*This 20 Minute Spotlight was edited from our one-hour interview in 2017. Many people have ideas, but only a few stand out and make their mark. What differentiates those that are successful from those that fail? Dorie Clark, branding expert and author of both Reinventing You and Stand Out, takes us through the steps to reinvent, rebrand, and stand out in a world of increasing competition. LIsten as we learn how to exercise our reinvention muscles and go from cultivating a network to building a c...
Feb 07, 2019•20 min
How do we develop talent to prepare for an uncertain future? How can HR evolve to influence organizational strategy? These are the kinds of critical questions that Gartner’s CHRO Global Leadership Board--a network of HR executives from some of the world’s leading companies--has set out to answer. Tune in to hear Ceree Eberly, Chair of the CHRO Leadership Board and former Chief People Officer at Coca-Cola, discuss the future of HR and the CHRO Global Leadership Board’s work in the first of a four...
Jan 30, 2019•49 min•Season 4Ep. 75
Is great leadership a myth? General Stan McChrystal, co-author of Leaders: Myth and Reality , joins the Talent Angle to debunk the many myths that surround the concept of leadership. Drawing from the examples set by history’s most renowned leaders, Stan believes the lessons we commonly draw from their lives are seldom the correct ones. Listen to this episode to learn more about how true leadership can be a catalyst for achieving higher-level outcomes....
Jan 24, 2019•1 hr 1 min
*This interview was excerpted from our one-hour interview in 2016. Derek Van Bever, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Forum for Growth and Innovation at Harvard Business School, talks with Gartner about how to better inform decisions about business model innovation and what it can mean for talent. Many attempts at business model innovation fail. Derek Van Bever argues that executives need to understand how business models develop through predictable stages over time -- and then apply that unde...
Jan 17, 2019•20 min
Do your employees feel safe asking questions or admitting their mistakes in the workplace? Tune in to this episode to hear Amy Edmondson - Harvard Business School Professor and author of The Fearless Organization - share how psychological safety in the workplace is critical for fostering employee performance and innovation and creating a culture where talent can feel safe to express their left-field ideas, correct their mistakes, and turn half-finished thoughts into the next big thing....
Jan 10, 2019•54 min•Season 4Ep. 73
*This interview was excerpted from our one-hour interview in 2016. Daniel Kahneman's ground-breaking research into decision making and judgment has challenged fundamental beliefs about human nature. In study after study,together with Amos Tversky, he showed that when it comes to making decisions, humans are predisposed to irrationality. Their surprising findings have had profound implications for everything from behavioral economics and politics, to advanced medicine and sports. Their work, and ...
Dec 19, 2018•30 min
The world is changing faster and faster and the only way to thrive is to accept the inevitability of change. Blitzscaling is all about rapidly growing and scaling a business or product in the face of uncertainty. Listen to Chris Yeh discuss the techniques that digital companies like Google, Linkedin and Facebook use to scale and double in size in a short period of time.
Dec 12, 2018•48 min•Season 3Ep. 72
*This interview was excerpted from our one-hour interview in 2017. Tony Schwartz of the Energy Project believes that we’re at our best when we move rhythmically between spending and renewing energy — a reality that companies must embrace to fuel sustainable engagement and high performance. When you're intent on supplying fuel in each dimension of energy, you're creating happier people that will affect your organization’s success. Tony's book, The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgott...
Dec 06, 2018•19 min
Humankind is on the brink of an unprecedented technological transformation, and people and organizations that prepare properly have a massive opportunity ahead of them. Listen to Peter Hinssen, business school lecturer, futurist, and author of The Day After Tomorrow as he discusses the technological changes that will fundamentally change how we work, how we live, and how we relate to each other....
Nov 29, 2018•59 min•Season 3Ep. 71
*This interview was excerpted from our one-hour interview in 2017. Voices from Walmart, The Rockefeller Foundation, and The White House discuss innovations to harness untapped talent. In this episode, we dive into how employers like Walmart are working to find more successful matches for entry-level positions from the youth talent pool by encouraging data-driven employment strategies that can both unlock additional business value and expand employment opportunities for disadvantaged young worker...
