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Most L&D pros operate and design from a particular bias based on our primary behavioral (biological/neurological) drivers - the drive to learn and the drive to bond. Spoiler alert, not everyone is driven by these. If we design, promote, and deliver our learning solutions with our drivers leading the way, we become less effective for certain groups. Join Jess Almlie and guest Jay Johnson to talk about how L&D can combat "trainer bias."
In this episode you'll hear:
Definitions for the four biological and neurological drivers dictating how our brain makes choices on what we do every day. The primary drivers for L&D (drive to learn and drive to bond) vs. those for other professions and roles. How focusing only on our own primary drivers makes us less effective in L&D. Why it's important to balance all four drivers in our work. How L&D needs to think and approach our work differently according to all four drivers.About Jay Johnson:
Jay Johnson works with people and organizations to empower teams, grow profits, and elevate leadership. He is a Co-Founder of Behavioral Elements®, a two-time TEDx speaker, and a designated Master Trainer by the Association for Talent Development. With a focus on behavioral intelligence, Jay supports trainers and coaches in designing, developing, and implementing programs that drive behavioral change.
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LinkedIn Website: https://www.behavioralelements.com Email: [email protected]Find and connect with Jess Almlie here:
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Sometimes, in L&D, we get buried in our thinking about fantastic, carefully designed, detailed programs. So much that we can miss the simple, inexpensive, powerful solutions that are right under our noses. In today's episode, Jeannine Lanoux discusses the simple power of book discussions in the workplace, including the results of her research on their effectiveness.
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The power of book discussions as a simple, inexpensive, quick learning intervention with lasting results. The benefits of book discussions for leadership development, culture change, alignment, relationship building, and more. How book discussions strengthen teams. The most important elements to facilitating a good book discussion. How a book discussion can neutralize potentially emotionally charged topics.About Jeannine Lanoux:
Jeannine Lanoux is CEO and founder of Lanoux Learning, a firm committed to transforming people and organizations to achieve their next best level. She is an executive coach, who is also experienced at rolling out large-scale culture change initiatives, directing leadership development programs for everyone from frontline managers to executive leaders, and guiding talent management practices tied to business strategy. She is adept at sculpting enterprise-wide learning to enhance both knowledge retention and transfer.
Find and connect with Jeannine here:
LinkedIn Website: lanouxlearning.comFind and connect with Jess Almlie here:
LinkedIn Subscribe to the L&D Must Change Newsletter Website: Almlie ConsultingRecommended books:
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman Reality Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, & Turn Excuses into Results by Cy Wakeman Human First, Leader Second: How Self-Compassion Outperforms Self-Criticism by Massimo Backus Measurement Demystified: Creating Your L&D Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy by David Vance and Peggy Parskey The Modern Learning Ecosystem: A New L&D Mindset for an Ever-Changing Workplace by JD Dillon Coming in 2025: L&D Order Taker No More! Become a Strategic Business Partner by Jess Almlie -
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Data literacy and business acumen are important concepts for the L&D professional who works (or wants to work) as a more Strategic Business Partner. In this episode, Dr. Alaina Szlachta helps us break down and simplify both concepts. She also offers a few questions to ask when learning more and an activity to get started. You'll hear: The need to change L&D's brand to one of measurable business impact An explanation of both data literacy and business acumen for L&D How to develop skills surrounding data literacy The importance of understanding your organization's business model The need for curiosity as a critical skill The difference between evaluation and measurement Why measurement should be continuous and sustainable An exercise to determine L&D alignment to business goals And more! Dr. Alaina Szlachta, an academic-turned-entrepreneur, is the founder of By Design Development Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in data enablement. Drawing on her background as a researcher and public health educator, she partners with learning and operations teams to integrate measurement and evaluation systems into their daily practices. She is also the author of an upcoming ATD Press book, "Measurement and Evaluation on a Shoestring," a resource written to make Measurement & Evaluation easier and more accessible for anyone - regardless of their expertise. Find and connect with Dr. Alaina Szlachta here: LinkedIn Website: dralaina.com Book: Measurement and Evaluation on a Shoestring Measurement and Evaluation Weekly Virtual MeetUp Find and connect with Jess Almlie here: LinkedIn Subscribe to the L&D Must Change Newsletter Almlie Consulting Additional Links from the Show: Book: Alilgning Instructional Design with Business Goals: Make the Case and Deliver Results by Kristopher Newbauer Book: Partner for Performance: Strategically Aligning Learning and Development by Ingrid Guerra-Lopez and Karen Hicks
