Talent Talk

Looking for more than audio? View this TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE Want to connect with our featured guest? Shawn Burcham Founder & CEO of PFSbrands, Author of Keeping Score with GRITT: Straight Talk Strategies for Success Website LinkedIn Book

Looking for more than audio? View this TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE Want to connect with our featured guest? Brian McComak Founder & CEO of Hummingbird Humanity, Speaker, Author Website LinkedIn

Looking for more than audio? View this TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE Want to connect with our featured guest? Lynn Schmidt Award-Winning Author of Antisexist | Intl Keynote Speaker l Executive Coach l Leadership Consultant Website LinkedIn

Looking for more than audio? View this TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE Want to connect with our guests? Gary Frey BGW CPA - CEO/Business Owner/Executive/Entrepreneur Website LinkedIn Jon Darbyshire SmartSuite, Founder and CEO Website LinkedIn

Looking for more than audio? View this TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE Want to connect with our guests? Alisa Cohn CEO, Alisa Cohn & Associates Website LinkedIn Book Link Troy Nix Founder, president, and CEO of First Resource, Inc. Website LinkedIn Book Link

Looking for more than audio? View this TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE Want to connect with our guests? Nic Marks Happiness Expert, Statistician and CEO & Founder of Friday Pulse Website LinkedIn Brandon Miller CEO of 34 Strong, StrengthsFinder Workplace Expert Website LinkedIn

Looking for more than audio? View this TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE Want to connect with our guests? Steve Butler Chief Executive, Punter Southall Aspire Website LinkedIn Book Link Mike Procee Cratic Ai, CEO and Co-Founder Website LinkedIn

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Our one and only guest (The best guest this week!) Business Thinker, Keynote Speaker, Author ("Change from the Inside Out"), Founding Partner of Proteus International, Erika Andersen has delighted audiences with talks on leadership, change, and how to support a business and its employees through changing circumstances. Erika has worked with groups from NBCUniversal, Facebook, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, GE, Hulu, and Madison Square Garden, among many others! This week she has joined us on the show to talk about changing settings in a business environment. "We really need to rewire ourselves to live well in this new century.” How many technological advancements have come about since just the year 2000? How many social changes have there been?  We discuss how change can be frightening - In the past, change has usually meant disaster of some sort or other. 'No news is good news,' as an old adage goes. Erika has some great strategies and tips to share about how to make the process of moving into the future easier and all around more pleasant for management, clients, and employees. 

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: From the dawn of machine learning comes Tr-AI-tify, which has merged with and become Paradox Olivia. Co-founder Josh Spears joins us for the first part of today's show, to talk about AI's place in helping recruitment become easier, smarter, and less effort than ever. Paradox Olivia is a business and project of love, looking to remove the tedious parts of recruiting that can bog up recruiter's time, rather than helping them to get to know potential hires for a company. Josh talks about how much easier it can be to move the managerial paperwork away from manual data entry and into the world of automation by letting AI cover the mundane details, such as scheduling, answering and helping fill out applications, screening, and one of the best factors: It's at work all the time, at potential hire's convenience.  Following that ins-AI-tful conversation is guest Salomé Trambach. Multilingual, multicultural, and multitalented, Salomé is a leadership coach that seeks to help others develop their leadership and personal lives in healthy ways. She offers talks involving self-awareness, self-mastery, connection to others, being authentic, and all the subjects connected to becoming a more well-rounded leader. In the second half of our show, we cover topics about how and when to become authentic by showing vulnerability, sharing, and knowing when to do so. Salomé cautions against sharing too much, at times, or at the wrong moment, but points out some great ideas, such as: "If you want people to be honest, vulnerable, and share opinions, it has to start with you first.”

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Enter stage left: Glenn Gow, 'The CEO Therapist", Harvard MBA graduate, venture capitalist, Board-level AI expert, and a CEO who's worked with Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and more. Glenn is on the show today as a solo guest. As pointed out by our guest, mistakes in business can be very, very expensive. Working hard on growing and adapting to an ever-changing world (technologically, socially, logistically) can help a CEO or business owner to navigate through hard choices and lead them to success. There's a balance to be found between being successful and being happy. Glenn tries to help CEOs achieve that balance in order to grow their business, getting them out of their comfort zone in order to find the path to bigger and better opportunities.

