The Gartner Talent Angle
376 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 131 ratingsThe Gartner Talent Angle podcast is a new and exciting approach to talent management. Every month, we’ll talk with those on the forefront of HR innovation — innovators, academics, HR professionals, economists, coaches — to explore the most interesting and cutting edge ideas in the world of HR and people development. Join us as we reimagine talent.
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Making A Case For the "S" In ESG With Marcela Escobari
March 08, 2022 10:30 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBIn this Gartner Talent Angle podcast, Marcela Escobari shares key metrics about job quality, economic mobility and job equity. While organizations are facing labor shortages in the short term, Escobari argues that there’s been a long-term decline in job quality. She explains how churn in low-wage jobs is expensive for organizations, but low-wage employees often lack “stepping stone” opportunities to advance their careers. Marcela Escobari is the current Assistant Administrator for Latin Am...
SPOTLIGHT: Educating the Workforce With Deanna Mulligan
March 01, 2022 10:30 - 25 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this episode of the Talent Angle podcast, executive and author Deanna Mulligan discusses the role that reskilling can and should play in the future of work. Mulligan shares insights from her book “Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap” to highlight the importance of corporate education in digital business transformation and explain why organizations need to create a culture of lifelong learning for their employees. Deanna Mulligan is the former CEO of the Guardian L...
SPOTLIGHT: Navigating Future Uncertainty With Margaret Heffernan
February 22, 2022 10:30 - 23 minutes - 14.3 MBOrganizations obsess over predictions and forecasting, but the only certainty there is about the future is uncertainty. In this Talent Angle podcast interview, Margaret Heffernan, author of “Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future,” explores how to operate with agility in times of uncertainty; arguing that the events with the greatest impact on complex systems — whether organizations or humanity — are often unpredictable. To better prepare for future uncertainty, she urges leaders and their em...
11 Trends That Will Shape HR in 2022 With Gartner’s Brian Kropp
February 15, 2022 10:30 - 46 minutes - 64 MBThe turbulence that shaped 2021 is expected to increase in 2022. In this Talent Angle interview, Gartner’s Chief of HR Research Brian Kropp shares the critical talent predictions that will shape the workplace in the year ahead. He believes these shifts — labor market competition, talent management, hybrid work, fairness and health and wellness —will affect how HR functions prioritize their time, resources, and political capital. Run Time: 46:34 minutes You can read the full list of predict...
Addressing the Burnout Epidemic With Jennifer Moss
February 08, 2022 10:30 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBIn her book “The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It,” Jennifer Moss implores organizations to design burnout strategies that move beyond apps, wellness programs and perks. Instead, she makes the case for a systematic and preventative approach to building an anti-burnout strategy. To do so, organizations must first understand the key drivers of burnout, why conventional approaches fall short and how leaders can build cultures that prioritize workforce resilienc...
SPOTLIGHT: How to Change Anyone's Mind with Jonah Berger
February 01, 2022 10:30 - 18 minutes - 12.1 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. In this episode of the Talent Angle, author Jonah Berger discusses his book, The Catalyst, and offers an approach to changing people’s minds. He argues that we are in an era of entrenched beliefs, so convincing others or pushing them in a direction has become ineffective. Instead, one should identify the key factors that cause resistance and overcome them by eliminating obstacles, reducing friction, and removing roadblocks. Berger...
Uncovering Hidden Candidates With Joseph Fuller
January 25, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBHarvard Business School professor Joseph Fuller joins the Gartner Talent Angle podcast to share the latest insights from his white paper, “Hidden Talent: Untapped Talent.” Fuller explains why fitting candidates are consistently overlooked by recruiting technology. He shares solutions for uncovering these workers, and argues why senior leaders play a critical role in ensuring the success of the hidden talent pipeline. Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Managemen...
SPOTLIGHT: Removing Barriers to Accessibility with Anil Lewis
January 19, 2022 10:30 - 25 minutes - 17 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. In this Talent Angle episode, Anil Lewis, executive director for Blindness Initiatives at the National Federation of the Blind, explains how organizations can create inclusive environments for employees with disabilities. He offers guidance on recruitment and development strategies for differently-abled talent and dispels stereotypes about employees with disabilities. Lewis draws on both his personal and professional experiences to...
