120 - Creating talent abundance for 40k employees at Goldman Sachs: David Landman (Global Head of Talent Development, Goldman Sachs)

David Landman (Global Head of Talent Development, Goldman Sachs) joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about the retentive power of internal mobility, how they shifted from a mindset of talent scarcity to talent abundance, and how they're enabling the right conversations between managers and employees. Timestamps: (1:20) Good news stories (7:00) David’s career at Goldman Sachs: from intern to Global Head of Talent Development (12:15) How David cold called his way into his first internship at Goldman Sachs   (15:20) Why we should be jealous he gets to work at Goldman Sachs (19:45) The talent development team at Goldman Sachs and what they do: L&D, Performance, & Career Paths (21:50) State of the union for talent: “we’re in a period of patient observation” (24:30) This is the year of talent retention (26:04) How AI can help bring more empathy and humanity to the workplace (30:30) The retentive power of internal mobility (38:00) Shifting from a mindset of talent scarcity to talent abundance (45:00) How much time Goldman requires people to be in a seat before moving roles internally (49:25) How they’re enabling the right conversations between managers and employees (52:00) What it means to be a good manager at Goldman Sachs (54:30) The 3 conversations at Goldman Sachs (1:02:22) Supporting managers to have more empathetic conversations (1:06:07) 2 HR tools to check out (1:09:32) Rapid fire questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 🛎 Follow David on LinkedIn 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn