SkillStack

To FAIL: To be unsuccessful or...... First Attempt In Learning...... As a Leader, how you define this word is critical to transformation and innovation, how you encourage or discourage risk-taking sets the tone for breakthrough moments. Welcome to this SkillStack on Transformational Leadership with AJ Thomas ⚡️Founder, CEO & Forbes contributor. In this SkillStack AJ shares stories from her time transforming and growing leadership teams in Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory (Google’s Innovation Lab). Transformational leadership is a dynamic and influential style of leadership that motivates and inspires employees to exceed their own interests for the sake of the organisation or a greater cause. Professional breakthroughs are not possible without personal breakthroughs. This SkillStack will cover the foundational aspects of transformational leadership: Inspiration, Influence, Innovation, and Impact, covering: - You as a leader: How to show up and influence change, through framing desired behaviours. - Listen for the signals: How to tune into the mood and emotion of your team. - Create the right environment: How to create an environment of risk-taking through appropriate incentives to encourage risk and failure.

Just thinking of how to thank your team this Holiday? Give them the gift of Education the way they want it: - Just enough - stunning short-form video - Just for them - stack the skills they need - Just as they like - entertainment meets learning through storytelling - Just in time - find them in the moment the learning is needed most - Just purpose - improve performance for better working lives contact [email protected] or direct: www.skillstack.ie

Having a voice is central to democracy. Being heard is central to belonging. Freedom of expression is what it means to be authentic. In a polarised world, there is a growing trend that restricts freedom of expression in work, as employers ask employees not to bring "all of themselves to work". In this SkillStack on Giving Voice to Values, award-winning Author, TED Speaker & Professor Margaret Heffernan teaches the skill to voice your values, to raise issues that are most critical to you, your sense of yourself and the business. While it requires self-awareness and social sensitivity, it singles people out who can take high levels of accountability and responsibility. This is what it means to be AUTHENTIC.

What happens between us matters most in business. Leadership, collaboration, teamwork, and delivering for your customers all boil down to relationships. In this SkillStack, Communications Consultant Sarah Geraghty shares stories and techniques to help build stronger, lasting relationships. Key Takeaways: 1. Be proactive and invest in building broad, rich, diverse relationships for mutual benefit. 2. Every interaction builds or un-builds relationships. 3. How to act outside of your self-interest 4. Listening is the foundation of relationships. Learn the four fundamental rules.

Imposter Syndrome! We all experience it from time to time, but it's most acute among first-time managers. The move from managing your own performance to that of others triggers imposter syndrome like no other. In this SkillStack, Author & Performance Coach Neil O'Brien shares stories to teach skills to become a more confident manager quickly. You'll learn how to become a more confident person and manager and instil confidence in others. "By taking action, you trigger a mood of confidence"

Calling great Storytellers from HR Tech, Talent Solutions and L&D Enterprise sales. SkillStack is hiring its founding sales team, hybrid out of Dublin to help impact the working lives of millions of workers around the world. We're looking for Account Executives to focus on new business development and to help shape our go-to-market strategy. We have a great story to tell and need great storytellers to help us share that story. Help build a World-class business with real purpose. SkillStack is an Irish-founded streaming platform for performance skills and leadership development with global ambition. Having recently piloted with NASA, we have launched 50 courses with world-class faculty. We have a stunning product with real market demand. SkillStack is where entertainment meets learning through storytelling. You will have responsibility for: - New business development - Go-to-market design and execution - Sales pipeline creation - Custom solution selling - Client engagement & relationship management You will have - c.5 years of business development experience in Talent solutions, HR Tech or L&D Enterprise Sales. - Agility and autonomy to your core - Strategic hunting instinct - Tech fluency - HubSpot & digital learning platforms Message on LI, email [email protected], call 00353 879808876

This is the SkillStack that made NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration "dream bigger" and gave them a "toolkit to do so". As we plan for the year ahead, finalise budgets and calibrate goals, how ambitious should we be in a challenging market? Will single-digit growth cut it in 2025? This SkillStack with Author & Performance Coach Neil O'Brien challenges the norms of goal-setting through powerful storytelling and a simple toolkit.

"As leaders, we judge ourselves by our intentions, but others judge us on our impact!" In this SkillStack on Leadership, Founder & Leadership Consultant, Ian McClean shares stories to teach you how to discover the fundamental core needs of the individuals on your team and aggregate them for collective success. Seek to understand followership before you lead.

As the "Dismantling DEI Act" debate intensified in Washington over the weekend, how do we allow for greater freedom of expression in a polarised working world? The whole point of organisational life is that groups of people can see more options and make better decisions than individuals working in isolation. However, that is true only insofar as the individuals are different from one another and work in an environment where that difference is seen as an asset, not an issue. So it is easy in principle, hard in reality. This SkillStack will hear from award-winning thought leaders; - Margaret Heffernan, Award-winning Author, Professor & TED Speaker - Dr. Joanna Abeyie MBE CC She/Her, DEI & Social Impact Leader - Barbara Nugent MSc Business, Dip Leadership, Exec Coaching EQ Expert They share stories to teach you, how to identify your own biases and then create an environment of safety, where diverse perspectives are welcomed and included. You will also learn how to identify values conflicts, where diverse views collide and how to best navigate, through legitimate decision-making. - Bias: Challenge Yours & be an Ally for Others  - Developing Diverse Perspectives - Creating Psychological Safety  - Giving Voice to Values  - Good Decision Making  - Bias Detection & Handling