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| Systemic Career Development: Building Holistic Employee Growth with Ana Maria Sencovici (Royal Caribbean Group) | 05 Nov 2024 | 00:28:36 | |
Ana Maria Sencovici is the Chief Talent Officer at Royal Caribbean Group. In this role, she oversees talent management, career development, and leadership strategies for the organization. During this conversation, she shares her approach to career development, focusing on empowering employees through a systemic approach to career development that goes beyond traditional roles and promotions. Ana Maria discusses how Royal Caribbean’s 'My Career Journey' platform enables employees to take ownership of their growth by emphasizing skills, feedback, and personal aspirations. She also explores the evolving nature of careers, stressing the importance of adaptability and the development of career 'meta skills' to navigate today's dynamic work environment. Finally, Ana Maria offers insights into how leaders can create a culture of development that supports meaningful employee growth and engagement. Links
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| Live From SIOP’s Leading Edge Consortium: Developing Leaders for a Changing World of Work | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:44:16 | |
This is an episode that features 4 interviews from key leaders and speakers at SIOP’s Leading Edge Consortium in late October 2024. In this episode, we speak with four key leaders including Shonna Waters, Trish Vassar, Sophia Lamuraglia, and Richard Chambers. During the conversation, we explore key topics including what it means for leaders to lead effectively in a changing workplace, the role of AI in leadership development, and what’s top of mind for those in the organizational psychology profession in today’s workplace. This episode also explores key leadership development practices, including AI-driven coaching tools, simplified competency models, and the critical role of learning agility in preparing leaders for an uncertain future. Links
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| Transformation in the Age of AI with Charlene Li | 10 Sep 2024 | 00:32:24 | |
Charlene Li is an Entrepreneur, Consultant, Best-Selling Author and Keynote Speaker. As a longtime expert in studying emerging technologies and their impacts on society, business and leadership, Charlene has a keen eye for what’s new and next and it’s implications for business. In this episode, Charlene shares her insights on AI, emphasizing its role in commoditizing knowledge and fostering innovation. They delve into the challenges of digital transformation, comparing it to past shifts driven by social media. Charlene also offers insight into where she is seeing organizations make progress in incorporating AI into their work, and highlights the importance of how leaders can think about leading during uncertain and evolving times. Links
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| S2:E10: How Learning Fuels Culture, Leadership, and Thinking and Working Differently at Moderna | 21 Mar 2023 | 00:40:26 | |
Noah Rabinowitz is a VP of Learning and Development at Moderna Research, and The Head of Moderna University. As a company with a mission to impact the lives of people through medicine and with an organizational culture that values thinking and doing things differently, learning, and creating a culture of learning is the fuel for innovation at Moderna. As a result, Noah and his team are taking a unique approach to learning, from everything from creating Moderna University, to looking for ways to make their knowledge accessible and open to the public, and making time and space for employees to learn ast part of their jobs. During our conversation, Noah spoke about the role that Moderna’s culture plays in fostering this culture of learning at Moderna, as well as why they decided to build a university, and how that is fueling their own learning and outside the organization
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| S2 E9: How Talent Academies Can Help Develop and Retain Employees | 14 Mar 2023 | 00:31:50 | |
Jen Collins is a learning strategist, and currently the Senior Director of Client Experience at Learn In. As a passionate talent and learning facilitator, Jen uniquely understands the importance of meeting learners where they are, and providing them with opportunities to learn and grow. In her current role at Learn In, Jen partners with leading edge companies who want to invest in their talent by providing them with programs to learn and grow, and ultimately, drive business results. During our conversation, Jen spoke about the importance and emergence of employee talent academies, and how they help employers upskill talent, and employees develop and grow the skills they need to be successful in their roles. Jen also shared some of the observations she’s made about companies who are prioritizing investing and thus retaining talent, as well as sharing her advice for how leaders can prioritize the development and growth of their people
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| S2: E8: How to Strategically Align Your Company Around Career Development | 07 Mar 2023 | 00:39:28 | |
Melanie Naranjo is the VP of People at Ethena, a global compliance training platform based in the United States. As the VP of People at a fast-growing startup, Melanie and her people team have made career development a critical priority of the company, and have codified a definition along with programs, resources and support for career development that helps their employees identify opportunities for career growth as the company grows. During this conversation, Melanie spoke about how reviewing the employee engagement survey date gave her and her team an opportunity to really dig into employee’s challenges with career growth to identify how they might be able to come up with a solution. | |||
