Developing the Team w/ Ryan McCrea

Ryan McCrea is passionate about helping others own their career. He is currently the Head of Career Development at Atlassian, leading development and mobility programs for a growing global technology company with more than 7,000 employees. Prior to Atlassian, Ryan was Vice President and Manager of Talent Development at Commerce Bank where he built their corporate-wide professional development program from scratch. Mentioned in this Episode:Grit by Angela DuckworthThe Medici Effect by Frans JohanssonDare to Lead Hub with Brené BrownTime Codes:(2:49) - How does one become a Learning & Development Leader?(4:16) - What drew you to this aspect within HR?(4:59) - How have you developed your knowledge base?(6:38) - Where does a company start to develop its internal training?(10:10) - How do you get buy-in from organizational leaders?(12:13) - What skills have you developed to have an impact in your role?(14:06) - What do you see as the staples of being a good marketer?(17:28) - How do you structure learning environments?(21:26) - What are you seeing when it comes to attention spans in employees?(24:56) - Do you consider yourself a niche expert or a jack-of-all-trades?(31:41) - Do you have an example of using the Agile framework for building programs?(36:42) - What is a Scrum Master?(37:53) - Is part of Agile breaking the entire process down into micro-steps?(39:27) - How do you build recovery into your processes?(41:52) - What’s the right way to roll out a Pilot?(45:28) - How do you test and demonstrate ROI?(48:54) - Where do you see leadership changing?(56:53) - What is the purpose of business?(58:13) - Where can people connect with you?