Lessons from Terrible Students

In this episode we discuss the role that audio plays, pun intended, in learning and development. Whether you use voiceover or music to make your learning more entertaining you will find some good best practices and resources in this episode.

 In this episode we take a break from leadership topics to discuss Artificial Intelligence and how it is affecting the L&D environment. We have Sharon Otto, a new Lumious employee, joining us since she has used these tools, and we have a great discussion on the pros and cons of using Generative AI in learning and development. 

In this episode we talk about how to have tough conversations with your team. These can be performance management conversations, or other HR conversations. This can be a sore spot for new and existing managers alike so come listen as we talk through some best practices for having these conversations with your team.  

In this episode we discuss the effect that your manager can have on your mental health. Recent studies have shown that your manager can have a massive influence on your mental state, and that can affect your life in many ways. We will share some of our experiences and how that shaped our mental health and go over some of the studies and statistics that show how important it is for managers to understand their impact on their employees.  

In this episode we discuss some things that we as individual contributors view as controversial leadership opinions. We discuss why pizza parties are not good motivation and whether or not your title automatically means you should be respected more than your average worker. If you have ever wondered what your team really thinks about these topics, listen in. 

In this episode we dive into the often-contentious topic of DEI training and how it affects training, leadership, and company culture. We discuss how the year 2020 changed the focus on DEI training, and if this change was a lasting change, or just a flash in the pan. We also go talk about what role leadership, even the C Suite leadership, should have in DEI training.

We start this season off by talking about the different types of leadership delegation styles, and to help us out we have Dr. Don Azevedo. We will discuss leaders that delegate too much and affect their employees work life balance, and can ruin their team dynamics, and we also discuss leaders that do not delegate enough and ruin their OWN work life balance, even if it means they are loved by their team. Interesting conversations abound! 

In this episode we discuss leadership training, what it is and what it should be. We talk about training existing leaders, new leaders, and even those of us that want to be leaders in the future. We also discuss the impact that COVID had on the workplace, and the interactions between generations in the workplace and how that effects people leaders. 

In this episode we have a guest speaker, Whitney Sukonick from the Autism Society of North Carolina. We will be discussing how we as learning professionals can help and support neurodivergent employees when designing and delivering training. We will also go over what type of support these individuals get through their early education, and how any of that support transfers over to their adult lives.

In this episode we have a guest speaker, associate professor Dr. Emory Daniel, and we discuss corporate personality tests.  If you have been in corporate America for long enough you have taken one of these tests, they claim to provide you with a deep dive into your own working habits and personality, but do they really? Dr. Daniel has done some research into how these tests are put together and we discuss their pros and cons when used within a working environment.