*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2017. Nobody likes a jerk, but what if YOU are one? We talk with Bob Sutton, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University and author of A**hole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People that Treat You Like Dirt.
Rebels are generally seen as troublemakers whose decisions create chaos in our lives and workplaces. However, what if we saw these unconventional outlooks and rule-breaking decisions as constructive rather than destructive? Tune in to this episode to hear Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School and author of “Rebel Talent: Why it Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life” discuss how can we c...
*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2017. Play keeps us in the moment. It is unpredictable and fun, and it keeps people's attention. So why not play in the workplace? In this episode, we talk to Elizabeth Cushing, the President and COO of Playworks, on how to use play tactics originally used on children to promote a healthy, profitable organization.
Are your employees a cost or an investment? How can your company design and manage operations in a way that satisfies customers, employees, and investors? Join us to hear Zeynep Ton, adjunct associate professor in the operations management group at MIT Sloan School of Management and the author of The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs & Boost Profits , discuss how operational excellence and treating your employees like an investment leads to great e...
*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2017. We don't talk about love in the workplace. But what if we told you the best leaders are realizing the importance of self-awareness, love, and going deep within themselves in order to be a great leader? Bob Rosen, global CEO advisor, organizational psychologist, and bestselling author talks to us about how the best people go deep within themselves to determine their story.
What happens when your workplace is exposed to incivility? What should you do if you are the target of this hostility and aggression? Tune in to this episode of the Talent Angle to hear Christine Porath, Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, teach you how to navigate incivility in the workplace and enhance your own influence and effectiveness through simple acts of civility and respect.
*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2015. Zappos made history when it announced plans to transition to a holacracy -- a management-free corporate structure. Tune in as Hollie Delaney details the pitfalls, successes, and lessons learned.
Lessons about organizational culture and entrepreneurship can be found in some unlikely places--including the American prison system. Listen to Jeff Smith, a former Missouri state senator who spent a year in prison, discuss his experience and what the prison world can teach us about the business world.
*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2016. Tune in to this episode to hear Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer at Microsoft, talk about their technique called "Screening In" to drive cultural change through diversity at Microsoft.
What do Ralph Lauren, Larry Ellison, Julian Robertson and Bill Walsh all have in common? Certainly all of them are known for being successful, but there’s one thing that distinguishes these superbosses from their peers: the ability to groom talent. Listen to Sydney Finkelstein, award-winning professor at Dartmouth College, share secrets of becoming a superboss and the types of people strategies they employ.
*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2016. Susan Cain believes that the rise of introverts is the next big trend that will impact leadership. Yet while introverts often prove to be more effective leaders they are less likely to be selected for leadership. Cain explains why we dramatically undervalue introverts and how we lose in doing so. She also explores how companies can get the most out of introverts, how introverts can think about themselves differently, and why now is t...
Discover the patterns that govern behavior at your organization. Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo and author of Super Thinking , joins the Talent Angle to explain how and when to leverage the mental models that accelerate effective decision-making for employees and business leaders alike.
What if Eisenhower wasn't the genius we though he was? How does naked leadership lead to better decision making? Chris Fussell, former Navy SEAL Officer and Partner at McChrystal Group, talks to us about the "leader myth" and "naked leadership. He discusses how we often aggrandize leaders of a successful project or mission and how he worked in the military with senior leaders to expose themselves to uncertainty on a daily basis.
In a culture obsessed with SAT scores and early success, Rich Karlgaard, Silicon Valley-based publisher and entrepreneur at Forbes media, reveals a groundbreaking exploration of late bloomers and their unique strengths that companies often overlook.
*This Spotlight is a 20 minute excerpt from our full interview in 2017. How can we screen out the chaos to make work more satisfying, productive, and meaningful? Cal Newport, author of Deep Work, joins us to share the tools and rules for deep, meaningful work.
Want to become a world-class HR leader? Listen to Roberto di Bernardini, Head of Global Human Resources and board member of CHRO Global Leadership Board, present the global standards of an HR leader, backed by the world’s leading experts CHROs and most distinguished CHROs.
