In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy is speaking with Dr. Esther Jackson. She is a people potential celebrator. She’s worked in a variety of roles in the public and private sectors--HR training manager, HR training specialist, organizational employee development specialist, project manager, instructional designer, change management lead. Dr. Jackson has foundational experience in designing and facilitating soft skills and hard skills training.

Dr. Esther Jackson’s project management work has been geared toward learning and HR and talent development projects, addressing the needs of various levels in organizations and workforce, and the work with change management allowed Dr. Jackson to recognize the importance of developing that genre of skills, which is often confused with adaptability skills. These skills are a key topic in her new book, Adaptability in Talent Development.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

1. What adaptability is and why Dr. Esther Jackson wrote her book about adaptability in talent development.
2. Why she decided to focus on talent development in particular and why adaptability is such an important skill to have in this field.
3. The four quadrants of emotional intelligence and how Dr. Esther Jackson relates those to adaptability.
4. What organizations are doing to adapt during the Great Resignation and why it’s crucial for them to be open to making those changes in order to be more successful and become more attractive to prospective employees.
5. Dr. Jackson’s acronym, LUPE (Level Up on Performance Essentials), and what she means by that.

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