259: Lessons from a Learn-It-All Leader

What’s the difference between a Learn-It-All leader and a Know-It-All Leader? That’s just one of many questions Damon Lembi answers in this value-packed conversation. Damon is an excellent example of a leader who’s been focused on his own growth and equally committed to helping members of his team become the best versions of themselves.

For nearly three decades as CEO, Damon has led his company, Learnit, through the ever-changing landscape of Learning and Development, gaining insight into what works, how great leaders learn, and why learn-it-all companies outpace their competition.

Coming to business from a career in baseball, Damon brings an athlete’s perspective on leadership and training to his informal mentoring of executives. He’s distilled those hard-won insights into his bestselling book, The Learn-It-All Leader—Mindset, Traits, and Tools.

You’ll discover:

Leadership lessons Damon learned from the 3 Hall of Fame Baseball Coaches he worked with in college
The distinction Damon makes between Being and Doing when it comes to leader behaviors
Why Damon hires for potential instead of experience
Reasons he prizes Curiosity as a key leadership skill
What the Trust Tax is and why it’s an important payment to make

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211: How Wix.com Uses Data to Show ROI on Learning Programs

How does a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry translate into the corporate world of Learning and Development? Dr. Eli Bendet-Taicher brings that experience—and many others—into his role as Head of Global Learning and Development at Wix.com. It turns out that his passion for people and his love for research and experiments are the perfect combination!

Eli has more than 21 years of international experience in both technical and educational leadership positions. His career path includes global talent management, human resources, learning & development, coaching, mentorship & leadership, people & performance analytics, product development, data analysis, and storytelling.

As a scientist who believes in data as the driver of the best business decisions, Eli presents a unique approach to Learning and Development that drives organizations to be on top of industry standards in today’s new workplace era.

You’ll discover:

Why Eli advocates running L&D like a business
How Eli gained the trust of the CEO by demonstrating the value L&D contributes to the bottom line
The power of A/B Testing to determine which learning programs produce the best results.
Why Eli’s team created their own set of values and the benefits of doing so
What Eli looks for when hiring a new person for his team

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“Six Key Ingredients to Culture – Infused Learning at Wix”

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189: The Best Leaders Are Wildly Self-Aware at GoDaddy

How do you create a leadership development program from scratch? Will Leahy explains how he did just that at GoDaddy as Senior Director of Learning and Talent. You’ll feel his unbridled enthusiasm for his work, and you’ll learn how he’s still refining that program after two years.

Throughout Will’s career at companies like Virgin Orbit, Hulu, and LinkedIn, there’s a common thread that’s near and dear to my own heart. Will has a passion for developing strong leaders who help others thrive and realize their full potential. And in our conversation we talked about how he’s been doing that at GoDaddy.

You’ll discover:

Will’s purpose and how he gets to fulfill it at GoDaddy
The key question Will asked that helped him develop a powerful leadership development program
The story behind The Everyday Leaders Program title
Why the program results in real changes in the way leaders lead
How Will utilizes the program’s Alumni Network to test new classes and get feedback

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170: How UC Berkeley Transformed Performance Reviews and Built a Coaching Culture

What if you could turn your performance review process into a real development opportunity? Angela Stopper, Ph.D., describes exactly what she and her team at UC Berkeley did to accomplish this amazing transformation.

Angela is the Chief Learning Officer and Director of People and Organization Development at the University of California, Berkeley. She is responsible for the team that creates and delivers campus-wide learning initiatives supporting supervisory, management, functional, and technical learning efforts for the campus’s 9,000 staff and faculty administrators.

You’ll discover:

The You-Me-We Learning Model that forms the basis for all their development programs
Why the entire learning operation at UC Berkeley is branded as GROW
What they’ve done to empower learners to be self-driven
How coaching has been incorporated into their performance review system
What “Achieve Together” conversations between managers and employees sound like

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163: A Culture Where People Feel Safe and Valued

What can you do to make sure your company avoids being part of the Great Resignation? Maurice “Moe” Rondeau has specific suggestions you can adopt, based on what he and his team have done to build community and high performance.

Moe is Vice President of Learning & Development at WinnCompanies, a real estate property development and management company in the Boston area. He has a diverse 25+ year background in global learning and organizational development.

Moe’s multi-industry experience provides him with a solid understanding of the challenges that business leaders face in engaging and retaining talent.

You’ll discover:

What leaders can do to engage and retain their top talent
What WinnCompanies does to keep everyone informed and involved
A few thought leaders Moe admires most…and why
5 key lessons Moe learned when starting up the L&D division from scratch
How Moe structured programs for high potentials and first level managers to achieve a positive impact

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