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Before we get into the guests, in the spirit of the holiday just passed, we wished to thank all of our amazing viewers and listeners for joining us with Talent Talk! Without the audience and wonderful guests, the show wouldn't be anywhere near what it is today.  That being written, our first guest this episode is Jeremie Kubicek! Jeremie is the CEO of GiANT, a consultation firm which specializes in giving leadership consultants all the tools and knowledge needed to guide businesses into a greater chance for success. He's also the best-selling author of "The 100x Leader: How to Become Someone Worth Following". Jeremie has some thoughts to share about climbing Mt. Everest, how to support those that work with you, and how to make sure they have all the support and tools they need. This may mean shifting expectations and tools to keep up with evolving and changing mindsets!  In the latter half of the show, we're joined by one Paul Hargreaves. Paul is the CEO and founder of Cotswold Fayre, speaker and a B-Corp Ambassador. In his book, The Fourth Bottom Line, he talks about the rise of compassionate, loving leaders and how that can help nurture and engage talent. As Paul says, “Business has been more about taking stuff from people and squeezing as much as possible out of people working for us, suppliers, the earth… and it's been damaging.” With good leadership and a supportive business, that fact can be changed and the world made all the better for it. Through trusting people, inundating work with more fun, and giving everyone a chance to make a difference, compassionate leadership can effect positive change. 

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Today, Jenn Lim has taken up the mantle for the first half of the show! Jenn is Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Happiness Officer at Delivering Happiness and Author of "Beyond Happiness". There's a certain boon that's unquantifiable about being happy with what you're doing, in work or otherwise. Sure, we all have chores and things we don't like to do, but when we can really study what makes us happier - be it a good challenge, brain-teaser, working in a team, or finding purpose in tasks - we can improve outcomes and move the status quo to be more positive. Jenn has some great insights into how to do so with introspection, by studying the highs and lows of our experiences. In the second half of the show, Donato Tramuto discusses empathy, compassion, and how showing vulnerability when appropriate may be a great tool for leaders. Donato is author of The "Double Bottom Line: How Compassionate Leaders Captivate Hearts and Deliver Results" (Available March 1, 2022), and founder of the Tamuto Foundation. Through previous life experiences, and troubles like many of us have (in different forms), Donato shares some thoughts about how empathy can help build trust between leaders and team members. The more people can connect and trust one another, the easier success can become!

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Eric Harkins has graciously joined the ranks of TalentTalk guests in the first half of today's show! Eric is the Founder & President of GKG Search & Consulting, and Forbes Books author of "Great Leaders Make Sure Monday Morning Doesn't Suck". We discuss workplace culture. Specifically, how a bad culture can drive people away, and how to avoid that by constantly checking in on performance and dealing with issues as they come up. Is there one person on a team that doesn't pull their weight, or causes troubles for their co-workers? Sometimes it can be worthwhile to deal with that one early, rather than lose everyone or suffer losses because of it. As Eric eloquently put it: "Lesson #1: It's ok to have fun at work. #2: Poor performing employees don't quit voluntarily. #3: *ssholes are *ssholes. They don't change." Doctor Robert Flower checked in for the second half of the show. Dr. Flower is an entrepreneur, consultant, Executive Director at the Gilchrist Institute for the Achievement Sciences, author of "Decoding the Holy Grail and the Discovery of the Potential Molecule", among 10 other books on leadership and unlocking potential. During the segment, we discussed the restrictors - The four basic things that hold people back from their potential, how people function in their work and general life, and how to focus in order to achieve success. Understand the process and results will follow! 

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Joining us first for the spookiest show of the year is Britney Cole! Britney is a Vice President of Solution Architecture and Innovation at The Ken Blanchard Companies, and Co-Founder of Bolster Leadership. Bolster Leadership is a company that develops strategies to promote learning organizations, where cultures can form where everyone sees themselves as a leader with the capabilities to succeed in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and/or ambiguous environment. Britney joined us to talk about the work-life balance and how to have better days at work. This can include talking to your team about any problems they have at home, promoting time management skills, and how to keep challenged and happy at work without facing the rigors of burning yourself out. Time with the family and friends where work doesn't happen because your phone is off can be a very good thing!  In the second half, Simon Mainwaring has some very interesting insights to share about how to form the purpose of an organization. Simon is the Founder and CEO of We First, a company specializing in consulting to accelerate growth and impact for purpose-driven brands. He's also a member of the Steering Committee of Sustainable Brands, the Forbes Business Council, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and author of "Lead With We: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future". Simon shares some thoughts about purpose in business; the purpose of a business should be the base of everything they do, and should be critical to any decision the company makes at all levels. There's room for people not at the top, if given a chance, to build consensus internally and help the business under their own initiative, with ideas that might not occur to others.

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Our first guest is keynote speaker, consultant, executive coach, author of "Work Made Fun Gets Done!", and President of Nelson Motivation Inc., Dr. Bob Nelson! Bob is a leading authority on employee recognition, motivation, and engagement with his company for nearly twenty five years. In the first half of the show we're talking all about how to engage workers with simple things like recognition and saying 'thank you'. Dr. Bob has some great statistics on how employees expect and want to be treated, and shows that just showing some of the basic niceties can help bring in and retain talent without costing your company a dime extra! Roberta Matuson, "The Talent Maximizer", Global Executive Coach, Public Speaker, author of "Can We Talk?: Seven Principles for Managing Difficult Conversations at Work", and Strategic Advisor on Talent kindly joins us for the second half of the show! Roberta has been working with companies to help retain key employees for nearly twenty five years. She's written five other books all about management, becoming a good leader, and connecting with others in the workplace. Today she's on the show to talk with us about preparing for difficult conversations in work. This involves taking short notes, how to listen rather than thinking of what we'll say next, and how to broach those conversations rather than hiding issues or avoiding confrontation.