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What if there were tools available to everyone in our organizations that would answer our questions and guide us through complicated tasks exactly at our moment of need? What if we, as L&D pros, could intentionally design such tools to provide informal learning in the flow of work? We can! It's called a "digital coach" and it just might be a game changer. Join me and today's guest, Chris King, to talk about this concept, when it's best to use it, and how fancy (or not) it needs to be. You'll hear: The most important purpose of L&D = enabling and changing behavior in the workplace L&D's capability for formal and informal learning A clear definition of the "digital coach" The five moments of learning need What to do in classroom training vs. informal approaches The importance of methodology before technology Starting to incorporate a digital coach into your work Chris King is in his third decade in L&D, creating learning that actually improves performance and changes workplace behaviors. Recently, as the Executive Director of the 5 Moments of Need® Academy, he was responsible for spreading the word about digital coaches, workflow learning, and optimizing how organizations learn and perform. He is a project manager, a culture transformation architect, and an innovation catalyst for inspired learning solutions. His passion is optimizing how organizations learn and perform. He leverages his credentials as a 5 Moments of Need® Designer, Project Management Professional, Certified ScrumMaster, and a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® certified facilitator to modernize learning and get [stuff] done. Find and connect with Chris King here: LinkedIn Five Moments of Need Find and connect with Jess Almlie here: LinkedIn Subscribe to the L&D Must Change Newsletter Website Additional Links from the Show: Book: Electronic Performance Support Systems by Gloria Gery
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In the last year, Abigail Wheeler Charlu (Abby) interviewed 50 L&D professionals in a variety of roles to learn more about the L&D landscape. She was curious about what people do in this profession, the breadth and depth of different roles, the skills and knowledge in each. In this episode, she shares her key takeaways and insights as well as a bit about her subsequent thoughts on how L&D needs to change as a result.
Tune in to hear Abby and Jess discuss the results of Abby's informal research study including:
Why study all these L&D roles? The breadth of the L&D profession The many opportunities for specialization within L&D The wide variance of L&D titles The critical need to clearly tie L&D to business objectives The emergence of internal talent marketplaces Common knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for success in L&D Advice for those looking to transition in L&D rolesAbigail Wheeler Charlu (Abby) is a program manager, learning strategist, and performance consultant with over 9 years of leading end-to-end learning and leadership development programs. She leverages strong skills in research methods, relationship building, project management, marketing, facilitation, and analytics to enable skills development, drive change, and uplevel performance.
Abby holds a master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology and has deep experience supporting global teams. She is driven by curiosity, collaboration, and impact and is on a mission to equip individuals, teams, and organizations with the skills they need to thrive in this human era of work.Currently, Abby is a Program Manager and Lead Learning Experience Designer at AROSE Group, a boutique leadership and organizational development consulting company where she designs and delivers custom leadership development programs and supports the creation and execution of thought leadership and industry knowledge.
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Why do we try to navigate complex, ever-changing careers relying on only ourselves or a manager? Why do we tend to think that career development needs to be a program or process? According to Julie Winkle Giulioni, career development champion, thought leader, and guru, we are making it too complicated. We need to simplify career development down to quality conversations. Conversations that we have together with our peers, our managers, and more. Career development should be a team sport.
Tune into this episode and hear Julie and I discuss:
Making career development a team sport How career development is different in our current day and age The beauty of hindsight, foresight, and insight Immobilizing myths that hold managers and L&D back from effective career development The power of asking great questions as a simple career development tool Key elements within Julie's new book, Help them Grow or Watch them Go with co-author Beverly KayeJulie Winkle Giulioni is a champion for workplace growth and development and helps executives and leaders optimize talent and potential within their organizations. One of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 speakers, she’s the author of Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive and the co-author of the international bestseller, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Still Want, translated into seven languages.
Julie is a regular columnist for Training Industry Magazine and SmartBrief and contributes articles on leadership, career development, and workplace trends to numerous publications including Fast Company and The Economist. You can keep up with Julie through her blog and LinkedIn.
Find out more and connect with Julie Winkle Giulioni here:
LinkedIn Facebook YouTube Book: Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive New Book! Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Still Want Website: https://www.help-them-grow.comFind out more and connect with Jess Almlie here:
LinkedIn Subscribe to the L&D Must Change Newsletter Website: www.lbacllc.comOne note on pre-orders for Julie's new book!
