The Gartner Talent Angle

As the holidays approach, we are re-releasing our top podcasts from 2019. Please enjoy our conversation with Steve Denning, author of "The Age of Agile," which argues that even global giants don't have to be born agile in order to be an entrepreneur and deliver more value from less work. 

*This Spotlight was edited from out interview in 2018. How can you compete with companies that, combined, have a GDP the size of France, garner the best talent in the world, and accumulate vast amounts of data? NYU Stern professor Scott Galloway breaks down the success of The Four and distills how companies need to think differently to compete against the 800 pound gorillas of the digital age. 

Today’s rapidly-changing market conditions are challenging our legacy ways of working and upending organizations that were designed for stability. Dave Ulrich, author of Reinventing the Organization, joins the Talent Angle to discuss how progressive companies are looking outward--to their networks, partners, and marketplace--to radically reinvent themselves.

*This Spotlight was edited from out interview in 2017. Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Out lives are a never-ending stream of "when" decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. In When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Dan Pink shows that timing is really a science and reveals how to best live, work and succeed through perfect timing. 

Zvi Band, author of Success Is in Your Sphere, believes nothing is more powerful than relationships in your professional life. Listen to learn how to establish meaningful personal connections and deepen your relationship with people who will make a difference in your career. Zvi Band is the co-founder of Contactually, a relationship-centric business that powers millions of relationships, and author of Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals. Beyond his work and writing, Zvi serves as a proponent of entrepreneurship in Washington DC, founding DC Tech Meet Up and advises early-stage startups. He’s been named a Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and is a  three-time Washingtonian Tech Titan. He received his B.S. in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Maryland.

*This Spotlight was edited from our interview in 2017. Why do companies lose their soul, age prematurely and stall out while other sustain profitable growth? Join us to hear Chris Zook, best-selling author of The Founder's Mentality: How to Overcome Predictable Crises of Growth, and partner at Bain & Company, as he discusses how the most successful companies maintain the founder's mentality. 

New technologies are fundamentally changing how firms connect with their customers than ever before. Listen to Christian Terwiesch, co-author of Connected Strategy: Building Continuous Customer Relationships for Competitive Advantage, share four pathways to designing a connected strategy that builds continuous relationships with customers, clients and employees.

*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2017.  It’s usually the rule breakers who turn into millionaire entrepreneurs. Insurance sales people would make successful Navy Seals. Nice guys don’t finish last. These are just a few of the latest findings from behavioral science that Eric Barker, founder of the blog Barking Up The Wrong Tree, and author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller Barking Up The Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong, references to redefine success. Through extensive research and narratives, Barker provides guidance on how to both identify signature strengths, and how we can turn weaknesses into strengths by placing yourself in environments that will reward your uniqueness in order to be optimally happy, productive, and successful in your career.

*This Spotlight is an excerpt from our full interview in 2017. What if you could direct your brain? While most believe you are at the mercy of your brain, what if we actually had the ability to control it? Scott Halford, CEO of Complete Intelligence and author of Activate Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Success, discusses how we can activate "brain hacks" to refresh our brain, increase stamina and momentum, and exterminate negative feelings in order to make the best decisions in our daily work life. 

Managers work hard to provide a steady stream of continuous feedback to coach employees and help them achieve their goals. However, by taking an “Always-on” approach, managers may actually be hindering employee performance. Tune in to this episode of the Talent Angle to hear Gartner’s own Jaime Roca, Senior Vice President of Research & Advisory, and Sari Wilde, Managing Vice President of Research, share insights from their new book, “The Connector Manager”. Learn how providing targeted feedback while connecting employees to those who are better suited to address their needs not only increases employee engagement, but triples the likelihood that they will be high performers.