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Joanna L. Cea: Beloved Economies
A beloved economy. Doesn’t that just sound like an economic ecosystem you want to be part of? Well, it can be. There are organizations out there who have innovated HOW they do work and broken out of business as usual – to stellar results. And…
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Lindsay LaShell: A Marketing Activist Blends Purpose & Profit
Want to save the world – & build a healthy profitable business? You can. My guest today, Lindsay LaShell, and I talked about everything purpose & profit! What is a marketing activist, how impact organizations can better leverage marketing to achieve goals, where folks go…
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Deconstructing Ted Lasso’s Lessons on Leadership, Empathy, and Connection with Elisa Camahort Page
In this special episode, I deconstruct Ted Lasso’s cultural impact and golden lessons on leadership and empathy with one of my favorite people, Elisa Camahort Page.You may recall her from a past episode – she is a leadership and business expert, as well as a…
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Claude Silver: Leading with Heart at Vayner Media
Leading with your heart might be a scary phrase to some old-school leaders out there. But my guest today knows a thing or two about leading a fast-paced, successful company – without sacrificing human connection. Claude Silver believes showing up with heart and humanity is…
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Leo Caldwell: Why Anti-Trans Laws and Homophobia are Anti-Business
In 2021, Gallup found that unprecedented numbers of young people identify as LGBTQ+. Why should you as a leader or hiring manager care? Basically, Gen Z is the queerest, most gender-diverse generation – and they are under attack on a daily basis which distracts them…
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Colin Hunter: Disruptive Leadership and Being More Wrong
Everyone talks about disruption. Disrupting the status quo, the industry, the way we do things with their cool new product or service. But how about we disrupt leadership? How about we learn to embrace failure, build connection, and establish trust as the keys to success?…
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Minette Norman: Psychological Safety
To unleash the potential of all employees in your organization, you need to create an environment where they feel safe enough to offer new ideas, speak up about risks, and bring their unique perspectives. If your culture lacks psychological safety, you could be missing out…
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Anna Liotta: Understanding Generational Codes
So much of our inability to connect in the workplace comes down to creating an Us vs. Them mentality when it comes to different generations. Research shows that we have five generations all coexisting in the workplace – so we need to sort this out.…
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Dannie Lynn Fountain: Ending Checkbox Diversity
Is your organization guilty of checkbox diversity? You know, “Let’s hire one person from a marginalized group and call it a day on our DEIB efforts?” Today’s show explores how to avoid checkbox diversity and leaving out important groups in DEIB strategy to create a…
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Rae Shanahan: The Empathy Gap: 2023 State of Workplace Empathy Report
It’s 2023 – we had a major global pandemic, geopolitical upheaval, and market ups and downs. So how are we doing when it comes to making the workplace more empathetic and adapting to everything that’s hit us? For 8 years, Businessolver, a leader in benefits…
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Andrea Feigl: The Business Case for Private/Public Health Investment Partnerships
OK, real talk. I have taken a bit of heat over the years for trying to make a business case for empathy. When some folks saw my TEDx talk about how to trick leaders into being empathetic by showing them the benefits to the bottom…
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Dr. John Demartini: Why Motivation Doesn’t Work
As leaders, we are tasked with “motivating” others. And empathy plays a role in that – in understanding what motivates others and hopefully, tying that to the goal you are trying to accomplish. But this is still a very ego-centric way of managing others. Making…
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