Pre-order Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go and you will gain access to a specially curated library of microlearning videos from Julie Winkle Giulioni and Bev Kaye on a range of important topics that will enhance your leadership and help you get the most from the book – all provided by AthenaOnline. Just place your pre-order with your favorite bookseller, share your information here (https://www.help-them-grow.com/athena-online/), and jumpstart your career development efforts immediately. (Note: This offer will expire on September 24.)
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Is a lack of strategic thinking holding us back? Today's guest, Mary Rapaport, believes that when we channel a more strategic mindset, the business culture thrives, teams become more creative, and employees lean in and engage more. The challenge is that we are up against a work culture that rewards execution over thinking, reflection, and strategy. Let's change that!
In this episode you'll hear:
Upping the impact of L&D by thinking of ourselves as businesspeople first and L&D functional experts second. Strategic thinking as a mindset and a skillset. Turning data into insights. Maturing the L&D function to be more strategic. The importance of understanding your company's growth strategy. Understanding what executives really care about. Integrating strategic thinking into our day, instead of checking it off our list. The challenge of operating in a culture that rewards us for getting stuff done instead of thinking and reflection. One thing L&D can do today to start working more strategically.Mary Rapaport is on a mission to democratize strategic thinking. She believes it's not just for the elite few, but for everyone in an organization. When everyone channels a strategic mindset, the business culture thrives, teams become more creative, and employees lean in and engage more. Cultivating this mindset helps leaders create a better (and more fun) place to work, fostering a stronger culture of creativity and innovation.
As a strategic thinking architect, Mary empowers leaders and teams across all functions and levels to think, act, and lead more strategically. As the founder of Xcelerate, she builds learning strategies, designing and delivering immersive learning experiences that ignite "aha moments" and drive tangible business results.
Mary also champions inclusive growth through the Minority Business Growth Alliance, a non-profit providing invaluable coaching and support to BIPOC entrepreneurs. She holds an MBA, a BA in International Business and French, and is a certified leadership and sales trainer. Mary has extensive experience in marketing, transformation, and strategic initiatives. She also serves as the current president of the Twin Cities chapter of the Association of Talent Development.
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LinkedIn Website: Xcelerate Learning Experience: The Strategic Playground Strategic Thinking ResourcesFind and connect with Jess Almlie here:
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What if L&D showed up as an organizational contributor instead of a service provider? Today's guest, Robyn A. Defelice regularly models this approach and also partners with L&D leadership and teams to help them make the change. Turns out, it's about seeing the bigger picture and getting real curious. She asks why a lot. Oh, and it might have something to do with Captain Kirk from Star Trek. Listen in and hear about: L&D as a business function Shifting from complaining to contributing The mission statement as a rolled up version of capabilities in the organization The need for L&D to optimize our own function System thinking with DSRP: Distinctions, Systems, Relationships, and Perspectives Operating like Captain Kirk instead of Doc or Spock Running alongside our stakeholders Elevating challenges for business prioritization decisions Taking control to alter our own L&D reality Gathering data about L&D team capacity and then getting curious Robyn A. Defelice, PhD is a learning intrapreneur, author, and presenter with over 20 years in the L&D field. She is the co-author of Microlearning: Short and Sweet and has been researching How Long it Takes to Develop Training for over a decade. Robyn is happiest when she is collaborating with L&D leadership and teams to get them to the decision-making table. Her mission is to empower her peers through unlocking their untapped capabilities and capacity for effective L&D. Her experience spans corporate to manufacturing, government to higher education, and non-profits to startups. She is currently serving as a board member of L&D Cares, the VP of Programming for Association for Talent Development of Central PA, and is a member of Learning Leaders Alliance through The Learning Guild. Find and connect with Robyn A. Defelice here: LinkedIn Book: Microlearning: Short and Sweet Find and connect with Jess Almlie here: LinkedIn Subscribe to the L&D Must Change Newsletter Learning Business Advisor Consulting
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There are a lot of different brains in the world and all of them are good. But they may process information in alternate ways that don't look "typical" from the outside. It doesn't mean learning isn't happening. The goal of designing for neurodiversity is to make learning accessible for all those brains.
Today's guest is neurodiversity expert, Jessica Michaels. After receiving her own diagnosis of autism and ADHD in her late 30's, Jessica started to use her own personal experiences combined with her knowledge of L&D to amp up learning design with options that make sense for all the different types of brains.
