People and Performance Podcast

By: Fidello Inc.
  • Summary

  • The People and Performance Podcast offers insights into the strategic competencies, behaviors, and results needed to increase the performance of employees. From attraction and recruitment through onboarding and measuring all the way to succession planning, each episode will take a deep dive into the stages of workforce planning you need to master in order to guarantee long-term success in a rapidly changing world of work. Hosted by Chris Bjorling, Bill Banham and others, each interview is around 15-20 minutes and supported by super impressive guest industry experts.

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Episodes
  • Culture and High Performance in Hospitality
    Jan 2 2025

    In the first People and Performance episode of 2025, we consider company culture and high achievement in the hospitality sector.

    Our guest today is James Ferguson, speaker, employee engagement expert, and Corporate Director of Culture at The Wurzak Hotel Group, a Philadelphia-based, vertically integrated owner, developer, and operator of premium branded full-service, extended stay, and lifestyle hotels.

    James is also the Bestselling Author of The Confetti Culture Playbook and award recipient at HRZone's recent Culture Pioneers Forum.

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    Talking About Ways To Improve Company Culture and People Performance

    The People and Performance Podcast is a show that dives into all things related to raising performance in the working world around us. We investigate how technology and HR processes are inextricably linked to the employee experience and the bottom line.

    Chris Bjorling, Co-host

    Christopher Bjorling is President at Fidello Inc., a consulting and services firm specializing in improving human performance.

    For over 30 years Chris has led Fidello in creating unique talent management solutions. Through the products and services he and his team have created over the years, his organization has helped clients design, develop, implement and integrate talent management processes and systems.

    Bill Banham, Co-host

    Bill Banham, Publisher at The HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast and Organizer of events such as DisruptHR London.

    Bill has worked with lots of business tech and HR-focused brands in the UK and North America including HRreview, TalentCulture, HRmarketer, Sprigg HR, and Team Fitness Tool.

    Contact us to learn more!

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    15 mins
  • The Formula for Employee Learning and High Performance
    Dec 19 2024

    In this episode of the People and Performance show, Dani Saadu, Head of People and Culture at Wavemaker, joins Bill and Chris to share some key strategies behind transformative workplace learning.

    Dani is co-author of The CAPEX Formula for Learning and Performance: Mega-Trends Driving the New World of Work, Learning, Skills, and HR.

    With over 15 years of experience as a people and culture, talent management, and organisational development professional, Dani is an expert in developing practical and sustainable programs that align with business goals and deliver measurable returns on investment.

    Prior to joining Wavemaker, Dani held several director-level People roles in multiple sectors spanning retail, recruitment, pharmaceuticals and travel.

    Questions for Dani Include:

    • Give us an overview of your book, CAPEX Formula for Learning and Performance
    • You discuss future-proofing organizations—what are the first steps companies need to take?
    • CEOs often demand ROI for L&D investments. Why has this been so elusive, and how can we change that in 2025?
    • If readers take one thing away from this book, what should it be?



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    Talking About Ways To Improve Company Culture and People Performance

    The People and Performance Podcast is a show that dives into all things related to raising performance in the working world around us. We investigate how technology and HR processes are inextricably linked to the employee experience and the bottom line.

    Chris Bjorling, Co-host

    Christopher Bjorling is President at Fidello Inc., a consulting and services firm specializing in improving human performance.

    For over 30 years Chris has led Fidello in creating unique talent management solutions. Through the products and services he and his team have created over the years, his organization has helped clients design, develop, implement and integrate talent management processes and systems.

    Bill Banham, Co-host

    Bill Banham, Publisher at The HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast and Organizer of events such as DisruptHR London.

    Bill has worked with lots of business tech and HR-focused brands in the UK and North America including HRreview, TalentCulture, HRmarketer, Sprigg HR, and Team Fitness Tool.

    Contact us to learn more!

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    11 mins
  • Performance and Defining Strategic Capabilities
    Dec 5 2024

    In this episode of the People and Performance show, we consider systems thinking, ways to define strategic capabilities, and we review UNLEASH 2024 in Paris.

    Chris and Bill are joined this time by Mary Glowacka, Global Head of Learning & Leadership Development at Rolls Royce, the aerospace and defense company.

    With 15+ years of strategic practitioner experience and an unusual journey from operations into HR, Mary is also a member of Josh Bersin’s Senior Faculty, a regular speaker at HR industry events such as UNLEASH, and winner of the 2020 WinTrade Global Women in Leadership Award in recognition of progressive thinking in the banking sector.

    Questions for Mary include:

    • You have an unusual journey from operations into HR. Please introduce yourself and tell us about your career journey
    • As we record this, you're 18 months into your role at Rolls Royce - what do you love about the position and what are some of the big challenges to improving the performance levels of its people?
    • Why do you believe systems thinking is important for leaders?
    • How do you identify and define a strategic capability?
    • Can you tell me more about how you approach the development of these capabilities at Rolls Royce?
    • Rolls Royce was recently recognized with the GOLD Brandon Hall Group Award for the Best Leadership Development Programme in 2024 – a global accolade for your Strategic Leadership Development Programme powered by your partners at London Business School. Congratulations! Tell me more.
    • You recently spoke at UNLEASH in Paris. Can you briefly share some of your key takeaways from the 2024 event and why you believe other senior people leaders should attend?



    More About Mary

    Mary says her sweet spot is change enablement & transformation and her unique expertise combines strategy and execution across a wide range of people and HR processes with a key focus on learning, leadership & talent development, performance enablement, and HRIS/EdTech implementation.

    As Head of Learning & Leadership Development at Rolls-Royce, Mary is leading strategic people capabilities development in support of Rolls-Royce’s transformation agenda set out by its new CEO

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    Talking About Ways To Improve Company Culture and People Performance

    The People and Performance Podcast is a show that dives into all things related to raising performance in the working world around us. We investigate how technology and HR processes are inextricably linked to the employee experience and the bottom line.

    Chris Bjorling, Co-host

    Christopher Bjorling is President at Fidello Inc., a consulting and services firm specializing in improving human performance.

    For over 30 years Chris has led Fidello in creating unique talent management solutions. Through the products and services he and his team have created over the years, his organization has helped clients design, develop, implement and integrate talent management processes and systems.

    Bill Banham, Co-host

    Bill Banham, Publisher at The HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast and Organizer of events such as DisruptHR London.

    Bill has worked with lots of business tech and HR-focused brands in the UK and North America including HRreview, TalentCulture, HRmarketer, Sprigg HR, and Team Fitness Tool.

    Contact us to learn more!

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    21 mins

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