“The individual employee must drive the individual career path…they are in the car as the driver and we will help navigate.”

 - Pete Needham

 Are you intrigued by the idea of employee-led development?  Of truly partnering with employees related to their performance and development? Then you are in for a treat with this episode. Learn the role of empathy and design thinking in creating talent systems that put employees in the driver’s seat of their own careers and performance.

My guest is Pete Needham who is VP of People and Culture at Next Dimension, an IT managed services provider.  In his role, Pete is deeply involved in all aspects of talent development.  After many years in a very large company, he is enjoying his time in a smaller organization where he has embedded some truly innovative approaches to employee experience.

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 The concept of partnership in monthly development plans vs. hierarchical annual appraisals

🍏 The difference between career ladders and “desired experiences” 

🍏 Insights into using design thinking and how it can lead to innovative approaches to employee recognition and elevated performance

About Pete Needham:  Pete Needham is Vice President, People & Culture at Next Dimension, an IT managed services provider with clients across North America. The company’s head office is in Windsor, Ontario.

Pete has a background in Finance, Strategy and Human Resources. He is a passionate believer in “people first” and looks to optimize Employee Experience using Design Thinking methodology.

Pete’s early career was spent in Unilever in both the UK and Canada. More recently he has worked specifically in the IT industry.

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• Pete Needham on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteneedham/
• Book: The Alliance by Reid Hoffman

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“From a leadership standpoint, [the DEI journey] takes humility, it takes curiosity, it takes grit, it takes boldness, and it takes stamina.”

 -Rachel Baptiste

 

If you’ve been feeling a bit at sea about how to begin - or go deeper with - your organization’s DEI efforts, this is a must-listen episode.  You’ll hear insights about working with leaders and CEOs who have good intentions yet need practical ways to help their organizations move beyond performative activity and into meaningful transformation.

My guest is Rachel Baptiste who is the Founder of  Lumen Consulting Group where she is an Inclusion and Culture Advisor to her clients. In addition to her passion and expertise in the area of DEI,  Rachel has a background in  Corporate Social Responsibility and has a unique ability to help organizations connect the dots between these two important areas of organizational culture.

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 The connection between DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)

🍏 The most common mistake organizations make when it comes to their DEI efforts

🍏 Rachel’s top resources and advice for making impactful change in the area of DEI

About Rachel Baptiste:  Rachel Baptiste, PCC is CEO of Lumen Consulting Group Inc., a management consulting firm.  

Rachel partners with Boards, Corporate, and Non-profit organizations across varying industries to bring about transformational change in the areas of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Talent Management, and Leadership Development.

Rachel has 20+ years of experience in progressive leadership roles with Fortune 100 companies.   Her most recent executive role was VP, Organizational Development & Corporate Social Responsibility.  She is also an Executive Coach certified through the International Coach Federation.  

Rachel views an organization as a human centered system strengthened by the differences of its people.  Valuing and leveraging those differences enables the organization to thrive through its people and achieve meaningful and sustainable business results.

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• Rachel Baptiste on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-baptiste-cpcc-pcc-7355521/
• Rachel Baptiste on Instagram: @Lumencgi
• Global DEIB Benchmarks: https://dileaders.com/gdeib/ 
• Book: White Fragility by Robin J. Diangelo
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“While you may KNOW that different choices are in order, it's another thing altogether to actually follow through.”

- Lisa Mitchell

How blurred has the line between life and work become for you since the pandemic began?  How easy or difficult is it for you to disconnect and refuel so you can focus on your most important priorities?  Many of the people I talk to daily KNOW they need to make different choices in order to get different results. But they don’t. They stay stuck.

Tune in to this episode of Talent Management Truths for insights on my 3 C’s process and how it helps get people UNstuck and creates forward momentum.  

In today’s episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 The 3 C’s of getting unstuck

🍏 What’s at stake when you stay stuck

🍏 Why it’s ESSENTIAL that organizations invest in and support their Talent Leaders

 

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“This is where the ball is. This is where I’m going to spend some time.”

 - Luc Beaudry

Asking the right questions is an art form.  Sometimes these questions can create discomfort so it’s important to be intentional about how you create psychological safety in your approach to allow for the right questions to surface.  Good question-asking ensures that you are gathering perspectives and getting the whole picture, not only part.  Listen to this episode for some examples of how to do this effectively.

My guest is Luc Beaudry who is a Leadership Development Consultant at Canadian Blood Services.  Luc is a senior talent practitioner with great depth of experience in leading teams and creating compelling content.  

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏  How the power of questions helped my guest actually change the course of his career

🍏  The importance of checking for alignment at a meeting where you feel something might be missing 

🍏  How to meet people where they are so that you get to the right destination

About Luc Beaudry:  Luc found his path into the talent management space by way of training facilitation. In the 17 years since then, he has managed employee engagement surveys, led the client solutions team for a national training organization, and designed and delivered a range of high-impact development programs for thousands of leaders and individual contributors across a variety of industries. He recently joined Canadian Blood Services as a Leadership Development Consultant.