| S2 E7: Improving Employee Retention and Internal Mobility Through Career Development | 28 Feb 2023 | 00:36:44 | |
Nick Holmes is the Head of Career Experience at Fishawack Health, a healthcare organization based in the United Kingdom. As the head of Career Experience, Nick’s role is to build an organization that not only attracts great employees, but develops them, retains them and provides them opportunities to grow so they can contribute to Fishawack Health. Upon taking the role, Nick had a bold mandate, which was to develop and implement a new strategy around career development and the transformation to enable it so Fishawack Health could compete for top talent in a very competitive labor market. During this conversation, Nick spoke about the “why” for going under this massive transformation. Nick also shared some of the feedback that employees provided on the new programs, technologies and pathways, how they were able to change the culture and behaviors around career development in “drumbeats, not lightning bolts.” Nick also spoke about how the various technologies and programs that were a part of the transformation engage and interact with employees, Nick’s own learnings to date from leading the transformation, as well as his advice to others who are thinking about developing and implementing a career development strategy for their organization. Links:
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| S2: E6: Investing in the Development of Early Career Talent in Your Organization | 21 Feb 2023 | 00:31:22 | |
Jeremy Schifeling is a Marketing Director at Khan Academy and a Career Development author and instructor. After starting his career as a teacher, Jeremy has since worked in marketing roles at various tech companies including Apple and Linkedin. Through his work, Jeremy has coached, advised and mentored thousands of early career professionals to learn more about their attitudes, preferences and aspirations for what they are looking for out of their jobs and out of their careers. During our conversation, Jeremy spoke about some of the insights and trends he’s seeing from the early career & Gen Z talent who have recently entered the workforce. We spoke about some of the implications of entering the workforce and a professional job throughout the pandemic, challenges and opportunities around onboarding, employee experience, mentoring and learning, and professional development in a hybrid workplace, and some of the ways in which Jeremy hopes the workplace can evolve to empower early career professionals in the workplace. Links:
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| S2:E5: Building and Scaling Career and Leadership Development Programs That Unleash The Potential of Your People | 14 Feb 2023 | 00:53:34 | |
Ryan McCrea is the Head of Learning & Leadership Development at Ameren. Throughout his career, Ryan built and scaled career and leadership development programs successfully across multiple industries and functions. During our conversation, Ryan shared with us his experience around developing a career development function and strategy at multiple companies, and how career development can be successfully implemented in an organization. Links
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| S2:E4 Unleashing the Potential of Talent through Career Mobility and Career Pathways | 07 Feb 2023 | 00:50:20 | |
Matthew Daniel is a Principal of Talent Strategy & Mobility at Guild Education, and an experienced talent strategist. With deep research and practical experience in career mobility and talent strategy, Matthew has extensive experience in understanding the importance of career mobility and what career pathways can do to unleash the potential and create economic opportunity for professionals. In his work at Guild Education, he leads a research team that works each day in thinking about how they can find more ways to help their clients create better career outcomes through career pathways and development. Links
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| S2:E3: Building a Human-Centered Culture To Unleash The Potential of Your People | 31 Jan 2023 | 00:36:44 | |
Larry McAlister is a Talent Transformation Strategist and the Author of the upcoming book: The Power to Transform: A field guide to build a human-centered, tech enabled work culture. As a former talent leader at organizations including NetApp and Equinox, Larry has a demonstrated track record of helping organizations transform their business through an investment in technology and talent. As the Founder of the Consultancy The Corporate Humanist, Larry spends his time advising People and HR Executives on talent transformation challenges, and how they can use tech and talent to create human-first organizations. During our conversation, Larry spoke about some of his experiences building successful talent strategies inside organizations, and also shared some of his insights from his latest book. Links:
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| S2:E2: Growing Talent and Organizations in High-Growth Startups with Jim Conti | 24 Jan 2023 | 00:46:24 | |
