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The Culture Code
Evan Watkins
The Secret To Great Leadership? Develop Your Aspiring Leaders with The Aerospace Corp's CPO
JAN 22, 202446 MIN
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Description
In this episode, we sit down with Heather Laychak, the CPO at The Aerospace Corporation. She covers everything from her best-in-class approach to aspiring leadership programs to an industry-shifting diversity initiative and her top three book recommendations.
Key topics include:
The Aspirational Manager Program: How and why Heather and her team take an “open to all” approach to her aspiring leader program.
Measuring Program Success: The unique way that Heather and her team measure the success of their aspiring leader program.
Space Workforce 2030 Initiative:* An industry-wide effort led by Aerospace to significantly increase diversity within the technical space workforce by 2030.
Enjoy!
*CORRECTION: One of the goals of the Space Workforce 2030 pledge discussed in this episode was inaccurately presented. To learn more about the initiative, visit http://swf2030.org.

