Matthew Confer, VP Strategy at Abilitie | Why Business Edu & Training is Broken + Software to Fix it

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Success Story Media

Business, Careers, Self-improvement, Education, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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➡️ If you liked the show, please subscribe & leave a podcast review on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/success-story/id1484783544 ➡️ For More Episodes Visit: www.podcast.scottdclary.com Matthew Confer is Vice President of Strategy at Abilitie, a provider of simulation-based manager and executive development training for more than 50 members of the Fortune 500 in 30-plus countries around the world. Confer has spoken on the topic of Leadership Development at TEDx in Dallas, Texas; at the CLO Exchange in San Diego, California; and at the L&D Executive Summit in Orlando, Florida. He has facilitated more than 20 simulation-based training events with leaders in Dubai, Bangkok, Mexico City, Paris, Mumbai, and across the United States. ➡️ Show Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewconfer/ https://twitter.com/MatthewConfer ➡️ Show Sponsor Gusto Promo Details: gusto.com/scott (3 months free payroll / platform services) Gusto's people platform helps businesses like yours onboard, pay, insure, and support your hardworking team. Payroll, benefits, and more. ➡️ Talking Points 00:00 - Matthew Confer, VP Strategy at Abilitie 07:07 - How do organizations train employees, today? 09:09 - The future of leadership training. 19:14 - Why traditional business education is failing people. 24:47 - When sh*t hits the fan, can you keep your cool? 34:10 - The truth about working with smaller companies. 36:15 - Don’t pigeonhole yourself. ➡️ SUCCESS STORY PODCAST Stories worth telling. Welcome to the Success Story Podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, business executive, author, educator & speaker, Scott D. Clary. On this podcast, you'll find interviews, Q&A, keynote presentations & conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. Scott will discuss some of the lessons he's learned over his own career, as well as have candid interviews with execs, celebrities, notable figures and politicians. All who have achieved success through both wins and losses, to learn more about their life, their ideas and insights. He sits down with leaders and mentors and unpacks their story to help pass those lessons onto others through both experiences and tactical strategy for business professionals, entrepreneurs and everyone in between. Website: https://www.scottdclary.com Podcast: https://www.successstorypodcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/scottdclary Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottdclary Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottdclary Facebook: https://facebook.com/scottdclarypage LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/scottdclary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Our Sponsors: * Check out Factor: http://factor75.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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1:05.2	Success Story podcast. Another great episode today. I have Matt Confer, who is the vice president
1:09.8	of business development at Ability. Ability is reshaping the way that we train and teach individuals.
1:16.6	They've created a simulation-based learning technology. This is going to revolutionize the way
1:21.8	that founders, CEOs, executives can teach what they know to their peers, their co-workers,
1:28.0	their new hires. They focus on leadership and leadership development training, but the options
1:32.8	are truly endless with their proprietary tech. Justin named a few names that they're working with
1:37.0	right now. They're working with Coca-Cola, Marriott, Target, Dell, CBS, General Electric. These are
1:43.1	enormous companies that are adopting this super disruptive training technology. Matt is an incredible
1:48.9	individual. He is a TEDx speaker. He hosts his own podcast that has hundreds of thousands of downloads.
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