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IH010 - Angela Sebaly - Courageous Leadership May 18, 2017

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Leadership and leadership development is important to every organization's success. In this podcast session, we'll explore the relationship between leadership and pain. Some of the things we explore during this session are what are pain thresholds, why is it important to know our pain thresholds, and what are some painful roles of leadership?

IH09 - Dr. Edwiygh Franck - The Importance of Learning Transfer in the Workplace May 04, 2017

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Organizations today, are spending an average of just over $700 per learner on training and development. Increase the numbers of employees requiring some form of training and that cost sky rockets quickly. Yet, the impact of those learning experiences is rarely measured beyond the "how was the training experience" perception shared by learners. In this podcast, we discuss strategies for maximizing learning transfer and measuring training and development impact.

IH08 - Belinda Brown - The Critical Need to Invest in Women Leaders May 04, 2017

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We're seeing a change with enrollment in undergraduate and graduate degrees with 65% being women. We're also seeing a changing workforce, with more than half of the workforce today being comprised of women managing organizations. Join us as we discuss how this shift in demographics is impacting the workforce and how organizations can aptly prepare. During this podcast, we also explore female leadership as an asset for sustainability and profitability and propose strategies for empowering women in impacting communities and the world at large.

IH06 | Michael Sabbag | Measuring Organizational Culture: Identifying Attributes to Keep and Change May 02, 2017

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Organizational culture is a key driver of success. It impacts how leaders lead, office design, what is expected of people, and, ultimately, the experience people have with the organization. However, organizations rarely think about culture as a strategic tool and design the culture they wish to have. Rather, they do one-off projects like a leadership development class or introducing a new benefit and hope things get better without any metrics assessed as part of the design and with no overarching goal for change. Best practice organizations measure various aspects of their culture and strategically design how they should be. They do this in the context of the organizations history, identity, and strategies. In this podcast, we discuss what culture is and why it's important, strategies for measuring organizational culture, and cultural change and adaptability strategies.

IH07 | Lizeth Santamaria | Discover Your Leadership Power Through Coaching May 02, 2017

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Coaching is a powerful leadership development tool not leveraged as often as it should be. During this podcast episode, we explore key issues to engage employees through coaching, elements necessary for successful coaching, and benefits of coaching.

IH05 | Deborah Whitehouse | The Evolution of Women in Leadership and Entrepreneurship Apr 23, 2017

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With tremendous experience as a leader and successful entrepreneur within a predominantly male dominated field, the construction industry, Deborah discusses what attracted her to the field and to what she attributes her success. During this session, we also explore the root of unconscious bias and how to uncover it within gender bias, the role mentorship plays in women entrepreneur and leadership development, and the changing landscape of the past, present, and future for women entrepreneurs.

IH04 | Geoff Colvin | 21st Century Critical Human Skills that Robots Aren't Able to Fill. Apr 23, 2017

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The world has an ever growing fear of change and the devaluation of human workers. It is true, technology is rapidly gaining on us and helping organizations to function we as humans normally do. So how can we prepare for this?

In this episode, Geoff will discuss' with us what humans have that robots don't and what makes it the critical skill to the economy of today and tomorrow. You'll gain some key insight on how to prepare individuals and companies for this highly technological world of work. You'll also here Geoff's insight on what impact this all has on innovation, creativity and the way teams work.

IH03 | Jennifer Brown | How Diversity & Inclusion Will Drive Next Generation Workplaces Apr 23, 2017

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Given the growing diversity in our workforce, it's important for organizations to devise strategies to leverage diversity and foster inclusion for creativity, innovation, and overall profitability. In this episode, we explore what "diversity and inclusion" has meant in the past and how it's definition is shifting in the workplace today, the concept of covering, and powerful inclusive and "ally" behaviors leaders can embrace to help drive this movement.

IH02 | Angel Del Valle | Leveraging the Power of Listening Apr 23, 2017

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Listening is a pervasive part of everyday life both at home and at work. We spend more time listening than we do talking, and listening is the critical component to effective communication. Yet when it comes to skill development, listening tends to take a back seat to flashier aspects of communication—like presentation skills. This podcast focuses on effective listening techniques and gaining a better understanding of the message that is being conveyed.

In this podcast participants, will gain some insights to help answer the following: How well do I prepare, monitor, and correct my concentration so that I stay focused? How well do I build a complete and accurate understanding of the speaker's message? Do I listen to others as I would have them listen to me? What are my strengths and areas for improvement as a listener? Additionally, how can I become a better listener?

IH01| Penny Zenker | Training Isn't Enough Apr 23, 2017

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There are so many corporate trainings but they only scratch the surface and then everything goes back to the way it was. There has to be a follow-up system to engage people in getting the most out of any training. Do fewer training topics with a series and built in follow up. If you are going to say something is important to the organization then management has to be willing to allow people to dedicate time to re-enforcing it.

In this episode we cover budgets and training; training curves; information overload; millennials and training; effective training in SMB's; and building trust through training.

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