Soliciting and listening deeply to understand the perspectives and experiences of your employees, and taking action on the feedback, is a business imperative in today’s business world. People crave meaning and purpose in their lives, and work is a profoundly important contributing component. Conducting regular, anonymous employee engagement surveys to…
Matt Gerber knows a thing or two about the power of movement – to stir good chemicals in the brain and make a difference across the world. Originally from Oregon, he has traveled to more than 75 countries. Keenly aware of the ever-present opportunity to help someone else, his travel…
Effective leadership starts with defining your internal bearings through deep personal exploration. Your highest leadership aspirations are the result of reflection that helps you define your higher purpose as a leader, contributions that hold meaning for you in knowing what kind of leader is it important for you to be,…
How’s this for good news? If you don’t like your job, you have the power to instantly improve it today by simply sprinkling in a social purpose contribution. What does that mean, you ask? You can stand for something more at work – to help or serve people beyond whatever…
Host of the Leadership Hacker podcast and author of the Leadership Cake likens the fundamentals of leadership to the essential ingredients of a delicious, most memorable cake. This episode summarizes the approach Steve has employed to developing leaders from junior level to international CEOs of global organizations. Guest: Steve Rush…
Want to live an extraordinary life? Or, are you content with one that is flat, repetitive and run by fear? Purpose, vision, and values go a long way in creating a life of fulfillment and impact. We’ll learn about these essential ingredients and more in a fireside chat with Robert…
In this episode, we take a deep dive into purpose with Brandon Peele and learn the science of why purpose matters in life and work, how to activate it, and how best to lead with it. The final segment takes on the topic of why the United States exists in…
Many people would like to be remembered long past their time on earth through their achievements and contributions to society. In this episode, we learn about the idea of memorial capacity, the aspects and pathways of legacy, and how to craft a strategic legacy plan that best optimizes our talents,…
This episode features Tamra Gaines and Amber Bailey of Cornerstone League as we learn about their respective paths to passion and how they express it through their work building relationships and stewarding professional development. Host: Dr. Alise Cortez (www.alisecortez.com) #CornerstoneLeague #TamraGaines #AmberBailey #ContinuousLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment #WorkforceEducation #WorkingOnPurpose #AliseCortez Working on Purpose…
As the COVID-19 pandemic is about to eclipse its first year, many lessons are available to those leaders and companies willing to learn and grow from them. Leaders have come to see how much their own example of stewarding their own emotions and hope for the future affects the team…
Two of the biggest aspects that hold people back are their self-confidence and fear to pursue their biggest, best life. The question is, will you learn to harness those concerns in life to fuel your pursuit of your dreams, or will you let them hold you back and rob you…
Is your team proud of the work they do? Are they gratified to be a member of your organization? Meaning and purpose at work have been identified as key factors essential to attracting, retaining and mobilizing talent. But exactly how does a leader gain access, apply, and leverage these critical…
We can learn surprising things about ourselves when we practice creativity. We learn about our own biases, limitations, and fantasies among many other useful aspects. But did you know that practicing creativity can also help lead you to discovering your purpose? Find out how in this episode. Guest: Peter Comber…
Whether you’re a seasoned leader or just getting started in the role, there’s a good bet there are things you and your team would benefit by you stopped doing some, and started doing others. In this episode with 20-year leadership veteran Tim Spiker, we learn about leadership from the inside…
When John Baker was considering what to do for work, he asked himself, what’s the most important problem in the world I can help solve. The answer was how people learn, which led to founding D2L 20 years ago. Today, he’s out to upskill the workplace and work strategically to…
Where have all the entrepreneurs gone? We seem to be producing less and less each year. Josh Spodek says this is due in part our educational system that teaches compliance at the expense of pursuing interests and passions in learning. He’s out to teach people to take initiative and pursue…
CultureTalk provides a new framework of understanding that fuels personal growth and organizational fulfillment. Using the power inherent in Archetypes, CultureTalk opens doors to a more conscious and positive way of interacting and communicating, helping people realize their greatest potential and organizations carry out their unique missions. Join a growing…
A couple of years into his first job at Morgan Stanley in New York, Deval Sanghavi realized he wanted to be in India, to focus on the lives of the many millions that live without dignity and equity. So the Texas-born investment banker packed up, came to Mumbai, and co-founded…
It’s one thing to become acquainted with one’s purpose; it’s quite another to put it into action by creating or operating offerings that express it. Drawing from the experiences of 30 careers and a lifetime of study and inquiry, Dr. Holly Woods has learned to help people discover purpose across…
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be the great shake-up force in companies across the world. Pivoting as a company operating in these times and supporting employees in a virtual environment has elicited many necessary changes in human capital practices. In this episode, we listen in as a young start-up…
A conscious purpose-driven business deserves an investor that is here to liberate it to fulfill its purpose. Traditional financial services, capital markets, and investors are not aligned and thus, able, to support the needs and purposes of these types of businesses. Traditional financial firms and investors seek to maximize financial…
Howard Shore is on a mission to impact 500,000 people. And he wants to do so by helping business owners create businesses that are not “about me,” but rather out to change the world. He revels in helping companies and leaders play not to win but to be “different.” To…
People are often surprised to learn that others can and do experience passion in the work they do. They’re even more confounded to discover there are people who actually live their purpose through the work they do. Joanne Heyman knows the world is a better place when more people live…
Business will experience more change in the next 10 years than it has in the last 40. Every business will become a technology company, and every business will become a data company. Investments in information technology will be a strategic imperative for every organization. The gap between companies that invest,…
