Workday Gold
Join Keith Bitikofer in this insightful podcast as he shares his vast experience in IT, operations, and Workday solutions. With over 30 years of expertise across industries such as Higher Education, Manufacturing, Consulting, and Nonprofits, Keith dives deep into the challenges and opportunities that come with managing and supporting Workday systems. As a former project manager and director at a large global non-profit, Keith led the successful rollout and supported Workday’s HCM, Financials, Extend, and the global rollout with 40+ partners.
Tune in to explore best practices, leadership insights, and career coaching tips for IT professionals and Workday users, and learn how to thrive in an ever-evolving software landscape. Each episode will cover a chapter of his latest book Workday Gold: Software Support Model Edition, in hopes of giving more context and starting a conversation about successfully supporting Workday at your company.
Keith is a partner and consultant at EMD. Keith also does business and life coaching, helping individuals navigate their personal growth journey.
Contact Keith to schedule a discovery call for one-on-one coaching sessions and unlock your full potential in Workday and beyond! Visit https://keithbitikofer.com/coaching-packages/
Workday Gold
From Teaching Second Grade to Leading Workday: Rebecca Yoder-Shetler's Unlikely Path
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Rebecca Yoder-Shetler did not plan to work in tech. She started as a second-grade teacher, spent years in behavioral health working with at-risk teenagers, built a nonprofit from the ground up in central Kansas, and found her way to Workday only after someone told her she would probably be good at tech. In this episode, she joins Keith to trace the full arc of a career that doesn't follow a straight line and to talk honestly about what each chapter taught her, which she now uses in the Workday ecosystem every day.
Rebecca and Keith dig into the recurring pattern she has learned to recognize in herself when the learning curve flattens, the emotional honesty her behavioral health clients demanded of her that now shapes how she manages stakeholders, the imposter syndrome that almost kept her from applying for the role she was hired for on the spot, and the mantra she returns to when things get hard: nothing is unfigurable. An honest and encouraging conversation for anyone navigating a non-traditional path into the Workday ecosystem or wondering whether their previous career chapters actually count for something.
For information on all of Keith's books and his coaching services, visit KeithBitikofer.com and https://books2read.com/keith-bitikofer
Connect with Keith and Rebecca on LinkedIn at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-bitikofer/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-yoder-shetler-280112261/
NEW BOOK- Workday Gold, Volume 3, Navigating Your Career. Now available on most book platforms.