Nov 15, 2018•18 min
Growing your business is harder to accomplish than ever before. Repeatable, reliable growth depends on your capacity for making the right choices in the right sequence in the right context. Tiffani Bova joins the Talent Angle podcast to discuss how successful companies achieved growth by choosing their right paths.
Nov 09, 2018•53 min•Season 3Ep. 70
*This interview was excerpted from our one-hour interview with Tasha in 2017. “A sprawling exploration of the psychic frailty that leads to self-delusion and self-aggrandizement, and—importantly—a compassionate, helpful guide for avoiding that path (or reversing it).” - Fortune Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. She’s built a reputation as a fresh, modern voice in the business world by pairing her scientific grounding in human ...
Oct 30, 2018•22 min
Aggressive people can lay a dark cloud of negative energy over any workplace, from the manufacturing line to the boardroom. Listen to this podcast to hear Shawn Smith--a clinical psychologist and the author of Surviving Aggressive People--share time-tested methods for conflict management historically reserved for law enforcement, psychologists, and other professionals working the frontlines of emotionally charged situations.
Oct 22, 2018•56 min•Season 3Ep. 69
* This interview was excerpted from our one hour interview with Susan in season 1. Do emotions belong in organizations? In a cultural dialogue focused on happiness and productivity, Dr. Susan David looks at the reality of avoiding emotions in our every day life, and how people who engage in high levels of fake emotions have lower engagement, higher burnout, and lower levels of effectiveness. An award-winning Psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and co-founder and co-director of ...
Oct 18, 2018•22 min
Inclusion can be far more than a feel-good sideline. Google’s Kat Holmes joins the Talent Angle to show how inclusion can spur innovation, catalyze creativity, and boost the bottom line even as organizations grow. Leaders must address these moments of exclusion - Mismatched interactions - to consciously design an organization where employees are empowered to develop and contribute in meaningful ways. For a deeper look into the ways inclusion fuels innovation, check out one of Kat’s articles ....
Oct 09, 2018•47 min•Season 3Ep. 68
“Conscious is the new smart” says Dr. Bob Rosen, CEO of Healthy Companies International. The more conscious we are, the faster we adapt and the higher performing we become. Nothing is more important than understanding ourselves, our actions, and our environment. Dr. Bob Rosen joins the Talent Angle to discuss how leaders can thrive in an age of disruption and uncertainty by becoming more aware and accountable to the world around them....
Oct 02, 2018•56 min•Season 3Ep. 67
*This interview is excerpted from our hour long interview with Guru in 2017. Reconcile how AI, analytics, and machine learning effect humans and the future of talent with Guru Sethupathy, Head of People Analytics at a Fortune 100 company and former engagement manager at McKinsey Global Institute. Guru talks to us about the value of people analytics, and how we can overcome the siloed nature of companies to use predictive and prescriptive analytics to help the business achieve its goals. He was t...
Sep 25, 2018•24 min
Being a good leader requires understanding how your actions affect others’ motivation and mental state. Christine Comaford, entrepreneur and bestselling author of Power Your Tribe: Create Resilient Teams in Turbulent Times , breaks down the neuroscience of effective leadership to a level that you don’t need a Ph.D. to understand.
Sep 20, 2018•52 min•Season 3Ep. 66
*This is a 20 minute excerpt from our 2016 conversation with Roselinde Torres Roselinde Torres distills down the characteristics of leaders who are thriving, what they do differently and the preparation practices that enable people to grow to their potential. Roselinde Torres is a senior leader in the People & Organization practice at The Boston Consulting Group and has served as the first global head of BCG’s leadership topic. In addition, she has been a member of the firm’s Americas Leadership...
Sep 13, 2018•21 min
What is it like to work for Uber as its new head of diversity after holding the same post for Hillary Clinton’s campaign? Bernard Coleman shares his insights based on his experiences as the Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Uber and Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “Diversity in isolation is not effective - to be successful it must always be paired with inclusion,” says Coleman. Meaningful D&I efforts requires engaging with others and navigating different perspectives to build lasting solutions....
