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Bonus Q&A with Gloria Song Oct 27, 2022

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This week, Andy welcomes guest Gloria Song to The Talent Development Hot Seat podcast. She is a certified coach, facilitator, and organizational development consultant. Gloria works on her own, but she was formerly an L&D professional for multiple organizations, including Microsoft and Autodesk. She held multiple positions in HR and customer success, creating and facilitating empowering learning and change management programs.

As the founder of Co-change Lab, Gloria is on a mission to help people and organizations create positive changes that they envision for themselves. She is a certified coach and a facilitator of workshops including the Own Your Career training program that Andy created from his book.

In this bonus episode, you’ll hear:

7. Why Gloria Song decided to become an entrepreneur and what it’s been like for her so far.

8. Her proudest career moment and what makes it stand out.

9. Her biggest work failure and what she learned from that experience.

10. What she views as the biggest challenge in talent development today.

11. What the book Give and Take by Adam Grant taught her and why she continues to recommend it.

12. How you can continue to grow and improve your career in talent development.

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Managing Cultural Transformations and Organizational Change with Gloria Song Oct 25, 2022

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In this episode, you’ll hear:

What Gloria Song’s organization does, what led to the founding of Co-change Lab, and her organic path to learning and development.
The things a company should be thinking about when facing the implementation of a cultural or organizational change.
How you can make the organization’s employees feel like they have a voice in the change to get their buy-in and the role of coaching in this process.
Some ways you can use coaching to help facilitate organizational change and change the narrative around the change.
Why transformations fail, how an inability to prioritize drives the dysfunction of change, and why leaders often fail to get their employees on board.
The value Gloria receives from the Own Your Career training program and what resonates with her about the program.

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Bonus Q&A with Katie Purcell Oct 20, 2022

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In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Katie Purcell to the show. Katie leads People teams at Calendly, providing leadership in L&D, Business Partnership, Operations, Tech, and Analytics. Before Calendly, Katie held Executive People Leadership roles across various tech companies, including Apple, Adobe, and GE.

Katie pursued her career in HR and People following completing the undergrad Business/HR and Master’s HR Leadership programs at Michigan State University. While at GE, she had the opportunity to travel and live around the world with notable expat experiences in Scotland and Italy. She is now based in San Francisco but runs a remote team with people worldwide.

In this bonus episode, you’ll hear:

7. Katie Purcell’s greatest career accomplishment and what makes it stand out.

8. Her biggest career mistake and the lesson she learned from it.

9. What she sees as the greatest challenge in talent development today.

10. How the fully remote dynamic is causing a trend she’s paying attention to.

11. Why she recommends using the power of your network to learn from others and grow your career.

12. The power of digital resources when it comes to getting work done and how it contributes to feeling connected to a remote team.

13. Her advice for achieving more success at work.

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Building a New HR Team in a Remote World with Katie Purcell from Calendly Oct 18, 2022

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In this episode, you’ll hear:

How Katie Purcell decided to work in the human resources world after completing an internship with General Motors that led to her career at GE.
What attracted her to Calendly and her philosophy around building a new team.
The influence of her Chief People Officer, CEO, and CFO in getting learning and development established early on as the company scales.
Katie’s advice for building influential relationships with a CEO and CFO to achieve alignment regarding company goals and her key focus areas to build an engaged and focused team.
How she assesses her learning and development priorities while understanding that she can’t cover everything while the company is experiencing hyper-growth.
The advice Katie gives to employees regarding their career growth trajectory and resources available to them.

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Investing in Yourself to Achieve More Success Oct 11, 2022

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In this solo episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy is talking about making time to invest in yourself. Many people are givers and spend a lot of time giving to others but often feel it’s selfish to invest in their own development. Andy explains why investing in yourself gives you the ability to give more back to others.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

How investing in yourself allows you to give more to others because you’ll feel more energized and ready to invest in others.
Why you should pursue development programs even if your company won’t pay for them.
What engaging with others can do for your personal development journey.
How Andy’s personal and professional development journey led to the founding of the Talent Development Think Tank Community.
Andy’s announcement that the Talent Development Think Tank Conference is returning in 2023 and who Andy is bringing in to speak to conference attendees.

