Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, a firm

specializing in activating workplaces, helping you discover ways to amplify performance and employee

engagement. Together, we do leader boot camps, keynotes, and pulse checks. Just let us know what you

need. In today's episode, I have the pleasure of sharing an interview that I did with Vijay Pender.

Dr. Vijay Pendiker is a principal and founder of Vijay Pendiker consulting.

He's held corporate roles in such companies as Salesforce and Dropbox and was dean of students at Cornell University.

In this episode, we discuss his new book, The Alchemy of

Talent, leading teams to peak performance. In this conversation, we cover a ton of ground

on what really unlocks the best of ourselves in our teams. Vajai is funny and insightful and

not squeamish about some uncomfortable topics. I hope you enjoy to listen.

Vijay Pendor, did I get it right? You did. I did. Thank you so much for joining me today on the

Modern Mentor podcast. It is such a pleasure to have you here. Can't wait to have this conversation

with you, Rachel. Awesome. So Vijay, I actually had reached out to you because a very

dear friend of mine had the great pleasure of seeing you deliver a keynote speech in her

organization. And she was just blown away by your thought, by your charisma, by your energy,

by your intelligence. And she pointed me to you

and you so graciously agreed to be here today. So a little bit of a fan girl moment happening here,

but it is a pleasure. That's really humbling. I hope to live up to the high bar that's been set.

I mean, I hope so too. So V you. I just. So Vijay, you were here,

you started off being here as a keynote speaker and a team effectiveness coach, but we are now

ready to add author to that list of nouns that are following you around. Many congratulations to you on the new book,

The Alchemy of Talent. I had the great opportunity to give it a little bit of a pre-read.

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