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Enter: Assemble HR Consulting LLC Founder & Chief Change Officer Jill Katz. Jill joined us today to talk about Candor, Courage, & Care in becoming more people focused in the workplace. Coming from a great background in Human Resources, Jill has had a lot of experience in helping others grow professionally. Back before HR degrees were possible, being in the 'Personnel Department' was the next best thing! She shares a number of stories of her experiences in HR, the reason to become an entrepreneur, and the work-life balance. As Jill said about starting her own company with Assemble HR, "I kept walking to the edge of the cliff and saying 'I want to try this!' and I'm too scared, and I went back to my desk." That fear was pushed aside to make more time for family, be healthier, and happier. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to get too far into Jill's incredible career, but hopefully there will be a repeat performance!  

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Dorie Clark joins us for the first slot of today's TalentTalk episode! Dorie is a business professor at Duke and Columbia University, Ranked #1 Communication Coach in the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards, and author of "The Long Game", "Entrepreneurial You", "Reinventing You" and "Stand Out". (The latter listed as the #1 leadership book by Inc. Magazine.) The topic today is long-term thinking and how to evaluate opportunities. How often do you sit and think about where you'll be in 5 years? 10? What about your business? When is it time to shift in a new direction for more clients and customers? The second half of the show highlights Joel Schwartzberg, Communications & Presentation Coach, and the author of "The Language of Leadership: How to Engage and Inspire Your Team" and "Get to the Point! Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter," Joel has some interesting thoughts about concise information, boiling your points and ideas down to simple statements that can stand on their own. The power of "I believe that. . ." can't be understated in that points are made or broken afterward.

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Shauna Moran speaks with us in the first half of today's show! Shauna has great insights into how teams come together with emotional intelligence. That includes psychological stability, emotional awareness, dealing with burnout and stress, and setting boundaries. It's important to have data from your team and to ask what they might need from you, as a leader. What might help them along in learning and growing? Shauna is an award-winning Executive Coach, founder of Operate Remote, and a coach for Up With Women.  Following is Jonathan Brill: Public Speaker, Author of "Rogue Waves", Innovation Executive, Board Advisor - managing director at Resilient Growth Partners and a board member at Frost & Sullivan. Jonathan has some brilliant ideas about how to bring executive-level decision making strategies into the rest of a business. This is to let employees, who may see things in different ways or have access to information that management doesn't, help drive innovation and change down the line when a company needs it most. Diversity and thinking about the long term future can help greatly to make big shifts (Such as during a global pandemic.) Amazon and Zoom are great examples!

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Brent Oakley is joining us today in the first half of the show. He's the CEO and founder of Vibenomics. They're a company that reaches out to untapped potential in retail space, where audio marketing and control over airwave quality can lead to improved point-of-sale customer experiences and customer retention. Brent has some interesting insights into how to build a company's talent pool. There's a lot of room for diversity if you look in the right places, which can help with company malleability and changing in an uncertain business landscape. There is also an idea that being a good business owner also means reaching out to people who know their particular part of the business more than you do, and being humble in diversifying your company's experience. Also joining us in the second half of the show is Andy Molinsky. Andy is a Organizational & Cross-Cultural Psychologist at Brandeis, Author of "Global Dexterity & Reach", and Harvard Business Review Contributor. As a psychologist, Andy has come by the show to discuss anxiety. Specifically, how to get out of your comfort zone and tackle issues with stress and worries at work, or when trying to get out of a safe place in order to do new things. Andy shares some fascinating tidbits about how to do so, starting with picking small battles/tasks that you know you can accomplish and win. Every day, little acts can help us accomplish our goals.

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Stacy Sherman is our first guest in today's episode! Stacy is the founder of DoingCXRight, a keynote speaker, and author of "Customer Experience 2". DoingCXRight is all about refining the customer experience to build brand loyalty, gather support for clients, and retaining people through enjoyment over price. She's joining us to talk about empathy, leadership, and having the uncomfortable conversations in order to build a better experience on all levels of a business. A happy customer is a returning customer! Also joining us for a great discussion is Jennifer C. Zamecki, Founder & President at Well-Run Concepts Inc. Jennifer brings up some interesting topics involving work-life balance, where employee salary comes into the picture, job titles, and how healthy it is to be at a given job. Between the pandemic, economic slowdown, and concerns over wellbeing, is it hard to believe that employee's goals are shifting with what they want out of their career?   