Jim Conti is an experienced talent and people leader, and is currently a Talent Partner for Hyde Park Venture Partners, a Venture Capital Firm based in Chicago, Illinois. In his role as a Talent Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners, Jim partners with emerging startups at the earliest stages to consult on various talent, people and hr strategies so these early stage companies can set the foundation for success and growth as they scale their organization. During the conversation, Jim spoke about his journey from working in house in talent and people roles to working across numerous companies within a venture firm as well some of the common talent and people related opportunities that early stage startups face. We also had an expansive discussion around current challenges with attracting and retaining talent in today’s economic conditions, the opportunity to think more strategically and expansively around talent retention and mobility, and some of Jim’s thoughts on the future of talent within the current economy. Jim Conti Talent Partner Hyde Park Venture Partners https://www.linkedin.com/in/contijc/ | |||
| S2 E1: Using Data to Improve The Way You Develop Your Employees | 17 Jan 2023 | 00:51:58 | |
Fresia Jackson is a Lead Researcher For Culture Amp, an employee experience software company that helps organizations capture and use data to create impactful employee experiences. With over 6000 clients, Culture Amp has a significant data set that gives them a unique set of perspectives on the state of the workplace, employee experience, and what is and isn’t working between the relationship of organizations, managers and employees. During our conversation, Fresia spoke about some of the current trends and insights she and her team at Culture Amp are seeing on what’s going on in the workplace right now, as well as some overall thoughts on company culture. We also spoke in depth about some their latest research based insights including:
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| Becoming a Likeable Badass: Navigating Power and Status with Dr. Alison Fragale | 03 Sep 2024 | 00:46:38 | |
Dr. Alison Fragale is a Professor at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, a Keynote Speaker, and Author. She is the author of the newly released book Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve. A longtime researcher and expert in negotiations, influence and power dynamics, Alison’s book takes aim at helping women understand both the science and stories behind these topics to help women achieve their goals. During our conversation Alison explores the complex dynamics of power, status, and gender in the workplace. She also shares practical strategies for navigating these challenges, enhancing influence, and becoming both assertive and warm—a “likeble badass.” Links: | |||
| S1: E15: How Salesforce is Identifying, Investing, and Developing Untapped Talent | 13 Dec 2022 | 00:36:50 | |
Salesforce, the CRM software company has long been an innovator in technology, but it’s also a pioneer when it comes to looking for, hiring, and developing diverse talent into its company. In this episode, we spoke to Jennifer Stredler, VP of Untapped Talent at Salesforce. Jennifer has extensive experience working in workforce development, leads many of the efforts at Salesforce to identify diverse talent, bring them in the door, and provide opportunities for them within the organization in meaningful and impactful roles. During our conversation, Jennifer spoke about the Untapped Talent team she leads at Salesforce, and some of their programs and initiatives they run within their organization, as well as sharing with us some of the ways in which she and her team have helped galvanize the rest of the organization to embrace new and different ways of hiring and providing more opportunities to individuals of different and diverse backgrounds.
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| S1:E14: The Critical Role of Talent Development in Today’s World of Work | 06 Dec 2022 | 00:31:58 | |
Ann Parker is the Associate Director of Talent Consortiums for the Association For Talent Development (ATD). ATD is a professional membership organization supporting those who develop the knowledge and skills of employees around the world. Talent, and attracting, developing and retaining it, has become front and center to helping organization’s thrive in today’s world of work, and ATD’s members are on the front lines of this. During our conversation, Ann spoke about some of the key trends and observations she’s seeing and hearing from her work with some of the most innovative and forward-thinking talent development leaders. We also spoke about the role that talent development plays in organization’s today, how leaders are navigating the short and long term goals and strategies for learning, and how ATD is helping talent development leaders build a better future of work. Links:
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| S1:E13: How Forage is Connecting Students and Employers Through Virtual Career and Learning Experiences | 29 Nov 2022 | 00:38:58 | |
Thomas Brunskill is the CEO of Forage, a technology and recruiting platform that provides free and accessible education and opportunities to connect with employers and to learn about potential fields, functions and roles. Currently, they work with employers like Lululemon, Wal-Mart, Bank of America and Visa, and are expanding rapidly across the globe. Links
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| S1: E12: Reimagining Career Exploration and Hiring For Students & Early Career Professionals | 22 Nov 2022 | 00:45:04 | |
Nancy Soni is the CEO at Pathmatch, a talent marketplace that helps students explore and identify potential career paths and then matches them with employers for internships and full-time job opportunities. Her inspiration for building Pathmatch comes from her own experience navigating career choices when she was in college, as well as after working for almost 2 decades in the corporate recruiting and hiring space.
