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How to Avoid the Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier May 19, 2020

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Michael Bungay Stanier is an author, keynote speaker, and trainer who has worked with organizations all over the globe. Michael was banned from his high school graduation for “the balloon incident,” was sued by one of his Law School lecturers for defamation, and his first published piece of writing was a Mills & Boone short story called “The Male Delivery.”

Are you Multiplying People? May 15, 2020

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Today I want to spend a few minutes talking about Multipliers and how the best leaders make everyone smarter. I’ll give a quick overview of the book and Liz Wiseman’s research and the research I’ve conducted while running workshops based on the book. I’m also providing a special opportunity to attend a virtual Multipliers workshop on May 26 & 28. You can sign up here:

http://apg1.us/multiply

And you can go through our free mini learning journey here:
http://bit.ly/MultipliersJourney

Improving employee experience with Jimmy Rose May 14, 2020

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A company will only be as good as the people in it. As such, if you want growth, you should also have an environment that allows your employees to grow as well. All about improving employee experience, Jimmy Rose, VP of Employee Experience at Cotiviti, is on today’s show to share with us his passion for talent development and building culture. He talks about the ways he has taken to building development programs, especially with employee experience and onboarding. Putting forward the importance of creating a place where employees feel supported and trusted, Jimmy discusses the need for a leadership program that produces leaders with self-awareness and who can receive feedback. He further gives out some advice and tools that will help you improve as well as the essential elements to creating a great culture. Learn about how to make your employees want to stay and feel valued and more in this conversation.

The future of work: upskilling the global workforce for the modern workplace with Vivek Ravi May 12, 2020

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With social distancing becoming the new normal, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many of us to work remotely. For some, migrating to virtual workplaces is an entirely new mountain to climb. However, seeing where businesses are heading now, the future of work seems to be moving towards the digital experience. Hence, it has become critical, now more than ever, to harness our skills for the virtual world. Andi Storch brings over someone who is an expert in these areas, Vivek Ravi. Vivek is the head of Talent Development, North America for Technology, Collaboration & Strategic Initiatives at Tata Consultancy Services. He is also an HR consultant, design thinker, digital humanist, and public speaker passionate about topics like the future of work and the modern workplace. He shares with us his expertise and experience while highlighting the importance of upskilling employees. As the world rapidly changes, with the workplace turning to virtual and the workforce becoming global, it has become necessary to embrace this digital transformation. One way to start in your business is by investing in your existing talent, upskilling them by providing opportunities for learning. That way, you will have the people you need to take on the ever-changing work environment.

Diversity And Inclusion In The Time Of Coronavirus With Kay Fabella May 07, 2020

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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace are crucial to any organization as it promotes reasonable business advantage. For today’s episode, Andy Storch interviews D&I expert Kay Fabella, a Filipina-American living in Madrid. Kay is also the host of her own podcast called Inclusion in Progress where she interviews all kinds of leaders in the D&I space. On today’s show, Kay talks about the state of diversity and inclusion in the global economy and how people are responding and working remotely during this time of coronavirus. Kay shares how organizations can best support their people during this time and how workers and employees can speak up, stay in touch, and adapt during these times.

Thriving in the age of networked knowledge with Linda Jingfang Cai from Aon May 05, 2020

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Creating culture change is never the easiest thing, but it’s also of paramount importance when you’re building a culture that can thrive through any circumstance. The mechanics of culture change are grounded in certain principles that can, in turn, help guide you towards the new culture you’re creating. Linda Jingfang Cai is an organizational design specialist with a passion for change, leadership, and building effective teams. Linda joins Andy Storch to dive into the process of culture change and how to make it work for you. Don’t miss this enriching dialogue between Linda and Andy that could just change the way you’re running your company.

Pivoting & Finding Opportunity During Challenging Times May 02, 2020

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Register for our open enrollment multiplier session to become a better leader and multiply your team’s intelligence: http://apg1.us/multiply

Measuring performance with Wendy Mack Apr 30, 2020

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How do you measure what is going to be an excellent performance?

Wendy Mack, the Managing Director for GrowthPlay’s sales talent consulting practice, joins Andy Storch as they dive into assessments, measuring performance, and understanding team effectiveness related to the learning and development world. Wendy talks about the need for different hiring assessments and processes for different selling roles and the style assessment she developed herself.

Don’t miss this episode to learn about the different types of assessment, what GrowthPlay uses internally that fits into their process, and the importance of understanding what you are trying to measure.

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For questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at storch@advantageperformance.com

How to hire, promote, and grow the right employees with Bert Bean Apr 28, 2020

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When building the right culture with the right people, you eventually get the right development opportunities. In this episode, Andy Storch talks to Bert Bean about company culture change and recruitment. Bert is the CEO of Insight Global where he has worked for the past 15 years, first as a recruiter and then rising up through the ranks of CEO. He explains how investing in learning and development can get more done with lesser people. Learn more about their hiring process as Bert shares how they go about employing the best people and how his desperation to have culture change paved way to a wonderful transformation of the company and its employees.

HR social hour with Jon Thurmond and Wendy Dailey Apr 23, 2020

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Talent development is among the most essential concerns of human resources departments and personnel. Today’s guests, Wendy Dailey and Jon Thurmond, hosts of The HR Social Hour Half Hour Podcast, join Andy Storch as they talk about recent trends in talent development. With decades of experience in human resources between them, Wendy and Jon stress the importance of providing opportunities for employees to grow and develop their talents and careers, especially in a market where there are fewer people than there are jobs. They also talk about their podcast and describe their experience in successfully harnessing social media to do podcasts on the subjects of human resources and talent development. Listen to this engaging conversation and learn from the best.

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