On June 8, last year, on Episode 115, we had had a very special guest on this podcast – Joel Godi. The social psychologist, social entrepreneur and coach, whose life changed after discovering that he was neurodivergent, ADHD & Autistic (ASD1) in his early 40s, had been on a mission ever since to improve the quality of life of the neurodivergent community. Through his company NeuroGifted®, Joel worked tirelessly to create awareness and education, give voice to the neurodivergent community through advocacy, improve employability, help support neurodiversity initiatives and create value for individuals and organizations.

On October 7 this year, the world lost a true gem of a person with Joel’s sudden demise.

The Shiny Happy People podcast is committed now more than ever to take Joel’s legacy and his work on neuro-diversity to more people – we bring you this re-release of Vinay’s conversation with Joel from Episode 115 as a tribute to an extraordinary human being who touched the lives of many, many people, and more than that, gave a new meaning to their existence.

Rest in peace, Joel, you are sorely missed.

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On this Shiny Happy People special, we shine the spotlight on a subject very close to our hearts: impact of training and learning effectiveness. And to bring home the point, we bring in the experts or, as they say, the big guns! Meet the President and CEO of Kirkpatrick Partners, Vanessa Alzate, and Kirkpatrick Certified Facilitator, Jawad Ahmed, who together bring you fresh insights, solid cases, top tips and best practices on the world’s leading methodology in training evaluation, the New World Kirkpatrick Four Levels®. This episode goes out especially to all the HR and L&D leaders and their business counterparts – hit play to get the lowdown on how you can transform training programs for your organization and maximize their impact aligned to your business goals.

[04:13s] Top myths about the Kirkpatrick Four Levels®

[07:59s] ROE (return on expectation) versus ROI (return on investment); case studies

[20:13s] Challenges: Why aren't more companies using the Kirkpatrick Model?

[25:30s] Best practices: How can we enable training evaluation impact for more organizations?

[35:15s] Future plans for Kirkpatrick Partners

Connect with Vanessa on LinkedIn
Connect with Jawad on LinkedIn

More on Kirkpatrick Partners at https://www.kirkpatrickpartners.com/
Get more impact stories on the Kirkpatrick Podcast
Get Kirkpatrick Certified, see upcoming certifications by C2C-OD: https://c2cod.com/certifications

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Dream. Believe. Achieve. That’s the lead-in on his LinkedIn bio, and sure enough, his work is moving worlds to make these three words a reality for thousands of children living in poverty. Our guest this episode is Paul McLean, Chief Learning Officer, Master Facilitator & Coach at IGNITE Performance, and Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit, Dreams For Life. With over 15 years of sales acumen, Paul at IGNITE Performance, a boutique human learning & development consultancy, has delivered applied learning & enablement outcomes for over 5,000+ individuals, 300+ teams globally. Paul’s deep passion for learning and supporting human development sowed the seeds for ‘Dreams For Life’ which is working to eliminate poverty by making early education a reality for underprivileged children in Indonesia and now Australia. Hit play to witness the force that is Paul McLean!

[03:06s] The origin story

[07:55s] Australia to Asia: The Cultural Transition

[12:42s] Corporate to Consulting: The Career Transition

[17:10s] ‘Dreams For Life’: Genesis and story so far

[36:04s] RWL: Read ‘Be Your Own Leadership Coach’ by Karen Stein and ‘Never Split the Difference’by Chris Voss

Connect with Paul on LinkedIn

More on Dreams For Life at www.dreamsforlife.org

Join Dreams For Life’s mission. Volunteer. Sponsor. Partner. Connect: https://dreamsforlife.org/involved

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What did you think about this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Or simply, write in and say hello! podcast@c2cod.com

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This podcast is sponsored by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing People and Strategy Together’. Follow @c2cod on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook