As the global workforce continues to age, it is increasingly vital for organizations to have both efficient succession plans and effective knowledge sharing between their employees. Julie Berko, Director of the Office of Human Resources at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joins the Talent Angle to discuss how organizations can leverage data to enable knowledge sharing and simplify succession planning. She also explains how organizations can identify future skills needs and build strategies to develop them. Julie Berko boasts more than 30 years of human resources experience, honored with the 2022 Presidential Rank Award. A Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor, she champions workplace flexibilities and employee well-being. Julie pioneered the FAA's Work/Life program and geriatric care management. At NIH, she instituted the Leave Bank program, Maxiflex, and telework expansion, meeting 100% employee needs. Her initiatives fostered diversity, inclusion, and swift response to COVID-19, enabling quick transition to maximum telework for 75% of the workforce. Julie served on the NIH Child Care Board, Health and Wellness Council, and co-chaired the 2023 Federal Human Capital Collaborative Forum. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from American University and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Howard University. Peter Aykens is the chief of research for Gartner’s HR practice. Peter is responsible for building and leading research teams within the practice to address clients’ key initiatives. Before his current role, he spent over 25 years at Gartner leading research teams focused on banking and financial services strategy, producing numerous studies that addressed business strategy, channels, marketing, customer experience and product challenges. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Olaf College, a master’s degree in international politics from Aberystwyth University (formerly known as the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth) and a master’s degree and a doctorate in political science from Brown University.

SPOTLIGHT: Driving Cross-Generational Collaboration, With NIH’s Julie Berko

Laszlo Bock believes that giving people freedom and supplementing our instincts with hard science are steps on the path to making work meaningful and people happy. Laszlo joins the Talent Angle to discuss the seminal importance of recruiting, rethinking engagement, creating transparent workplaces, fostering feedback, and so much more.&nbsp; &nbsp;

WORK RULES! (and breaking them) with Laszlo Bock, Fmr Google SVP of People

Kidnappers, however ill-intentioned, are prone to the same human reasoning as the rest of us. What anyone desires most is to be understood and respected. Chris Voss shares techniques that work in the board room every bit as well as&nbsp;across the high stakes world of hostage negotiations.

Life and Death Negotiation: Chris Voss

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

Imagine an environment where you can bring your whole self to work? Imagine a workplace where great leaders build honest relationships with each of their employees, allowing their employees to know exactly where they stand. &nbsp; Believe it or not, hierarchy discourages honest feedback which leads to dysfunctional relationships and businesses. Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, and Jason Rosoff, CEO of Radical Candor, teach us how to care personally and challenge directly to create a culture of honest feedback in order to love your work. Kim and Jason walk us through ways in which you can adopt the basic principles of Radical Candor to become a great leader.

Radical Candor: A Culture of Challenge and Caring with Kim Scott and Jason Rosoff

What poses the greatest competitive threat to your local church? Conventional wisdom would say other churches, but Bob Moesta, Co-author of The Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook, argues that the largest competitive threat to formalized religion might actually be…Crossfit. Bob Moesta, President and CEO of the Rewired Group and Co-Architect of “Jobs-to-be-Done” theory, joins the CEB Talent Angle to discuss how he helps companies grow by fundamentally understanding how customers shop and why they buy. By adopting the “Jobs-to-be-Done” mindset, Bob believes that business leaders can create innovators across the enterprise and teach them how to turn struggling moments into opportunities for innovation.

Inside the Customer Mind: Jobs-to-be-Done Theory with Bob Moesta

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.

SPOTLIGHT: Driving Cross-Generational Collaboration, With NIH’s Julie Berko

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