Talent Development Leader

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, Dr. Nadine Greiner and Becky Davis, executive coaches and co-authors of the ATD Press book, Executive Coaching Playbook: How to Launch, Run, and Grow Your Business, describe the landscape of executive coaching today and trends gaining importance in the months ahead. They detail the skills needed to be an exceptional executive coach, a four-step process to guide coaches, and practical tips to manage the coach-client relationship. They also share advice for anyone who is ready to start their own executive coaching business.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, Rick Hammell, author, entrepreneur, and founder of the groundbreaking expertise-enabled technology platform Atlas, talks about inclusive leadership. He shares practical advice about how to be an inclusive leader and explains how to scale such efforts for an organization's leadership development endeavors. Learn which organizations are doing this well, the role of culture, and how you can get started on your journey toward more inclusive leadership today. 

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, former Fortune 5 executive and CHRO Amii Barnard-Bahn shares a powerful message about the nature of change. Amii thoughtfully deconstructs change and suggests a new mindset for approaching it. She offers practical tips and examples for ways TD leaders can build momentum for change initiatives and sustain them. And she explains how we all can better prepare ourselves to be more resilient and lead through ambiguity with grace.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, Arun Bedi, Senior Fellow at the Human Capital Institute of the Conference Board, unpacks the critical components of a successful new hire experience. He describes some keys to effective onboarding, including best practices he uncovered when running VISA's onboarding boot camp. Listen and learn how to create a high-impact new hire experience that meets the goals of your organization and employees.

The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, we're talking to 2023 Chief Learning Officer of the Year, Michelle Braden, who is Vice President of Global Talent Development at WEX. Michelle describes her career journey, including the moments that have shaped who she is as a leader today. She admonishes listeners to lead with empathy, keep things simple, and invest in developing their people at all costs.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, we're talking about workplace conflict, something we have been experiencing for as long as there have been workplaces. Karin Hurt and David Dye, culture and communication experts and CEO and President of Let's Grow Leaders, explain what's new about workplace conflict today. They share findings from their current global research project, the World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration Survey, and explain practical solutions that TD leaders can use to create positive outcomes from conflict.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, we're talking about well-being: why it's more important than ever and how to elevate it in the workplace. David C. Tate, a licensed clinical psychologist, executive coach, and organizational consultant, describes how his recent well-being journey has raised his consciousness about the critical role well-being plays in organizations today. Learn why well-being is imperative for leaders today and how to practically prioritize it for you and your employees.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, Amii Barnard-Bahn coaches us toward that next promotion. A former Fortune 5 executive and CHRO, Amii is a consultant and coach to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies like Bank of the West, Adobe, AbbVie, and The Gap. In this podcast, Amii discusses the most important considerations for anyone seeking a promotion or new career opportunity. She shares her free self-assessment, the Promotability Index, that measures one's strengths and opportunities for growth in five key elements of promotability. And she describes what she sees as the most important trends in career development.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, we're talking to Dr. Shadan Deleveaux, Staffing Team Lead of Global Partnerships at Google. Shadan shares his perspective about the power of technology to feed the job market, create new learning opportunities, and ensure greater equity. Learn how Shadan owned his career narrative, and gain tips for creating a change in your own career.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, we're talking about happiness at work. Dr. Angela Stopper, Chief Learning Officer and Director of People and Organization Development at the University of California, Berkeley, explains why it's important that organizations care about their employees' happiness. She explains some practical ways talent development leaders can drive happiness at work, recommends leading resources and experts on the topic, and shares her own tips for boosting happiness.

In this episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, we're talking about the state of leadership in 2023, and what leaders must do now. Kevin Eikenberry, a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, shares his insights on leadership in a divided, dispersed, and discontented world. He describes the four qualities leaders need for success in this context. Finally, Eikenberry explains how talent development leaders can improve leadership development in their organizations.

