Sal Silvester on the Future of Leadership

The way employees were treated during the COVID matters. The organizations that truly cared about their employees and responded with initiatives to help them during this difficult time are being rewarded with loyalty. Others are already seeing some of their most valuable talent walk out the door. Flexibility, tolerance, and inclusion will be key leadership skills, impacting levels of engagement an...

In this episode, Sal Silvester talks with Sudakshina Ghosh, Vice President of Human Resources for Global Operations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), about the future of work and HPE's approach to "work that fits life." As organizations emerge from the COVID pandemic, leaders will need to think differently about the expectations employees have about The Future of Work. Are you and your fellow l...

As organizations emerge in the post-pandemic era, leaders will need to think differently about how they engage their workforce. Employees' attitudes and expectations about work have changed.  In this episode, Sal talks with Richelle Luther, Chief Human Resources Officer at Columbia Sportswear Company about how they are addressing the future of work with their global workforce of over 8,000 team me...

Host and executive producer, Sal Silvester kicks off Season 4 of the podcast with a focus on the Future of Work. As our society emerges from more than 15 months of a stressful, upending pandemic, organizations around the world are considering the future of work and what our post-pandemic workplace will look like. During this season, you will hear from top global human resources executives about sh...

Season 3 was focused on the topic of resilience, given the challenges of COVID over the previous 12 months. Little did we know how important that topic would continue to be - and not just because of COVID. In less than three months we would face other challenges too - a divisive political environment, the storming on the capital in January, the racially motivated shootings in Atlanta and the mass...

This week marks the one-year milestone of COVID in the United States. For most of us, we've had to adapt, change and overcome. Resilience has been a critical leadership capacity in succeeding in today's volatile and uncertain environment.  But, what is resilience? Why does it matter? What are the key choices that resilient leaders make every day?  These are just a few questions we explore in this...

It’s that time of year! We are resetting and moving forward. 2020 was rough and the goals you set at the beginning of the year likely changed, maybe even more than once. It taught us (or maybe forced us) to be more nimble than ever before. We don’t know what 2021 holds, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do our best to set goals and shape our behaviors and skill development to work toward them. In...

How are business leaders learning in today's environment? Are we really being productive and is it sustainable? How should strategic planning evolve in the COVID era? What's been the impact of social distancing to different employee populations? In this episode we take a broader look at resilience with our special guest Scott Sternberg. Scott has a deep background as an executive in global organiz...

Amid a tumultuous year, we all want the same thing – SUCCESS (defined by our own terms) accomplished with HEALTHY TEAMS AND LEADERS. At 5.12 Solutions we want to support you in achieving this. So, we asked 20 of our best clients how they are addressing the challenges and what strategies they are using to build resilience in their organizations. In this episode Sal shares 15 lessons learned about w...

Ever wonder what it takes to build a resilient team? In this episode, Sal Silvester interviews Teri Farnsworth, an incredible leader and the Vice President of Human Resources for Renewable Energy Systems (RES). RES is the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, and has been at the forefront of renewable energy development for over 35 years. Teri has over 30 years in the field of Huma...

Overload. Overwhelm. Fatigue. Relentless. These are some of the most recent words people are using to describe today's world. To navigate these complex times, it takes more than just mental fortitude, grit and sucking it up. It takes courage and resilience. Today's special guest, Jan Jenkins, is an executive coach who works with leaders to help them successfully navigate today’s unprecedented spee...

We’ve been through so much this year – a global pandemic, a divisive political environment, weather calamities and economic uncertainty for so many. Not to mention, all of the normal volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of our normal workplace. Resilience is a critical capacity to successfully navigate today’s world. In this episode, Sal Silvester interviews Dr. David J. Palmiter, a F...

Sal Silvester, host and executive producer, kicks off Season 3 of the podcast to help leaders think differently as they respond to the increasing complexity and pace of change of our workplace and world. Season 3 is going to be focused on Resilience. We’ve been through so much this year – a global pandemic, a divisive political environment, weather calamities and economic uncertainty for so many....

In this Season 2 closing episode, we have a very different format. Given the complexity and unprecedented experience that we’ve all had in the first half of 2020, we are sharing highlights from Season 2 to bring you the most valuable insights that will help you emerge from this pandemic stronger than ever. And don't forget to check out each of the episode pages on our website at www.512solutions.c...

As our world grows in complexity and the pace of change increases, it will be incumbent upon leaders to be mindful. To be aware of how they feel internally so that they can show up in life and in leadership externally with more intention and purpose. In this episode, Sal Silvester interviews best selling author and global business thinker Achim Nowak about the importance of mindfulness to the lead...

Today’s episode will help you think differently about how our society and our future of work is changing. As Sal Silvester interviews his special guest Heather McGowan, a Future of Work Strategist, you'll gain insights into how we all need to evolve our thinking so that we create a society and a workplace that actually works for more people. The bottom line is that we all have to think differently...

Business conditions have changed dramatically since January, and the strategic priorities you defined at the beginning of 2020 may now be temporarily or permanently obsolete.  We aren’t going back to the way things were, and as we approach the end of Q2, this is the perfect time of the year to consider the current state of your business and the gap between where it is and the original aspirations...

We are into our third month of working virtually and different personality styles are responding very differently to our new way of working. Some team members are absolutely thriving, working independently, and with less distraction at home. Others are only surviving, missing out on the connection and community that comes with being in the office. In this episode, Sal Silvester connects with top D...

It is normal to not feel normal during this time. Our grief may be a response to losing our familiar way of living and working. As we enter the third month of this crisis, the topic of mental health is arising more often in the workplace. The challenge for leaders is knowing how to respond effectively as a manager and coach without stepping into the bounds of being a counselor or therapist. During...

We are interrupting Season 2 to provide tangible and actionable tools to help leaders during these difficult times. I know that many of you are feeling isolated right now. You are probably trying to work productively from home, maybe with a spouse or partner who is also trying to do the same. And on top of that getting your kids through their homeschooling class. Ultimately, we all want to emerge...

If you think it feels a little chaotic right now, you are not alone. Part of what contributes to the noise and instability during significant periods of uncertainty is haphazard communication from leaders. A few tweets or off-handed comments, pictures of empty shelves showing up on feeds and the unnerving sense of an invisible airborne threat and suddenly we’re buying dozens of rolls of toilet pap...

My guest today is a leader who knows how to create healthy and aligned executive teams and organizational cultures that truly believe that people matter. His name is Pat Risner. I first met Pat when he was President of BHP Billiton’s US coal business. That was over five years ago. To this day, I haven’t met a more integrity based, purpose driven leadership team than the team I saw Pat lead at BHP...

In this Episode, Sal Silvester and Doug Gray explore how OKRs - Objectives and Key Results - can help you create focus, accountability, transparency, and, most importantly, agency with your team members. OKRs are the "secret sauce" with Silicon Valley tech companies for creating alignment. This is a very practical episode tied in with our theme this season of organizational and cultural alignment....

In this episode, Sal Silvester interviews Courtney Graham, the Chief People Office2 at Four Winds Interactive, a global technology company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Sal and Courtney explore alternatives to the traditional employee engagement measurement approach, talk about the power of transparency, and how to build community in the workplace. You will be inspired by how gamification, AI...

Continuing with our season 2 theme of organizational and cultural alignment, Sal Silvester and John Wittry explore a strategic planning framework that you can implement to create more focus, accountability and better leadership in 2020. This is the same approach that Sal and John use in their strategic planning and team acceleration sessions with clients. Don’t forget to check out our episode note...