SPOTLIGHT: Elevating Competent Leaders with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
January 11, 2022 10:30 - 24 minutes - 13.2 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Chief Talent Scientist at Manpower Group, argues many of our leaders are incompetent. Chamorro-Premuzic believes this is largely due to humans’ inability to distinguish between confidence and competence — that is, how capable we think an individual is, compared to how capable they actually are. In this Talent Angle podcast interview, he explores why ineffective leaders are so often elevated, arguing th...
Best of 2021: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
January 05, 2022 10:30 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBWe’re starting the year with a compilation of some of our most popular DEI experts from last year. Organizations face growing pressure to create and maintain equitable workplaces as employees call for real progress and sustainable change. In this episode, we take a look back at three conversations with three experts who are working to advance DEI efforts and make enduring progress. We hope you enjoy our conversations with Janet Stovall, senior client strategist at the NeuroLeadership Insti...
SPOTLIGHT: Reduce Friction to Improve Experience with Christiane Lemieux
December 28, 2021 10:30 - 19 minutes - 11.7 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. In this episode of the Talent Angle, author and entrepreneur Christiane Lemieux argues that friction, inefficiencies that slow processes in both business model and organizational design, is hurting most organizations. In her book Frictionless: Why the Future of Everything will be Fast, Fluid, and Made Just for You, she profiles entrepreneurs and organizations that have eliminated friction to improve customer and employee experience...
Best of 2021: Rethink How Trust Impacts Organizations with Rachel Botsman
December 21, 2021 10:30 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week, we're re-releasing an audience favorite episode from this past year. Please enjoy our conversation with Rachel Botsman, a lecturer at Oxford University and author of “Who Can You Trust?” Botsman defines trust as the currency of interaction. She argues that trust has implications for how organizations can relate to their employees and customers, especially in a virtual world. Botsman joined the podcast to discuss the changing landscape of trust and to share how leaders can put trus...
SPOTLIGHT: Debunking the Nine Lies of Work With Ashley Goodall
December 14, 2021 10:30 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Too many leaders and organizations mistakenly base talent and business decisions on conventional wisdom—much of which damages employees individually and the workforce broadly. In his book “Nine Lies About Work: A Free Thinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World,” Ashley Goodall explores how real-world evidence contradicts universally-held workplace beliefs. Goodall discusses the truth behind the lies, providing guidance to create wor...
Preventing Collaboration Overload With Rob Cross
December 07, 2021 10:30 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBIn this Talent Angle podcast, collaboration expert Rob Cross shares ways employees can become more efficient collaborators and reclaim and reinvest their time. Cross explains how small stressors throughout the work day are increasing, overwhelming and exhausting employees and lays out practical advice for addressing these issues. Rob Cross has studied the underlying network dynamics of effective organizations and the collaborative practices of high performers for more than 20 years. He is...
SPOTLIGHT: Steering Corporate Activism With Ben & Jerry’s Chris Miller
November 30, 2021 10:30 - 18 minutes - 13.9 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. In the wake of recent killings of Black Americans, Ben & Jerry’s put out a sharply-worded statement, which garnered social media attention for its strong condemnation of racial inequality and injustice. In this Talent Angle podcast interview, Chris Miller, global head of activism at Ben & Jerry’s, shares the company’s history of social activism and discusses how it’s been uniquely positioned to effect global change. He also makes ...
Best of 2021: Cultivating Powerful Networks With Marissa King
November 23, 2021 10:30 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBThis week, we're re-releasing an audience favorite podcast from this year. Please enjoy our conversation with Marissa King, professor at the Yale School of Management, as she makes the case for the power of professional and personal networks. In her book “Social Chemistry: Decoding Patterns of Human Connection,” she explores the different dimensions along which human connections are made, introducing three styles of network connection — expansionist, broker and convener. She offers practical...
