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In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Katie Purcell to the show. Katie leads People teams at Calendly, providing leadership in L&D, Business Partnership, Operations, Tech, and Analytics. Before Calendly, Katie held Executive People Leadership roles across various tech companies, including Apple, Adobe, and GE. Katie pursued her career in HR and People following comp...

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Katie Purcell to the show. Katie leads People teams at Calendly, providing leadership in L&D, Business Partnership, Operations, Tech, and Analytics. Before Calendly, Katie held Executive People Leadership roles across various tech companies, including Apple, Adobe, and GE. Katie pursued her career in HR and People following comp...

In this solo episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy is talking about making time to invest in yourself. Many people are givers and spend a lot of time giving to others but often feel it’s selfish to invest in their own development. Andy explains why investing in yourself gives you the ability to give more back to others. In this episode, you’ll hear: How investing in yourself allows you...

Andy welcomes Dr. Frank Nguyen to this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat. Frank is an author, speaker, and executive who specializes in transforming learning organizations through strategy and technology. He has led enterprise learning for Fortune companies, including a large well-known retailer, American Express, and Intel. He’s published extensively on the intersection of e-learning, in...

Andy welcomes Dr. Frank Nguyen to this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat. Frank is an author, speaker, and executive who specializes in transforming learning organizations through strategy and technology. He has led enterprise learning for Fortune companies, including a large well-known retailer, American Express, and Intel. He’s published extensively on the intersection of e-learning, in...

Andy welcomes guests Tim Hagen and Massimo Backus to the show. Tim, Massimo, and Andy have all built businesses, and they decided to do this episode together to talk about the keys to building a successful business in the learning and development and talent development worlds. Massimo Backus was previously a practitioner in corporate L&D and organizational development and left his job two year...

Andy welcomes repeat guest Massimo Backus this week on The Talent Development Hot Seat. He is an executive coach, speaker, and author of an upcoming book on compassionate leadership. Massimo has spent several years as a learning and development practitioner in multiple companies. He recently left the employee world to become an entrepreneur as a leadership development coach and facilitator. In thi...

Andy welcomes repeat guest Massimo Backus this week on The Talent Development Hot Seat. He is an executive coach, speaker, and author of an upcoming book on compassionate leadership. Massimo has spent several years as a learning and development practitioner in multiple companies. He recently left the employee world to become an entrepreneur as a leadership development coach and facilitator. In thi...

Andy welcomes Tom Bowen to this week’s Talent Development Hot Seat. Tom leads Learning and Development at Gem, a talent engagement platform. Tom has 15 years of experience in L&D and spent more than a decade abroad, mostly in Seoul, South Korea with shorter stints in India and Europe. As the first L&D hire at his past five companies, Tom Bowen thrives on the zero-to-one phase of building a...

Andy welcomes Tom Bowen to this week’s Talent Development Hot Seat. Tom leads Learning and Development at Gem, a talent engagement platform. Tom has 15 years of experience in L&D and spent more than a decade abroad, mostly in Seoul, South Korea with shorter stints in India and Europe. As the first L&D hire at his past five companies, Tom Bowen thrives on the zero-to-one phase of building a...

In this solo episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy is sharing some tips for building your personal brand. He strongly believes there are benefits to being mindful and intentional about it, and leveraging a strong personal brand can help build a brand with your company. It can even help attract and retain talent at your organization. A personal brand is particularly important for entrepr...

Competency models are at the core of HR practice from the talent development standpoint. However, companies are increasingly finding them irrelevant and even confusing as succession planning puts more emphasis on specific things that make a person suitable or unsuitable for a certain position. Joining Andy Storch today is Susan Schmitt , the CHRO of Applied Materials , who presents a comprehensive...

Andy's guest on The Talent Development Hot Seat this week is Travis Dommert. This week’s episode is a recording of the call that Travis recently conducted in the Talent Development Think Tank Community. Travis is the SVP of Talent at OneDigital. OneDigital is a company that brings together insurance, financial services, and HR consulting to help more than 100,000 businesses. They have about 2,400...

Andy welcomes Dr. KimArie Yowell to this week’s The Talent Development Hot Seat. KimArie is the Chief People Officer for Rocket Central, a Detroit-based professional services company. She oversees the teams responsible for creating and implementing training initiatives, talent development, and organizational effectiveness strategies. She joined Quicken Loans as a Leadership Coach with over 20 year...

Andy welcomes Dr. KimArie Yowell to this week’s The Talent Development Hot Seat. KimArie is the Chief People Officer for Rocket Central, a Detroit-based professional services company. She oversees the teams responsible for creating and implementing training initiatives, talent development, and organizational effectiveness strategies. She joined Quicken Loans as a Leadership Coach with over 20 year...

Andy’s guest this week on The Talent Development Hot Seat is Jerry Dugan, Director of Organizational Effectiveness for a healthcare system in Dallas. Jerry has almost two decades of experience in the learning and development space and leads a small team that’s responsible for new hire orientation, leadership development, team building, and other instructional design duties. Jerry Dugan holds a Mas...

Andy’s guest this week on The Talent Development Hot Seat is Jerry Dugan, Director of Organizational Effectiveness for a healthcare system in Dallas. Jerry has almost two decades of experience in the learning and development space and leads a small team that’s responsible for new hire orientation, leadership development, team building, and other instructional design duties. Jerry Dugan holds a Mas...

In this solo episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy shares his thoughts on career development. He was inspired by a recent conversation with a friend at a large tech company who was feeling frustrated in her career. What do your people need to be happy in their careers? As Gen Z and younger Millennials take on more roles in the workplace, the number-one thing they desire at work is caree...

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Orieji Iroha-Agwu to the show. As the Director of Career Development Strategy and Programs on the People team at Red Hat, she’s responsible for defining the strategic direction of careers as well as leading the implementation of career development solutions in alignment with their organizational priorities. Orieji has also led the A...

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Orieji Iroha-Agwu to the show. As the Director of Career Development Strategy and Programs on the People team at Red Hat, she’s responsible for defining the strategic direction of careers as well as leading the implementation of career development solutions in alignment with their organizational priorities. Orieji has also led the A...

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Dr. Lisa Toppin to the show. Lisa is the Chief Diversity Officer for Illumina, a biotechnology research firm with more than 10,000 employees. She’s held leadership positions in HR with firms nationwide, including LPL where she served as Chief Diversity Officer, and Charles Schwab, where she led their diversity and inclusion and lear...

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Dr. Lisa Toppin to the show. Lisa is the Chief Diversity Officer for Illumina, a biotechnology research firm with more than 10,000 employees. She’s held leadership positions in HR with firms nationwide, including LPL where she served as Chief Diversity Officer, and Charles Schwab, where she led their diversity and inclusion and lear...

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy’s guest is Dr. Mechelle Roberthon, a certified professional in talent development with a background that includes training delivery, performance improvement, managing learning programs, and interpersonal and business skills. She’s taught more than 500 corporate courses with her evaluations consistently rating above average. Her dynamic teach...

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy’s guest is Dr. Mechelle Roberthon, a certified professional in talent development with a background that includes training delivery, performance improvement, managing learning programs, and interpersonal and business skills. She’s taught more than 500 corporate courses with her evaluations consistently rating above average. Her dynamic teach...

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy’s guest is Professor Sarah Townsend. This interview is part of a series Andy did for the USC Marshall School of Business Executive Education Program called The Lifelong Learning Series. Sarah Townsend is an associate professor of Management and Organization and interim Assistant Vice Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at USC Marshall S...