Developing Managers into Coaches with Darren Nerland

This episode of Management Development Unlocked features guest Darren Nerland. Darren is a Senior Leadership Development Program Manager for Amazon in their IT services department. He also owns a company called Skills Leap, which focuses on skill development and upscaling within organizations. Skills Leap also holds a conference every year called Learnapalooza.In this episode, you’ll hear:Darren Nerland’s philosophy on management development and why it focuses on coaching.Why it’s important to him to develop managers into great people and coaches who can participate in peer-to-peer development successfully.How using the SMART goals model helps his managers set individual and team goals and why he prefers the SMART method.Where the management development space needs to evolve in order for companies to achieve even more.Why you should attend Learnapaolooza in 2023 and what makes the conference unique.Eric’s lightning round questions for Darren.Connect with Darren Nerland:LinkedInSkills Leap---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!