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As Employers Prioritize Skills and Retention, Plum Experiences Increasing Growth

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Monday, February 5, 2024

The growth is directly related to progressive organizations managing change through technology, specifically Plum’s ability to support business agility, talent retention and uncover deep workforce diagnostics.

Key Points: 
  • The growth is directly related to progressive organizations managing change through technology, specifically Plum’s ability to support business agility, talent retention and uncover deep workforce diagnostics.
  • Plum CEO Caitlin MacGregor shared, “We’re excited to see our full lifecycle approach embraced by so many organizations, especially those moving to a skills-based workforce model.
  • With Plum, our customers can answer the elusive question of ‘what’s your bench strength’ and parlay those insights into competitive advantages.
  • To support its ongoing growth, Plum worked to develop its team, making 18 new hires and promoting ten across the organization.

Latest Research from Sounding Board + The Bersin Company Examines the Critical Need for Coaching in Leadership Development

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Monday, January 30, 2023

Coaching is particularly unique since it helps develop leaders through experiences, exposure and evaluable in constructive ways.

Key Points: 
  • Coaching is particularly unique since it helps develop leaders through experiences, exposure and evaluable in constructive ways.
  • Sounding Board’s technology helps organizations create access to coaches across all career levels in a scalable and affordable manner.
  • Sounding Board Co-founder, President and Chief Coaching Officer Lori Mazan said, “Not only is continuous leadership development foundational to business success, it’s also a desirable developmental growth opportunity for employees.
  • Sounding Board offers the modern, tech-led way to drive leadership development in a volatile world – dynamic, people-focused, and connected to the business outcomes you care about most.

Upcoming Sounding Board Webinar Features Leading Industry Analyst Josh Bersin

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Lori Mazan, President and Chief Coaching Officer of Sounding Board , the first unified Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap, and Josh Bersin, global industry analyst and Nehal Nangia, director of Research for The Josh Bersin Company

Key Points: 
  • Lori Mazan, President and Chief Coaching Officer of Sounding Board , the first unified Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap, and Josh Bersin, global industry analyst and Nehal Nangia, director of Research for The Josh Bersin Company
    Will present a webinar titled “For the Love of Leadership Development: A New Model for a New World.”
    Traditional leadership development was designed to work in the homogeneous and predictable environments of yesteryear.
  • In this webinar, these three thought leaders will share new ways of growing stronger leaders and creating the radical shift that builds capacity and resiliency.
  • Sounding Board empowers forward-thinking companies to bridge leadership gaps at all levels and ensure that both organizations and employees thrive in a global marketplace marked by disruption and continuous change.
  • Sounding Board offers the modern, tech-led way to drive leadership development in a volatile world – dynamic, people-focused, and connected to the business outcomes you care about most.

New Research From Sounding Board Helps Organizations Future-Proof Their Workforces

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

With the strong correlation between leadership bench strength and operational resiliency, Sounding Board is experiencing increased demand for its one-on-one and group coaching.

Key Points: 
  • With the strong correlation between leadership bench strength and operational resiliency, Sounding Board is experiencing increased demand for its one-on-one and group coaching.
  • The Sounding Board research was conducted by Executive Networks , a leading HR peer network company for global organizations.
  • Christine Tao, CEO and Co-founder of Sounding Board, said, “These research results are valuable because learning leaders need dynamic leader development in the current business environment.
  • Sounding Board empowers forward-thinking companies to bridge leadership gaps at all levels and ensure that both organizations and employees thrive in a global marketplace marked by disruption and continuous change.

HBR Consulting's Annual Law Department Survey and Sounding Board Series Reveal a Year of Growth in 2022 as 2023 Challenges Loom

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- While the majority of law departments anticipated increases in headcount, spending, and investments in technology throughout most of 2022, heading into the new year law department leaders anticipate economic pressures and evolving demand will impact their focus in 2023, according to the 2022 HBR Consulting (HBR) Law Department Survey and HBR's series of law department Sounding Boards held throughout 2022.

