We’ve all heard the term agile, but what does it really mean? In this episode of the Performance Matters podcast, Michael talks to Ta’Kia Dozier of the Enterprise Technology Adoption team about her work with agile teams and her perspective on what it really means to be ‘agile’.

The agile process is a cycle of constant improvement.

Over time, diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts (commonly known as DE&I) have become pillars of many companies’ mission statements and platforms. But increasingly, talent professionals are realizing it takes more than good intentions to move the needle on DE&I initiatives. If an organization is committed to doing more than just checking the box, how can they move beyond the performative to the practical business of creating a culture of inclusion? That’s the topic we’re tackling here with Angela Peacock of PDT Global.

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“The damage that can occur to individuals without proper DE&I efforts…is huge.”

“When is the best time to innovate? The answer is right now.”

Using the concept of a test-and-learn factory for organizational innovation, featuring a conversation with Rocky Ellens and James Carpenter of GP Strategies.

“Aligning employee skills to job title is something that most organizations never get around to”

In this episode, Cheryl Jackson of GP Strategies joins Akash Savdharia from Bridge to discuss the key structures and framework that enable role-to-role talent mobility.

“Leaders that really improve are ones that maintain their coachability.”

In this episode, Kevin Wilde discusses his book Coachability: The Leadership Superpower. Discover why coachability allows leaders to operate at their highest potential.

In this episode, Ellen Kumar dispels common myths surrounding user adoption of new technologies, specifically ERPs.

If the adoption of technology is not going to be painless and smooth, the user may not go back.

“We are at a point in time where new teams are forming, and they’re doing work more quickly. And they have to do it in perhaps different ways than ever before, leveraging different types of technology. It is now the perfect time to talk about what makes a high performing team.”

In this episode, Katy Bailey stops by to talk about the science of putting together a high-performing team.

In this episode, Ashley Johnson joins the show to discuss ways in which organizations can better understand their training needs.

Training dollars are precious, and organizations that understand how to best fit training to their users’ needs will get a better ROI on their training budget.

In this episode, two of GP’s automotive thought leaders, Scott McCormack and Lawrie Martin, sit down for a discussion on the current global shortage of automotive technicians, and how organizations can address this critical issue.

Dealers typically hire for the long-term, and seek to train a technician into a master technician. However, the shortage of available technicians is becoming a massive problem.”

The technical skills gap has created challenges on a number of fronts, from hiring to onboarding, to developing and retaining employees. It’s very important to address the skills gap in a holistic way to cover all of these areas.

In this episode we speak with Roger Boisse, Director of GPiLEARN, about the growing technical skills gap that is facing the front lines of technical organizations all over the world, and how GP Strategies is helping organizations respond to these critical workforce challenges.