020_The Value Of High-Performing Teams
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The Value of High Performing Teams Most work today is done in teams. Even “individuals’ whom we think of as great inventors or entrepreneurs don’t see the culmination of their idea without the efforts of others, those others often being the people on their team. So why are some teams greater than the sum of their parts? Why do some teams simply achieve and others achieve greatness? What does the research tell us about what really matters in creating high performing teams that perform even better over time? You might also be surprised (we were) by what wasn’t a factor in creating high...
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019_Hiding In Plain Sight: Apprenticeships & The Power Of Learning By Doing
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You probably know the words “apprentice” and “apprenticeships.” However, what do you really know about the critical role they’ve played in the transfer of skills and capabilities across centuries? In this episode David and Angela explore apprenticeships, when they began, the role they’ve played in human evolution (ever wondered why the Neanderthals died out and modern humans became the dominant life species?), and their critical role in helping individuals learn and develop, organizations thrive and society at large flourish. In the making of this episode we learned quite a...
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BONUS: Ripped From The Headlines - Hiring Practices Gone Bad?
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Ripped From The Headlines: What You (& The Mets) Can Learn From Headhunters What can organizations do to better vet candidates? Why are organizations seemingly constantly blindsided by post hiring scandals? We look at this through the recent story regarding the fired New York Mets General Manager Jared Porter. What does the “just like me” bias have to do with these recurring issues? How does the lack of diversity within industries make abuse more likely? - Why Jared Porter is just the “poster boy” for an ongoing problem in baseball (and other sports?) -...
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018_The Future Of Work: VisuaLeadership With Todd Cherches
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The Future of Work with Todd Cherches In Season One of Talking Talent, David and Angela discussed . That conversation focused on the changing nature of work and the impact that change will have on education, the role of cities, our political systems and what capabilities will be prized and those that will have less importance. David and Angela promised that this would just be the start of a series of conversations that would continue in Season Two, with guests who would bring insight about specific aspects of not only how work is changing but how it will change society and us....
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017_Harry Kane The Great English Striker Who Almost Wasn't
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The best current English striker Harry Kane just might finish his career as the greatest striker in Premier League history. However, his career path has not been one long coronation towards greatness. On today’s podcast we look back on the beginnings of Harry Kane’s soccer journey, how contingent his opportunities were, and what we can learn about talent identification through an analysis of what almost went wrong for Harry Kane. NOTE: Episode was recorded in November 2020 after Harry Kane scored his 150th Premier League goal. Since Harry has scored another 5 goals and his ex-coach...
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016_The Future Of Work With Paul Miller
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We ended 2020 by looking back at 2020. We start the New Year, 2021, by looking ahead and more specifically by looking ahead to what the Future of Work holds in store. We had this conversation with no less a leading expert than Paul Miller, CEO and Founder of the (DWG), rated by the in 2020 as one of the UK’s leading management consultancies in digital transformation. On January 14th, only a week after we drop this episode, Paul will be releasing his latest book . Co-written with his Digital Workplace Group colleague, Shimrit Janes, Director of Knowledge, the book is already receiving lots...
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The Year In Talent - 2020
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Join us as we look back on our Talent in the Time of a Pandemic conversations from this past year. What has transpired since then? What did we get right and what did we underestimate? Also we’ll give you a sneak preview of what we will be releasing early in 2021 and what our listeners will learn about The Future of Work from some experts in the field.
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015_Adaptability All-Stars
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In today's episode we look at adaptability and resilience through the story of three individuals and also an organization. Although the stories are different in many ways, we find similarities in the skills used that led to adaptability and strengthened resilience. Those skills and capabilities are relevant today as we all must adjust to ever-changing circumstances; the good news is that these skills can be learned and acquired. by Nancy Koehn by Alfred Lansing () by Captain Chelsea B Sullenberger III on Witold Pilecki by Jack Fairweather by Witold Pilecki...
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014_When & How To Do A Career Pivot or Change
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When & How To Do A Career Pivot or Change , Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School. by Herminia Ibarra by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans by David Epstein by Maureen Electa Monte If you’re interested in learning more about my course “How to Do a Career Pivot or Change” please drop me a note at
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012_Employee Engagement through Corporate Social Responsibility: A Conversation with Beth Bengtson
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Beth Bengtson, Founder/CEO Beth Bengtson is the Founder/CEO of the nonprofit . She has more than 20 years of experience working with both marketing agencies and client side for Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and not-for-profits. Her focus has been to help organizations evolve through purpose-driven marketing, communications and business practices. She brings her enthusiasm for facilitating change, teaching, and her understanding of how to empower organizations to every engagement. In creating W4W, Beth combines two key passions: believing that businesses can play an important role in...
info_outlineThe Future of Work with Todd Cherches
In Season One of Talking Talent, David and Angela discussed The Future of Work. That conversation focused on the changing nature of work and the impact that change will have on education, the role of cities, our political systems and what capabilities will be prized and those that will have less importance. David and Angela promised that this would just be the start of a series of conversations that would continue in Season Two, with guests who would bring insight about specific aspects of not only how work is changing but how it will change society and us.
Spoiler alert! Since that episode in Season One we have been living with a global pandemic. Businesses and other organizations that wanted and needed function have taken actions that have accelerated our race to that future state of work.
This new episode features guest Todd Cherches. Todd Cherches is the CEO and the co-founder of BigBlueGumball, which is a New York City based management and leadership consulting, training and executive coaching firm. In addition, he's a TEDx speaker and a two-time award winning adjunct professor of leadership at the NYU School of Professional Studies. And he's a lecturer on leadership at Columbia University. He is also the author of the recently released book, VisuaLeadership, Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking, in Leadership and in Life.
According to Todd, we've been talking about a “Vuca” world for years - Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. However, because of the pandemic, everything's gotten expedited by at least five years. So the things that we have been slowly, methodically planning and talking about are now here. Specifically people working from home and leveraging technology and video and living on Zoom or similar platforms. All of those things that seemed wildly futuristic when we saw them in cartoons such as robots, artificial intelligence, all of these things are here now.
In a VUCA world leaders need to do the opposite. So what does the idea of “opposite” evoke? The opposite of volatile is calm. As Todd says, “In a world of volatility as leaders, we need to create a sense of calmness. Now, we may be in panic mode, there's a sense of urgency, we don't know what's going on. But how do we calm people down? Because there's a difference between urgency and panic.”
Listen in to hear more of Todd’s ideas as he also talks about how being a Visual Leader will help leaders lead more effectively now ans in the future..
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TEDx TALK:
“The Power of Visual Thinking”
BOOK:
VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life
(Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster, May 2020)