up the corporate ladder
The difference between diversity and inclusion
The mistake of thinking unconscious bias training will fix things
How to look at privilege
What the best organizations are doing to improve DEI
How to sustain the current movement and consider intersectionality
How talent development can help improve DEI and be part of the solution

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Building Strong Cultures While Navigating Change with Greg Brenner Feb 23, 2021

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Everyone loves change as long as you go first! Leading a culture transformation is not for the faint of heart. Rather it's designed for the heart and gut.

Greg is in the hot seat this week to discuss building a strong culture, even in a virtual world. Some key topics in this interview include:

Why culture transformation is so hard
How culture has changed under COVID
How to engage and empower employees in a virtual world
How to bring more empathy as a leader and create more empathetic leaders
How to enable change by setting an example
The importance of people getting behind the mission of your organization
The importance of defining and managing change and helping people transition through change
How to let go of something old before starting something new

Greg Brenner is the Assistant VP of Talent and Organizational Development at the University of Miami and U Miami Health. He’s also a regular content creator with a big following on LinkedIn, known as the “HR Dad.”

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Building a Culture of Empathy with Claude Silver Feb 16, 2021

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Want to learn how to create an amazing culture even in a virtual world? If so, then you are in the right place.

Claude Silver is the Chief Heart Officer of VaynerMedia. She has a long career in strategy in sales before moving into her role as head of HR for Vayner and I have never met anyone full of more kindness, generosity and love for her people. She also hosts podcast, shares tons of inspirational content all across social media and has been a key reason that VaynerMedia has one of the best company cultures in the corporate world.

We discuss pivoting under COVID and engaging people virtually. Clause answers the question, what is great culture? and How to create culture of belonging and psychological safety.

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Leadership Lessons from Tom Brady Feb 15, 2021

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I thought I would share a few lessons on leadership from the greatest QB of all time. don't worry this podcast is not about football. It's about LEADERSHIP and what we can learn.