The Gartner Talent Angle

Lessons about organizational culture and entrepreneurship can be found in some unlikely places--including the American prison system. Listen to Jeff Smith, a former Missouri state senator who spent a year in prison, discuss his experience and what the prison world can teach us about the business world.

*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2016. Tune in to this episode to hear Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer at Microsoft, talk about their technique called "Screening In" to drive cultural change through diversity at Microsoft.

What do Ralph Lauren, Larry Ellison, Julian Robertson and Bill Walsh all have in common? Certainly all of them are known for being successful, but there's one thing that distinguishes these superbosses from their peers: the ability to groom talent. Listen to Sydney Finkelstein, award-winning professor at Dartmouth College, share secrets of becoming a superboss and the types of people strategies they employ.

*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2016. Susan Cain believes that the rise of introverts is the next big trend that will impact leadership. Yet while introverts often prove to be more effective leaders they are less likely to be selected for leadership. Cain explains why we dramatically undervalue introverts and how we lose in doing so. She also explores how companies can get the most out of introverts, how introverts can think about themselves differently, and why now is the time for introverts in business.

Discover the patterns that govern behavior at your organization. Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo and author of Super Thinking, joins the Talent Angle to explain how and when to leverage the mental models that accelerate effective decision-making for employees and business leaders alike.

What if Eisenhower wasn't the genius we though he was? How does naked leadership lead to better decision making? Chris Fussell, former Navy SEAL Officer and Partner at McChrystal Group, talks to us about the "leader myth" and "naked leadership. He discusses how we often aggrandize leaders of a successful project or mission and how he worked in the military with senior leaders to expose themselves to uncertainty on a daily basis.

In a culture obsessed with SAT scores and early success, Rich Karlgaard, Silicon Valley-based publisher and entrepreneur at Forbes media, reveals a groundbreaking exploration of late bloomers and their unique strengths that companies often overlook.

*This Spotlight is a 20 minute excerpt from our full interview in 2017. How can we screen out the chaos to make work more satisfying, productive, and meaningful? Cal Newport, author of Deep Work, joins us to share the tools and rules for deep, meaningful work.

Want to become a world-class HR leader? Listen to Roberto di Bernardini, Head of Global Human Resources and board member of CHRO Global Leadership Board, present the global standards of an HR leader, backed by the world's leading experts CHROs and most distinguished CHROs.

*This 20 Minute Spotlight was edited from our one-hour interview in 2017. Culture is increasingly becoming a pivotal part of organizational strategy. Join us as we talk to Red Hat Executive VP and Chief People Officer DeLisa Alexander about how Red Hat works with both leaders and employees to include characteristics of transparency, inclusivity, agility, and so much more into their culture through open source decision making.