Paul Falcone, the best-selling author of several books including his latest: "The First-Time Manager: Leading Through Crisis" joined Raluca Apostol, CPO and co-founder of Nestor in a conversation about the managers' role in navigating uncertain times, building resilience, and ways to tackle talent scarcity.

Paul Falcone is the principal of Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting, LLC, specializing in management & leadership training, executive coaching, international keynote speaking, and HR advisory services. He is a certified executive coach through the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching program, a long-term columnist for SHRM.org and HR Magazine, and an adjunct faculty member in UCLA Extension’s School of Business and Management.

Paul's previous experience includes roles like CHRO of Nickelodeon and senior-level HR positions with Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, and City of Hope.

Building Resilience As A Manager With Paul Falcone

Anna Kmetova (annakmetova.com) is a Professional Certified Co-Active Coach & Associate Certified Coach by ICF Workshop Facilitator. With over 10 years of working in a corporate environment (including Booking.com), Anna pursues her career in coaching by supporting her clients with 1:1 coaching sessions and helps companies implement a coaching culture.

She recently sat down with Raluca Apostol (CPO and Co-Founder of Nestor) in a video conference to talk about how coaching can be used as a powerful leadership tool in the workplace, what surprised her the most while coaching her clients, and the huge benefits she thinks big companies are missing out on.

Coaching as a Powerful Leadership Tool in the Modern Workplace

As remote work becomes increasingly necessary around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the companies have been forced to adapt and embrace remote work. This transition has a great impact on business operations, HR processes and management, employee motivation, productivity, and efficiency. 

Han Yuan recently sat down with Raluca Apostol, CPO of Nestor, and talked about effective leadership in times of crisis. Han shared his insights on how to be an effective leader in difficult times, embracing remote work, increasing people's productivity and motivation, and best practices with regards to navigating changes in the workplace during this challenging time.

Han is the founder of Post-PC Labs. He has 15+ years of experience in leading engineering teams at Upwork, eBay, Netflix and he is running The Modern Art Of Software Leadership (https://h6y3.substack.com) newsletter on management and leadership.

Being an Effective Leader in Times of Crisis with Han Yuan

As remote work becomes increasingly necessary around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the companies have been forced to adapt and embrace remote work. This transition has a great impact on business operations, HR processes and management, employee motivation, productivity, and efficiency. 

Sheeba Varghese recently sat down with Raluca Apostol, CPO of Nestor, and talked about handling difficult conversations as a remote manager. Sheeba talked about situations when a manager can have difficult conversations, what are some of the best practices that can be applied in such cases, what to avoid in a remote work environment and when a manager knows that he did an effective job.

Sheeba is a Leadership Trainer and an Executive Coach and brings more than 20 years of experience working with individuals to her coaching. She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and was recently selected as Top Leadership Trainer of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for her leadership and commitment to the industry.

Handling Difficult Conversations as a Remote Manager with Sheeba Varghese

Tim Brady recently sat down with Bogdan Apostol, CEO of Nestor, and talked about the importance of building a strong and coherent culture early on and shared some actions that you can take today to help you create a solid foundation for your startup.

Tim Brady is a Partner at Y Combinator. He was co-founder of Imagine K12, an edtech accelerator that merged with YC in 2016. Prior to that, Tim was Yahoo’s first employee in 1995 and wrote the business plan that attracted Yahoo’s first venture capital. Tim spent eight years as Yahoo’s Chief Product Officer.

Building a Strong Company Culture Could be Your Startup’s Safety Belt with Tim Brady

Marc Butler recently sat down with Bogdan Apostol, CEO of Nestor, and talked about the importance of managing resilience in organizations, how to lead with a people-first approach, and shared best practices for executive leaders when making tough decisions through difficult times.

Marc Butler is former Chief Operating Officer at BNY Mellon Albridge, Fintech Board Member and Advisor. Recognized by Forbes as one of its “next generation” CEOs, Marc excels at cultivating high-performance teams and organizational cultures by emphasizing “people first” and combining a deep understanding of business and technology to create a competitive advantage.

Managing Resilience and Making Tough Decisions in a Crisis with Marc Butler

Peter Walmsley recently sat down with Raluca Apostol, CPO at Nestor, and talked about the importance of employee engagement in an organization and shared best practices on how to maintain it in a work from home environment.

Peter Walmsley is the Chief People Officer at GSN Games where he leads the global human resources and recruitment teams. Peter is a highly experienced and committed leader with extensive Executive Human Resources experience in multi-national organisations across the USA; Europe; Asia and North Africa. Track record of success in setting the strategic direction, driving organisational change, providing leadership for the function, developing and influencing critical business relationships and delivering results aligned to business goals

Employee Engagement when Working from Home with Peter Walmsley

We believe that people should be happy and inspired by their jobs. We help organizations promote a growth mindset, better understand their employees and help their leaders become better coaches.

Nestor is an intelligent cloud platform that helps employees unleash their full potential at work through coaching practices - goal setting, effective 1:1s, feedback loops, leadership development, organizational trends and risk mitigation through predictive analytics.