Key Points: 
  • "This year's Survey results and Sounding Board data provide interesting insights on how the macro-economic realities are impacting law departments, intensifying focus on the upcoming law firm rate review cycle.
  • Through Q3 2022, the majority of law departments continued to maintain favorable hiring outlooks, projected spend increases, and growth in demand.
  • The annual HBR Law Department Survey is the leading source of benchmarking data for corporate law departments, providing comprehensive data on legal spending, staffing, operations, technology, outside counsel management and compensation.
  • The 2022 HBR Sounding Board Series brought together a range of law department and law firm leaders in meetings with their peers.

Leadership Development Tech Trailblazer Sounding Board Redefines Convention with Equity Benefits for Coaches

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Sounding Board CEO Christine Tao said, Coaches are at the heart of our Leader Development Platform - and Sounding Board has always focused on building a managed, highly engaged, premium coach network.

Key Points: 
  • Sounding Board CEO Christine Tao said, Coaches are at the heart of our Leader Development Platform - and Sounding Board has always focused on building a managed, highly engaged, premium coach network.
  • Extending equity benefits to our coaches was a logical step to recognize how important they are to Sounding Board and have them share in our growth and success.
  • To learn more about Sounding Boards Leader Development Platform, one-on-one leadership coaching and group coaching offerings, please visit https://www.soundingboardinc.com .
  • Sounding Board offers the modern, tech-led way to drive leadership development in a volatile world dynamic, people-focused, and connected to the business outcomes you care about most.

Sounding Board Named to Fortune Best Small Workplaces 2022 List

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sounding Board , the first Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap, announced that it was named one of the Fortune Best Small Workplaces 2022.

Key Points: 
  • ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sounding Board , the first Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap, announced that it was named one of the Fortune Best Small Workplaces 2022.
  • This is Sounding Boards first appearance on the prestigious list, recognized as one of the best companies to work for in the country.
  • To determine the 2022 Best Small Workplaces, Fortune partnered with people analytics firm, Great Place to Work to evaluate the confidential survey responses of more than 30,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified companies with 10 to 99 U.S. employees.
  • The Best Small Workplaces list is highly competitive.

Sounding Board Welcomes Kevin Rockmael as Vice President of Marketing

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sounding Board, the first Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap, announced today that Kevin Rockmael has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing. In this role, Rockmael will lead marketing strategy and execution, helping amplify the Sounding Board brand and connect with a broader audience.

Key Points: 
  • ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sounding Board , the first Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap, announced today that Kevin Rockmael has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing.
  • In this role, Rockmael will lead marketing strategy and execution, helping amplify the Sounding Board brand and connect with a broader audience.
  • Rockmael brings a wealth of storytelling and brand-building experience to Sounding Board, coming from Guild Education, where he was most recently Senior Principal and Head of Marketing - Learning Marketplace.
  • His hire represents the continued expansion of the Sounding Board team as the company increases awareness of its unique offering.

Latest White Paper from Sounding Board Confirms Leadership is a Verb

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sounding Board , the first Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap, today announced the availability of its latest thought leadership titled Leadership Is A Verb.

Key Points: 
  • ALISO VIEJO, Calif., July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sounding Board , the first Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap, today announced the availability of its latest thought leadership titled Leadership Is A Verb.
  • Sounding Board delivers leadership development through a managed global network of world-class, certified coaches and an integrated Leader Development Platform, which makes leadership coaching easier to manage, measure, and scale.
  • Sounding Board is the first Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap.
  • Aligned with behavioral science-backed leadership development, our platform delivers unparalleled flexibility and measurable impact in leadership coaching engagements.

Sounding Board and Ancestry Team Up to Deliver “The Value of Leadership Coaching Amid Turbulence and Disruption”

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Monday, July 11, 2022

Will join Deb Liu, president and CEO of Ancestry, to present an HCI webcast titled The Value of Leadership Coaching Amid Turbulence and Disruption.

Key Points: 
  • Will join Deb Liu, president and CEO of Ancestry, to present an HCI webcast titled The Value of Leadership Coaching Amid Turbulence and Disruption.
  • To help navigate the challenges associated with continuous change and market disruption, leaders need to sharpen and develop their own skills.
  • Given the proven benefits of leadership coaching, this is the time to be intentional about development for both leaders and their teams.
  • Aligned with behavioral science-backed leadership development, our platform delivers unparalleled flexibility and measurable impact in leadership coaching engagements.