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Bonus Q&A with Tom Bowen Sep 15, 2022

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Andy welcomes Tom Bowen to this week’s Talent Development Hot Seat. Tom leads Learning and Development at Gem, a talent engagement platform. Tom has 15 years of experience in L&D and spent more than a decade abroad, mostly in Seoul, South Korea with shorter stints in India and Europe.

As the first L&D hire at his past five companies, Tom Bowen thrives on the zero-to-one phase of building an L&D strategy and its platforms. When he isn’t building programs, Tom can be found spending his time exploring California with his partner, three young kids, and a sheepadoodle.

In this bonus episode, you’ll hear:

7. Tom Bowen’s greatest career accomplishment and what makes it stand out.

8. His biggest career mistake and what it taught him.

9. What he sees as one of the biggest challenges in talent development today.

10. The talent development trend he’s following and what makes it exciting.

11. Why he recommends the books Our Iceberg is Meltingby John Kotter and Stories That Stick by Kindra Hall.

12. The technology he’s excited about using as it evolves.

13. Tom’s advice for advancing your career.

14. How the Talent Development Think Tank Community can provide value to your career.

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Assessing Needs and Influencing Stakeholders with Tom Bowen Sep 13, 2022

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In this episode, you’ll hear:

Tom Bowen’s experience in the L&D world, some trends he’s noticed in L&D during his career, and what younger generations want from their employers.
His approach to starting a new L&D role at a company and why that requires a business needs analysis.
Why sales enablement is important even for those who work in L&D and how to assess what’s important for the needs of the business and what isn’t.
What you can do to understand the business and gain influence within the company.
How you can convince people within an organization to take time for learning and development and impact the company.
Why Tom loves design thinking and how he’s used it in his work.

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Building Your Personal Brand in L&D Sep 06, 2022

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In this solo episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy is sharing some tips for building your personal brand. He strongly believes there are benefits to being mindful and intentional about it, and leveraging a strong personal brand can help build a brand with your company. It can even help attract and retain talent at your organization. A personal brand is particularly important for entrepreneurs and growing a business.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

What a personal brand is, why you need one, and how being mindful of that brand can allow you to become more successful long-term.
The factors that impact your personal brand and why that affects how people perceive your personal brand.
How social media and your online persona contribute to your personal brand and form impressions of you even before someone meets you.
Why building your personal brand as an expert on your topic can lead to more career opportunities and success.
How your legacy is affected by your personal brand and what you’re known for.

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Competency Models Out, Suitability Models In with Susan Schmitt Winchester, CHRO of Applied Materials Aug 30, 2022

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Competency models are at the core of HR practice from the talent development standpoint. However, companies are increasingly finding them irrelevant and even confusing as succession planning puts more emphasis on specific things that make a person suitable or unsuitable for a certain position. Joining Andy Storch today is Susan Schmitt, the CHRO of Applied Materials, who presents a comprehensive model of what she calls the “suitability model.” The suitability model is composed of four broad categories which can be used to effectively assess a person’s potential for a position or their performance in a current position. Susan also talks about her upcoming book with co-author Martha Finney, Healing at Work.

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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

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