Talent Talk

Michael Ehlers, the Executive Vice President of Biogen talks about the biotechnology field, and how top talent coupled with quality leadership leads to developing the results needed to help patients.  John Livesay, speaker, author and podcast host, talks about the importance of storytelling and how people need to be able to sell themselves just ask much as they sell their products to be successful.

Barbara Marder, the Global Innovation Leader at Mercer talks about the innovative methods of Mercer, including gamification as a method of training and development.

Kirsten Helvey, the Chief Operating Officer for Cornerstone OnDemand talked about her article "5 Big Things on the Minds of Today's Most Innovative CHRO's," which focuses on the shift in talent management and how the role of HR has changed. Kevin Cloutier, Co-Founder of Feet First Eventertainment, talked about how important it is to build the internal relationships in a company which will directly impact the culture.

Autumn Manning, the Co-founder and CEO of YouEarnedIt talks about businesses having success when they focus on people and culture, and how to use analytics to measure the success or needs of their company culture.  Joe Rogers, the Co-Founder and CEO of RGB Projects, Inc. shares his thoughts on the importance of being an Executive Heart Coach and helping leaders avoid the burnout stage by aligning their heart and mind to make them more effective in their work and leadership.

Angelica Gamble-Wong, the SVP of HR for Rubios Restaurants and Craig Bryant, the co founder and CEO at We Are Mammoth joined Chris to talk about the challenges of developing people to realize their passion and potential, and how to be effective in not only managing change, but also how to adapt one's leadership style as the focus changes within a company.

Val Brown, the Founder of Visual Bridge Communication and Paul Claxton, the CEO and Founder of Reciprocity ROI, LLC joined Chris to talk about the need for company's to find their story and the importance of great relationships influencing great business.

Cecilia Gorman, Owner of Creative Talent Partners and Chelsea Szabo, Owner of Verbal Courage joined Chris Dyer to talk about their new joint venture, Empowership. Empowership is designed to help women overcome hurdles and empower them in their professional lives through mentorship, camaraderie, networking, training and coaching.

Tom Becker, the CEO and Founder of Talennium talks about the important of analytics in HR and Talent Acquisition, as well as the use of gamification in recruiting. Kim Shepherd, the CEO of Decision Toolbox shares her thoughts on women in leadership and how to build a winning culture!

Aisling Teillard, the CEO of Tandem Solutions joined Chris was Ireland and talked about the need to coach both employees and managers, and the need for HR to have a strategic presence that makes a difference in the organization.  Bianca McCann, the VP of HR, Cloud HCM Expert Network for SAP shared the importance of HR professionals connecting peer to peer and the importance of employee enablement.

Angie Kramer, the CEO and Founder of JobBliss talks about the future of work and the importance of freelance talent.  Torrence Freeman, HR Generalist for G & A Partners, shares her thoughts on how to handle executive burnout and the importance of coaching in transforming leadership.