Talking Talent

If you lead a team or a company, you know that finding and growing talent is the most critical factor in your organization’s success. Twice a month join us, David Foy a soccer coach and Angela Scalpello, a leadership performance coach as we talk about talent and with talent. Whether you want to have a greater impact on the talent you work with or you need to up your leadership game, this podcast is for you

020_The Value Of High-Performing Teams 05/06/2021

019_Hiding In Plain Sight: Apprenticeships & The Power Of Learning By Doing 03/25/2021

019_Hiding In Plain Sight: Apprenticeships & The Power Of Learning By Doing 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 bit ourselves. We were helped in this effort by experts in the field. Thanks to Director Labor and Employment Law Program at Cornell University, ILR School. Esta provided us with a rich overview of apprenticeships specifically in New York State. Esta also generously opened her network to us and introduced us to a number of the people from whom you’ll hearing in this episode. Thanks also to , Director of Apprenticeships for the New York State Department of Labor. Jane helped us understand about registered apprenticeship programs and the New York State’s Department of Labor’s role in working with organizations to help them register and establish certified apprenticeship programs. We started our recording by talking to Dr. Rudolph Bell, who among his many talents, is a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University, an expert in Italian civilization and culture from the Middle Ages to the present. We were especially keen to get his insights on apprenticeships as a factor during the European Renaissance. Dr. Rudolph Bell is the author of multiple books including . We spent time talking to . Martha serves as the Director of Apprenticeship for the and represents the statewide alliance of manufacturing associations who make up the NYS Manufacturers Intermediary Apprenticeship Program, MIAP. She was joined by her colleague . Laury is the Associate Director of Apprenticeships with MACNY, where she works with manufacturers as well as educational institutions. Both women bring a real passion to their work. We also spoke with someone who had been through an apprenticeship program and could share her lived experience. Tamara Rivera is a council representative for the New York City District Council of carpenters. In that role Tammy works in the organizing department, which is now called area standards. However, long before this Tammy herself was an apprentice carpenter where she learned her trade. If you are interested in learning more, here are some sources and resources. Bait & Switch Intro: The Story of Grandparents - & Linkage to how we learn, learning from watching others: - Documentary Movie - Economist of the Urban Institute talks about apprenticeships with EconTalk host . Lerman argues that apprenticeships--a combination of work experience and classroom learning--have the potential to expand opportunities for young people who don't want to attend college. /episode/index/show/talkingtalent/id/18465380

BONUS: Ripped From The Headlines - Hiring Practices Gone Bad? 02/25/2021

018_The Future Of Work: VisuaLeadership With Todd Cherches 02/04/2021

018_The Future Of Work: VisuaLeadership With Todd Cherches 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. 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.. WEBSITE: TEDx TALK: BOOK: (Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster, May 2020) /episode/index/show/talkingtalent/id/17817869

017_Harry Kane The Great English Striker Who Almost Wasn't 01/21/2021

016_The Future Of Work With Paul Miller 01/07/2021

The Year In Talent - 2020 12/22/2020

015_Adaptability All-Stars 09/11/2020

014_When & How To Do A Career Pivot or Change 08/27/2020

012_Employee Engagement through Corporate Social Responsibility: A Conversation with Beth Bengtson 08/14/2020

013_Honors, Recognition, and Talent Retention: The Ajax Dilemma 08/07/2020

011_Untapped Talent: Individuals With A Criminal Record 08/07/2020

011_Untapped Talent: Individuals With A Criminal Record Untapped Talent: Individuals With A Criminal Record Show Notes Links & Resources From The Episode: Article on the benefits to companies and government budgets from employing the formerly incarcerated: () & ACLU Paper () “I Have A Bean” - The Work Opportunity Tax Credit Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center’s on employment after prison Loyalty and higher retention rates () Our Guests On This Episode: BIOGRAPHY Rahson Johnson goes above and beyond to positively impact youth and his community, utilizing his lived experience and his compassionate heart to inspire and support hundreds of youth and adults. At the age of 16, Rahson was sentenced to serve 23-60 years in prison, leaving his neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn for the remainder of his teen and early adult years, only to return just months before his 40th birthday. While incarcerated, books became Rahson’s family. He not only completed his high school coursework, but went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science and a Master of Professional Studies in urban ministry. He also took advantage of opportunities to begin working with young people facing issues similar to the ones he experienced. While incarcerated, Rahson became a Youth Counselor with the Youth Assistance Program, an intervention program that brings kids to prisons, where he coached and educated young people on gang violence prevention, harm reduction, and sex education. While fulfilling, Rahson felt limited by his ability to only meet with these young people for a single 2-3 hour visit, and wondered how much more could be accomplished if they were able to establish genuine connections with the youth. Rahson realized he had more to offer. Less than a year after his release from prison, Rahson began working with the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, now known as Neighbors in Action. In his current role as Youth Programs Coordinator, Rahson works with a team to engage young people in afterschool activities, summer employment, and other enrichment programming though school and community-based workshops and groups, internships, and on-site activities. These initiatives focus on leadership development, social justice and media literacy, antiviolence, community mobilization, social-emotional learning, and college and career readiness. As part of NIA’s Arts to End Violence initiative, which engages young people in conversations about art as a tool for personal healing and community change, Rahson has led workshops across Brooklyn and Manhattan. He is also a lead facilitator for three NIA site-based afterschool programs: Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.), which trains young people who have been exposed to violence to become peer educators and community organizers, Justice Community Plus, which connects young adults with work-readiness opportunities, and the Alumni Youth Advisory Council, a new initiative spearheaded by Rahson, which supports further engagement and leadership development for young people, declaring that “emotional safety is the more important piece for me.” Selfless in sharing himself and his own experiences, Rahson leads with kindness and integrity and amplifies Neighbors in Action’s anti-violence message with grace and passion. Babita Patel is a freelance documenting social impact issues around the world. Her work has appeared on ABC, Al Jazeera, HBO, MSNBC, NY1 and PBS; featured in Forbes, The Guardian, The Marshall Project, The New York Times, Slate and The Washington Post; and exhibited in multiple countries. She is the founder of , an NGO that advances gender equality across the globe by teaching photography to girls who, in turn, teach photography to boys. In 2020, Babita debuted her first book, , which introduces 15 men who were locked out of society long before they were locked up — men who got an education inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility, and used it to break out of the cradle-to-prison pipeline. Today, they are role models for young men in their communities as they are credible messengers for at-risk youth, pushing them towards different opportunities over incarceration. The book puts a human face on effective solutions to ending the epidemic of mass incarceration in America today. Director, Labor and Employment Law Programs Esta R. Bigler, Esq., is Director of Cornell University ILR’s Labor and Employment Law Program, the Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative, and the Cornell Project for Records Assistance. Ms. Bigler uses her extensive background in labor and employment law to convene conferences and forums studying current and emerging legal issues impacting employment, with the goal of influencing legislation and public policy decisions. A major focus of her work is the use of criminal records as a screening device for employment, the impact of employment on reducing recidivism, employer attitudes toward hiring people with criminal records, and the collateral consequences of incarceration. /episode/index/show/talkingtalent/id/15521846