WaveMakers

What makes someone trusted and influential across the Workday ecosystem when expertise, certifications and visibility aren’t enough? Four-time CIO and best-selling author Chris Laping gets into what it takes to become someone whose judgment people trust and whose ideas get heard… whether you’re leading a team, working as a contractor or individual contributor, building your own business, or figuring out what comes next in your career. Chris shares what led him to leave a successful C-level career, why What’s the risk of staying? can be as important as the risk of leaving, and how to recognize the value other people may […] Chapters (00:00:00) - Chris Lapping on Visibility vs. Trusted Authority(00:02:47) - Chris Collins on Writing a Memoir About Change and Change(00:08:03) - In the Elevator With Christine(00:15:53) - What Advice Would You Have For Non-Stable People?(00:16:20) - The Risk of Staying at Your Company(00:17:28) - Why Do They Love Me?(00:20:35) - What's the Difference Between Visibility and Trusted Authority?(00:25:10) - Unignorable: The Science of People Before Things(00:33:44) - Don't Lead With the Solution(00:35:57) - Lessons from Overthinking Your LinkedIn Post(00:40:00) - What's the First Thing That Someone Needs To Decide Before They(00:41:25) - 5 Hardest Behaviors For People(00:43:30) - Favorite Song By A Musician(00:44:17) - Chris Hardwick on Unignorable

Tony Velasquez joins WaveMakers to talk about standing out in the Workday market, building a personal brand that people actually remember, using AI without sounding like everyone else, and resetting so each client, project, or season of work gets your best. Chapters (00:00:00) - Mr. Energy: What Makes a Consultant Different?(00:01:24) - A Reset With Tony Velazquez(00:02:21) - Coach Success on Wavemakers(00:03:05) - Aon Workday: The Ecosystem's Change(00:03:40) - Inside the Workday Ecosystem(00:04:56) - What do you, as an HR Tech Lead, help clients with(00:08:52) - Don't assume you know everything about IT or Benefits(00:12:07) - What separates a consultant from the herd?(00:16:43) - What Keeps You From Becoming a Consultant(00:20:21) - How to Reset Your Professional Life(00:23:23) - How to Build a Personal Brand with AI(00:27:58) - Be Yourself: Don't Fear the Future(00:30:44) - Go Live, Not Success: Leadership(00:37:36) - Tony DiCarlo on Service(00:39:04) - In the Elevator With Mosquito(00:39:37) - Have You Got What it Takes to Lead a Team?(00:40:51) - How to Get Out Of Stuck(00:42:16) - Mr. Energy(00:45:30) - What People Remember About Their Workday

Most people do not stall because they lack technical skill. They stall because they never build what comes next. This episode breaks down why strong performers plateau, why great ICs often fail as managers, and why leadership starts long before the title. Chapters (00:00:00) - What are the Hard Skills needed to move your career?(00:01:09) - The Power of the Workplace Coach(00:02:05) - What Keeps Mickey Parsons Passionous?(00:05:34) - Independent Contractors: Building Trust with Executives(00:09:38) - The Workplace Coach(00:11:58) - Have You Transitioned From Being a Manager to a Vice President?(00:14:19) - assess yourself(00:17:41) - Have You Got What it Takes to Win at the Top?(00:19:25) - When Someone Promotes, Do You Have To Be Nice?(00:21:01) - What to Do When Your Manager Is Having a Change of Behavior(00:24:37) - Does Executive Coaching Help Managers?(00:28:13) - Top Executives: High Potential People(00:30:54) - What to Do About Struggles in the C-Suite?(00:33:01) - How to Keep Your Career on a Roll(00:37:38) - What Makes a Rate Leader So Special?(00:38:20) - What's the One Piece of Leadership Advice You've Got That's(00:40:13) - What's the Biggest Habit of Your Career?(00:42:20) - Mickey's One Song to Get You Fired Up(00:44:01) - Mickey Parsons on Working With Micro Businesses(00:45:24) - A Day in the Life of Leadership

There’s a growing expectation in the Workday ecosystem that one person can do everything; functional, technical, and everything in between. In this episode, Shannon Whitley breaks down what “techno-functional” actually means and why it’s not about doing more, but understanding more. From inflated job descriptions to burnout and the pressure to “do more with less,” this conversation challenges what people think matters in Workday careers and what actually does. Follow ⁠Shannon Whitley on LinkedIn⁠, where he shares insights on all things Workday. Explore ⁠WD Sidekick⁠, his free tool for organizing Workday resources and bookmarks. Read ⁠his perspective⁠ that […] Chapters (00:00:00) - Is the ecosystem expecting techno functional to go do three people's roles(00:00:33) - The Need for a 'Unicorn'(00:01:17) - Workday Knowledge Expert Shannon Whitley on WD Beacon(00:02:55) - The Need for Multiple Roles(00:11:30) - Are We Expecting Tech Pros to Do Three Jobs?(00:12:18) - Hiring Manager: Why Are Job Posts Full?(00:14:14) - The Growing Pressure to Do More With Less(00:21:11) - Will Companies Take Advantage of AI in Their Processes?(00:22:35) - Developing project management skills(00:27:13) - A message about sharing your knowledge(00:28:41) - Wonders of Chrome: WT Sidekick(00:33:25) - Is Orchestrate Replace Workday Studio?(00:36:25) - Getting In The Wave(00:36:42) - What's the One Thing That You're Most Excited About in(00:37:31) - Working at a consultancy company(00:39:09) - WSJD Live: The Need to Stay Current(00:42:26) - Shannon on Her Go-To Song(00:43:36) - Shannon on Workday Functional Development

Workday is in a different phase. It’s no longer just refining modules. It’s building a platform. It’s acquiring. It’s expanding partnerships. It’s leaning hard into AI. What does that mean for all of us in the ecosystem? Chapters (00:00:00) - In the Elevator With Workday's Melissa Chanka(00:00:55) - Ways of Working in the Workday Ecosystem: Melissa Ch(00:03:36) - In the Elevator With Workday's Melissa(00:05:40) - How to Get Out of Workday Burnout(00:08:23) - Workday's Future: A Period of Reckoning(00:13:05) - How to Talk About AI at Work(00:16:33) - Will AI Affect Your Jigsaw Puzzles?(00:20:21) - Working Day: Moving to the Public Cloud(00:22:55) - How Much Can You Entrust Your People?(00:28:47) - Oh, I. That Would Be Awesome(00:28:56) - Bored with your job?(00:34:42) - How to Live a More Productive Life(00:36:13) - Melissa on her 'Substack' Post(00:39:32) - Nick Rubin on His Creativity(00:44:38) - Nick Spotify: Barack Obama's Playlist(00:45:25) - Q&A(00:45:44) - In the Elevator With An Economist(00:46:36) - Best Book You Read in 2017(00:48:00) - If You Could Only Keep One, Would It Be a Puzzle,(00:48:25) - Slick Nick on The Wavemakers Podcast