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Today our first guest is Jenn Graham, Founder and CEO of Inclusivv. Jenn is here to talk about workplace culture and how to structure conversations to show more empathy, be democratic, and connect with everyone involved. Inclusivv is a platform of sharing and learning how to discuss topics in new ways that downplays debate and dominant voices, allowing everyone involved to be heard and understood with their different perspectives and experiences. Jason Lauritsen dropped in for the second half of the show. Jason is a keynote speaker, Management Trainer, author of Unlocking High Performance, Employee Engagement Expert, and novice blues harmonica player. Today we discuss how management has a lot of baggage that's been carried over from past eras and may no longer work today. Connecting with employees and changing the entrenched systems of a company might be the only way to improve on the company culture to make life better for everyone.

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Today we're joined by Pamela Hackett and Bryan Hinckley. Pamela is the CEO of Proudfoot Global Consulting, Author of Manage To Engage, Keynote Speaker, Transformation Results Advisory Counsel, #HeadsUp Movement activist, and opinion columnist. She comes to us with some great thoughts about how to stay engaged with the workforce and make the most of being in a leadership position, even when you might not know all the steps. Her book "Manage to Engage" covers some of the easier solutions for up-and-coming leaders to get their colleagues engaged and interested in the work they're doing. Nothing quite matches a challenged, invested employee who's being treated well!  Following Pamela's part of the show is Bryan Hinckley. He's with Electrosonic, as Global Vice President of Immersive Experiences. He discusses communication and how it's been changing with the COVID pandemic. He has some great insights into how technology is changing the way we, as people and companies, connect in the workforce and make experiences that are valuable to us. As Bryan put it: “Updated automation and processes have allowed people more time to work together, work with the customers, and get more stuff done.”

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Joining us today is David G. Fivecoat, Managing Partner of The Fivecoat Consulting Group, veteran, and author of "Grow Your Grit: Overcoming Obstacles, Thrive, and Accomplish Your Goals." We discuss how to be a 'gritty' leader. David has some great thoughts on how people have a want/need to be a part of something bigger than themselves, and how to find an identity in corporate or work culture. He also shares some great insights from his time in the military and how to use similar small-step goals in order to remember to reach for the bigger ones.  

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: First up on this lovely summer day is a talk with Mark A. Hershberg, MIT instructor, CTO, and author of The Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. He joins us to talk about self improvement and leadership. Sometimes, being a good leader is stepping back and letting people with more diverse backgrounds and skills shine when the situation calls for it. Yet we should always be striving to improve ourselves and our skills so that the bottom line is always rising. Following him is Steve Orrin, Federal CTO at Intel. He dropped by to chat about innovation and how to form a team to drive company systems into the future. Steve covers making sure to have a diverse team (backgrounds and experiences) to throwing hard-to-solve issues at a team and just letting them go nuts instead of micromanaging. As he points out, sometimes failure is good and can lead to learning a great deal!

Looking for more than audio? Watch below on Youtube. WATCH PODCAST HERE: Today's episode of TalentTalk Radio with host, Chris Dyer, is an extended segment with returning TALENTED guest, DJ Eidson, Co-Founder & COO of Limitless Minds who teaches organizations like Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, the same mindset concepts and training that NFL quarterback, Russell Wilson, uses. We talk about expansion, business solutions that translate to home life management, how to show empathy but still drive results, and more. We touch on #NeutralThinking rooted in truth and facts and accepting a new environment for what it is. This discussion touches on practical ways to build trust with your team. Check out this talent talk for details on the books DJ is reading and recommending and how to tap into his "leading up" practice. 

Today's episode of TalentTalk is brought to you with the company of Sandra Sucher and Ram Charan. Sandra is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and author of "The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It". We talk about the economic, legal, and ethical promises that stakeholders expect businesses to keep, steps that companies can take to ensure they are delivering the impact they want to have, and how companies can build systems to motivate employees so they can deliver on their desired impact. Our second guest, Ram Charan, is a #1 NYT Bestseller ("Rethinking Competitive Advantage") Harvard Business School professor, and world-wide expert on business strategy, execution, corporate boards and building a high-performance organization. We discuss how worried the world's top CEOs are about competing with digital giants and what their best hope is to keep up with changing tech and consumer needs. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

Today we're joined by Scott Miller and Rick Girard. Scott is a former Chief Marketing Officer of FranklinCovey, author of Marketing Mess to Brand Success. We discuss various things with him, such as marketing's place in a company, how different departments should work together, how to build #companyculture, and the amazing feeling of being invested in your work/projects. Following him, Rick Girard is the author of Healing Career Wounds, CXO of Stride Search & Host of the Hire Power Radio Show. Rick talks with us about hiring. Specifically, how to hire people who share a company's core values. He has some great ideas about how to remove bias from the hiring process in order to connect with people that will be interested and invested in their position. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