SPOTLIGHT: Understanding What Gen Z Wants with Jason Dorsey
November 16, 2021 10:30 - 23 minutes - 14.8 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Generational expert Jason Dorsey discusses the implications of a growing Gen Z workforce in his book “Zconomy”, co-authored with Denise Villa, CEO of The Center for Generational Kinetics. He explains how global events influenced Gen Z’s expectations as consumers and employees, and how employers can meet those expectations. Dorsey shares his and Villa’s research on Gen Z’s preferences for onboarding, feedback, recognition and compen...
Shaping the Leadership Vision for 2022 With Brian Kropp
November 09, 2021 10:30 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBIn this Talent Angle podcast, Gartner chief of HR research Brian Kropp shares challenges and opportunities that are top of mind for CHROs as 2022 approaches. He discusses how HR must adapt to a hybrid future in which leaders and managers need new skills and employees expect a more human relationship with their organizations. Kropp goes on to explain how executives must take new approaches to decision making to usher in the changes needed in this disruptive environment. Brian Kropp is Gartn...
SPOTLIGHT: Creating More Human Organizations With Michele Zanini and Gary Hamel
November 02, 2021 09:30 - 24 minutes - 21.3 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Bureaucracy kills innovation. So say Michele Zanini and Gary Hamel in their book “Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them.” They argue that relying on outdated processes and capabilities, legacy systems and hierarchical decision-making hamstring growth and stifle workforce success. To overcome these challenges, they also provide practical guidance to create organizations that deliver business results...
SPOTLIGHT: Creating More Human Organizations With Michele Zanini and Gary Hamel
November 02, 2021 09:30 - 24 minutes - 21.3 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Bureaucracy kills innovation. So say Michele Zanini and Gary Hamel in their book “Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them.” They argue that relying on outdated processes and capabilities, legacy systems and hierarchical decision-making hamstring growth and stifle workforce success. To overcome these challenges, they also provide practical guidance to create organizations that deliver business results...
Disarming Change Resistance with David Schonthal
October 26, 2021 09:30 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBIn his book, “The Human Element: Overcoming the Resistance that Awaits New Ideas,” Kellogg professor David Schonthal challenges the default assumption that selling an idea requires the seller to heighten its appeal. Instead, he makes the case that failure to adopt ideas, strategies or products is often due to the four key psychological frictions that oppose change: inertia, effort, emotion and reactance. He argues that successful leaders and innovators must identify, understand and overcome ...
SPOTLIGHT: Exploring Amazon’s Playbook with Brian Dumaine
October 19, 2021 09:30 - 18 minutes - 12.2 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Amazon’s presence in consumers’ lives is seemingly inescapable, though whether—and for how long— this hold will last is unclear. In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon is Changing Our Lives and What the World’s Best Companies Are Learning From It, author Brian Dumaine explores just that. In doing so, he offers an insightful portrait of Jeff Bezos and the sprawling enterprise he’s built, as well as tips for businesses to compete in thi...
Hiring Second-Chance Talent With Jeff Korzenik
October 12, 2021 09:30 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBIn this Gartner Talent Angle episode, author and banker Jeff Korzenik shares insights about the second-chance talent pool—that is, reemploying candidates with criminal records. He offers practical advice on tapping into non-traditional sources of talent by differentiating between felony types, partnering with nonprofits and reevaluating legacy talent policies and processes. Jeff Korzenik is Chief Investment Strategist for Fifth Third Bank, one of the nation’s largest banks. He is the auth...
SPOTLIGHT: Communicate With Impact with Steve Herz
October 05, 2021 09:30 - 18 minutes - 11.1 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Steve Herz argues positive feedback can limit personal and professional growth, while constructive feedback can lead to self improvement. He frames these insights using three communication traits: authority, warmth, energy (AWE). According to Herz, individuals can leverage the AWE framework to more effectively communicate and connect. Steve Herz is a talent agent and career advisor, as well as the president and founding partner o...
