Duke Corporate Education Podcast

Are you prepared for the unexpected as it relates to your leadership and talent? Do you have plans in place to account for unwelcomed situations? These are perhaps not scenarios you want to think about.  Talent planning is a road map that helps organizations prepare how they're going to understand both their current and future needs to help the business drive performance. On episode 4 of the Duke Corporate Education podcast, expert Kathleen McCarthy outlines tips to consider in thinking through talent planning within your organization.  About Kathleen McCarthy Kathleen McCarthy is a strategic HR leader skilled in driving business value through large-scale global HR transformation, and the development and delivery of innovative HR strategies and initiatives. Kathleen's particular expertise is in championing talent at all levels of the organization to hire, inspire, and grow extraordinary talent and increase employee engagement. For the last seven years, Kathleen was an HR leader at American Express,

How do you get your team so aligned with its purpose that there is actual belief involved?   It is a big question that can be a game-changer in terms of impact. On episode 3 of the Duke Corporate Education podcast, Duke CE Regional Managing Director Pete Gerend offers insights, including:   Questions to ask to help you frame your mission and beliefs.   Positive examples from companies such as Coca-Cola.   Integrating ethnography into the process.   The role of the top leader.   How to ensure that mission statements are not hollow platitudes.   Guidance on how and when to measure the impact. About Pete Gerend As Regional Managing Director Pete has responsibility for leading Duke CE's business in North America.  In this capacity both leads the Regional Team to create meaningful approaches to leadership development.   He also works directly with global clients to connect the capacity of their people to the promise of their strategy. He is Visiting Pro

Ready or not, here come generation Z and millenials into the workforce! Generation Z is generally defined with birth years ranging from the mid or late 1990s through the 2010s, while millenials are the generation born just before this time period. Many are already making an impact, perhaps at your organization. There are significant different between how these two generations view their work and careers compared to older generations, which may also lead to frustration.   On episode two of the Duke Corporate Education podcast, Duke CE Regional Managing Director Sharmla Chetty offers insights on how to best integrate these younger generations into the workplace. Sharmla has a unique perspective on this topic as she works with many leading companies to address their talent development needs. On the podcast, she addresses topics such as:   The best ways for organizations to attract younger generations to their organizations.   The differences in terms of how organizations should train Generation

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Duke Corporate Education podcast, a show that offers leadership insights for business leaders, CLOs and HR directors!   Are you strategically building your personal brand through digital communications channels? Are you leveraging your personal brand to make you a better leader in bring value to your organization? Guest Dorie Clark shares best practice tips that will give you clarity on these two question. A marketing consultant, former Presidential campaign spokesperson, author and Duke CE educator, Dorie shares tips on the following topics:   Managing your online reputation: why it is important, how it impacts one’s ability to lead and how to do this How business leaders can leverage digital communications channels to develop break-through ideas for their organizations Making sense of feedback from online channels The best way to teach leaders digital communications strategies in the executive education classroom.   About Dorie Clark Dorie Clark