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| S1 E:11: Our Relationship with Work, With Aki Ito | 15 Nov 2022 | 00:46:38 | |
Aki Ito is a reporter and columnist with Insider. Aki writes and covers issues that are topical and timely around workplace and careers, and has written about a number of workplace trends that have picked up in the modern media around topics including the great resignation and quiet quitting. During our conversation, Aki spoke about some of her thoughts on the workplace, and we delved in depth into evaluating the topic of “our relationship with work” as well as what is changing, and what is new about today’s state of the workplace. Links | |||
| S1:E10: Gen Z and Freelancing with Raffi Salama (PassionFruit) | 08 Nov 2022 | 00:35:54 | |
Raffi Salama is the Co-Founder of PassionFruit, a talent marketplace that connects fast-growing companies with independent talent and freelance workers. While talent and freelance marketplaces are not new, their acceptance and usage is growing, and PassionFruit takes a unique approach as many of their independent workers are younger professionals. In addition to matching freelance talent to opportunities, PassionFruit also provides a community and wrap-around services to their freelancers to ensure they have the skills, support, and guidance they need to thrive as independent professionals. During our conversation, we spoke about the reasons for building a talent marketplace, the evolution of the workplace from the working world of the Victorian era to the modern day workplace, and the opportunities that exist for employers and independent workers through the use of independent and freelance talent. We also spoke about some of the biggest challenges companies face with hiring more freelance talent, and what PassionFruit is focused on to scale their ambitions and business.
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| S1:E9: Navigating Transitions and Intersections of Work and Life with Coaching | 01 Nov 2022 | 00:36:16 | |
Anita Hossain is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Grand, a group coaching platform. During our conversation, Anita spoke about the observations she made as an Executive Coach working with Founders and how that inspired her and her team to start The Grand. As a coach herself, Anita has seen the power of coaching and how it can help employees unlock their full potential in the workplace, and she shared how The Grand is helping employees navigate these challenges through coaching and a group community. We also spoke about the challenges with transitions in the workplace, small and large, how it is hard to separate an individual’s work and life, and how she sees The Grand evolving and growing as they help to provide people more chances to improve their skills to do their best work. Links
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| S1:E8: How Continuum Connects Companies with On-Demand Executive Talent | 25 Oct 2022 | 00:41:18 | |
Nolan Church is the Founder and CEO of Continuum, a marketplace that connects world-class executives with venture-backed companies for fractional and full-time opportunities. After leadership roles at companies including Doordash and Carta, Nolan founded Continuum to bring fractional opportunities to executives, and to help high-growth tech startups find the expertise and talent they need to solve specific challenges for their business. During our conversation, we spoke about:
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| S1:E7: What First Round Capital Can Teach Us About Talent | 18 Oct 2022 | 00:37:01 | |
Venture Capital Firms are all about investing in what’s new and next in innovation and technology. But while a deep understanding of technology is important, just as important is a keen eye for talent. Whitnie Narcisse is an Operating Partner at First Round Capital, and oversees their talent, operations and ecosystem programs. With the help of her team, First Round has invested in a number of talent and community programs ranging from helping re-train and reskill professionals into sales and recruiter roles, growing the next set of angel investors that can help First Round scout the next talented set of founders and entrepreneurs, and expert matching programs to help their founders solve specific problems and gain expert guidance from the most talented operators in the First Round Network. Listen in to Learn About:
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| S1: E6: How Leland Connects Early Career Talent With Experts To Help Professionals Achieve Their Career goals | 11 Oct 2022 | 00:25:58 | |
Today’s Guest is John Koelliker. John is the Founder and CEO of Leland, an expert marketplaces that matches ambitious professionals with coaching, classes, and community needed to reach their educational goals. After working at two tech companies as a Product Manager managing marketplace type products, John decided to apply his learnings and start Leland, a marketplace that helps young professionals who are looking for expert guidance + advice in the education and career find the exact expert they need to unlock the next step in their education and career journey. Topics covered include:
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| AI, Learning & Development, and the Workplace with Christopher Lind | 27 Aug 2024 | 00:37:52 | |
Christopher Lind, is a Chief Learning Officer, and the writer of the Future-Focused Newsletter and host of the Future-Focused Podcast. A longtime leader in the learning and development profession, Chris has a keen understanding of the intersection of business, technology and workers, and its implications for the learning profession. In this conversation, Chris discusses the importance of finding purpose in any job, the changing landscape of learning and development, the role of a Chief Learning Officer, and the impact of artificial intelligenceI on work. Christopher emphasizes the need for intentional relationship building, self-reflection, and understanding the context of employees' work experiences. He also encourages leaders to recognize the value and potential of every individual in their organization. Links:
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| S1: E5: How Companies Should Evolve Their Approach To Attracting, Communicating, and Engaging Early Career Talent | 04 Oct 2022 | 00:27:19 | |
Ben Siegel is a Co-Founder at Scholars, a technology platform that helps employers manage their communication, employer brand and retention of new hires. In the quest to attract and retain top early in career talent, companies that want to hire top talent must go beyond posting roles and hiring top talent, and also focus on ensuring that new hires have the resources and information they need from the moment they meet the company to when they show up on the first day. During our conversation, Ben shared how Scholars is helping companies improve their communication and engagement with prospective candidates through their platform. He also spoke about the importance of fostering community, belonging and engagement between candidates and employers, and some of the ways top companies are evolving their approach to hiring Gen Z talent by focusing on improving their employer brand, and using technology and analytics to nurture candidates and new hires. Links:
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| S1: E4: Roleshare, and Creating Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Career Pathways | 27 Sep 2022 | 00:34:06 | |
Sophie Smallwood is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Roleshare, a job sharing platform that connects individuals looking for fractional roles with companies looking to hire diverse talent. With Roleshare, employees can co-apply to full-time roles, and work flexible schedules and employers can get access to high quality talent. After working for tech companies like eBay and Facebook, Sophie Co-Founded Roleshare as a way to enable professionals who want to part-time pair up for full-time jobs. Much of the inspiration for Roleshare came from some of Sophie’s lived experience when she and her husband Dave, her Co-CEO and Co-Founder, were expecting their own first child, as well as her desire to create more opportunities for people who want to balance careers and life. During our conversation, we spoke about Sophie’s inspiration for starting Roleshare, how Roleshare works on both sides of the platform, the ups and downs of starting a company, and encouraging both investors and prospective customers about the potential of their platform. We also spoke about some of the early pilots that Roleshare has run, the types of individuals who sign up for the platform, and what Links
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| S1:E3: Expanding Our Views on Career Growth and Evaluating our Relationship with Work | 20 Sep 2022 | 00:43:36 | |
Shana Lebowitz Gaynor is a columnist at Insider and the author of Don’t Call it Quits: Turn The Job You Have into The Job You Love. Shana has been covering the workplace, careers and leadership at Insider and recently published her book as a guide to employees who are struggling with their current role but don’t necessarily want to quit or leave their company on how they can make changes or take action to improve the day to day lives in the workplace. During our conversation, we spoke about topics ranging from Shana’s own experience navigating a challenging workplace situation and how she was able to overcome and find a better alternative without quitting, to everything from quiet quitting, the role that meaning in the workplace, and the role that managers play in understanding facilitating dialogue around career development and growth for employees. Shana also provided some tactical advice from her book, on what employees can do who don’t want to quit, but who want to improve their current workplace situation.
