Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. Tonette Rocco, Professor of Adult Education and Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, Florida International University. Tonette and I talked about her journey from walking out of school in the 70s through to joining the faculty at FIU, the background to her writing about social justice issues, the joy of writing with other people, how she lives her values, the importance of asking for help, and much more.

To read Tonette's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. Robert Yawson, Associate Professor of Management and the Chair of the Entrepreneurship, International Business & Strategy Department, Quinnipiac University. Robert and I talked about his start in biochemistry, how growing up in Ghana influences his research, writing, and worldview, how his move into HRD was by accident, how he embraces being called an unorthodox HRD scholar, and much more.

To read Robert's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. Elwood (Ed) Holton III, Professor Emeritus in the School of Leadership and Human Resource Development at Louisiana State University. Ed and I talked about how he fell in love with research, his work on learning transfer, how book writing was a personal passion for him, the honor of his twenty-five year involvement with The Adult Learner, the key role that mentors have played in his career, and much more.

To read Ed's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Prof. John Walton, who was the first chair of the University Forum of HRD and the first person from the UK to be on the Board of AHRD. John and I talked about how his love of chess put him on a path that led to HRD, about being a part of so many firsts for HRD in the United Kingdom and beyond, how his experience in practice helped his teaching and writing, what it took to write his 600-page Strategic HRD book, how he’s still like a bull at a gate when it comes to research, and much more.

To read John's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. Michael (Lane) Morris, Associate Dean & John W. Fisher Professor of Innovative Learning in the Haslam College of Business at The University of Tennessee. Lane and I talked about his atypical career path that started with chemistry, the fun he has at the dean level, how he fell in love with HRD and found a home within AHRD, the transformational investments made by his parents, how he and his wife now own a farm and rescue horses, and much more.

To read Lane's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. Consuelo Waight, Professor of HRD at the University of Houston and Founding Director of the UH Executive HRD program. Consuelo and I talked about her start as an elementary school teacher, her time in the Peace Corps, how a newspaper advertisement led her to a Fulbright, the importance of innovation and core values, defining your own career path, and much more.

To read Consuelo's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. Neal Chalofsky, Associate Professor Emeritus in the Human and Organizational Learning Department of the George Washington University in the United States. Neal and I talked about the practitioner career that eventually led him into academia, his extensive involvement in professional associations, how he found himself a part of a lot of beginnings for the field of HRD, how he came to focus on meaningful work in his research and writing, how academia allowed him to have a balanced life, and much more.

To read Neal's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. Jessica Li, Professor of HRD in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in the United States. Jessica and I talked about her background as an engineer, the ten years she spent in practice after completing her Ph.D., the challenges of transitioning from practice into academia, the gap between research and practice, how she took on a 30-day hike having never previously hiked for longer than a couple of days, and much more.

To read Jessica's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. Maria Cseh, Director of the Human and Organizational Learning Doctoral Program at the George Washington University in the United States. Maria and I talked about her move from Central Europe to the United States, how her career changed from electronic engineering to HRD, how she was socialized into academia, the significant part that research collaborations have played in her work, the importance she places on being with the people she loves, and much more.

To read Maria's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes 

Join me for 30 minutes with Dr. David McGuire, Reader in HRD at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland. David and I talked about how a debate at an HRD conference led to 20 years of figuring out what HRD is, how professional associations have supported him throughout his career, the important influence of mentors, how he benefits from working on journals, how he first met one of his heroes when driving Route 66, and much more.

To read David's bio and to learn more about the series, visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/30Minutes