Listen in on my conversation with Jessica to learn more about:
An explanation of neurodiversity A different type of "multi-modal" design Focusing more energy on the outcome than the process The fluctuation of learning preferences The importance of self awareness and humility when designing for and working with neurodiverse brainsJessica Michaels is an award-winning speaker, former stand-up comic, and manager development specialist. In her 30s, she discovered she was autistic and had ADHD. She now combines her experience and knowledge of L&D to educate, advocate, and advise on neurodiversity in business. With humor and directness, she shows her audiences how every employee benefits from a neuroinclusive environment. As a coach, she works one-on-one with professionals, trying to build the toolbox to work with their brains, not against them. Through her YouTube channel, she provides free resources with content like The Procrastination Fairy and The Neurodiverse Workplace. Her latest venture is a new networking and coaching group for neurodivergent professionals, and anyone interested in a neuroinclusive work environment. Jessica, her wife Ellie, and their dog Detritus live in Denver. Together, the humans host the Gifted Kid Messy Adult podcast, while the dog supervises.
Find out more and connect with Jessica Michaels here:
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Podcast: Gifted Kid, Messy Adult
Udemy Course: Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace: A Manager's Guide to Unlocking High Performance in Employees with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, and Other NeurodivergenciesFind out more and connect with Jess Almlie here:
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It's one thing to try and gather a few numbers, it's another to integrate measurement into every fragment of L&D. But yet, this is where measurement becomes most valuable. When integrated, measurement can provide the insights and actions needed to inform decisions. It doesn't just fade away, it endures as a valuable source of quality information.
This is why today's guest, Peggy Parskey, co-author of Measurement Demystified and other books, insists that measurement needs to be tied to a change effort. But she also insists that starting to measure is better than waiting to know everything. It's a nuanced and flexible necessity for L&D pros today.
Listen in on my conversation with Peggy to learn more about:
Integrating measurement into every fragment of L&D The measurement ecosystem model Balancing measurement as you build it out The changing nature of measurement Considering the unintended consequences of measurement Determining current organizational capacity for measurement Sharing actionable data Getting started with measurement in L&D Career benefits of learning more about measurementPeggy Parskey has over 25 years of experience driving strategic change to improve organizational and individual performance. She focuses on team and organizational performance improvement leveraging measurement, management of change and organizational design to ensure sustainable capability. Peggy owns her own consulting firm, Parskey Consulting, focused on organizational improvement initiatives. She is also a Principal Consultant and part-time staff member with Explorance. Her clients are large and midsized firms requiring performance measurement of core business processes including employee engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion, culture change, and talent programs such as training, mentoring, and performance management.
Peggy collaborates with her clients to build sustainable measurement capability to drive continuous improvement. She has co-authored three books on learning measurement as well as several book chapters and magazine articles on measurement strategy, learning analytics and visual storytelling.
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Book: Measurement Demystified: Creating Your L&D Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy
Book: Measurement Demystified Field Guide
Book: Learning Analytics: Using Talent Data to Improve Business Outcomes
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Online training can be better than in person training. Are you a believer? Or are you thinking that will never be true? Today's guest is none other than online learning pioneer and virtual training hero, Kassy LaBorie who is a firm believer that online training is equal to and can be better than in person training.
Of course, the trajectory of online and virtual training shot up after the COVID pandemic and associated lockdowns. We all realized that online learning can be engaging and efficient. It can help to scale and save us time and money. But many of us still think of it as "less than" in person training. Kassy wants us to shift our thinking. She shares how with some practical takeaways.
Listen in on my conversation with Kassy to learn more about:
How Kassy got started as a virtual training pioneer Stopping ourselves from putting up blockers that online training is "less than" before we explore how it could be "better than" in person How tech is cool, but people are cooler The difficulties that come with learning something new Challenges that come with working remotely, even for a pro The story of a chocolate maker who adapted and created a "better than" offering online Practical steps to start creating your own "better than" online learning experienceKassy LaBorie is the founder and principal consultant at Kassy LaBorie Consulting, LLC. She is a professional speaker, author, facilitator, and instructional designer who specializes in virtual engagement for learning and development professionals and business owners who get to use web conferencing technology to connect with people around the globe.
In her previous role at Dale Carnegie & Associates, she was the director of virtual training services, a corporate consultancy that partnered with organizations to help them develop, design, and deliver successful online training strategies. Kassy also served as the product design architect responsible for developing the company’s live online training product and experience, leading a team that built a $4 million dollar business in 4 years.
