Culture and Leadership Connections Podcast

Culture and Leadership Connections is having a podcast party!  The Culture and Leadership Connections Podcast has been alive and well for three years and we want to celebrate with you.  On October 15th, both past and future guests will offer an entertaining one-minute pitch to state why you should listen to their episode. Each guest will have a surprise for participants so you could benefit from a...

Bio for Dave and Dara Feldman   Dave and Dara Feldman are a passionate husband-and-wife team of social entrepreneurs who seek to positively uplift as many lives as possible. They lead Virtues Matter and have developed the Virtues Cards App, an easy-to-use tool designed to help people strengthen virtues and lead lives of joy, meaning, and purpose.  Episode highlight Dave and Dara Feldman, having ac...

Bio for Linda Kavelin-Popov  Linda Kavelin-Popov is the co-founder of The Virtues Project which is in over 120 countries, and the bestselling author of seven books. She is also a columnist for Lana’i Today.  Episode highlight Linda Kavelin-Popov has crafted her life based on her beliefs and always followed divine guidance. Listen in on how she has received a lifetime of returns from a lifetime of...

Bio for Martin Kerr   British-Canadian singer-songwriter Martin Kerr finds himself traveling all over North America performing for different communities and has racked up passport stamps from 35 countries on his musical travels. Episode highlight British-Canadian singer-songwriter Martin Kerr always loved to sing. Listen in on how he went from being a troubadour to booking two-to-three shows a wee...

Bio for Janine Brisebois  Janine Brisebois, BSC, RMT, M-NLP, is an MC, speaker, facilitator, author, successful entrepreneur, business professional in sales and training, and a personal consultant with decades of success.  Episode highlight Janine Brisebois’ life is defined by her curious nature. Join in to learn how she has unravelled life’s lessons by asking the right questions. Links Email: Jan...

Bio for Alex Molden Alex Molden is a former NFL player, and a leadership and personal development coach and speaker.  Episode highlight As an NFL player, Alex Molden had failures and successes, coaches and friends, and most of all, life experiences and stories to treasure. Join him as he talks about life before, during and after football.  Links Email: info@alexmoldenspeaks.com Website: www.alexmo...

Bio for Devon Riel Devon Riel is the General Business Manager at Avonlea Group of Companies, where he also does sports photography alongside event photography.  Episode highlight Devon Riel comes from an illustrious lineage yet has carved his own way. Listen in on how his job training Santas has helped him illuminate his own and others’ paths with joy.  Links Email: devon@avonleastudio.com Website...

Bio for Colin Christopher  Colin Christopher is a keynote speaker, stage hypnotist, clinical hypnotherapist, hypnosis instructor and author.  Episode highlight Listen in on how Colin Christopher found himself in odd places – in the middle of the ocean, all alone on the road, and as a hypnotist on stage.  Links Email: info@colinchristopher.com Website: www.colinchristopher.com TV Appearances: www.c...

Denise Liebetrau is the Founder and CEO of Prosper Consulting, a Career & Salary Negotiation Coach, an HR Consultant, a Compensation Expert, and a Speaker.  Episode highlight Denise Liebetrau was raised with strong values of sincerity and dedication, which she brings into her role as an HR consultant, as well as in her daily life. Listen in to learn how to make a big impact – at work, and at h...

Finding Purpose In many countries, human activities are organized around the seasons, or where seasons are more continuous, around periods of wet and dry or light and dark. Work which incorporates the rhythm of nature and an understanding of life is healthy and soul-enhancing.  Shift Work Needs to Shift Working on 12-hour shifts and varying often between day and night shifts with no adjustment tim...

Finding Purpose Human beings are essentially spiritual, and our lives are animated by Divine love. We need to work as an expression of our souls and to establish a sense of purpose. If we don’t learn, grow, develop or contribute to building something bigger and better than ourselves, our souls are at first dissatisfied, then distressed.  All Work and All Play It is the nature of children to learn...

Bio for Cara Bedford Cara Bedford is the Director of Strategic Marketing for CompuVision, a Canadian core IT service provider which focuses on how disruptive technologies can change traditional businesses. She is also the Managing Editor of Disruption Magazine Canada.  Episode highlight As a woman in technology, Cara Bedford brings a unique perspective to the profession. Listen in to learn how dis...

