Starting a New L&D Department From Scratch with Lotus Buckner

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Lotus Buckner is Andy’s guest. Lotus is the Vice President and Head of People and Culture at Chowbus, a tech startup and food delivery platform. She is also the founder and CEO of LB Talent Solutions, where she offers customized career coaching services and speaking engagements.With endless curiosity and a desire for continuous learning, Lotus Buckner has led a variety of people and culture teams for large organizations in healthcare and higher education to small startups in the tech space. As a self-proclaimed foodie, when she’s not fulfilling her professional passions, she loves trying new foods and then making them at home from scratch.In this episode, you’ll hear:How Lotus Buckner ended up in a human resources career after changing her major six times in college and why she loves it so much.What it’s been like to start a human resources department from scratch and how they’ve approached the challenge of investing in their people with L&D.How she handles it when what the C-suite wants is different from what the employees in the company want.Why you can use vulnerability as a competitive advantage and what it means to her and how it can be used practically in organizations.Lotus Buckner’s advice for beginning to leverage vulnerability and authenticity as a competitive advantage within your company.Connect with Andy Storch here:WebsiteLinkedInJoin us in the Talent Development Think Tank Community!Connect with Lotus Buckner:LinkedInLotus BucknerInstagramMentioned in this episode:Think Tank conferenceGet your tickets now for the Talent Development Think Tank Conference https://tdtt.us/conference/