Working culture is a part of adult life for most people. Whether bad or good, business practices can have a profound effect on how employees are engaged with their company. We chatted about this idea today with Ben Whitter, Founder and Chief Experience Officer of the World Employee Experience Institute and the author of "Employee Experience" and "Human Experience at Work". He is also a guest lecturer and global mentor at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China and the Chair of the UK Employee Experience Awards and Global Ambassador for Engage for Success.  What followed that interesting topic was a delightful chat with Dele Ola, Director of the Technology Access Centre for Aerospace and Manufacturing at Red River College, Author of "Be A Change Agent". We covered some big picture topics, such as: What is the difference between a leader and a manager? How does a leader function? What's necessary to keep atop changes in the world and workforce? Dr. Ola offered insight and impressive resources from his book to improve leadership skills.  Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

This week's episode brings two authors and business leaders to discuss business growth in different ways. Starting in the first half is Michele Bailey, President and CEO of The Blazing Group & My Big Idea, ForbesBooks author of "My Big Idea", and 2020 WBE Leader of the Year. Michele joins us to talk about the 'Currency of Gratitude', and its link to business growth and positive company culture.  Finishing up our show is Jon Stross, President and Co-Founder of Greenhouse, co-author of "Talent Makers". We discuss the struggle to attract and retain the right people for the right positions, and how hiring can be tweaked and adjusted to help attract great hires to meet goals in diversity, equity, and inclusion.  Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

Joining us today is Clint Padgett, CEO/President at Project Success, Inc. | ForbesBooks Author Host of The Conversation with Clinton M. Padgett Podcast, Board Member - GT Atlanta Intown Alumni Network. He's here to discuss conversations. As he says: “People are the glue that holds projects together.” Software may help businesses keep in contact and employees work from home, but conversations and solid communication skills are what drives business forward. Robert Mixon, Founder of Level Five Associates, discusses leadership. How do you choose to be a leader? Do you listen in order to reply to someone and have an answer, or to understand them and their problem, whatever it may be? He shares some of his tips from his book "Who Saw This Coming, Now What to Do?" Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

How do you pick which idea you want to turn into a business? Today we spoke with Stephen Gerard, Entrepreneur & ForbesBooks Author of "Stuck in the Middle Seat" about just that, along with some oddities of the pandemic, where to go mid-career, and how to decide what you really enjoy doing for work. Following on his points, Tim Cosby, Real Retention President/CEO, joined us to chat about how the next generation of leaders and skilled employees have power in the hiring relationship. He had some great thoughts about how talent is global, the gig economy has changed the hiring landscape, and how companies need to grow in order to keep up with changing technology and outlooks on social dynamics in the workplace. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

Joining us in this episode is Lars Schmidt, Founder of Redefining HR, Author of the Bestselling Book: "Redefining HR",  Podcast Host, Modern HR Advocate, Founder, Amplify (HR Executive Search/Consulting), Fast Company Contributor. We discussed how not all company practices can fit every person, and that there are huge shifts going on in how companies can tailor their workflow and resources to their employees to make life easier, more productive, and faster due to increased communication outside of meetings.  Shannon Russo, CEO, Kinetix and Talent Scout, also joins us to talk to the process of finding candidates that fit for a particular company or industry. There are challenges in finding the right candidate compared to a year ago (2020 vs 2021) and selling a job position to the right candidate through active recruiting can certainly be a challenge. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

Today's episode brings Keynote Speaker, Podcast Host, CEO & Founder of Employee Fanatix, and Author of "The Art of Caring Leadership", Heather R. Younger. We discuss what it means to be a compassionate leader and 9 ways leaders can ensure that all of their employees are heard in order to provide said employees with a sense of belonging, through trust and understanding. In the second half, we speak with Minter Dial: Keynote speaker, emcee, podcaster, elevator, and author of “You Lead, How Being Yourself Makes You A Better Leader” to discuss what it takes to be a leader of tomorrow, empathy as a superpower, and the inside-out model. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

This episode is a little different! Instead of different speakers in either half of the show, we have two guests sharing a slot. We welcome Cofounders of The Culture Works, Both Members of Marshall Goldsmith's Top 100 Executive Coaches, Keynote Speakers, and Bestselling Authors, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton!  Covered in this episode are topics such as anxiety in the workplace, facing issues and adversity, and how to overcome those problems with teamwork and communication. These topics are covered in their published book: "Anxiety at Work", but they gave us a basic rundown of their ideas and some strategies that any manager or owner can do to help their employees. Download this leadership podcast for an engaging conversation on remote work and team development by today’s leaders for tomorrow’s solutions. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

