ACPs in Action

Ep 136 - Reggie Carney: The real work begins when we finish here.

Chris talks to Reggie Carney, founder of LeadStrong Inc., a firm that empowers leaders to become great coaches in order to maximize their teams’ full potential. 

 

In the past few months, Reggie has seen a 345% improvement in his participants’ impact rating change. Yes, you read that correctly. Listen to hear more about Reggie’s secrets to success, including:

• How he positions behavior change as a core tenant to the work he and his leaders are doing together, ensuring leaders are mentally and emotionally prepared to commit to change. 
• Why he spends 20 minutes out of a 60 minute session to transition from awareness to behavior change. 
• How he transforms 1:1 coaching sessions into larger, more embedded opportunities.

 

If you’re looking for a sounding board who can help bring structure to your great ideas, connect with Reggie on The Hive or on LinkedIn. 

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here. 

Ep 135 - Pauline Perreault:Tomorrow’s when the course actually starts.

Chris talks to Pauline Perrault, founder of Jump Outta Bed, a consultancy that reduces employee turnover and increases employee engagement by developing top-tier leaders.

 

Pauline joined Actionable a few months ago and has dedicated herself to putting early learning into action, with impressive results to show for it. Hear how Pauline:

• Strategically tackled her first few months with Actionable to stay one step ahead of her client needs.
• Packages her participants’ success to share back to program participants and stakeholders. 
• Envisions multiplying herself and by empowering the leaders she works with to run Leader-Led Conversations. 

 

If you want to talk to hear more about how Pauline reengaged past clients with her new impact measurement offering, find her on The Hive or on LinkedIn. 

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here. 

Ep 134 - Adrian Davis: It’s exactly the problem we were trying to solve.

Chris talks to Adrian Davis, President of Whetstone, a boutique consultancy that focuses on helping salespeople and account managers become more effective in how they win, keep and grow their key accounts. 

 

Adrian has seen incredible impact by moving away from multi-day training sessions and focusing instead of micro-training and commitment to action. This shift - along with Adrian’s continued focus on impact over content - is driving significant results. In this episode, you’ll hear how Adrian:

• Enabled a client to land a $2.5B deal. 
• Makes learning actionable and sustainable. 
• Packages and articulates his value proposition, shifting clients away from the notion of content-based training and towards real change. 

 

If you want to lean on Adrian’s years of marketing and sales expertise to help you articulate your value, connect with him on The Hive or on LinkedIn. 

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here. 

Ep 133 - Cristina Filippo: I never want to see paper in this office again.

Chris talks to Cristina Filippo, CEO of Steople Group. As an organizational psychologist, Cristina works with organizations on leadership development, strategic planning, high performance teams, coaching, culture work, and succession planning - with DEI integrated throughout every effort. 

 

The desire to create measurable impact for her clients has prompted Cristina to leverage Actionable for a second time. In this episode, Cristina shares:

• The realities of landing new clients in the post-Covid business landscape,
• How Cristina drives meaningful outcomes and impactful results by focusing on participant engagement,
• How she’s balancing automation with personalization and supporting multigenerational groups adapt with ease.

 

Steople is a small firm and always open to collaboration opportunities with other consultants doing similar work. Also, Cristina brings a unique perspective to the table as one of the few people in our community who have merged with other firms. If you’re looking for expertise there, or looking to collaborate in general, reach out to Cristina! You can find her in The Hive or on LinkedIn. 

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here. 

 

Ep 132 - Ben Dueck: Here

Chris talks to Ben Dueck, President and Founder of Cantera Leadership, a Leadership Development Company that helps individuals and teams make meaningful progress in their leadership effectiveness. 

 

Ben has been leveraging Actionable in one-to-one coaching and team effectiveness programs for over two years. In that time he’s honed his approach to developing organizational buy-in. In this episode, Ben shares:  

• How he meshes a powerful strengths assessment with Actionable-powered programs. 
• How he approaches commitment design in order to close the gap between session/coaching content and action. 
• Why he’s leaning in to program debriefs that highlight participant action and uncover impact trends.

 

Ben is a strategic, futuristic ideation maximizer. If you want someone to help you envision what you’re building and where it can be 5 years from now, he’s the person to connect with. You can find him in The Hive or on Linkedin.

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here. 

Ep 131 - Michael Dalis: It’s a change effort

Chris talks to Michael Dalis, founder of DRIVE Sales Consulting, a firm that helps Managing Partners and CXOs accelerate their firm’s business development growth by developing their processes and people to find and close business more effectively. 

 

Michael emphasizes the importance of behavior change in individuals and creating a culture that supports high-performing teams. In this episode, he discusses:

• How his organizational change efforts begin at the very top, getting CEOs comfortable before working with their teams. 
• How he’s leveraging Actionable to drive engagement and improve client outcomes for individuals and the systems in which they work. 
• How he drove a double digit jump in participant engagement by leaning in to digital coaching through the platform. 

 

If you’re looking to boost your business development effectiveness, Michael is the person to talk to. You can find him in The Hive or on Linkedin.

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here. 

 

Ep 130 - Nithya Ramaswamy: A tool can be used in an unexpected way

Chris talks to Nithya Ramaswamy, Solutions Director at Lee Hecht Harrison, a global leader in career transition and HR coaching/consulting. Nithya helps people become better versions of themselves. 

 

Nithya and the team at LHH masterfully implement the Habit Builder in a way that creates accountability and ownership for individuals in their own learning and development. In this episode, Nithya shares:

• How her integration of Actionable has quickly evolved from an add-on to a critical tool that helps learners take charge. 
• How she designs pulse survey questions that get to the heart of organizational priorities. 
• How journal entries and participant engagement surface new needs to feed back to program stakeholders. 

 

If you’re on a quest to create learning or development experiences that stick, she’d love to connect. You can find her in The Hive or on Linkedin.

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here. 

 

Ep 129 - William Pegg: When your clients cry for good reasons

Chris talks to William Pegg, Managing Director at Synthesis Group Australia, an advisory and capability-development firm that specializes in working with leaders in enterprise-sized clients.  

 

William Pegg and Synthesis have been leveraging Actionable for about a year and are exceeding all expectations in their program implementation with clients. In this episode, William shares:

• How he’s considering evergreen services that combine sticky habit-building tools with deep saturation into teams. 
• How he and the Synthesis team use program data to surface insights that leaders love. 
• How William embraces technology without foregoing human connection. 

 

If you’re interested in productizing your services, William would love to support you. You can  find him on LinkedIn.

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here.