In this episode of THE TALENT DEVELOPMENT HOT SEAT, Leila Bulling Towne is Andy’s guest. She is an executive leadership coach and trainer. Her focus is on helping leaders make better decisions, guiding their teams, and having more difficult conversations while having more fun at work. She’s been working closely with leaders for 20+ years and has coached founders, VPs, and C-suite executives in companies all over the world.

Leila Bulling Towne is the creator of the online coaching and training platform AwesomeLeader.com, which allows companies to train their managers 15 minutes at a time with videos, exercises, and weekly coaching calls, keeping them in cohorts.

In this interview, you’ll hear:

1. How Leila Bulling Towne got started in her current career and why she enjoys her role as a coach so much.
2. Her philosophy on L&D while she was at CNET and how active involvement of the executive team affected company training.
3. What the Great Resignation has done to shift what employees care about and how leadership can address those needs.
4. Why the pandemic forced companies to evaluate how they’re doing things and why it might be time to change it.
5. How leadership is changing and what we need from leaders today in the workplace.
6. The reason promoting people who are doing a good job into more senior roles doesn’t always translate into good leadership ability.
7. How you can create effective training experiences in your company in this modern world of virtual work.
8. The top leadership no-nos to avoid according to Leila Bulling Towne.
9. The number one thing employees want from their leaders.
10. The power behind cohort-based learning and why it works so well.

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Connect with Leila Bulling Towne:

linkedin.com/in/leila

awesomeleader.com

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