The Cost of Prioritizing Output Over Learning - EP 1

Growth through Learning: leadership conversations for employee development

How can leaders connect with employees to foster cultures of learning? Today, the myriad of changes in the professional landscape happen fast. This means that it’s more important than ever for organizations to be resilient and adaptable. So many organizations continue to prioritize short-term results over long-term, sustainable growth, but this approach often leads to employees disconnecting from their work, resulting in less effective, less engaged teams.

In this inaugural episode, your host Hannah Brown speaks with three leaders about the need for employee support, connection, and learning, all of which must be championed by the leaders themselves. Only by engaging workers beyond formal training, can companies develop the kind of team culture that continues to benefit people and organizations alike.

Hannah is your host for this 6-part series on leadership, learning, and lasting organizational growth. She brings 25 years of experience in leadership development, helping leaders bridge the gap between formal training and learning to instill this vital thread into the DNA of teams.

Featuring interviews with individuals who are experiencing first-hand the heavy bottom-line impacts of failing to invest in their people, Growth Through Learning explores Hannah’s book, Into the Hands of Leaders: Employee Growth through Learning.

Discover the importance of prioritizing employee learning and development:

• Why leaders need to be the “heart” and build people-centred relationships with their teams;
• How cultures of fear directly derail cultures of growth;
• Why leaders need to stop “doing” and start “leading”;
• How to identify the pain points that highlight a flawed internal culture.

Important resources from the episode:

• ”Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well” by Amy Edmondson - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Right-Kind-of-Wrong/Amy-C-Edmondson/9781982195069

Connect with the leaders who share their stories on the show:

• Robin Young, Director of Corporate Training Services at Durham College in Toronto - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-young-mba-63b7639b/
• Chantal McIntyre, Talent Strategist, Workplace Consultant, and Leadership Coach - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantal-mcintyre-www-chantalmcintyre-com/
• Len Switzer, Associate Director, Partnerships & External Relations at Michigan Technological University - https://www.linkedin.com/in/len-switzer/

Connect with Hannah:

• Pre-order Into the Hands of Leaders: Employee Growth Through Learning - https://hannahbrown.co/resources/books-and-articles/
• Learn about the programs that help leaders and organizations develop a growth through learning orientation - https://hannahbrown.co/programs/
• Learn more about Hannah’s work - https://hannahbrown.co/