Sep 05, 2018•54 min•Season 3Ep. 65
As the Chief People Officer at Microsoft, Kathleen Hogan is responsible for the company's cultural transformation. She joins us to talk about how Microsoft is using a technique called "Screening In" to drive cultural change through diversity. Hogan is new to the HR function, but not to talent management. Previously she was vice president of Microsoft Services, a team dedicated to helping businesses and consumers maximize the value of their investment in Microsoft technologies. Hogan has also ser...
Aug 28, 2018•20 min
Are there professional ways to dealing with complainers in the workplace? Complaining is like bad breath - you notice it when it comes out of someone else’s mouth, but not when it comes out of your own. Needless to say it happens all the time. Will Bowen, author of A Complaint Free World, shares five ways to identify chronic complaining when it slips out and how to silence those complaints with easy-to-remember solutions in this episode of the Talent Angle. For a deeper look into combatting comp...
Aug 21, 2018•56 min•Season 3Ep. 64
For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. Through his research, Adam Grant argues that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers are the rare breed of people who contribute to others without expecting anything in return. Using h...
Aug 14, 2018•11 min
Is it possible for businesses to simultaneously drive social impact, innovation, and financial returns all at the same time? More than ever, employees are making their career and purchasing decisions based on a company’s purpose and societal impact. In this episode of the Talent Angle, Wendy Woods, Senior Partner and Global Leader of BCG’s Social Impact Practice, discusses how companies that strive for Total Societal Impact can achieve positive returns in their brand, engagement, PR, and the lon...
Aug 07, 2018•51 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your group, or strengthen a culture that needs fixing? Daniel Coyle, author of The Culture Code , joins the Talent Angle to discuss what makes some of the world’s most successful organizations tick - including Pixar, the San Antonio Spurs, and U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six. Coyle offers specific strategies to help you trigger learning, spark collaboration, build trust, and drive positive change to ultimately unlock the hidden pot...
Jul 25, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 62
Learn how to design your life through the same techniques that innovators use to design products and new technology. Dave Evans, Stanford Lecturer and New York Times best-selling co-author of Designing Your Life, talks to us about following your passions in life, and how you can design a process to figure out what will ultimately make you satisfied and happy. Dave holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford. While en route to biomedical engineering, Evans accepted an invitation to ...
Jul 17, 2018•22 min
Lack of Agility is the kiss of death. It is no secret that large, mature organizations can struggle to innovate. But Michael Arena, Chief Talent Officer at General Motors, argues that even the most bureaucratic organizations can make innovation and adaptability a part of their DNA. Listen to this episode of the Talent Angle to learn how to create an Adaptive Space, where you can enable novel and creative ideas to flow freely into and throughout your company. Discover the role you play in your ow...
Jul 10, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Andy Walshe is a globally recognized leader and expert in the field of elite human performance. For over 20 years the Australian native has been focused on the goal of “de-mystifying talent” by researching and training individuals and teams across a vast network of world-class programs in sport, culture, military and business settings. Dr. Walshe is currently the Director of High Performance for Red Bull, where he works with hundreds of international athletes and cultural opinion leaders; superv...
Jul 02, 2018•24 min
Morning Espressos are 5-minute insights and lessons to help you build the skills researched by some of the top minds in the world. Charles Duhigg recommends that you spend time creating your own narrative and visualizing your day. "One of the things that we know is that the key to building mental models, to being able to sort of sharpen your focus, is to be able to tell yourself a story about what’s occurring as it occurs. One of my favorite examples of this is a series of studies that were done...
Jun 25, 2018•6 min
Traditional management often assumes that motivating people at work is simply about paying them enough--but Barry Schwartz, the author of Why We Work , believes the real motivation to work comes from finding meaning. Everyone--whether they’re a lawyer or janitor, painter or salesperson--can perform at a higher level by finding meaning in their work. Listen to this episode of the CEB Talent Angle to hear Barry discuss how our conventional wisdom on motivation at work is wrong, and how managers ca...
Jun 19, 2018•53 min•Season 3Ep. 60
