How to become your team’s favorite boss, with global HR expert Paul Falcone
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Winning the war for talent will be one of the top ways that the businesses of tomorrow will not only succeed — but survive. So how do you actually win that war? How do you become the leader — and company — everyone wants to work for? Our guest this week is the perfect person to answer those questions.

  Paul Falcone is principal of Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting, LLC, specializing in management and leadership training, executive coaching, international keynote speaking, and facilitating corporate offsite retreats. He is the former CHRO of Nickelodeon and has held senior-level HR positions with Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, and City of Hope.

  Listen to the full conversation for more on talent scarcity (and how to overcome it), what younger generations want in the workplace, Paul’s secret to writing 15 bestselling books, and more.

  Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn: 

How Paul Falcone “back doored” into his career path in human resources

How Paul found time to write 15 bestselling books in the midst of his successful corporate and consulting career, plus why he thinks his books have stood out in the publishing landscape

Why talent scarcity is one of the top factors that will impact the next era of work 

The key to holding your employees accountable 

Why leadership is the greatest gift a workplace can give 

What it means to “sit around the campfire” — and why today’s society has lost the ability to do it 

The difference between someone’s “doingness” and their “beingness” 

Why Gen Z is considered the most isolated and lonely generation in history, and what that means for mental health in the workplace

The power of gratitude when it comes to HR, recruiting, and hiring

What the younger generations of workers want in a company and boss 

What the leap to entrepreneurship from the corporate world has been for Paul, and why he wasn’t ready for it earlier in his career

How to measure success in the HR world

Why leaders shouldn’t be responsible for motivating their employees — but instead create an environment in which they can self-motivate 

More about Paul’s book-writing process, and why that mode commonly hits him in the middle of the night

  Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 

Paul’s consulting firm), Paul Falcone HR

Paul Falcone on LinkedIn)

Paul’s SHRM author page)

“The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century”) by George Friedman

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