Luc favours a consultative and facilitative approach for creating engagement and buy-in. He gets excited when creating moments of awareness and discovery and loves to use collaboration to get at root issues and underlying motivators.

Links

• Luc Beaudry on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucbeaudry/ 
• Brene Brown’s work on vulnerability: https://brenebrown.com/ 
• Book: The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Galway
• Book: The Leader’s Voice by Ron Crossland

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“Find ways for people to participate.”

 - Jenny do Forno

How do YOU listen to your employees?  How do you find ways for them to participate in change and the company’s success?  Tune into this episode to refresh your passion for listening to the people you serve and for treating them as fully-formed adults. 

My guest is Jenny do Forno who is the Talent Director at OMERS Ventures where she is part of the Operations team supporting 55 different start-up companies. She also helps the Investment Deal teams evaluate new ventures.   Her day is highly variable and all about context-switching - she might be advising one founder on an organizational redesign at 11am and then providing vendor recommendations to a newly-minted HR consultant at 2pm. 

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏  The different between supporting a larger, mature organization and a startup venture firm

🍏  A simple principle for ensuring that the Great Resignation doesn’t impact you as much

🍏  An alternative to “best” practices

About Jenny do Forno:  In her role as Talent Director and a member of the Operations team, Jenny works closely with the senior leadership and operations teams of our portfolio companies to drive the talent and people strategies that support scale and growth. Jenny joined the OMERS Ventures team in 2019. 

Jenny brings over 20 years of experience creating talent strategies and programs that build award-winning cultures. The breadth of her experience covers both large enterprise organizations and startups – supporting throughout multiple funding rounds, debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, and beyond.

Prior to joining OMERS Ventures, Jenny worked in several HR leadership roles at top executive search firms, as well as companies such as Moneris Solutions and Info-Tech Research Group. Most recently, Jenny spent the last several years as part of the founding team at Canadian fintech startup Nest Wealth.

Jenny lives in Toronto and holds a degree in political studies from Queen’s University.

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• Jenny do Forno on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennydoforno 
• Jenny do Forno on Twitter - @jennydoforno

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“DEI work is deep work.  You can’t create systemic change unless people have adequate time for self-reflection and self-awareness and behavioural change.”

 - Carrie Burd

DEI training is more and more commonly available, and this is a good thing!   It can, however, be daunting in terms of figuring out what credential to pursue as a Talent Leader, and how to go beyond one-off DEI training sessions and into systemic change that is observable and palpable.   

What are some ways you can build strong DEI practices into the various systems that make up the employee experience in your organization?   Listen to this episode for some practical ideas and examples.

My guest is Carrie Burd, a seasoned Talent Leader who is now heading her own consulting agency where she has a particular focus on DEI and workplace wellness.  Carrie is highly committed to learning and models the way for her clients.

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 The definition of a Comprehensivist

🍏 Insights into some helpful credentials in the DEI space

🍏 Practical ways to become more effective at embedding DEI in your organization

About Carrie Burd: Carrie Burd is the Founder & Principal of a virtual-first consulting and coaching firm specializing in strategic HR, diversity, equity, inclusion, and workplace wellness. 

She brings extensive experience advising executives, coaching leaders, mentoring talent, and partnering across functional lines and in multiple sectors to design and deliver strategies, policies, programs and training that help drive results, improve the employee experience, and build healthy workplace cultures.

Carrie is a Certified Diversity Professional, Certified Diversity Recruiter, Certified Workplace Wellness Coach and regulated HR professional affiliated with Niagara Institute, Interpersonal Wellness Systems Inc., and Diversity Think Tank.  

Links

• Carrie Burd on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrieburd/ 
• Carrie Burd’s Website: https://www.carrieburdconsulting.com/
• Carrie Burd on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrie_burd_consulting/
• Lily Zheng on Linkedin (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategist and Consultant): https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilyzheng308/ 

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“Fit is not static.”

 - Jan van der Hoop

 

Talent Acquisition is a critical part of a company’s ability to function effectively.  The idea of screening or interviewing for job and company fit is not new - we can all agree this is an important factor in the whole process. But where does it belong in the process itself?   In this episode, your ideas about where this factor should fit into the process may be challenged - in a good way.  

My guest is Jan van der Hoop, President of Fit First Technologies.  Jan is passionate about helping businesses find the right people in the most efficient way.  Fit First offers a suite of technology services ranging from applicant screening to reference checking to career matching.

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 How someone’s “fit” in a role is not a static thing - and the impact of a person’s leader on fit.

🍏 Why starting your search using resume data may be misguided.

🍏 The concept of hiring people who are “engageable”.

About Jan van der Hoop: Jan is president and co-founder of Fit First Technologies, a company that is revolutionizing the process of matching talent with opportunity. His views have been featured in media across the country including the National Post, the Globe and Mail, CTV News and various small business publications.