Today's episode is brought to you in the wonderful company of Margie Meacham, Author of "AI in Talent Development: Capitalize on the AI Revolution to Transform the Way You Work, Learn, Live” to discuss the benefits of embracing/adopting AI in talent development. It's a fascinating topic that's becoming more and more relevant over time, whether in sifting through resumes or automating the tedious tasks that plague the working world. Also joining us later in the show is Charlie Judy, Chief People & Culture Officer (CHRO) at Intelligent Medical Objects for a discussion about managing culture and employee experience, and how to use data to manage/optimize our workforce. This data can take many forms, from evaluating employee performance to simply sitting down and talking to someone about issues they're having in the workplace.   Download this leadership podcast for an engaging conversation on remote work and team development by today’s leaders for tomorrow’s solutions. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE   

Are you ready for a journey into talent management? On this episode of TalentTalk with PeopleG2 CEO and host, Chris Dyer, and guest, Jamey Roots, Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author of "The Winning Game Plan: A Proven Leadership Playbook for Continuous Business Success”, We dive into 4-D Leadership and the key talents which leaders must possess, and how to go about intentionally building #companyculture.  Following that is a great conversation with Jeanne Achille, CEO of The Devon Group and Chair, Women in HR Tech Summit at the Annual HR Tech Conference. We talked about how training and development are important forms of recognition, and why payroll is the ultimate employee experience.  Download this leadership podcast for an engaging conversation on remote work and team development by today’s leaders for tomorrow’s solutions. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE   

Dr. Ellen Reed, Mental Toughness Expert & Co-Author of Relentless Solution Focus, joined us once again after last year's successful talk to continue a discussion about how people deal with stress and problems in their lives and in the workplace. She offered insightful teachings about how to solve issues and shed stress by doing so. Mental Toughness Expert, Keynote Speaker, Co-Author of RSF, and Performance Coach, Dr. Jason Selk of Enhanced Performance, Inc. joined us alongside her to discuss working through problems, dealing with frustration, and how to surpass challenges for anyone, not just those at the very top of their game. Download this leadership podcast for an engaging conversation on remote work and team development by today’s leaders for tomorrow’s solutions. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE   

Are you ready for a journey into talent management? On this episode of TalentTalk with PeopleG2 CEO and host, Chris Dyer, and guest, Jill Christensen, Best-Selling Author of "If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement", Keynote Speaker, and Top 200 Global Thought Leader to Watch in 2021. We have an animated conversation about employee engagement including: why so many organizations are still not getting it right, what they can do to get it right, the impact the pandemic had on EE, and what the future will hold for it. Download this leadership podcast for an engaging conversation on remote work and team development by today’s leaders for tomorrow’s solutions. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE 

We know that our guests are eager learners and hungry for education. On this episode of TalentTalk with PeopleG2 CEO and host, Chris Dyer, and guests, Michelle Weise, Author of, “Long Life Learning”; and Chuck Cooper, Managing Member at WhiteWater Consulting. We discussed navigating better economic opportunities, HR AI opportunities, how to attract & retain high performing employees, and more.  First up, Education & Workforce Strategist, Thinkers50 Radar List 2021, and Author of Long Life Learning, Michelle Weise. We discuss how today's workforce is different from years past and how educators and employers can adjust to this. We’re covering how to improve the skills gap and a “new ecosystem for education.”  Stay tuned for Chuck Cooper, Managing Member at WhiteWater Consulting, who is passionate about helping business owners navigate the world of HR through consulting, education, analysis and solutions, to eliminate the fear, uncertainty and doubt business owners have when it comes to solving their people problems. We discuss what the future of work look like for small and midsize companies, how COVID has impacted employee engagement and mental health, what leaders can do to help their employees deal with mental health challenges, and how employee benefit strategies are impacting talent retention and employee engagement. You’ll want to tune in to this discussion for more on how the pandemic changed leadership and talent management needs and how the economy and education systems need to play catch up. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE

We're getting extra geeky on this episode of Talent Talk with PeopleG2 CEO and host, Chris Dyer, and astute guests, Larry Olsen, Aperneo CEO; and Maurice Fuller, StaffingTec Founder. We went deep diving into corporate geekery with a discussion on performance-driven neurology, company culture, staffing technology, and other leadership considerations.  First up, Corporate Culture Expert, Keynote Speaker, Author and CEO of Aperneo, Larry R. Olsen joins us to discuss creating "Cultures That Ignite Profitability by Awakening an Engaged Workforce." We dive into performance-driven neurology and it's part in real business growth and sustainability. But stay tuned for Maurice Fuller, Staffing Technology expert and Founder of StaffingTec, to share about rapidly evolving technology and what it means for recruiting and staffing. We discuss top technology trends and how Robotic Process Automation and AI are impacting this space. Join us for a talk about the future of staffing and talent management. 