Building A Fairer Employee Experience With Brian Kropp
September 28, 2021 09:30 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBQuestions of fairness and equity in the workplace have a renewed urgency, given the transition to hybrid work and the more human relationship between employees and employers. Workplace fairness--either perceived or actual--has real consequences on an organization’s performance and retention. Gartner’s Chief of HR Research Brian Kropp joins the Gartner Talent Angle to discuss strategies that organizations can apply to ensure employees are heard to bolster fairness. Brian Kropp is Gartner’s ...
SPOTLIGHT: Championing the 4-Day Workweek With Andrew Barnes
September 21, 2021 09:30 - 19 minutes - 10.9 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Businesses across industries and geographies are facing disruption on multiple fronts — economic turmoil, employee activism, regulatory uncertainty. In this Talent Angle podcast episode, Andrew Barnes, author of “The 4 Day Week,” argues that success in this environment calls for businesses to embrace new ways of working which are rooted in flexibility. Barnes shares his company’s journey to designing a shorter workweek for employee...
Listen Again: WORK RULES! Laszlo Bock, Former Google SVP of People
September 14, 2021 09:30 - 46 minutes - 25.9 MBThe team is working on new episodes of the Gartner Talent Angle podcast, which will start rolling out in a few weeks. In the meantime, new host Dion Love shares some of the team’s favorite episodes of the show. This episode originally aired in March 2017. Laszlo Bock believes that giving people freedom and supplementing our instincts with hard science are steps on the path to making work meaningful and people happy. Laszlo joins the Talent Angle to discuss the seminal importance of recruit...
SPOTLIGHT: Create a Compelling Data Story with Nancy Duarte
September 07, 2021 09:30 - 20 minutes - 12.7 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. On this episode of the Talent Angle podcast, executive Nancy Duarte shares insights from her new book DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action through Story. Duarte emphasizes the importance of empathy when presenting data, offers compelling structures for storytelling and outlines strategies to craft data-driven recommendations. Nancy Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in several media outlets and is also a...
Listen Again: Originals — How Innovators Achieve Success with Adam Grant
August 31, 2021 09:30 - 53 minutes - 37.8 MBThe team is working on new episodes of the Gartner Talent Angle podcast, which will start rolling out in a few weeks. In the meantime, new host Dion Love shares some of the team’s favorite episodes of the show. This episode originally aired in April, 2016. For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. Through his research, Adam Grant argues that at wo...
Listen Again: Originals — How Innovators Achieve Success
August 31, 2021 09:30 - 53 minutes - 37.8 MBThe team is working on new episodes of the Gartner Talent Angle podcast, which will start rolling out in a few weeks. In the meantime, new host Dion Love shares some of the team’s favorite episodes of the show. This episode originally aired in April, 2016. For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. Through his research, Adam Grant argues that at wo...
SPOTLIGHT: Becoming an Empowering Leader with Frances Frei
August 24, 2021 09:30 - 13 minutes - 8.33 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Succeeding as a leader requires you to create conditions that enable others to thrive and perform. But too often, leaders overly center themselves in an effort to ensure effectiveness. In her new book, Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You, Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei challenges our existing models of leadership. She proposes a different orientation—one which shifts the fram...
Retaining Employees Through Great Managers with Clint Pulver
August 17, 2021 09:30 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBIn this Talent Angle podcast, workforce expert and “Undercover Millennial” Clint Pulver shares his unique methodology of “undercover” interviews to understand employees’ workplace experiences. He discusses the impact of underperforming managers on employees — from low engagement to increased attrition. Using qualitative findings from his interviews, he argues that managers and leaders should create moments that lead to solutions and develop mentorship opportunities for themselves and members...
SPOTLIGHT: Fostering a Culture of Integrity with AirBnB's Rob Chesnut
August 10, 2021 09:30 - 15 minutes - 8.95 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. Companies often assume their workplace cultures are ones with high levels of integrity. But too many rely on reactive rather than proactive approaches to managing misconduct. On this episode of Gartner’s Talent Angle, Rob Chesnut, Chief Ethics Officer of Airbnb, offers practical advice on creating organizational culture with intentional integrity. Chestnut also lays out how companies can effectively clarify their ethical stances an...
