May 21, 2025

Renowned Human Resources authority Paul Falcone keynoted both the Cal-ISBOA HR Workshop and Facilities Workshop on May 4, 2025. Paul is an expert on effective hiring, performance management, and leadership development, specializing in helping companies build higher performing leadership teams. Paul is also a bestselling author and dynamic presenter who offers years of HR leadership experience at prestigious organizations from the Fortune 500 to startups, with experience in union, nonprofit, and international environments. He spent three decades in HR executive roles at organizations such as Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, NBCUniversal, Time Warner,and City of Hope Cancer Center Hospital.

Left: Paul Falcone presents his keynote "Leadership Offense and Defense Strategies: Mastering Collaboration, Teambuilding, and Accountability" at the Cal-ISBOA HR Workshop on May 4, 2025 at The Claremont Resort & Club.

Paul led each of our groups through important lessons and strategies for driving higher employee performance in both HR and Facilities spaces. Balancing supportive leadership with expectations of employee accountability, Paul delivered actionable leadership insights, such as:

• Engaging in constructive conversations that build employee self-confidence or that require greater accountability
• Employing the leader-as-coach model to build your leadership bench 
• Building “team emotional intelligence” by creating and sustaining a culture based on trust, respect, and open communication
• Engaging in tough conversations or formal progressive disciplinary interventions

Workshop registrants received an email with links to Paul's presentations and more.