People and Performance Podcast
The People and Performance Podcast offers insights into the strategic competencies, behaviors, and results needed to increase the performance of employees. From attraction and recruitment through onboarding and measuring all the way to succession planning, each episode will take a deep dive into the stages of workforce planning you need to master in order to guarantee long-term success in a rapidly changing world of work. Hosted by Chris Bjorling, Bill Banham and others, each interview is around 15-20 minutes and supported by super impressive guest industry experts.
Episodes
114 episodes
Navigating the Shift: How Organizations Are Building Skills-Based Workforces
Skills-based organizations are no longer just theoretical concepts discussed in business journals – they're becoming the new operational reality for companies worldwide. As Charlotte Evans, Director of Global Customer Advocacy for Coursera for ...
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Season 15
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Episode 10
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16:43
Leveraging Social Support for Workplace Performance
What if the most powerful driver of workplace performance isn't complicated systems or cutting-edge technology, but something as fundamental as social support? Dr. Amanda Hagman, Chief Sci...
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Season 15
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Episode 9
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10:41
What Do Your Employees Want to Learn? The Question Leaders Ignore
What happens when we forget the human beings behind job titles? Kristen Nielsen Donnelly, PhD, COO of Abbey Companies and founder of Abbey Research, tackles this question with refreshing candor in our conversation about workplace dynamics acros...
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Season 15
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Episode 8
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8:47
Surfacing Problems: The Gift of Failure
What happens when you treat problems as gifts rather than obstacles? According to Mike Taylor, cybersecurity professional at Nationwide and instructor at Franklin University's instructional ...
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Season 15
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Episode 7
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11:57
Ditching the L&D Soapbox
Cutting through the noise of today's workplace requires more than just great content - it demands a true understanding of learners and their needs. In this engaging conversation Chris Bjorling had with
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Season 15
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Episode 6
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9:34
Superman's Guide to Learning: What Action Comics Taught a Professor
Professor Karl Kapp turns traditional learning and development on its head with his revolutionary Action First Learning framework. Rather than beginning with theory and content, Kapp advocates for jumping straight into action—allowing learners ...
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Season 15
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Episode 5
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11:27
User-Generated Content: The Future of Effective Learning and Development
Ever wonder what happens when L&D professionals finally focus on their own development? Sarah Cannistra, founder of The Overnight Trainer, pulls back the curtain on this fascinating dynamic in our latest conversation.
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Season 15
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Episode 4
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11:54
Thinking in an Age of Automation
Ever caught yourself scrolling through photos of presentation slides you'll never look at again? In this episode, cognitive science researcher Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD, challenges us ...
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Season 15
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Episode 3
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8:54
How Saying Yes Creates Better Leaders and Stronger Organizations
What if the key to career advancement was as simple as saying "yes" to opportunity? Howard H. Prager, President of Advanced Learning Group, believes this straightforward philosophy can tr...
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Season 15
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Episode 2
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11:24
The Human Touch: Leading Performance Beyond Algorithms
What happens when we stop treating learning as a compliance checkbox and start designing it around human experience? Justin Seeley, e-Learning Evangelist for Adobe, reveals why most corpor...
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Season 15
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Episode 1
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11:28
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Row Your Business Boat: Olympic Coaching Wisdom for Leaders
Dan Moore, Olympic high-performance coach for the GB men's rowing team, takes us behind the scenes of his recent success at the Paris Olympics, where he guided the men's four and men's pair to bronze and silver medals. Having started coaching a...
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Season 14
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Episode 8
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20:50
Business Lessons From the World of Elite Rugby
Today we are joined by Karl Dickson, a globally acclaimed figure in the realm of rugby, celebrated for his dual roles as a professional Rugby Union referee and a former England and Harlequins player. His illustrious refereeing care...
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Season 14
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Episode 7
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19:20
Basketball and HR
In the latest edition of this sports and business focused season, Chris and Bill are joined by Corey Samuels, Corey Samuels, a professional basketball player on the Bristol Flyers Men's Basketball team with a keen interest in business, HR, and ...
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Season 14
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Episode 6
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14:05
Boardroom Lessons From Elite Sport
Our guest this time is Felicia Rickards, an executive coach and leadership development consultant. Felicia has worked with both sports stars and corporate C-suite leaders, makin...
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Season 14
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Episode 5
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13:47
Realizing Your Potential
In this episode, Chris and Bill chat with Steve Mellor, a high-performance Coach at GrowthReady and Host of The GrowthReady Podcast. Steve is a former top 50 globally-ranke...
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Season 14
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Episode 4
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13:42
Stronger Personal Growth
Our guest this time is Zoe Thompson, who was once Britain’s second-strongest woman. After dealing with personal tragedy, Zoe Thompson embarked on a mission to change her life for the better. Zoe’s story is one of grit, determinatio...
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Season 14
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Episode 3
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17:22
The Science of Sport and Business
In this episode, Chris and Bill talk with Emma Ross, a trailblazing leader in sports science, a staunch advocate for women's empowerment in sport, and Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at The Well HQ. Emma was formerly the Head of Physiol...
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Season 14
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Episode 2
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16:38
Season 14 Preview: Sports and Business
Welcome to a very special preview episode of the People and Performance Podcast! Bill and Chris are thrilled to share a sneak peek into our upcoming Season 14. We’ve got an incredible lineup that’s going to take us in a slightly di...
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Season 14
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Episode 1
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9:07
Culture and High Performance in Hospitality
In the first People and Performance episode of 2025, we consider company culture and high achievement in the hospitality sector.Our guest today is James Ferguson...
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Season 13
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Episode 7
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14:55
The Formula for Employee Learning and High Performance
In this episode of the People and Performance show, Dani Saadu, Head of People and Culture at Wavemaker, joins Bill and Chris to share some key strategies behind transformative workplace learning.
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Season 13
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Episode 6
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11:07
Performance and Defining Strategic Capabilities
In this episode of the People and Performance show, we consider systems thinking, ways to define strategic capabilities, and we review UNLEASH 2024 in Paris. Chris and Bill are joined this time by
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Season 13
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Episode 5
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20:47
How AI is Impacting Employee Performance
In this People and Performance episode, we hear from Enrique Rubio, Top 100 Global HR Influencer and speaker.Enrique is the founder & CEO of Hacking HR, a global learning commun...
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Season 13
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Episode 4
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19:07
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Our guest today is Angela Cheng-Cimini, SVP, Talent & CHRO at Harvard Business Publishing. Angela is a global executive Human Resources leader with over 30 years of comp...
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Season 13
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Episode 3
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13:19