Kassy is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and the co-author of two books about engaging online (see links below).
Find out more and connect with Kassy Laborie here:
LinkedIn Website: kassyconsulting.com Website: kassyspeaks.com Book: Interact and Engage! 75+ Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars Book: Producing Virtual Training, Meetings, and WebinarsFind out more and connect with Jess Almlie here:
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It's time to ditch the way we view onboarding. In most companies, onboarding is a formal time period that ends when the L&D team walks out, and the manager walks in. But new employees aren't ready to work autonomously after onboarding and far too many managers aren't set up to continue developing them to get there. This often results in anxiety, confusion, and even regression on the part of the new employee. It's time to stop onboarding and start everboarding, a systems approach that swaps a defined training time period for a continuous development cycle focuses on longevity and success over time.
After discovering that onboarding was a poor predictor of future performance, Amber Watts started asking why. That led her to dive in and design an employee's training experience differently. The concept of everboarding, focusing on the systems and people who support performance, was born.
Listen in on my conversation with Amber to learn more about:
The components of everboarding that make it different than onboarding Equipping and supporting managers as part of the new employee experience Establishing a mentor program in addition to a buddy program L&D's role in aligning employee targets/KPIs in everboarding Measuring effectiveness in an employee's ramp up Questions to ask frontline managers when learning about their needs The importance of partnership with the talent acquisition teamAmber Watts has over a decade of expertise in Talent Development and Sales Enablement, and deeply cares about fostering performance science wherever she goes. Throughout her career, she has left a significant impact on various industries. Currently serving as the Chief Revenue Officer at Magnet Medical. She holds a B.S. in Business Management & Leadership and a certification in Virtual Training Design. She was an Emerging Training Leader from Training Magazine in 2019, earned a Stevie Award for Sales Training/Coaching Program in 2020, and an award for Excellence in Learning Leadership with ATD Nebraska in 2023.
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Stories have the power to hold us in anticipation, motivate us to learn more, and connect with others on a human level. Rance Greene discovered this by accident when he made the move from directing actors on the stage to directing the creation of compliance training in business. Suddenly, ethics and compliance jumped to the top line item in the company culture survey. People knew what to do, listened to the stories, and reported that they were looking forward to the next round of compliance training. Can you imagine this happening in your company?
Rance achieved this seemingly impossible feat using powerful stories in the compliance training. Stories that humanized the learners, provided a strong conflict, and motivated them to resolution.
Listen in on my conversation with Rance to learn more about:
Working with stakeholders and SMEs as humans first and sources of information second. The disrespect shown by not including observable actions in training. The importance of defining relatable characters, strong conflict, and a desire for resolution in a story designed for learning. Three questions to ask when starting any design project.Rance Greene is often known as the "Story Man," but he prefers the title "Story Designer." He formed needastory.com and the School of Story Design (schoolofstorydesign.com) for those who struggle with storytelling at work. His methodology—Story Design—gives leaders and talent development professionals a systematic and creative way for discovering who their audience is and how to persuade them to act on new ideas. He helps leadership teams, entrepreneurs and instructional designers discover that they are uniquely equipped to tell the best story for their audiences. Rance is the author of Instructional Story Design, a practical guide for developing stories that train. He coaches, teaches, speaks, and writes often on the benefits of stories to connect people to one another.
LinkedIn Website: www.needastory.com School: www.schoolofstorydesign.com "Story Zone" Blog: https://www.schoolofstorydesign.com/blog Book: Instructional Story Design: Develop Stories That Train Email: [email protected]
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It's time to dive into performance consulting with today's guest, Christopher Adams, Principal Consultant for Performance Change Strategies LLC. Performance consulting focuses on the gaps that exist between the performance of people and the desired business results. Sometimes training can help to close those gaps and sometimes it cannot. We owe it to our stakeholders, who come to us with a pain point that needs solving, to help figure out the best solution.
Christopher and I discuss:
Why it isn't enough for L&D to be experts in producing specific learning solutions. How L&D needs to develop a clear mindset around how work, the performance of people, and business results work together (and a mental model to do this). Asking questions that influence instead of simply gather data. The importance of investing in relationships in order to move from serving as a helper to working as a partner.As principal consultant for Performance Change Strategies LLC in Charlotte, NC, Christopher (Chris) has facilitated capability building programs for leading organizations in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He is also an associate member of the graduate faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He frequently writes and speaks about performance consulting, leading educational sessions at international conferences. In 2019, Chris co-authored the 2019 TD@Work: Focus First on Results. He has also been personally endorsed by Jim and Dana Robinson, authors of the book, Performance Consulting, to carry forward their work of building strategic capability in talent teams.