*This 20 Minute Spotlight was edited from our one-hour interview in 2017. Culture is increasingly becoming a pivotal part of organizational strategy. Join us as we talk to Red Hat Executive VP and Chief People Officer DeLisa Alexander about how Red Hat works with both leaders and employees to include characteristics of transparency, inclusivity, agility, and so much more into their culture through open source decision making.
The greatest teams in sports history had one thing in common: a captain with an unconventional set of skills and tendencies. Sam Walker, author of The Captain Class , has unearthed a new mold of leadership that doesn’t always mean the best or the most bombastic individuals. Listen to this episode to discover the seven core qualities of the Captain Class - from extreme emotional control to tactical aggression and the courage to stand apart....
Structure often stifles innovation, yet organizations need both to thrive. How can business leaders foster radical innovation while maintaining operational excellence? Listen to this premier entry in our three-part series on innovation to discover how to design an organization that scales as fast as we scale technology.
Is your idea “loony”? Or is it a “loonshot”? Listen to this episode to hear Safi Bahcall, physicist, biotech engineer, and author of the book “Loonshots”, help you determine whether your crazy idea is a game-changer and prevent you from killing it off before it has a chance to bloom.
*This 20 Minute Spotlight was edited from our one-hour interview in 2017. We repeatedly and predictably make wrong decisions throughout, and in many aspects of, our lives. Dan Ariely wants to make the concepts of behavioral economics more accessible by describing them in non-academic terms so that more people will learn about this type of research and get excited about using some of the insights to enrich their own lives.
Progressive organizations lead with their people strategies to shape business outcomes. Daniel Marsili, Co-chair for the CHRO Global Leadership Board and Chief Human Resources Officer at Colgate-Palmolive Company’s, provides practical guidance for HR leaders to more effectively create, execute and align a people strategy that drives performance.
*This 20 Minute Spotlight was edited from our one-hour interview in 2017. Is it good business to be good people? Venture capitalist Anthony Tjan, author of Good People, talks to us about the strategic advantage of hiring good people - those that are committed to continuously cultivating the values that help them and other become the fullest versions of who they are. Real value creation, Tony argues, comes form real enduring cultures that focus on people, rather than relying solely on metrics and...
Good managers are made, not born. Julie Zhuo, author of The Making of a Manager and Facebook’s VP of Product Design, reveals practical advice on how managers can help their teams achieve greater outcomes. Whether you’re new to the role or struggling with culture, listen to this episode of the Talent Angle to learn what to do when everyone looks to you for guidance....
CEO and founder of The Return on Disability Group and author of Unleashing Different, Rich Donovan is a globally recognized subject matter expert on the convergence of disability and corporate profitability. Rich provides corporate and government clients with insights and tools to frame disability as a global emerging market. His proprietary and proven process translates disability success factors into specific actions that create sustainable value. He is an expert on guiding companies and inves...
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. *This is a bonus video podcast...
Disruptive technologies have upended existing business operating models, are threatening jobs at unprecedented pace and scale, and are bringing whole industries into question. All of this change is creating a new social contract between employers and employees. Listen to Abbe Luersman, the CHRO for Ahold Delhaize and a member of Gartner’s CHRO Global Leadership Board, discuss how organizations can prepare for new labor market realities....
Rapid business model disruption, AI, expiring skills, new to world skills, changing customer preferences and transparent job markets have broken the talent model companies have operated under for decades. Using millions of data points from TalentNeuron, Gartner VP and Workforce Futuring Evangelist Scott Engler shares how these changes have upended the way companies plan and recruit and how forward thinking companies use external labor market analytics to predict and adapt to create a competitive...
It’s not easy to deliver more value from less work. Steve Denning, author of the “The Age of Agile”, argues that even global giants such as Barclays don’t have to be born agile in order to act entrepreneurially. Listen to this episode of the Talent Angle to understand how organizations can harness the power of their teams, customers, and networks to ultimately deliver value on a larger scale than ever before.
What if everything you’ve been taught about management is wrong? Aaron Dignan, author of Brave New Work , believes that our organizations are broken not by our people or their leaders, but by operating systems such as hierarchy and compliance. Listen to this episode of the Talent Angle to learn how to reinvent the way work gets done at your organization through a groundswell of autonomy, trust, and transparency. Harness the human complexity of your workforce to usher in the Future of Work....
