Preparing the Next Generation - Dr. Pooneh Lari

02/21/24 • 25 min

For this week's show, were joined by Dr. Pooneh Lari, an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for NC State's Training & Development Program.
Dr. Lari and her colleagues are responsible for educating the next generation of instructional designers while also helping mid-career professionals further their education or get valuable credentials for advancement.
You can connect with Dr. Lari here via Linkedin, and find out more about NC State's Training & Development Program, under the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development here.

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Managing a Hybrid L&D Team — Candace Marles, Ph.D.

Hybrid work arrangements have gone mainstream in recent years, but Candace Marles has been a part of — and managed — distributed learning and development teams for nearly 20 years.
Whether its effectively managing virtual meetings for on-site and remote employees, being more intentional in building culture, or simply having a little more patience for parents working from home, there's a unique set of challenges for managing a hybrid team.
Candace is excited to share her experiences and the best practices she's seen help turn happy, empowered employees become high-performing teams thanks to the flexibility of the hybrid model.
You can connect with her on Linkedin, and below, you'll find the two articles she published on managing hybrid teams:

About Candace
Most recently the Manager of Digital Learning Development at SAS, Candace spent seven years managing the team responsible for creating digital courses that reached more than 400,000 users in the past three years.
Her journey in L&D began in 1997 when she shifted from a career as a music theory professor to become a training consultant working on-site at GSK, where she would remain until 2008 when she joined SAS.
Originally hired as e-learning developer at SAS, Candace transitioned to management in May 2016 and held that role until April 2023.

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Aligning L&D with Corporate Goals - Tomislav Vujec

We've got a wonderful guest for this edition of Leading L&D as Tomislav Vujec, Director of Learning at Red Hat, joins us to discuss aligning L&D with corporate strategy.
When a company begins shifting its focus, that can be a tough ship to steer -- but ultimately, L&D is the sail for creating those foundational changes.
With more than 20 years of experience at Red Hat, Tomislav has some excellent perspective and insight!

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