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Book: Performance Consulting: A Strategic Process to Improve, Measure, and Sustain Organizational Results by Jim & Dana Robinson, et. al. Book: Human Competence: Engineering Worthy Peformance by Thomas F. Gilbert Book: Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space on the Organizational Chart by Geary A. Rummler and Alan P. Brache -
It's episode 4 and we're talking all things belonging with researcher Wendy Gates Corbett. She's on a mission to show everyone who wants to make a difference in their work culture how easy and possible it is to do just that, especially when it comes to belonging in the workplace. It turns out, a sense of belonging doesn't stem from big engagement programs and events, but from small (free) actions that anyone can do. As L&D professionals, we are in a unique position to help lead the way for these small actions to ultimately turn the tide on retention and engagement.
Wendy and I discuss:
The importance of creating a sense of belonging at work Three main components of belonging: connect, respect, and protect How we can simplify (and not overcomplicate) actions that lead to belonging How L&D can lead the way to model and advocate for belonging in the workplace The need for rest and recovery as an important part of belonging One thing you can do today to get startedWendy Gates Corbett, CPTD, stands at the forefront of Belonging and Leadership, wielding her expertise with a vibrant energy that transforms workplaces and speaking stages alike. Her personal journey as a biracial individual has profoundly influenced her mission to cultivate spaces of unconditional acceptance, a mission that she brings to life as a top-tier organizational culture consultant, global training executive, belonging researcher, and Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Management in all of Duke University’s graduate engineering programs.
Wendy's research, which has touched over 150,000 people worldwide, pinpoints the behaviors that foster a genuine sense of belonging within organizations. Wendy's #1 bestselling book, "The Energy of Belonging: 75 Ideas to Spark Workplace Community," is a continuation of her vital discourse on the subject. Whether consulting in the boardroom, lecturing in the classroom, or captivating an audience on stage, Wendy Gates Corbett is a beacon of progress, hope, and action guiding a path toward a more inclusive, empowered, and thriving future. Her work sparks impactful change, encouraging everyone to claim their space, their voice, and their power to create spaces where belonging thrives.Find and connect with Wendy Gates Corbett here:
LinkedIn Websites: www.wendygatescorbett.com / www.signature-presentations.com Book: "The Energy of Belonging: 75 Ideas to Spark Workplace Community" on Amazon: https://bit.ly/belongingenergyFind and connect with Jess Almlie here:
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In Episode 3, I'm starting with a topic that's currently abuzz in the L&D Must Change community, check the box training. Then, I'll talk with Massimo Backus, executive coach and leadership development consultant about a leadership skill that we rarely discuss and even more rarely include as part of our leadership development strategies - self-compassion. Based on his experience with over 3,000 leaders, Massimo has found that a lack of self-compassion is the thing that is most often likely to contribute to leaders feeling "stuck" and also most likely to make them ineffective. How can we, as L&D practitioners, help the leaders in our organization to develop self-compassion?
Massimo and I discuss:
One common struggle that exists for all leaders The three core pillars of self-compassion Benefits of self-compassion in the workplace Changing our relationship with our "Well Intentioned Misinformed Protectors" (WIMPs) How a lack of self-compassion contributes to leaders feeling stuck and ineffective The first step to help leaders in our organizations improve their self-compassion The simplest way to start becoming more self-compassionateMassimo is a Seattle-based executive coach and leadership development consultant who specializes in managing the shadow side of the top performers in organizations. He is on a mission to help one million leaders believe they are enough. Prior to starting his firm, he was the head of global leadership development at Slalom Consulting and now works with executives at Amazon, Nintendo, Sony Entertainment, and more. In September, he'll publish his first book, Human First, Leader Second: How Self-Compassion Outperforms Self-Criticism.
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Here we go! Diving into Episode 2 of the L&D Must Change Podcast, I start off with a few thoughts on what's "abuzz" in the L&D Must Change community these days: Measurement and... emotion! Then, I talk with Stephen Mostrom, founder of Develop Daily, about how learning happens in the context of real life more often than it happens in the pristine environments of classrooms and e-learnings. Thus, the question becomes, how can we, as L&D professionals, develop learning experiences that align with our learners' real lives, amidst the chaos, stressors, and growing 'to do' lists?