We've listened to your feedback and we know you want all that culture know-how. So we're back at is this week with TalentTalk host and PeopleG2 CEO, Chris Dyer, and special guests, Joel Patterson, Founder of The Vested Group and ForbesBooks author of The Big Commitment: Solving The Mysteries Of Your ERP Implementation; and Jason Barger, Author, Keynote Speaker, and Founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting.  We start with a conversation with Joel Patterson on core values, and then get into how to properly display company culture on a website and social media. He shares why you should ask culture-focused questions during an interview and explore what it's like to let candidates interact with staff. We'll close up the conversation with shared stories about why its important to research your process. Stay tuned for the 2nd half of the show where fellow "peopleHum's Top Thought Leaders to Follow in 2021" and Founder at Step Back Leadership Consulting, Jason Barger, gets into leadership being "hijacked." We review principles of creating culture and meaningful work environments and review stories of experienced disconnection with engagement in the remote work environment and solutions for engagement. We tackle the dirty stuff... what teams can do when they have established bad habits in their culture. Real stores for real solutions. 

We’re celebrating on this episode of TalentTalk LIVE with host, Chris Dyer, and guests, Jamie Jacobs and Hema Crockett, Co-Founders of Gig Talent & Authors of “Designing Exceptional Organizational Cultures.” It was the big day of book launch for this dynamic duo and we celebrated their success and talked our favorite thing… leadership tools and company culture. Tune in to this episode as we discuss what leaders can do to shape organizational culture, including where to start and how strategies are changing. Jamie & Hema share stories of talent management and touch on how organizations are integrating elastic talent into their talent strategies. We talk about what Covid has taught us about the importance of a strong organizational culture and how remote work is furthering the Gig Economy and why this is beneficial for organizations.

Download this podcast episode of #TalentTalk Radio with two guests who are huge inspirations to host, Chris Dyer. This is a “must hear” episode with 2 guests who have taught us and so many others, so much. Our first guest, David Marquet, Live Online Keynoter, Bestselling Author, and International Top Ranked Conference Keynoter, to discuss the power of language. He shares about his new book, “Leadership is Language” (AKA “A New Playbook For Leaders'') where he shares stories about using transcripts to identify patterns in the language of teams. Some patterns are fragile and make mistakes vs. patterns of teams that are adaptive and resilient.  Stay tuned for the second half of the show where we welcome back our very first guest, Kim Shepherd, a leader in the business world and community, Retired CEO & Chairwoman, Mentor, and Co-Author of, “Remote Work” with PeopleG2 CEO, Chris Dyer. We talk about the “new normal”... remote work and it’s attraction to top producing Jedis and where these Jedis meet to discuss all things Remote Work culture. Tune in to be inspired.

Join us for another hour long special with this brilliant doctor duo. Download this episode of TalentTalk Radio with host, Chris Dyer, and guests, Dr. Paul Napper and Dr. Anthony Rao, co-authors of The Power of Agency: The 7 Principles to Conquer Obstacles, Make Effective Decisions and Create a Life on Your Own Terms. Dr. Napper leads a management psychology and executive coaching consultancy in Boston. His client list includes Fortune 500 companies, universities, and start-ups. Dr. Rao is a nationally known expert in psychology. He started his career as a psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and for more than twenty years he was an instructor at Harvard Medical School. We’ll join together for some Tuesday Thoughts to discuss how we use “agency” to better our situation. With stress at an all-time high right now, we’ll explore what we can do to keep ourselves stable and grounded. Dr. Napper & Dr. Rao will share stories about what they’ve learned from working with so many top leaders and organizations during the crisis; and tools and techniques to help us better manage.

We're continuing the Future of Work discussion with this episode of TalentTalk with your host, Chris Dyer and our first guest, Quincy Valencia, Vice President of Product Innovation at AMS where Quincy and her team run Hourly, a conversational hiring experience platform. She shares stories and insight about how hourly workers have been impacted by the pandemic and what companies can do to address this impact. We go over some of the common challenges of high-volume hiring and the role automation will play in the hiring industry in 2021. We consider how companies can re-think the hourly hiring process and the technology crucial for this, and more.  Fellow tech leaders stay tuned as we welcome to the second half of the show, Ming-Hui Huang, Distinguished Professor of E-Commerce at National Taiwan University of Information Management. We talk through artificial intelligence creating a “Feeling Economy” and how jobs will change because of it, including its unprecedented power and influence for women.  Will STEM be obsolete? Is there evidence in recent political elections that empathy is now key, and rationality is becoming less important? Can AI be creative? We'll chat about whether AI will ever get to the point where it is smarter than people and what is necessary to produce AI that has feeling intelligence. 

On this enthusiastic episode of #TalentTalk with host, Chris Dyer, we "get aligned" with our first guest, Hortense le Gentil, Executive Leadership Coach and Author of the best selling and highly acclaimed book, "Aligned: Connecting Your True Self with the Leader You're Meant to Be."  What does a year of being locked down perhaps more than ever before help us to unlock in ourselves? Hortense shares why alignment is so important nowadays and shares how to find and generate a sense of alignment. We dive into the the biggest disruptions to achieving alignment and how companies can achieve alignment when many employees are working remotely and how leaders can rely on intuition to make better, more aligned decisions when facing complicated challenges.Stay pumped for the second half of TalentTalk because our next guest, Jason Forrest, Forrest Performance Group CEO, brings the energy it takes for results. What makes up a Top Sales Coach vs a Sales Manager? Jason shares with us the secret to a "Sales Warrior" and the 4 characteristics of a Sales Warrior to look for when hiring. We get into the reasons sales people fail and some pitfalls when hiring and onboarding Sales Warriors. This one is high energy and full of inspiration. Go ahead, get it. You deserve success.

