Performance Matters Podcast

When employers talk about someone not being a “good fit” for a job, could it actually be code for biased hiring? There is no denying that when it comes to diversity in the workplace, there are countless benefits it plays in driving innovation, increasing productivity, and expanding into new markets. Hiring someone because they connected on a personal level isn’t a strategy. Before employers are sitting across the table from that potential candidate, it’s important that organizations revamp their approach to create a more equitable hiring environment and enable hiring top-notch talent.

Mary Ann Masarech, Lead Employee Engagement Consultant, shares some practical advice for inclusive hiring practices and what’s really at stake for companies when diversity is not a priority.

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The famous line in the movie “Field of Dreams” goes, “If you build it, he will come.” Your users may come to your new technology platform because they have no choice, but will they know what to do once they’re there? You can design and build the best system out there, but if your users, your people, fail to adopt the system, you will not achieve your intended business results. Time and time again, analyst studies point to user adoption as being THE critical success factor for a technology implementation to reach its intended objectives.

In this episode, Neil Cucuzzella, Vice President of Enterprise Technology Adoption (ETA) at GP Strategies, shares some critical insight and practical applications for optimizing your organization’s next technology implementation and adoption.

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Businesses that thrive are in a constant state of transformation and the skills and knowledge needed from your workforce continue to evolve. This is when a focus on workforce transformation becomes necessary. But what distinguishes true workforce transformation is recognizing that people are at the heart of the change and L&D solutions need to be designed from a human-centric approach.

Matt Donovan, Chief Learning & Innovation Officer, joins to talk about the importance of workforce transformation and what leaders can do to help their people thrive.

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As we close a chapter on 2020 and ring in a new year, it’s time to look ahead to what is on the horizon for organizations when it comes to L&D. What should companies do to systemically integrate diversity and inclusion throughout their learning strategies instead of one-off classes that are done once a year? How will “just in time” learning evolve in the new year? How will augmented reality and virtual reality affect future workplace learning? What is blockchain anyway, and what does it have to do with learning?

Matt Donovan, Chief Learning & Innovation Officer, joins us this week to answer all these questions and to discuss trends that will impact learning in a major way in 2021.

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Most of us have been in a situation where we felt cornered, or defensive, or misunderstood in some way, and in the moment it almost felt like we were taken over by an evil twin. We watched ourselves react in a way that we knew will not end well. But we did it anyway.

Ellen Lauterbach, Leadership Development Consultant, joins this podcast, to examine that all-too-common scenario, what it can mean at work, and how to develop the skills to better handle situations when we feel the drive to react too quickly.

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