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Yuri Kruman, CEO at HR, Talent & Systems (voted best full-service HR firm in NY for 2021 & 2022 by Acquisitions International), a Top CHRO for 2022 (PeopleHum), a Top 100 DEI Leader in 2021 (Mogul) , employer brand expert, VC/PE HR advisor, and author of Be Your Own Commander-In-Chief,  joins host James Mackey to discuss:  how corporate learning & development is broken,  how to actually understand what your people need, performance management, his new book, and a lot more!

00:00 Intro

02:37 Corporate learning & development is broken

08:21 Problem with corporate training content

10:00 How to actually understand what people need

13:20 How well do employee surveys work?

20:05 Lifetime value of a happy employee

24:50 Bringing about consistency with performance management

39:23 Yuri's book:  Be Your Own Commander-In-Chief

44:30: How to contact Yuri


Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible!


Our host James Mackey

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