On this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Alyssa Dver to the show. She is a trained and accomplished marketing executive and was a Chief Marketing Officer for many companies early in her career, which stirred a fascination for human motivation. As brain science began to bloom and as she began to delve into that topic, her son was diagnosed with a serious neurological condition. That caused her to begin questioning top neurologists, who would Google topics in front of her. That moment led her to her current career path.

Alyssa Dver is a confidence crusader, an expert, speaker, and author of many books. She is the Chief Confidence Officer, CEO, and co-founder of the American Confidence Institute, which trains growth-minded people how to coach and self-coach using basic brain science-based tools and techniques.

In this interview, you’ll hear:

1. Alyssa Dver’s marketing background and how that led to co-founding her company, the American Confidence Institute (ACI).
2. How she pivoted her saucy book for women and success to fit for a more corporate HR audience.
3. Why confidence isn’t a feeling and how you can really define it in your own life.
4. The impact your mindset has on confidence and how you can begin building your own confidence.
5. Where innate confidence comes from and why Alyssa Dver thinks it may boil down to more nurture than nature.
6. How false confidence looks in the adult world and why it can amount to bullying.
7. Why we need to give confidence before we take it and what that looks like.
8. Her recommendations for what we can do to continue to increase confidence in ourselves.
9. What talent development professionals can do to begin helping build confidence in others to help boost employee careers in your organization.
10. Alyssa Dver’s advice for organizations that want to change behaviors within their companies.
11. Why employee resource groups (ERGs) are important and what it takes for them to be successful in an organization.
12. Her tips for creating successful ERGs that won’t become an afterthought.

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