Discover the Power of Subtraction With Leidy Klotz
August 03, 2021 09:30 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBHumans are hardwired to add rather than subtract. Across various contexts ー whether biological, cultural or economic ー we often default towards more. Professor Leidy Klotz, author of “Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less, ” argues we pay a price for the belief that more is better. In this Gartner Talent Angle interview, Klotz makes the case for the untapped potential of less, exploring subtraction as an overlooked strategy to achieve business results.
SPOTLIGHT: Evaluating the Impact of the #MeToo Movement With Sylvia Ann Hewlett
July 27, 2021 09:30 - 19 minutes - 11 MB*This excerpt was taken from our 2020 interview. The #MeToo movement has called attention to the prevalence of workplace misconduct. In response, organizations across industries and sectors have had to confront the many risks—legal, reputational, and financial—misconduct and harassment pose to their bottom line. In her book #MeToo in the Corporate World: Power, Privilege, and the Path Forward, labor economist and award-winning author Sylvia Ann Hewlett urges companies to recognize the advers...
Activate Innovative Leadership With Linda Hill
July 20, 2021 09:30 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBUsing findings from her two books — “Collective Genius” and “Being the Boss” — Harvard Business School professor Linda Hill, reflects on the elements of leadership that produce innovation. She argues for a view of leaders as social architects, tasked with building cultures and capabilities necessary for their teams to do their best and most creative work. For organizations looking to learn from her leadership playbook, she counsels focusing on creative abrasion, creative agility and creative...
SPOTLIGHT: Personalizing Work with Rob Baker
July 13, 2021 09:30 - 16 minutes - 9.16 MB*This excerpt was taken from our 2020 interview. Few of us work in roles designed to our personal specifications. In his new book Personalization at Work: How HR Can Use Job Crafting to Drive Performance, Engagement and Wellbeing , Rob Baker argues that employees thrive when allowed to craft their roles to fit their strengths. Baker provides HR leaders and professionals with tools and guidance to create workplace environments that empower employees to customize their jobs to meet their needs.
Driving Culture Digitally with Joe Freed
July 06, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MBWhile technology such as instant messaging and videoconferencing have driven digital productivity, leaders and managers are struggling to effectively communicate with their teams using these tools. Entrepreneur Joe Freed joins the Gartner Talent Angle to share how technologies will reduce cognitive load and enhance culture initiatives. He also shares seven markers of digital interactions to assess the health of your organizational culture in the hybrid world. Joe Freed is the Co-founder an...
SPOTLIGHT: Microsoft’s Culture Change with Chief People Officer Kathleen Hogan
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 9.89 MB*This excerpt was taken from our 2020 interview. Culture change efforts often yield little more than a survey assessing current culture followed by ineffective action steps to achieve change. On this episode of the Gartner Talent Angle, Kathleen Hogan, Microsoft’s Chief People Officer, shares how Microsoft not only incites culture change, but also how they foster a growth mindset to ensure employees are comfortable learning and failing in order to grow.
Sourcing Nontraditional Talent with Martha Ross
June 22, 2021 09:30 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MBIn this Gartner Talent Angle podcast, labor market expert Martha Ross explores how non-college-educated talent can excel at organizations with the right on-the-job learning opportunities. She offers tactics for organizations seeking to diversify their recruitment strategies and improve sourcing of underrepresented talent. Martha Ross is a senior fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Ross researches and writes about workers and the labor market, with a focus on low-wage and u...
SPOTLIGHT: Driving Value Through Experimentation with Stefan Thomke
June 15, 2021 10:30 - 19 minutes - 11.7 MB*This excerpt was taken from our 2020 interview. In his book Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments, Stefan Thomke shares that bright ideas and decisive actions alone do not create innovation. Instead, innovation depends on a culture of experimentation which values the science of testing. By stripping big ideas into hypotheses to test what does and doesn't work, organizations are better positioned to establish a competitive edge and generate strong financial retu...