Stephen and I discuss:
How learning happens within the context of real life vs. within formal rational pristine environments (classrooms). A strategy for employees to strategically 'Develop Daily' in less than 15 minutes per day for habit-forming, skill-stacking growth that activates learning and engagement at scale. Specific and strategic identification of the skills each individual needs to develop within their own career. The ultimate skill to keep us all competitive and growing, the ability to continuously re-skill. The three enemies of growth that professionals run into on a dailly basis: The 'Learning Cliff,' random acts of learning, and employee disengagement (quiet quitting). The importance of understanding learners' everyday realities and one action L&D can take to start better understanding these realities as well as how learning might happen within them.Stephen Mostrom has several letters behind his name – JD, MBA, and PMP. But his titles are more important: DaDa and Founder. After spending a decade building internal L&D programs at Bank of America and Silicon Valley Bank, Stephen made the jump to entrepreneurship. He’s the Founder of Develop Daily, a career development consultancy. When Stephen’s not delivering workshops, he’s busy reading and crushing it on LinkedIn, where he publishes his Develop Daily newsletter. He enjoys hiking, red wine, podcasts, traveling, and a good indie film.
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It's Episode 1 of the L&D Must Change podcast and we are starting off with a bang! Today we welcome talent development leader, author, speaker, and Back to the Future aficionado JD Dillon to talk about shifting our L&D mindsets to creatively match the needs of the people in our businesses. In many ways, we need to get out of our own way and move away from our own legacy thinking.
You'll hear:
The math problem that makes up our biggest challenge in L&D today and why it can no longer be addressed with traditional tactics. How we need to shift our mindset from that of providing traditional learning solutions to one where we are doing what is needed to help everyone in the organization do their best. When we, in L&D, get in our own way and create our own barriers. How L&D should start by using the tools, tactics, and technologies that are already easily available to people as they do their jobs. The necessity of L&D to have strong cross-functional partnerships in order to help people do their best work. The need for L&D to proactively understand how work and businesses will transform via emerging tech. How to start shifting perceptions of L&D by helping with minor issues, establishing a bottom-up approach. And most importantly, how L&D can and should act more like Alfred and less like Batman (copyright Warner Brothers).JD Dillon is a veteran talent development leader, internationally recognized author and speaker and dedicated Back to the Future aficionado. Over the past 20 years, he's led operations and L&D teams at Disney, Kaplan and AMC. Today, JD advises organizations around the world on learning and enablement strategies as Axonify’s Chief Learning Architect and Founder and Principal at LearnGeek. He’s also never ridden a bicycle.
Find and connect with JD Dillon here:
LinkedIn LearnGeek Axonify Find out more about JD's book (which Jess believes should be required reading for anyone in L&D) here: https://jdwroteabook.com/ JD's talk show, In the KnowFind and connect with Jess Almlie here:
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Why the L&D Must Change Podcast? In this brief introduction, Jess Almlie, host of the L&D Must Change podcast will share a little about her background as well as the reason for starting the podcast.
Jess has worked in people development fields for over 25 years from crew trainer at McDonald's to Vice President of Learning and everythign in between. Through this time, there has been one phrase that has plagued her, "There is a better way."
This evolved throughout her life in the following stages:
There is a better way to engage people in training There is a better way to reinforce learning There is a better way to get people the information they need to do their jobs well There is a better way for L&D to work strategically, in partnership with the businessJess believes those of us in the people development professions (L&D, TD, OD, etc.) are ready for impact. We have the skill and we have the smarts, but we aren't rising to our full potential.
If we truly want to make an impact on our organizations and solve talent challenges we need to do our work differently.
If we REALLY want to change, it will take all of us, working together to make that happen.
In this bi-weekly podcast, Jess will interview brilliant L&D minds who are working to change our profession in some way. Rarely, she may also share a solo episode.
The goal is to give you ideas and concrete action steps that you can use to help in changing the way we do our work in this profession to have a greater impact on our organizations and their people.
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Follow and connect with Jess on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessalmlie/ Subscribe to Jess's biweekly LinkedIn Newsletter, L&D Must Change (same name as the podcast!): https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/learning-must-change-6883482362617872384/ Jess's company website - Learning Business Advisor Consulting: https://www.lbacllc.com/Additional links from this episode:
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