Re-evaluating Our Lives With this pandemic forcing us all into isolation, I have spoken to many people who are re-evaluating their activities in the light of what really matters. Some people want to change their careers and need coaching to reimagine their lives, while others want to spend more time with family or help those in need. Neighbourhood initiatives have sprouted, industries have transfo...

Bio for Andy Knight   W. Andy Knight is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. He serves as Advisory Board Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Welfare of Children.  Episode highlight Andy Knight comes from a family of religious preachers, politicians and musicians. He brings his multi-dimensional personality into his work as a...

Bio for Karlyn Borysenko Dr. Karlyn Borysenko is the founder of Zen Workplace and is Chief Science Officer of RallyBright. An organizational psychologist and executive/performance coach, she integrates mindfulness strategies at work to increase productivity and creativity, reduce stress, and create better work experiences.  Episode highlight As a small-town girl from Vermont, Dr Karlyn Borysenko l...

Bio for Kamal Sinclair Kamal Sinclair is Executive Director of the Guild of Future Architects and supports independent artists as a Senior Consultant for Sundance Institute. Kamal makes art through a family creative practice called Sinclair Futures. Episode highlight Born into the arts, Kamal Sinclair has a goal to create a more equitable and enriched future. Listen in to discover her illustrious...

Unearthing the Truth  Your core beliefs are unconscious – you grew up with them and developed them in response to your environment. So, how can you discover what you believe about yourself? Mindfulness Muse recommends a technique called laddering down. This involves a series of questions to uncover the core belief that affects your leadership and colours how you see the world. It can also help you...

Bio for Steven K. Young   Steven K. Young, B.Ed., MBA PMP, is an educator, consultant, executive, and coach who is passionate about leadership and building high-performance teams. He is currently the CEO of Garnet Instruments, a lecturer at the Alberta School of Business and instructor at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Episode highlight Steven K. Young has always worked from a team...

The Incident Picture this: you have a manager who is incompetent and wants to be seen as bigger and better than everyone beneath her. She undermines others and strategically points out what she perceives to be mistakes at meetings so that individuals are all afraid of her.  The Initial Reaction This was an incident a colleague of mine experienced as a teacher in a school with a domineering and sus...

Bio for Myke Macapinlac   Myke Macapinlac went from being a shy immigrant structural designer to a podcast host, a social skills coach, a lifestyle entrepreneur and author of 4 books. He now teaches shy guys who are technically skilled to improve their social confidence so they can create meaningful connections in their personal, romantic, and professional lives.  Episode highlight Myke Macapinlac...

Recognizing emotional triggers Racist comment from inside the team from one visible minority to another and from one manager to another (white manager making joke insults to other white manager; white manager making joke insults to visible minority manager)  Relationship: I had no power and was under scrutiny and micromanagement from the white boss. I was the only woman on the team. Everyone else...

Bio for Harold Kurlander  Hal Kurlander has a B.A. in psychology and an M.D. degree from Baylor College of Medicine. After 35 years of clinical neurology, he is now semi-retired and works in the area of facial aesthetics (Botox and dermal fillers).  Episode highlight Hal Kurlander went from being a shy child to an outspoken university rebel to a neurologist to a facial aesthetician. Tune into this...

Bio for Linda Crockett  Linda Crockett is a workplace psychological harassment specialist, trauma therapist and the Founder and CEO of Alberta Bullying Research Resources and Recovery Centre. Her passion for this cause arose after 22 years of social work, when she found herself in a difficult workplace situation, hitting rock bottom, as she describes it.  Episode highlight As a Scottish-Canadian,...

Bio for Karla Briones Karla Briones is a Mexican-Canadian serial entrepreneur with a passion to helping others succeed in their business journey. She uses her 10-year business experience to mentor, coach and help new immigrants become successful entrepreneurs in their adopted country. She is part of the team of independent business advisors at Invest Ottawa, providing strategy services to local as...

Bio for Lewis Cardinal   Lewis Cardinal has dedicated his life’s work to creating and maintaining connections and developing relationships which cross cultural divides.  Episode highlight Lewis Cardinal, a Woodland Cree First Nation native, has based his career on answering the question, ‘How do we develop relationships?’ Listen to this podcast to unearth insights on building bridges between diffe...