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Preparing for a Defining Moment: The Obama Foundation's Investment in Leadership
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How do you create a culture where learning becomes part of the way people work?
In this episode of The Leader Lab, Patrick Choquette, Director of Learning & Development at The Obama Foundation, shares lessons from a career spanning public service, education, international development, and leadership development.
From teaching in Ghana as a Peace Corps volunteer to leading learning programs across global teams and mission-driven organizations, Patrick explores what it takes to create environments where people grow, managers thrive, and learning becomes part of everyday work.
He shares why managers represent the highest ROI for organizational development, how strong systems create better learning outcomes than standalone training programs, and why AI may be one of the most powerful learning reinforcement tools available today.
🎧 Tune in to learn:
- Why managers have the biggest impact on employee growth and engagement
- How to create learning systems instead of relying on one-off training events
- Lessons from scaling development across thousands of employees globally
- What mission-driven organizations can teach us about leadership
- How AI can help reinforce leadership behaviors and learning habits
- Why behavior change matters more than knowledge transfer
A practical conversation for People leaders, L&D professionals, and executives building stronger managers and more adaptive organizations.
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- New Leadership Programs for Today’s Workplace Challenges
- The Science Behind Effective Delegation (And Why Managers Struggle With It)
- Manager Conversations: How to Use AI to Prepare for 1-1s Without Losing the Human Touch (CAMPS)
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