Relentless Forward Progress: Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders with Brady Pyle, Chief HR & Inclusion Officer at Space Center Houston
10/29/24 • 51 min
This episode features an interview with Brady Pyle, Chief HR & Inclusion Officer at Space Center Houston. Over a 30-year federal career, Brady held various HR leadership roles at NASA, including HR Director for the Johnson Space Center and Director of HR Services, earning two NASA Outstanding Leadership Medals. In 2013, Brady created his leadership blog, OutOfThisWorldLeadership.com, which now ranks among Feedspot’s Top 100 Leadership Blogs.
In this episode, Shawn and Brady discuss how space exploration's unique challenges shape forward-thinking organizational strategies, strategies for cultivating internal talent and establishing robust leadership pipelines, and utilizing AI in leadership and employee development.
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“When leaders are moving from individual contributors to leadership roles, a lot of times they were selected because they're the technical expert. They're the smartest person in the room. We had to teach them as you move into that role, you've got to train yourself to use coaching skills, to ask questions. Because if you're constantly giving answers, you're not going to grow the capacity of the team. You're the team's lid. If you want to grow technical expertise in your function and in your field, those are the people we want in our management and leadership positions. You're asking questions, you're developing those creative solutions from your team. The role becomes more of coaching and facilitation and less of giving the answer.” – Brady Pyle
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Episode Timestamps:
*(02:56): Getting to know Brady
*(16:21): Leadership development strategies
*(27:02): Implementing effective recognition programs
*(32:35): Building trust in leadership
*(42:44): Differences between NASA and Space Center Houston
*(45:43): The role of AI in leadership development
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Links:
Connect with Brady on LinkedIn
Learn more about Space Center Houston
This episode features an interview with Brady Pyle, Chief HR & Inclusion Officer at Space Center Houston. Over a 30-year federal career, Brady held various HR leadership roles at NASA, including HR Director for the Johnson Space Center and Director of HR Services, earning two NASA Outstanding Leadership Medals. In 2013, Brady created his leadership blog, OutOfThisWorldLeadership.com, which now ranks among Feedspot’s Top 100 Leadership Blogs.
In this episode, Shawn and Brady discuss how space exploration's unique challenges shape forward-thinking organizational strategies, strategies for cultivating internal talent and establishing robust leadership pipelines, and utilizing AI in leadership and employee development.
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“When leaders are moving from individual contributors to leadership roles, a lot of times they were selected because they're the technical expert. They're the smartest person in the room. We had to teach them as you move into that role, you've got to train yourself to use coaching skills, to ask questions. Because if you're constantly giving answers, you're not going to grow the capacity of the team. You're the team's lid. If you want to grow technical expertise in your function and in your field, those are the people we want in our management and leadership positions. You're asking questions, you're developing those creative solutions from your team. The role becomes more of coaching and facilitation and less of giving the answer.” – Brady Pyle
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Episode Timestamps:
*(02:56): Getting to know Brady
*(16:21): Leadership development strategies
*(27:02): Implementing effective recognition programs
*(32:35): Building trust in leadership
*(42:44): Differences between NASA and Space Center Houston
*(45:43): The role of AI in leadership development
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Links:
Connect with Brady on LinkedIn
Learn more about Space Center Houston
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The Role of Cooperation in Surviving Apocalyptic Times with Athena Aktipis, Author & Professor
This episode features an interview with Athena Aktipis, author of A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University, director of the Cooperation and Conflict Lab and co-director of the Human Generosity Project, the first large-scale collaborative project to investigate the interrelationship between biological and cultural influences on human generosity. Athena also created and co-hosts the Zombified Podcast.
In this episode, Shawn sits down with Athena to discuss the dynamics of need-based transfers in societies, the study of zombification, and strategies for building trust in communities.
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“Oftentimes in more corporate settings, it's easy to forget how important feelings of autonomy are for building anything lasting. You can make somebody do something in the short-term because you're like, ‘This is part of your job. You won't get paid if you don't do this, et cetera.’ But if you want to create trust, create a bond, create a foundation for long-term or even medium-term future productivity and innovation and all of that, people have to feel, I think, individually empowered and autonomous in how they're associating with the people who they are working with.” – Athena Aktipis
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Episode Timetamps:
*(02:52): Getting to know Athena
*(09:21): Athena dives into cooperation
*(18:36): What inspired Athena to study zombification and write A Field Guide to the Apocalypse
*(32:51): How the idea of cooperation translates the workplace
*(35:13): Athena’s recommendations for building trust
*(41:14): Other takeaways from Athena’s book
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Links:
Connect with Athena on LinkedIn
Read A Field Guide to the Apocalypse
Learn more about The Apocalypse Roadshow
Learn more about Zombified Media
Learn more about the Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting
Follow The Apocalypse Roadshow on Instagram
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Redefining L&D for Global Workforces with Sarah Lovelace, VP of People at Airbase
This episode features an interview with Sarah Lovelace, Vice President of People at Airbase. Prior to this role, Sarah served as VP of People at Plenty, held various roles at Box, and was a Recruiting Coordinator at Google.
In this episode, Shawn sits down with Sarah to discuss adapting leadership to different organizational stages, realistic and meaningful leadership development programs, and challenges and trends in global workforce management.
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“You have to go through all of the seasons and you have to go through the reviews, you have to go through having a first hard conversation with an employee. Sometimes there's just not a time limit on that. I think, ultimately, those L&D programs sometimes aim to fast track that. But, I have truly found the best value is again, getting to know managers.” – Sarah Lovelace
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Episode Timestamps:
*(01:58): Getting to know Sarah
*(07:52): Sarah’s leadership style at Airbase
*(24:17): Strategies for measuring organizational trust
*(31:23): Values that drive the People team at Airbase
*(35:56): How Airbase develops leaders
*(42:28): Future challenges for People teams
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Links:
Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn
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