Yolanda is the founder and owner of Lumiere Learning Experiences and the host of The L&D Lounge, a podcast show, and virtual gathering space. Yolanda seeks to use learning and development as a strategic tool to create behavioral change and improve on-the-job performance. She is especially passionate about crafting best-in-class leadership development programs to support high potentials, emerging leaders, and people managers. Over the past 15 years, she has worked with a large variety of organizations to foster intellectual curiosity and promote a culture of continuous learning.

Today we discuss:

• An article Yolanda wrote about leadership development and bad bosses
• Yolanda’s experience developing her own leadership skills and leadership in others
• What being a leader means, and how you can start thinking like one
• And suggestions on creating people development programs that go beyond a one-time event

Resources

• Yolanda’s SRHM article: Bad Bosses https://blog.shrm.org/blog/bad-bosses-developing-the-manager-to-become-the-leader
• The L&D Lounge Podcast https://yolandafraction.com/podcast/
• Yolanda’s website: https://yolandafraction.com/
• Volunteer opportunities: https://www.idealist.org/en/

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