In this inaugural episode of ATD's Talent Development Leader podcast, Tamar Elkeles, Senior Advisor at East Wind Advisors, explains why now is the time for talent development leaders to get a seat at the Boardroom table. With companies concerned about ESG, culture, and succession, C-suite leaders and Board members are hyper-focused on the role of talent to drive competitive advantage.

Elkeles discusses the SEC requirements for public companies to disclose human capital metrics, and how this is an opportunity for TD leaders to align with the business like never before. Tune in to learn from Elkeles's rich 30-year career building a learning function at Qualcomm, followed by her tenure leading talent in education technology startups, and her current experience as a Board member of several public and private companies.

The talent development function is uniquely positioned to act as the guardians of organizational culture, and TD professionals can lead the process for defining and promoting the culture that best serves the organization and its people. In this series members of CTDO Next—a group of talent development executives who are shaping the future of learning—discuss how to drive culture transformation across the organization. John Coné, CTDO Next Catalyst, is the series moderator.

The talent development function is uniquely positioned to act as the guardians of organizational culture, and TD professionals can lead the process for defining and promoting the culture that best serves the organization and its people. In this series members of CTDO Next—a group of talent development executives who are shaping the future of learning—discuss how to drive culture transformation across the organization. John Coné, CTDO Next Catalyst, is the series moderator.

In this episode, Michelle Braden, VP of Global Talent Development at WEX, talks about how to help managers and leaders understand, promote, and model desired organizational culture.

The talent development function is uniquely positioned to act as the guardians of organizational culture, and TD professionals can lead the process for defining and promoting the culture that best serves the organization and its people. In this series members of CTDO Next—a group of talent development executives who are shaping the future of learning—discuss how to drive culture transformation across the organization. John Coné, CTDO Next Catalyst, is the series moderator.

In this episode, Eivind Slaaen, Head of People and Culture Development at Hilti Corporation, talks about how organizational culture affects the employee value proposition.

The talent development function is uniquely positioned to act as the guardians of organizational culture, and TD professionals can lead the process for defining and promoting the culture that best serves the organization and its people. In this series members of CTDO Next—a group of talent development executives who are shaping the future of learning—discuss how to drive culture transformation across the organization. John Coné, CTDO Next Catalyst, is the series moderator.

In this episode, John Kane, Head of Commercial Training and Development at SUN PHARMA, talks about how micro-climates—the good, bad, and ugly—affect an organization's macro-culture, and considerations for talent development professionals in the midst of culture transformation.

The talent development function is uniquely positioned to act as the guardians of organizational culture, and TD professionals can lead the process for defining and promoting the culture that best serves the organization and its people. In this series members of CTDO Next—a group of talent development executives who are shaping the future of learning—discuss how to drive culture transformation across the organization. John Coné, CTDO Next Catalyst, is the series moderator.

Every interpersonal interaction between employees, decision made by a leader, and new initiative launched by the organization (read: every moment) contributes to a company's culture story. In this episode, Lisa Cairns, Director of Learning and Development at Smith, talks about how to actively and intentionally facilitate that culture.

The talent development function is uniquely positioned to act as the guardians of organizational culture, and TD professionals can lead the process for defining and promoting the culture that best serves the organization and its people. In this series members of CTDO Next—a group of talent development executives who are shaping the future of learning—discuss how to drive culture transformation across the organization. John Coné, CTDO Next Catalyst, is the series moderator.

In this episode, two executives at WM discuss how to help managers and leaders model the culture that you want in your organization.

The talent development function is uniquely positioned to act as the guardians of organizational culture, and TD professionals can lead the process for defining and promoting the culture that best serves the organization and its people. In this series members of CTDO Next—a group of talent development executives who are shaping the future of learning—discuss how to drive culture transformation across the organization. John Coné, CTDO Next Catalyst, is the series moderator.

In this episode, two executives at WM discuss how to drive organizational culture change at scale by connecting and aligning micro cultures.