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| S1:E2: Reskilling, Tech Career Paths, and Rethinking Hiring Practices with Aspireship | 20 Sep 2022 | 00:31:54 | |
Corey Kossack is the Founder and CEO of Aspireship, a learning and talent platform for the SaaS industry. Through cohort-based learning and industry-focused guidance coaching, Corey and his team help high potential sales and customer success candidates build the skills and capabilities needed to transition into in-demand jobs in sales and customer success. In this conversation. Corey spoke about how he and his team are helping professionals upskill and find new careers in sales and customer success, as well as what it takes to build a curriculum and set of services to help employees get to career outcomes. He also spoke about some of the challenges in terms of getting employers to think differently about their hiring practices, and the opportunities he sees ahead for Aspireship. Links
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| S1:E1: Career Exploration and Job Searches in Today’s World of Work | 20 Sep 2022 | 00:39:48 | |
Dave Fano is the CEO and Founder of Teal, a company that provides thousands of employees tools, skills and recommendations to accelerate job searches and help people grow their careers. During his time as Chief Growth Officer at WeWork, Dave became aware of the lack of tools and infrastructure to support career professionals and started Teal to help solve that challenge. During our conversation, we spoke to Dave about why he decided to found Teal, how it helps job and career explorers, and his own observations about how employees view jobs and careers as a result of his work. We also covered some of the changes and trends in today’s workplace, the changing view on careers, and what Teal hopes to accomplish in the future by serving professionals. You Might Enjoy This Episode If You:
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| Trailer: Welcome To The Edge of Work Podcast | 20 Sep 2022 | 00:09:20 | |
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| The Importance of Impact Employers in Creating a More Inclusive World of Work | 20 Aug 2024 | 00:35:44 | |
Megha Bansal Rizoli is a Senior Director at Jobs For the Future (JFF). In her role, Megha spends her time working with employers to help them build and adopt new and inclusive talent practices that create quality jobs and career mobility for more workers. During our conversation, Megha dissected what makes an Impact Employer and why they are so critical in today’s workplace. Megha also spoke about the Impact Employer Model that she and her team at JFF have developed to help organizations build more inclusive talent practices, including sharing details of the building blocks that Impact Employers can focus on, examples of inclusive talent practices, as well as insights into how Megha and her team at JFF using the Impact Employer Model to help organizations invest in their talent to grow their business. Links
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| How ServiceNow is Designing and Delivering a Holistic Talent Strategy | 13 Aug 2024 | 00:34:20 | |
Sarah Tilley is the SVP of Talent Acquisition and Management at ServiceNow. With an organization that has over 24,000 employees across 74 different countries, Sarah and her team are focused on delivering a holistic talent strategy that supports employees across the entire talent lifecycle. During our conversation, Tilley spoke about how she and her team are thinking about a holistic and integrated talent strategy ranging from talent acquisition through succession planning and mobility. Tilley also shared how she and her team are thinking about delivering a talent strategy with respect to key trends around artificial intelligence and skills, as well as the importance of supporting employee career development through enabling strong people managers. | |||
| Leading Learning and Development with CLO LIFT | 06 Aug 2024 | 00:38:34 | |
In this episode, Al Dea sits down with Emily Lin, Chief Learning Officer at MasterCard, and Shannon Custard, Global Head of Learning for IKEA, to discuss the latest research from CLO Lift, an organization of Learning leaders from global organizations focused on advancing the learning and development (L&D) profession. During the conversation, Emily and Shannon share their aspirations for collaborating on CLO LIFT, as well as digging into their research on securing and demonstrating the value of time, and navigating the evolving landscape of skills. Emily and Shannon share practical insights and strategies to help L&D leaders drive organizational impact and foster a culture of continuous learning in today's fast-paced work environment. Links
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| Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World | 30 Jul 2024 | 00:37:39 | |
Bruce Feiler is Best-Selling Author of multiple books. Today, he joins Al on The Edge of Work to talk about his most recent book The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post Career World. During this conversation, Bruce shares his own perspective on how the world of work is changing, and how the very definition of a career is changing in a world of work that is non-linear. Bruce also shares his perspective on the importance of finding meaningful work, the various types of “jobs” people have and why most people actually have more than one job, and his own perspective on the role that leaders play in fostering a work environment that unlocks the potential and purpose of each employee. Links:
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| The Role of The Manager in Today's Workplace | 23 Jul 2024 | 00:28:14 | |
The Edge of Work has been exploring the role of the manager as well as the emphasis on manager development throughout its three seasons. During this episode, Al will cover:
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| Improving Employee Retention and Internal Mobility Through Career Development | 16 Jul 2024 | 00:35:32 | |
Note: This is a reply of a popular episode from 2023. As the head of Career Experience, Nick’s role is to build an organization that not only attracts great employees, but develops them, retains them and provides them opportunities to grow so they can contribute to Fishawack Health. Upon taking the role, Nick had a bold mandate, which was to develop and implement a new strategy around career development and the transformation to enable it so Fishawack Health could compete for top talent in a very competitive labor market. During this conversation, Nick spoke about the “why” for going under this massive transformation. Nick also shared some of the feedback that employees provided on the new programs, technologies and pathways, how they were able to change the culture and behaviors around career development in “drumbeats, not lightning bolts.” Nick also spoke about how the various technologies and programs that were a part of the transformation engage and interact with employees, Nick’s own learnings to date from leading the transformation, as well as his advice to others who are thinking about developing and implementing a career development strategy for their organization. Links:
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| How Leaders Can Help Their People Thrive in a Constantly Changing World of Work | 09 Jul 2024 | 00:42:21 | |
Note: This is a reply of a popular episode from 2023 During our conversation Gabriella spoke about the history of work back from the hunter-gather days until present day, as well as the challenges that leaders and employees face in navigating a constantly changing and evolving world of work. Drawing on the concepts, research, and ideas, from her book as well as from her work at BetterUp Labs, Gabriella provided us with some ideas about the key skills that leaders and managers should both develop in order to lead effectively in today’s world of work, and how they can help their employees navigate the complexities and uncertainties of a constantly changing workplace, ranging from navigating uncertainty, mattering and purpose, and developing social connection regardless of location. Links
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| Unlocking Employee Potential: Insights from the Guild Opportunity Summit | 27 Oct 2024 | 00:41:33 | |
In this special episode, we traveled to Nashville to attend the Guild Opportunity Summit. This episode features conversations with Matthew Daniel, Talent Strategist at Guild, Terrence Cummings, Chief People & Opportunity Officer at Guild, and Katie Giles, VP of Associate Experience at Gentiva and Board Member at AMPED Louisville. Links
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| The People Growth Equation: Aligning Employees, Managers, and Organizations Around Career Development | 02 Jul 2024 | 00:18:35 | |
In today's workplace, career development is critical for attracting, engaging, and retaining talent. Employees expect a job with opportunities for growth and advancement. Managers can shape the employee experience and drive team performance. In this episode, The Edge of Work Founder and Podcast Host, Al Dea shares some of the research that he and the team have been doing around how to promote a culture of career development inside of your organization. In this episode, Al covers:
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| New Ways of Working: How to Think and Work Differently with Chrissie Arnold (Director, Future of Work Programs, Slack) | 25 Jun 2024 | 00:41:22 | |
Chrissie Arnold is the Director of Future of Work Programs at Slack. In her role, Arnold is tasked with identifying and testing new and novel ways of working that can help improve the way that Slack employees work so that they can improve key business results including productivity, employee engagement and employee satisfaction. During our conversation, Chrissie spoke about some of the lessons she’s learned about experimenting with new ways of working and thinking about work as well as some of the examples of different experiments that she and her team have run to help employees work better. Chrissie also shares some of her thoughts on how leaders can challenge workplace norms, build a culture of experimentation inside of their company, and her own perspective on how leaders can think differently about work. Links
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| The Power of Intentional Collaboration and Social Capital in Today’s Workplace, with Dr. Michael Arena | 18 Jun 2024 | 00:46:38 | |
Dr. Michael Arena is an author, researcher, and co-founder of Connected Commons and former talent executive at companies including General Motors, Bank of America and Amazon. With a passion for research in the studies of collaboration, social connection and organizational dynamics, Michael has a keen sense and understanding of the state of today’s workplace, and ideas for what organizations can do to create opportunities for their people to work productively and collaboratively. During our conversation, Michael spoke about key topics including the importance of social capital, the power of intentional collaboration and what organizations can do to maximize the impact of the work of their teams. Michael also shared his thoughts on the true impact of serendipity, the importance of creating the right conditions for collaboration, and his own thoughts on how to create a better world of work. Links | |||
| Voices From ATD ‘24: Jason Hudgins (Wellstar Health) | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:11:53 | |