In this safe space edition of Talent Talk, PeopleG2 CEO and host, welcomes Karen Weeks, SVP of People at Ordergroove to the show. We discuss how can leaders create a safe space for employees to talk about mental health, race, career goals outside of the company, and other uncomfortable topics. We dive into how managers should adjust how they give feedback when they have to do it remotely, and how HR and managers can build relationships & a sense of team/community with people dispersed across the company. Naturally, the conversation evolves into authentic culture. In the next half of the show. Chris welcomes Dr. Ellen Reed, Mental Toughness Expert & Co-Author of Relentless Solution Focus to chat about mental toughness and the science behind RSF. Dr. Ellen taps directly into how to use Relentless Solution Focus in your work to succeed and stresses that people must retrain their brains to focus on solutions, rather than problems. It’s easy for us to say we’ll have a more positive approach – but hard to do in practice. Follow along and grow with fellow leaders as we explore company culture and mental toughness. 

This episode of TalentTalk Radio is packed with inspiration. Join PeopleG2 CEO, Chris Dyer, as he interviews Michelle Silverthorn, Diversity Expert, CEO of Inclusion Nation, Author of Authentic Diversity: How to Change the Workplace for Good. They discuss why organizations keep failing at diversity, what the “Authentic” part of Authentic Diversity means, how protests changed how organizations are thinking about diversity, and actions organizations can take that can improve the retention of BIPOC professionals. Stay tuned as we welcome to the talent management inspiration team, Cynthia Spraggs, author and CEO of Virtira, a completely virtual company that focuses on remote team performance. We discuss issues with work from home that are most concerning for companies now, if businesses are losing an important personal connection with their employees, and part of their culture, because they’ve gone all-remote, and how do they get that connection back. We'll chat a bit about why Zoom meetings sometimes don't work but how companies can maximize the benefits of video conferencing when holding meetings, both with employees and clients. Be sure to stay to listen to her main tips to help someone working from home stay focused and productive, even during the holidays.

Thanksgiving was still in effect over here as we give thanks for another opportunity to interview this dynamic duo of people-first executives changing the talent management game. PeopleG2 CEO, Chris Dyer, welcomes Tracie Sponenberg, Chief People Officer of The Granite Group, to discuss her transition from paper-first to people-first, and leading as an introvert. Listen to insights about what leadership looks like today and how engagement & culture have shifted [and it's impact on front-line workers]. Speaking of "what leadership looks like today"... stay turned as we interview The World's First Chief Heart Officer, Claude Silver, of Vayner Media. We talk emotional optimism and making change in leadership happen. She'll answer the questions, "What does a Chief Heart Officer do differently than a Chief Human Resources Officer or other Chief executive position?" What is an emotional optimist and how does it make for effective leadership?" "What are you focused on now in company culture? Be sure to download this podcast to be a part of the discussion about how we make change happen now.

In this episode of TalentTalk Radio LIVE with PeopleG2 CEO & host, Chris Dyer, we think smart and deescalate. We first welcome to the show, Jerome Ternynck, Founder & CEO of SmartRecruiters, the Hiring Success Company. We discuss what talent leaders be doing now to be change agents & revolutionize their function, and adjustments that must be made to the talent function (or to the talent tech stack) in order for remote hiring to 'work' long-term. The second half of the show focuses on de-escalation and emotional intelligence as we welcome Mark McMillion, Principal, McMillion Leadership Associates. Mark shares what led him to de-escalation as a topic focus and the form that the de-escalation training takes. From the anticipate vs fixate approach to EQ team development, we get right down to company culture once again.   

Connect with us on this podcast episode of TalentTalk with PeopleG2 CEO, Chris Dyer, as we discuss team connections and leadership in talent management. First we welcome to the show, Steve Canal, Co-Founder of One Venture Group to discuss the management systems used to stay connected with teams. We go over the "musts" of leadership development, discuss the "fail forward" concept, and learn about Steve's coined phrase, "corporatepreneur." Stay tuned for the next part of our show as we continue our talent management discussion about team engagement and staffing solutions with Suzanne Justice, Founder & CEO of Blake Rian Consulting and Amazon Best Selling Author. She starts with tips, tricks, and tools to keep your team engaged and further shares advice for for candidates looking to get back to work, for companies trying to hire and grow, how to adjust to the changing market during the pandemic.