Building Sustainable Change through Compassionate Leadership with James Hudson

On this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes guest James Hudson, who runs a learning and development community in the United Kingdom. Andy initially connected with James Hudson through LinkedIn, and he is a consultant who works with many other L&D professionals.In this conversation, you’ll hear what James Hudson is hearing and working on. You’ll also hear how to help companies with major organizational change. James Hudson has 20 years of learning and development experience, has worked in and with organizations in the digital, telecommunications, automotive, and financial services sectors, and has also run training around the world. He is also the founder and host of the L&D Mastermind Community, which has over 3,500 L&D professionals around the globe that connect to learn and grow together on a regular basis.In this episode, you’ll hear:How James Hudson began his career in learning and development and how he created his popular L&D Mastermind community.The moment he decided to start his own consulting business and how he overcame his fear of it.Creating sustainable change in organizations comes from getting people bought into the “why” of the change.How threat versus reward affects creating change in a company and what he does to help change the employees’ mindset about it.What clear communication can do for change and understanding.Using compassionate and people-focused leadership as a tool to inspire change.How collaboration and social learning can be used even when teams are working from home and the tools being used to enable it.James Hudson’s expectations for companies as they enter the hybrid work environment.The future of learning and why it may happen in the form of micro-learning and social learning.How the L&D Mastermind began, what people will receive from it if they join, and how to join.Connect with Andy Storch here:andystorch.comlinkedin.com/in/andystorchtdtt.us/Connect with James Hudson:ldmastermind.comlinkedin.com/in/james-hudson-mcipd-fimi-flpiMentioned in this episode:Think Tank conferenceGet your tickets now for the Talent Development Think Tank Conference https://tdtt.us/conference/