Note: This is a special episode from our conversations with talent development leaders at the ATD ‘24 Conference in New Orleans back in May 2024. Jason Hudgins is a Senior Consultant of Leadership Development at Wellstar Health. During our conversation, Jason spoke about the challenges that many hospital leaders face today, and the important characteristics that leaders need to effectively lead in complex healthcare environments. | |||
| Aligning People Strategy with Business Strategy with Jelena Djordjevic (Chief People Officer, Thumbtack) | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:36:59 | |
Jelena Djordjevic is the Chief People Officer at Thumbtack. During the early months of the 2020 Global Pandemic, Thumbtack made the decision to go virtual first, and subsequently and iteratively implemented a people strategy that enabled its thousands of employees to work effectively in a whole new way. Three years later, Thumbtack remains virtual first, and under Djordevic’s leadership has taken a strategic and intentional approach to aligning their people strategy with their business strategy to drive results, for both the business and their people. During our conversation, Djordjevic shared her own philosophy as a Chief People Officer about how she strategically thinks about the role of the HR function in enabling business strategy. Jelena also shared some of the programs and policies that are a part of their people strategy for a virtual-first organizations, how she and her team use data to drive strategy and programs, and how she and Thumbtack thing about critical levers of a virtual first organization, such as fostering connection, in-person experiences, and the role of their managers. Links:
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| Voices From ATD ‘24: Terence Morley (VP, Global Talent Development, NBC Universal) | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:09:53 | |
Note: This is a special episode from our conversations with talent development leaders at the ATD ‘24 Conference in New Orleans back in May 2024. Terence Morley is the VP of Global Talent Development at NBC Universal. Under his leadership, Terence and his talent and learning team have launched a number of key talent development initiatives to help employees develop, grow and manage their careers across the diverse business lines within NBC Universal ranging from theme park to news and media employees.
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| A Conversation About Work, With Mitch Joel | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:35:59 | |
Mitch Joel is a Keynote Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur and Host of the Six Pixels of Separation Podcast. Through his podcast and keynote speaking, Mitch regularly speaks with entrepreneurs, leaders, founders and executives about the workplace, and has diverse and keen insights into the world of work. During our conversation, Mitch spoke about his own observations from his many conversations on key topics in the workplace ranging from changing employee expectations, organizational culture and the value of connection. Mitch also spoke about the expectations around remote and hybrid, the importance of continuous learning, and the opportunities for employees who embrace a squiggly career in today’s world of work. Links
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| Voices from ATD '24: Kimberly Currier (Vice President, Learning, AECOM) | 30 May 2024 | 00:14:12 | |
Note: This is a live episode recorded from the Association For Talent Development (ATD) International Conference and Expo in New Orleans. | |||
| Building The Future Workforce: How Liberty Bank is investing in Developing and Retaining Talent Through Apprenticeships and Beyond | 28 May 2024 | 00:34:34 | |
Paul Young is the Chief Financial Officer at Liberty Bank. Established in 1825, Liberty Bank is the largest and oldest independent mutual bank in the United States. Links
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| Voices From ATD ‘24: Tiffany Poeppelman (Director, Career Development, LinkedIn) | 23 May 2024 | 00:14:54 | |
Tiffany Poeppelman is a Director of Career Development at LinkedIn. Fresh off presenting at her talk at ATD’ 24 titled “Talent Development in the Age of AI,” Tiffany spoke to us about some of the trends and data from the 2024 Annual Work Trend Index around AI, career development and learning. During the conversation, Tiffany also shared insights and observations about the gap between AI interest and implementation, and the need for upskilling employees, as well as some examples of how companies including Kraft-Heinz and NBC Universal are learning about AI through experimentation. Tiffany also shared her own thoughts as a talent development leader about how to elevate the Talent and learning profession. Links:
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| Developing Talent: Walmart Academy and Building Better Leaders with Jennifer Buchanan (VP, Walmart Academy, Walmart) | 22 Oct 2024 | 00:19:07 | |
Jennifer Buchanan is the VP of Walmart Academy at Walmart. In her role, Jennifer is responsible for a learning ecosystem that supports millions of Walmart associates with the development resources they need to be effective today while setting them up for success and opportunities for development in the future. During the conversation, Jennifer spoke about the Manager Academy, a program aimed at developing leadership skills through purpose-driven training focused on culture, values, and empathy for thousands of Walmart’s store manager. Jennifer also highlighted Walmart’s investment in their associates' growth, including the global expansion of the Manager Academy and the introduction of programs like Live Better U. along with the company’s commitment to fostering a learning culture. Links:
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