The Live Enterprise with Jeff Kavanaugh
June 08, 2021 12:30 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBHear Jeff Kavanaugh, author of The Live Enterprise, discuss how to transform your organization into an ever-evolving, continuously learning industry leader. He provides a clear path to transform large and complex businesses into agile ecosystems that evolve with changing market needs.
SPOTLIGHT: Elevating Upstream Thinking with Dan Heath
June 02, 2021 09:30 - 15 minutes - 9.55 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. The power of preventative thinking is one that is underutilized by organizations and individuals alike; a shortcoming which perpetuates reactive, rather than proactive, solutions. This according to Dan Heath, author of Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen. In his book, Heath makes the case for an upstream mindset — arguing that this approach can effectively surface solutions to seemingly intractable problems by hi...
Claim Your Space With Eliza VanCort
May 25, 2021 09:30 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBEliza VanCort, organizational consultant and author, argues that more women should unapologetically exercise power in their communication and leadership styles. In her book, "A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space: Stand Tall. Raise Your Voice. Be Heard.," she offers relevant research, concrete strategies and actionable tools for women to claim space with courage, empathy and conviction. VanCort urges women to push through their fears and engage in behaviors that better position them to lead and ...
SPOTLIGHT: Building Unstoppable Teams with former Navy Seal Alden Mills
May 18, 2021 09:30 - 18 minutes - 9.96 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2020 interview. In this episode of The Talent Angle podcast, Alden Mills, author of Unstoppable Teams: The 4 Essential Actions of High-Performance Leadership, discusses his C.A.R.E.-based leadership framework. Mills shares how HR and business leaders can overcome personal barriers and build teams that are motivated by factors greater than themselves.
Looking Beyond Past Successes with Ram Charan
May 11, 2021 09:30 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MBRam Charan, business advisor and author, introduces a new leadership thinking approach to help executives exploit shifts in their business landscapes. In the book “The Phoenix Encounter Method,” he and his co-authors — Ian Woodward, V. “Paddy” Padmanabhan and Sameer Hasija — offer a methodology to use change as a catalyst for transformation. According to Charan, leaders can adopt this new mental frame by: developing a nuanced understanding of their operating environments; pressure-testing op...
SPOTLIGHT: Free Yourself from Conflict with Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler
May 04, 2021 10:30 - 26 minutes - 14.6 MB*This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2019 interview. Conflict resolution can seem like a daunting task, especially when previous attempts have failed. In this episode of the Talent Angle, Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, author of Optimal Outcomes: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home and in Life discusses practical approaches to both resolve and free yourself from conflict. By applying these practices, you will not only learn to observe complex situations with greater clarity, b...
Rethink How Trust Impacts Organizations with Rachel Botsman
April 27, 2021 09:30 - 41 minutes - 23.6 MBOn this episode of the Gartner Talent Angle podcast, trust expert Rachel Botsman defines trust as the currency of interaction. She argues that trust has implications for how organizations can relate to their employees and customers, especially in a virtual world. Botsman joined the podcast to discuss the changing landscape of trust and to share how leaders can put trust into action to drive better outcomes. Rachel Botsman is a lecturer at Oxford University and an expert on trust. She is th...
SPOTLIGHT: Practical Steps to High Performance with Marc Effron
April 20, 2021 10:30 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB*This spotlight contains an excerpt from our 2019 interview. Marc Effron, author of 8 Steps to High Performance: Focus on What You Can Change (Ignore the Rest), joins the Talent Angle to discuss how to cut through the noise and boost workplace performance. He shares what behavioral changes and practical steps employees can take to improve performance and deliver outstanding results.
Cultivating Powerful Networks With Marissa King
April 13, 2021 09:30 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBMarissa King, professor at the Yale School of Management, makes the case for the power of professional and personal networks. In her book “Social Chemistry: Decoding Patterns of Human Connection,” she explores the different dimensions along which human connections are made, introducing three styles of network connection — expansionist, broker and convener. She offers practical tips and guidance for organizations looking to help their employees cultivate stronger professional ties.