36 min
Building Blocks to Psychological Safety with Linda Valente, MFT Talent Empowerment with Tom Finn
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Linda Valente is the Director of Training and Employee Development at the non-profit, CDD, or Center for Developmentally Disabled. Here Linda and her organization provide much-needed residential care services and day habilitation to adults with developmental disabilities across the greater Kansas City, MO area. Linda is the first person in her position, laying the foundation for supporting not just their residents, but their caregivers.
Linda has worked in the Learning & Development field for 14 years now and holds two master's degrees in Adult Education and Family Therapy. Outside of academics, Linda is a lover of music. She is a part-time vocal instructor and currently studying to become a voice-over artist. But most important to Linda is her female-dominated family with two daughters and two granddaughters, with her first grandson on the way!
Talking Points: How Linda got into training and developmentCenter for Developmentally Disabled informationImportance of "listening tours"How can L&D positions help employees reach their full potentialDealing with failureTips to decompress the mindHow can talent leaders best position themselves for their own growth within a company?The power and importance of vulnerability and creating psychological safetyServant leadership modelDefining successHow to make "others-focused" a leadership/business practiceTips for building relationshipsWatch outs for psychological safetyResources/Links:
Connect with Linda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindavalente1/Learn about CDD: https://cddkc.org/Connect with Tom on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfinnleggup/Connect with Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomfinnleggupPodcast website: https://www.talentempowerment.com/
Our Sponsors:
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Linda Valente is the Director of Training and Employee Development at the non-profit, CDD, or Center for Developmentally Disabled. Here Linda and her organization provide much-needed residential care services and day habilitation to adults with developmental disabilities across the greater Kansas City, MO area. Linda is the first person in her position, laying the foundation for supporting not just their residents, but their caregivers.
Linda has worked in the Learning & Development field for 14 years now and holds two master's degrees in Adult Education and Family Therapy. Outside of academics, Linda is a lover of music. She is a part-time vocal instructor and currently studying to become a voice-over artist. But most important to Linda is her female-dominated family with two daughters and two granddaughters, with her first grandson on the way!
Talking Points: How Linda got into training and developmentCenter for Developmentally Disabled informationImportance of "listening tours"How can L&D positions help employees reach their full potentialDealing with failureTips to decompress the mindHow can talent leaders best position themselves for their own growth within a company?The power and importance of vulnerability and creating psychological safetyServant leadership modelDefining successHow to make "others-focused" a leadership/business practiceTips for building relationshipsWatch outs for psychological safetyResources/Links:
Connect with Linda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindavalente1/Learn about CDD: https://cddkc.org/Connect with Tom on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfinnleggup/Connect with Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomfinnleggupPodcast website: https://www.talentempowerment.com/
Our Sponsors:
LeggUP: https://www.leggup.com/
36 min