Leadership Development & the Importance of Coachability (ft. Kevin Wilde)

02/29/24 • 39 min

With a career spanning nearly four decades and a resume boasting Fortune 500 names like General Electric and General Mills, Kevin Wilde is no stranger to corporate life. Acting as the President & Founder of his own consulting firm, Flagship Consulting Group, Wilde has had the opportunity to work with and learn from elite leaders at the peak of their performance.

Now, in the twilight years of his incredible career, Wilde, as a consultant and Executive Leadership Fellow for Minnesota University’s Carlson School of Management, commits his time to educating the next generation of corporate leadership. Here to explore all things leadership development and his new, award-winning book, “The Leadership Superpower,” Wilde joins BizLibrary CRO, Chris Elliot, to discuss:

Individual coachability and key insights on gauging professional growth
Techniques to keep yourself in the professional “learning zone”
How to provide respectful and effective feedback
Why feedback is a two-way street, regardless of corporate hierarchy

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Individual coachability and key insights on gauging professional growth
Techniques to keep yourself in the professional “learning zone”
How to provide respectful and effective feedback
Why feedback is a two-way street, regardless of corporate hierarchy

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Optimizing Employee & Leadership Development for Future Success (ft. David Hanrahan)

David Hanrahan, a seasoned HR professional and visionary leader, can boast a uniquely recognizable track record of renowned organizations throughout his career. Allow me to just name a few:

HR Manager for Universal Pictures
Director of Human Resources for Electronic Arts
Director of Human Resources for Twitter
Vice President of People at Zendesk
Vice President of People & Places at Niantic, Inc.
Chief Human Resources Officer at Eventbrite

Now serving as Chief People Officer at San Diego-based software development firm, Flare, it might not be so shocking to hear that his list of proficiencies is about 3x longer than the list above. With areas of expertise including hyper-growth hiring, scaling global orgs in async environments, DEI adoption and strategy and, maybe (definitely...) most important of all, Metallica, we here at L&D Unlocked count ourselves lucky David could spare some time to join us in-between his busy schedule of speaking events.

Joining our host, BizLibrary Chief Revenue Officer, Chris Elliot, David digs deep into episode topics such as: