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Gen. Stanley McChrystal discarded a century of conventional wisdom and remade JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) into a network that combined transparent communication with decentralized decision-making authority. The walls between silos were torn down. This shift has far reaching implications for leadership both inside and outside the military.&nbsp; For more&nbsp;information on the McChrystal Group&nbsp;go to McChrystalgroup.com

20 Min SPOTLIGHT: Gen. Stan McChrystal on Team of Teams

Netflix’s Former Chief Talent Officer, Patty McCord, doesn’t believe in Chief Happiness Officers, does not see hard work as enough, and believes HR should simply scrap policies that do not work for them. Patty McCord, author of Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, joins us to discuss her experience as Chief Talent Officer at Netflix and her fringe ideas that led to establishing the multi-billion dollar tech giant everyone knows. From performance reviews to challenging policies, Patty joins the Talent Angle on this episode to share insight on equity in the workplace, how to make HR a strategic function, and ultimately how to build employees who are proud of the company they come from.

The NETFLIX Way: Former Chief Talent Officer, Patty McCord, on Empowering the Workforce

*This Spotlight is a 20 minute excerpt from our full interview which is available on Season 2. &nbsp; Nancy Duarte believes that ideas are the most powerful tools people have. Her passion is to help every person learn to communicate their world-changing idea effectively.  Nancy Duarte is an expert in presentation design and principal of Duarte Design, where she has served as CEO for 21 years. Nancy speaks around the world, seeking to improve the power of public presentations. She is the author of&nbsp;Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences&nbsp;and the recent HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations.

SPOTLIGHT: Connected Storytelling with Nancy Duarte (20 min)

Traditional management often assumes that motivating people at work is simply about paying them enough--but Barry Schwartz, the author of Why We Work, believes the real motivation to work comes from finding meaning. Everyone--whether they’re a lawyer or janitor, painter or salesperson--can perform at a higher level by finding meaning in their work. Listen to this episode of the CEB Talent Angle to hear Barry discuss how our conventional wisdom on motivation at work is wrong, and how managers can help their employees connect to the good they do in the world.

Finding Meaning in Your Work with Barry Schwartz

Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your group, or strengthen a culture that needs fixing? Daniel Coyle, author of The Culture Code, joins the Talent Angle to discuss what makes some of the world’s most successful organizations tick - including Pixar, the San Antonio Spurs, and U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six. Coyle offers specific strategies to help you trigger learning, spark collaboration, build trust, and drive positive change to ultimately unlock the hidden potential of teams.

Cracking the Culture Code with Daniel Coyle

As the Chief People Officer&nbsp;at Microsoft, Kathleen Hogan is responsible for the company's cultural transformation. &nbsp;She joins us to talk about how Microsoft is using a technique called "Screening In" to drive cultural change through diversity. &nbsp; Hogan is new to the HR function, but not to talent management. Previously she was vice president of Microsoft Services, a team dedicated to helping businesses and consumers maximize the value of their investment in Microsoft technologies. Hogan has also served as corporate vice president of Customer Service and Support, responsible for the strategy and delivery of consumer and commercial technical support and customer service for Microsoft products and services. &nbsp;*This spotlight episode is excerpted from our 1 hour interview with Kathleen in 2016

Changing Culture at Microsoft Through Diversity with Kathleen Hogan

What is it like to work for Uber as its new dead of diversity after holding the same post for Hillary Clinton’s campaign? Bernard Coleman shares his insights on diversity and inclusion based on his experiences as head of diversity at Uber and Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “Diversity in isolation in not effective - to be successful it must always be paired with inclusion,” says Coleman. Meaningful D&amp;I efforts requires engaging with others and navigating different perspectives to build lasting solutions.

Bringing Diversity to Uber with Bernard Coleman III

*This is a 20 minute excerpt from our 2016 conversation with Roselinde Torres Roselinde Torres distills down&nbsp;the characteristics of leaders who are thriving,&nbsp;what they do differently&nbsp;and the&nbsp;preparation practices that enable people to grow to their potential. Roselinde Torres is a senior leader in the People &amp; Organization practice at The Boston Consulting Group and has served as the first global head of BCG’s leadership topic. In addition, she has been a member of the firm’s Americas Leadership team. &nbsp;

The Essence of Great Leadership with BCG's Roselinde Torres

*This interview is excerpted from our hour long interview with Guru in 2017.&nbsp; Reconcile how AI, analytics, and machine learning effect humans and the future of talent with Guru Sethupathy, Head of People Analytics at a Fortune 100 company and former engagement manager at McKinsey Global Institute. Guru talks to us about the value of people analytics, and how we can overcome the siloed nature of companies to use predictive and prescriptive analytics to help the business achieve its goals. He was the former Chief Economist and Director of Product Development at Opportunity@Work, a civic enterprise based at New America. Prior to joining Opportunity@Work, Guru was an engagement manager at McKinsey, serving clients on topics related to human capital. Before McKinsey, Guru was an assistant professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University. His research agenda focused on how globalization and technology are changing labor markets, including productivity, employment, skills, wages, and inequality. Prior to becoming an economist, Guru also spent some years in the hi-tech and investment banking worlds. Guru has a B.S. in computer science from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University.

AI and Workforce Disruption with Guru Sethupathy

“Conscious is the new smart” says Dr. Bob Rosen, CEO of Healthy Companies International. The more conscious we are, the faster we adapt and the higher performing we become. Nothing is more important than understanding ourselves, our actions, and our environment. Dr. Bob Rosen joins the Talent Angle to discuss how leaders can thrive in an age of disruption and uncertainty by becoming more aware and accountable to the world around them. &nbsp;

Creating Conscious Leaders with Dr. Bob Rosen

Humankind is on the brink of an unprecedented technological transformation, and people and organizations that prepare properly have a massive opportunity ahead of them. Listen to Peter Hinssen, business school lecturer, futurist, and author of The Day After Tomorrow as he discusses the technological changes that will fundamentally change how we work, how we live, and how we relate to each other.

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