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Bonus Q&A with Frank Nguyen Oct 06, 2022

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Andy welcomes Dr. Frank Nguyen to this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat. Frank is an author, speaker, and executive who specializes in transforming learning organizations through strategy and technology. He has led enterprise learning for Fortune companies, including a large well-known retailer, American Express, and Intel. He’s published extensively on the intersection of e-learning, instructional design, and performance support.

Frank Nguyen is also a recipient of The Learning Guild Master and the ISPI Distinguished Dissertation awards. His work on compliance training learning strategy, business transformation, and technology has been recognized by Brandon Hall and Chief Learning Officer. Frank has served on a variety of learning industry committees for Adobe, ATD, B-JET, Brandon Hall, eLearning Guild, and ISPI.

In this bonus episode, you’ll hear:

7. Frank Nguyen’s proudest career moment and why it stands out in his memory.

8. His biggest career mistake and what he learned from that situation.

9. Why he’s so interested in what will happen following the Great Resignation and labor market trends.

10. The reason he chose The Republic by Plato as his recommended reading.

11. The three ways Frank says you can achieve more career success.

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Upskilling and Reskilling for the Future with Frank Nguyen Oct 04, 2022

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In this episode, you’ll hear:

How Frank Nguyen landed in learning and development from the IT sector and discovered his niche.
Why streamlining training can lead to more confidence and competency at work.
How gaining influence within the company can help build a business case for your learning and development strategies.
What Frank did to scale training using the systems he implemented during a hiring rush in the middle of the pandemic.
The three components he uses for internal talent development and how you can apply those to your organization.
His TENC model and how he applies it in the workplace.

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Building a Coaching Business with Tim Hagen & Massimo Backus Sep 27, 2022

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Andy welcomes guests Tim Hagen and Massimo Backus to the show. Tim, Massimo, and Andy have all built businesses, and they decided to do this episode together to talk about the keys to building a successful business in the learning and development and talent development worlds.

Massimo Backus was previously a practitioner in corporate L&D and organizational development and left his job two years ago to go out on his own as an executive coach and leadership development consultant.

Tim Hagen is the head of progress coaching, which is a company that works with organizations to help get their people to do better coaching. Tim is a coach, but he’s focused on how to get your managers coaching better. Tim’s been running his business for more than 25 years.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

Why Tim Hagen decided to start his own coaching business and how Massimo made the transition to entrepreneurship.
How interactions with internal colleagues matter even before you start your own business.
The reason you can’t be afraid of selling when you own your own business and why sales are vital to your success.
What telling the truth can do for the reputation of your business along with the power of storytelling.
The current environment of the coaching industry and how Tim and Massimo differentiate themselves in that space.
Massimo and Tim’s advice to keep in mind when starting your own business in this industry.

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Bonus Q&A with Massimo Backus Sep 22, 2022

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Andy welcomes repeat guest Massimo Backus this week on The Talent Development Hot Seat. He is an executive coach, speaker, and author of an upcoming book on compassionate leadership. Massimo has spent several years as a learning and development practitioner in multiple companies. He recently left the employee world to become an entrepreneur as a leadership development coach and facilitator.

In this bonus episode, you’ll hear:

6. Massimo Backus’ greatest career accomplishment and why he’s so proud of it.

7. His biggest career mistake and what he learned from not trusting his instincts.

8. What he views as one of the biggest challenges to overcome in talent development today.

9. Why he’s so excited about the use of VR in talent development.

10. His favorite recommended reading.

11. Massimo’s advice for continuing to grow and advance your career path.

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Compassionate Leadership with Massimo Backus Sep 20, 2022

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In this episode, you’ll hear:

How Massimo Backus defines compassionate leadership and why the concept of self-compassion is important to good leadership.
The three main components of the principle of self-compassion and why they are especially important for leaders.
Why past successes aren’t indicative of future success as a manager and why management skills are usually learned through trial by fire.
How you can find the right people to talk to about personal or professional issues and find the courage to be vulnerable.
What self-kindness can do to help you bring your best at work.

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TDHS Episode 197

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