11: Resurrecting Talent Development and Building a Manager Bootcamp with Dannielle Yates of the Standard
Highlights from the interview include:
- Why working in a high tech startup was the best leadership development experience Dannielle has ever had
- Learning truly has to be on the job and get you out of your comfort zone to grow
- The experience of moving from high tech to insurance
- Working in tech was like hanging by her fingernails and loving every minute of it
- Dannielle’s greatest accomplishment at The Standard - resurrecting leadership development and building a manager bootcamp
- The importance of putting business leaders in front of the room to lead programs
- Importance of involving managers to help them reinforce learning
- Measuring the impact of successful talent programs
- The culture change initiative that Dannielle has been a part of with regards to performance reviews
- The importance of tying talent development back to company strategy
- People join a company but leave a manager
- Dannielle’s biggest mistake: developing a workshop and not dedicating enough time
- Bringing role players into middle manager program
- The challenge of applying the coaching practice to running the business
- The higher up people go, the less feedback they get
- How to stay on top of trends and learn from others in the industry
- Advice for talent development professionals: promote yourself
Links:
- Dannielle's LinkedIn page
- The Standard
- Talent Development Hot Seat
- Connect with Andy on LinkedIn!
- Join the Talent Development Hot Seat group on LinkedIn!
For questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at andy@andystorch.com