Episode 11: Professional Development: Reinvention or Atrophy - Your Choice
In this episode, the choice is simple, we can reinvent or we can atrophy…which do you choose? Dean McAlister and I discuss why, if Professional Development is so important and can be linked to higher profit margins, does it get swept under the rug for more pressing priorities? What do organizations stand to lose if they do this? We speak about looking at development with the lens of “who” we want to be and not “what” we want to be. One of my favorite quotes from the interview is, “Personal Development of it’s people (employees) is a time saver for any organization..” It’s Your Story - Create it! Write it! Tell it!
If this is your first episode listening to Dean McAlister, check out some other great episodes on Creating Your Legacy - Episode 2, Dealing with Change - Episode 4 and Creating Followership - Episode 6.
Dean McAlister's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-mcalister-231b2414
References mentioned in this episode:
“Start with Why” by Simon Sinek
“4 Disciplines of Execution” by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey & Jim Huling
“Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch” by Curt W. Coffman & Kathie Sorensen, Phd