The Gartner Talent Angle

What is it like to work for Uber as its new head of diversity after holding the same post for Hillary Clinton's campaign? Bernard Coleman shares his insights based on his experiences as the Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Uber and Hillary Clinton's campaign. "Diversity in isolation is not effective - to be successful it must always be paired with inclusion," says Coleman. Meaningful D&I effort...

As the Chief People Officer at Microsoft, Kathleen Hogan is responsible for the company's cultural transformation.  She joins us to talk about how Microsoft is using a technique called "Screening In" to drive cultural change through diversity.   Hogan is new to the HR function, but not to talent management. Previously she was vice president of Microsoft Services, a team dedicated to helping busine...

Are there professional ways to dealing with complainers in the workplace? Complaining is like bad breath - you notice it when it comes out of someone else's mouth, but not when it comes out of your own. Needless to say it happens all the time. Will Bowen, author of A Complaint Free World, shares five ways to identify chronic complaining when it slips out and how to silence those complaints with ea...

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 work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers...

Is it possible for businesses to simultaneously drive social impact, innovation, and financial returns all at the same time? More than ever, employees are making their career and purchasing decisions based on a company's purpose and societal impact. In this episode of the Talent Angle, Wendy Woods, Senior Partner and Global Leader of BCG's Social Impact Practice, discusses how companies that striv...

Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your group, or strengthen a culture that needs fixing? Daniel Coyle, author of The Culture Code , joins the Talent Angle to discuss what makes some of the world's most successful organizations tick - including Pixar, the San Antonio Spurs, and U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six. Coyle offers specific strategies to help you trigger learn...

Learn how to design your life through the same techniques that innovators use to design products and new technology. Dave Evans, Stanford Lecturer and New York Times best-selling co-author of Designing Your Life, talks to us about following your passions in life, and how you can design a process to figure out what will ultimately make you satisfied and happy. Dave holds a BS and MS in Mechanical E...

Lack of Agility is the kiss of death. It is no secret that large, mature organizations can struggle to innovate. But Michael Arena, Chief Talent Officer at General Motors, argues that even the most bureaucratic organizations can make innovation and adaptability a part of their DNA. Listen to this episode of the Talent Angle to learn how to create an Adaptive Space, where you can enable novel and c...

Andy Walshe  is a globally recognized leader and expert in the field of elite human performance. For over 20 years the Australian native has been focused on the goal of "de-mystifying talent" by researching and training individuals and teams across a vast network of world-class programs in sport, culture, military and business settings. Dr. Walshe is currently the Director of High Performance for...

Morning Espressos are 5-minute insights and lessons to help you build the skills researched by some of the top minds in the world.  Charles Duhigg recommends that you spend time creating your own narrative and visualizing your day.   "One of the things that we know is that the key to building mental models, to being able to sort of sharpen your focus, is to be able to tell yourself a story about w...

Traditional management often assumes that motivating people at work is simply about paying them enough--but Barry Schwartz, the author of Why We Work , believes the real motivation to work comes from finding meaning. Everyone--whether they're a lawyer or janitor, painter or salesperson--can perform at a higher level by finding meaning in their work. Listen to this episode of the CEB Talent Angle t...

What anyone desires most is to be understood and respected. Chris Voss shares techniques that work in the boardroom every bit as well as across the high stakes world of hostage negotiations. Kidnappers, however ill-intentioned, are prone to the same human reasoning as the rest of us.

What if your company had no physical office at all? Is maintaining a completely remote workforce even remotely possible? Brian De Haaff, author of Lovability and CEO of Aha!, believes that the remote workforce can function just as well, if not better, than the traditional office workforce. He joins the Talent Angle to discuss how business leaders can drive and sustain high performance from their r...

How do you motivate a factory worker vs. and artist? Dan Pink explores his own motivation as well as the roots of motivation of humankind in this 20 minute spotlight excerpted from our 50 minute podcast with Dan in 2016. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ceb-talent-angle-with-scott-engler/id1066056346?mt=2

It's time to stop thinking of your talent in terms of Type A or B personalities. Instead, seek Type Rs – the individuals that turn challenges into opportunity in times of upheaval, crisis, and change. Ama and Stephanie Marston, Co-authors of Type R and dynamic mother-daughter team, join the CEB Talent Angle to discuss their concept of Transformative Resilience. They offer advice on how to identify...

In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made a risky call with only 26 seconds remaining that lost his team the game. It has since been heralded as the dumbest play in football's history. Was Carroll's decision really that bad, or was it a smart move just ruined by bad luck? Annie Duke, author of Thinking in Bets , believes that the key to long-term success is to think in bets. She joins t...

One of the world's leading experts on the connection between happiness and success. His research on mindset made the cover of  Harvard Business Review , his  TED talk  is one of the most popular of all time with over 11 million views, and his lecture airing on PBS has been seen by millions.  Shawn has lectured or worked with over a third of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as the NFL, the NBA, t...

*This Spotlight is a 20 minute excerpt from our full interview which is available on Season 2.   Nancy Duarte believes that ideas are the most powerful tools people have. Her passion is to help every person learn to communicate their world-changing idea effectively. Nancy Duarte is an expert in presentation design and principal of Duarte Design, where she has served as CEO for 21 years. Nancy spea...

What poses the greatest competitive threat to your local church? Conventional wisdom would say other churches, but Bob Moesta, Co-author of The Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook , argues that the largest competitive threat to formalized religion might actually be…Crossfit. Bob Moesta, President and CEO of the Rewired Group and Co-Architect of "Jobs-to-be-Done" theory, joins the CEB Talent Angle to discuss...

Is your organizational structure your Achille's Heel? Former Vice President at Yahoo, Salim Ismail, believes that any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed for failure in the 21st. Salim Ismail, co-author of Exponential Organizations , joins the Talent Angle to discuss the lessons that business leaders can learn from the new breed of companies that are scaling 10 times faster...

Joanne Lipman, author of That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together , joins the Talent Angle on this episode to discuss structural advantages that allow men to thrive in the workplace and brings to light the daily adjustments women make to fit in. She spreads awareness of biases that fuel gender inequality at work and tactics to counteract thes...

*This podcast is excerpted from the full podcast released in 2016. Mark believes that finding something important and meaningful in your life is the most productive use of your time and energy and that living a good life is about giving a $%@ only about the things that align with your personal values. Every life has problems associated with it and finding meaning in your life will help you sustain...

Imagine an environment where you can bring your whole self to work? Imagine a workplace where great leaders build honest relationships with each of their employees, allowing their employees to know exactly where they stand.   Believe it or not, hierarchy discourages honest feedback which leads to dysfunctional relationships and businesses. Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Wit...

* This 20 Minute Spotlight was edited from our hour long podcast from season 1.  Gen. Stanley McChrystal, author of a Team of Teams, discarded a century of conventional wisdom and remade JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) into a network that combined transparent communication with decentralized decision-making authority. The walls between silos were torn down. This shift has far reaching impl...

Netflix's Former Chief Talent Officer, Patty McCord, doesn't believe in Chief Happiness Officers, does not see hard work as enough, and believes HR should simply scrap policies that do not work for them. Patty McCord, author of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, joins us to discuss her experience as Chief Talent Officer at Netflix and her fringe ideas that led to establish...