Jan began his corporate career in Operations and ‘accidentally’ found himself in a string of senior HR roles at Hilton International Hotels, PepsiCo and Office Depot. He left Corporate after 15 years to build a  leadership development and coaching organization that worked with companies to build their organizational capacity, grow their people and improve their financial results.

Links

• Jan van der Hoop on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jangvanderhoop/
• https://fitfirsttech.com/ 

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“What does this person bring or add to our company?”

- Heidi Hauver

Traditionally, companies talk about cultural fit, and may look for linear, progressive career paths.  Today’s interview suggests we turn those traditions on their head and look at what people (including ourselves) can ADD to a particular context, vs. how they fit.  We also discuss what moving from transactional to transformational looks like in action. 

My guest is Heidi Hauver who is currently the VP People Experience at Shinydocs, a technology scale up rethinking the way you find, understand, and action your data. Fairly new to her role, she is embracing the question “where do we want to evolve to?” She has won many awards and is an active volunteer in her community.   

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 A reframe for “problems”

🍏 Career advice for new and mid-career HR professionals

🍏 Key insights for analyzing employee retention issues

About Heidi Hauver:  Heidi partners with innovative companies to provide executive leadership in Human Resources. She has twenty years of experience focusing on transformational HR and since 2007 has founded an HR practice and built three HR departments from the ground up. 

Heidi’s energetic leadership and constant innovation have earned her several awards including the 2020 Algonquin College Alumni of Distinction Award (Business), the inaugural 2018 Leadership Agency Award for Woman of Distinction, a 2017 Top 25 HR Professional, and a 2012 Ottawa Business Journal/Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Forty Under 40 Award.    A dedicated volunteer and advocate, Heidi gives her time, expertise and mentorship to support a variety of organizations including Algonquin College, Women in Communications & Technology and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).

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• Heidi Hauver on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidihauver/ 

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“We can help people through this journey…of uncertainty and negativity.”

- Shelagh Ell

In programs that teach Adult Education and Workplace Learning, the first module is typically Needs Assessment - for good reason! Needs assessment is a skillset that goes beyond interviews and checklists - it requires a healthy dose of EQ and an ability to speak your customer's language (and not throw them off with yours). Listen to this episode for the story of how my guest has learned over time to build trust with her internal customers and to truly recognize what makes each of them unique.  

My guest is Shelagh Ell who is the Director of Talent Management at ATCO in Alberta Canada. Shelagh and her team are responsible for creating Talent programs that work across a very diverse set of business lines across many countries covering functions such as electricity and gas, and regulatory, among others. The complexity is high and the opportunity to make a difference is huge.

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 What “Chain Your Brain In” means

🍏 How needs assessment is a transferable skill set

🍏 The connection between customer service and talent management

 

About Shelagh Ell:  Shelagh Ell is an experienced Talent Management and Learning & Development practitioner. Driven by innovation, she takes pride in creating HR strategies, programs, and initiatives that support corporate culture and make the organization an employer of choice.  Shelagh had an unconventional start to her career as a senior leader in Talent Management, originally training and working as a financial advisor.  

As Director, Talent Practices, her goals include cultivating a growth mindset, developing future ready leaders, increasing well-being, and promoting a diverse workforce. In addition to her primary functions, Shelagh has been recognized by Canada’s Safest Employers for best wellness and psychological safety program.

Links

• Shelagh Ell on Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelagh-ell-66bb2351/ 
• Book: Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• Josh Bersin: Insights on Work, Talent, Learning, Leadership, and HR Technology: https://joshbersin.com/ 
• Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation: https://www.kirkpatrickpartners.com/the-kirkpatrick-model/ 

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“If you made widgets, then you would take the time to upgrade your machines…so that the widgets they produce become better and better. But we don’t have machines. We have people.”

 - Gillian Kufsky

How can we truly support high-potential talent in organizations?  What do they struggle with most and what can we do about it?   Tune into this episode to learn about the people-centered program design in place for high potential groups at Sun Life Canada. Even if you are from a smaller organization that is not as far along on the Talent Management maturity continuum, you will hear some valuable tips that are realistic for where you are. 

My guest is Gillian Kufsky, ACC who is the Director of Talent Programs for Sun Life Canada. Gillian supports high-potential talent through transformational programs offered to new graduates and experienced professionals within the organization.  She is also a certified coach and brings this skillset to her work every day.

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 What 30% of identified high-potential employees never quite wrap their heads around

🍏 Insights about the mindset shift from early-career to later on

🍏 A powerful question to ask when you have few resources and aren’t sure where to start

About Gillian Kufsky: Gillian Kufsky, ACC is the Director of Talent Programs for Sun Life Canada. In this role, Gillian focuses on helping high-potential talent grow and thrive at Sun Life through programs for experienced professionals and new grads. Together with her team, Gillian also runs Sun Life’s recognition programs with the aim to foster a culture of recognition and gratitude across the organization.  A communications professional by training and a strategist at heart, Gillian brings these two elements to her work on the Talent portfolio. Gillian is also an ICF certified coach and mother to two young children.

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