Episodes
In a time of unprecedented change and disruption increasingly leaders need to manage emotional wellbeing, our own and that of others we work with. In my book "Wired for Disruption", I describe neuro-emotional agility as the ability to move ourselves and...
Published 08/13/20
Bruce Broussard is President and CEO of Humana, a Fortune 50 company with $65 Billion in revenues and 46,000 team members. Under his leadership, Humana has created an integrated care delivery model with a focus on improving health outcomes, lowering...
Published 07/30/20
At age 22, Tami Simon started Sounds True, now a multimedia publisher, with a dream, a tape recorder, and a guiding mission to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Over its 35-year history, Sounds True has produced over 3,000 titles and been nominated twice...
Published 07/23/20
Tanuj Kapilashrami is the Group Head of Human Resources for Standard Chartered Bank, a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Tanuj built her career at HSBC where she...
Published 07/09/20
Ruchika Sikri is the Head of Well Being Learning Programs and Strategy at Google. She leads a powerful community of 350+ Googlers across 130+ office locations to bring secular and science-based Mindfulness and Compassion Learning programs to 120,000+...
Published 07/01/20
Aamir Paul is the US Country President for Schneider Electric. In his role, he leads the commercial teams to deliver best in class solutions for Schneider Electric’s partners and customers across the company’s Energy Management and Industrial Automation...
Published 06/29/20
Times of disruption can create fear, anxiety, and stress. This leads to dysfunctional leadership behaviors. We have to intentionally shift our mindsets and biology to be collaborative, connected, curious, and creative. As I write about in my book Wired...
Published 06/10/20
Vernice Jones is a Director and faculty for adult development at Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership. She is an Associate at Cultivating Leadership, a global, deliberately developmental, complexity-based organization. She...
Published 06/04/20
Did you know that being connected to purpose can actually help us and our teams to be agile? It’s also good for our well-being as we feel more connected, curious, and collaborative with others. Each of us can find ways to be purposeful in times of...
Published 05/29/20
A thought leader of the Conscious Capitalism movement, Raj Sisodia is the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business at Babson College. He is also Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Conscious Capitalism Inc. Raj is the co-author of the New York Times...
Published 05/28/20
Jimmy is the Director of Organizational Development at The Home Depot. He loves helping leaders get better what they do and has created Home Depot’s executive development programs for all VPs and SVPs. He has over 20 years of experience using innovative...
Published 05/25/20
For the past two decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future. She’s the author of six books, including the New York Times bestseller Open Leadership and the co-author of the critically-acclaimed book Groundswell. Her latest book is the...
Published 05/24/20
Harry Kraemer is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Baxter International, a multi-billion-dollar global healthcare company. He is a professor of management and strategy at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He is...
Published 05/24/20
Bill Joiner is a senior leadership and organization development consultant, and an executive coach, with several decades of experience in the field. He earned his doctorate in this field at Harvard University. He is the lead author of Leadership Agility...
Published 05/24/20
Ravin Jesuthasan is an author, futurist and managing director at Willis Towers Watson. Ravin has collaborated extensively with the World Economic Forum and is a regular presenter at its annual meeting in Davos. Ravin was named to the Thinkers 50 Radar...
Published 05/20/20
Amanda Blake has devoted her life to the spread of one simple message: when you learn how to access the intelligence hidden in sensation, you open the door to more meaning, greater courage, deeper connection, and more powerful leadership than you ever...
Published 05/19/20
Otto Scharmer is an action researcher who co-creates innovations in learning and leadership. He is a Senior Lecturer in the MIT Management Sloan School and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. Most recently, Otto and his colleagues launched GAIA...
Published 05/19/20
Garry O. Ridge is Chairman and CEO of WD-40 Company. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego where he teaches leadership development, talent management, and succession planning in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership...
Published 05/19/20
Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on self-compassion over fifteen years ago. She has...
Published 05/17/20
Jennifer is the founder and CEO of cultivating leadership. She coaches, teaches, writes, and speaks about leadership and complexity in her work with clients. In her three books, Jennifer tries to bring the most helpful ideas from psychology and...
Published 05/10/20
Richard Boyatzis is the Distinguished Professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior, Psychology and Cognitive Science at the Case Western Reserve university. His books include the international bestseller Primal Leadership with Daniel Goldman...
Published 05/05/20
John Baldoni is an internationally recognized executive coach and educator and the author of 14 leadership books published in 10 languages.In this podcast episode, we talk about his new book “Grace” and how Grace is especially needed in these times of...
Published 04/09/20
We’re in a situation where we can’t predict from day to day what will happen with the pandemic. We can’t predict nor control actions global leaders will take. Plans help. Pivoting is what saves the day when things change rapidly. And pivoting requires...
Published 03/31/20
Acknowledging fear, pain, sadness, and the beautiful messiness of our human emotions is hard. Connecting with emotion also connects to compassion for ourselves and others. Take the time to get present to the human being in front of us. We don’t know...
Published 03/31/20
These are extraordinary times. These times of disruption can also create the transformational leader within each of us. Here is a short audio coaching exercise that helps you connect with yourself and create a day of focus and purpose. Listen to it...
Published 03/31/20