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This Determines How Focused and Motivated Your Team Becomes - IBM SVP of Transformation and Culture, Obed Louissaint
This Determines How Focused and Motivated Your Team Becomes - IBM SVP of Transformation and Culture, Obed Louissaint
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
There's one leadership skill that determines how focused and motivated you and your team become. Without it, team's get distracted, off task, and burnout.
I host Obed Louissaint, SVP of Transformation and Culture at IBM, where he defines this ledership skills and shares a powerful strategy for how to define success.
Obed leads the areas of Leadership, Learning, Diversity & Inclusion and Transformation for IBM. He is responsible for reinventing people systems and culture to enable innovations to the marketplace, ensure IBM clients succeed, and identify new areas for growth.
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/obed-louissaint-0530b71/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/obed-louissaint-0530b71/)
Company Link: www.ibm.com
What You’ll Discover in this Episode:
Why he chose to transition from investment banking into HR.
His personal process for defining success and the impact it’s made.
Two moments he needed to redefine success.
The worst leadership advice he’s heard.
The one trait he’d instill in every employee.
How you craft the business case for diversity.
The moment he decided to take on a newly created role at IBM.
Three principles and six words that guide his career.
Resources:
https://www.washington.edu/doit/chapter-five (https://www.washington.edu/doit/chapter-five)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/202107/how-do-you-define-success (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/202107/how-do-you-define-success)
https://minutes.co/success-is-subjective-heres-how-to-define-it-for-yourself/ (https://minutes.co/success-is-subjective-heres-how-to-define-it-for-yourself/)
Quotes:
How to think about new hires, “Culture fit versus culture add”
When making a hiring decision, “Are getting smarter, more skilled, more well equipped?”
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfanning/ (LinkedIn)
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I host Obed Louissaint, SVP of Transformation and Culture at IBM, where he defines this ledership skills and shares a powerful strategy for how to define success.
Obed leads the areas of Leadership, Learning, Diversity & Inclusion and Transformation for IBM. He is responsible for reinventing people systems and culture to enable innovations to the marketplace, ensure IBM clients succeed, and identify new areas for growth.
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/obed-louissaint-0530b71/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/obed-louissaint-0530b71/)
Company Link: www.ibm.com
What You’ll Discover in this Episode:
Why he chose to transition from investment banking into HR.
His personal process for defining success and the impact it’s made.
Two moments he needed to redefine success.
The worst leadership advice he’s heard.
The one trait he’d instill in every employee.
How you craft the business case for diversity.
The moment he decided to take on a newly created role at IBM.
Three principles and six words that guide his career.
Resources:
https://www.washington.edu/doit/chapter-five (https://www.washington.edu/doit/chapter-five)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/202107/how-do-you-define-success (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/202107/how-do-you-define-success)
https://minutes.co/success-is-subjective-heres-how-to-define-it-for-yourself/ (https://minutes.co/success-is-subjective-heres-how-to-define-it-for-yourself/)
Quotes:
How to think about new hires, “Culture fit versus culture add”
When making a hiring decision, “Are getting smarter, more skilled, more well equipped?”
-----
Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben Fanning
https://www.benfanning.com/speaker/ (Speaking and Training inquires)
https://followbenonyoutube.com (Subscribe to my Youtube channel)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfanning/ (LinkedIn)
https://www.instagram.com/benfanning1/ (Instagram)
https://twitter.com/BenFanning1 (Twitter)
Released:
Oct 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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