For today’s essential Heretics 101 feature, Couchbase CPO Fidelma Butler talks about modern L&D: building contextual leadership frameworks, meeting employees in workflows, activating peer teaching, and addressing career development’s promotion fixation.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:16) Intro
(01:21) Building L&D from Scratch at Couchbase
(02:45) Defining Good Leadership: The Three-Way Framework
(05:04) Meeting People Where They Are: Escaping Theoretical Land
(06:06) When Survey Results Disagree with CEO Priorities
(07:35) Embedding L&D in the Fairway of the Job
(08:19) Leaders Teaching Leaders: Why It Works
(11:36) Coaching for Senior Leaders: Addressing the Intangibles
(13:35) Hiring for Modern L&D: New Skills Required
(14:25) The Career Development Problem: Everyone Wants It, Nobody Does It
(16:30) Why Career Ladders Become Checkbox Exercises
(19:01) The Ladders Dilemma and Being Transparent with Employees
(20:10) Treating Employees Like Adults
(20:59) Outro
