Empathy Unlocked: The Power of Listening in Leadership with Robin Holdren
From her time in the Navy to her career with ABB, Robin Holdren has been making waves everywhere she goes. Her empathy, honesty, and interest in others have impacted her life in many amazing ways, helping her make friends during her deployment in Kuwait and getting others to open up with her persistent and loving attention in the workplace. Listen to the episode to hear lessons from the Navy, the power of forming personal relationships, and why we should all live like our houses have no walls.
About the Guest:
Say hello to Robin Holdren, a retired U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer and now global leader and coach of Learning and Development at ABB, where she provides training opportunities to over 20,000 employees in 50 countries. Robin says she’s grown professionally and personally by embracing a lifelong education—not only through schooling but also by simply interacting with people and discovering more about them. Robin collaborates with Dale Carnegie to provide bespoke workshops, including a Women’s Leadership Development program, to ABB.
What You Will Learn:
- Why development is a lifelong journey and how to succeed along the way
- What being “authentic” really means and how it leads to humility
- Lessons in building credibility through earning respect, not wielding authority
Join us and listen to Robin’s tales of showing empathy through her deployment during Desert Storm to the mechanics of how she helps others reach their goals with ABB.
