Leading Conversations

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Chip Conley, founder and former CEO of Joie de Vivre, an award winning boutique hotel company. Chip is the best-selling author of Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness & Success and PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. A preeminent thought leader in psychology & business, Chip sees CEO’s and company leaders as “Chief Emotions Officers.”...

Debbie Ford said, “When you learn that you can trust life, life will deliver treasures beyond your imagination.” A few days ago, Debbie Ford passed away “into the waiting arms of her ancestors and guardian angels”. Her brilliant work in the world will live on infinitum. She will be deeply missed. I loved the interview I did with Debbie on Leading Conversations. In her honor, and with heartfelt gra...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Angeles Arrien, to Leading Conversations for a second time! Angeles is an anthropologist, educator, award-winning author, consultant, and Founder and President of the Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Research. Her work bridges cultural anthropology, psychology, and mediation skills. Her award winning books include The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Pa...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Marci Shimoff, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a world-renowned transformational teacher, & an expert on happiness, success, & unconditional love. In her new book, Love for No Reason: 7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love Marci tells us there is a new paradigm for love. It is not conditional. It does not depend on another’s view of your value. And it is...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Michael Toms CEO and co-founder of New Dimensions Radio and the New Dimensions World Broadcasting Network. For more than a quarter century, Michael has been engaging in dialogue with the world's leading-edge thinkers, social architects, creative artists, scientists and spiritual teachers. Called the Socrates of radio, he is acknowledged by guests and listeners alike as one...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Peter Senge, PhD., a Senior Lecturer at MIT, & founding chair of the Society for Organizational Learning (SOL). He is author of many books including The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization; Presence: Human Purpose & the Field of the Future; and Necessary Revolution: How Individuals & Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable W...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Alan Briskin, an award-winning author, a pioneer in the field of organizational learning, and cofounder of the Collective Wisdom Initiative. His books include The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace, Daily Miracles and Bringing Your Soul to Work: An Everyday Practice. His new book is The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly is based on nine years of r...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Peter Block award winning author, thought leader, and consultant to corporate, government, and community organizations in the realm of empowerment, stewardship, chosen accountability, & the reconciliation of community. Peter’s many books include The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters, the 2002 Independent Book Publisher Business Breakthrough Book of the Year; and...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, & CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, the world’s leading organic yogurt producer & author of Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World. Since 1983, Gary has overseen Stonyfield’s phenomenal growth, from its infancy as a seven-cow organic farming school to its current $366 million in annual sales. Consistently producing great-tasting p...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Stephen M. R. Covey & Greg Link, co-authors of Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy, & Joy in a Low-Trust World. The first job of a leader is to inspire trust, and the second is to extend it. So say Covey & Link. In Smart Trust, they tell us that a powerful, global renaissance of trust has begun. Sparked by recent world events, business ethics, and transparency enabled...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Ed Wallace, founder & Chief Relationship Officer of The Relational Capital Group, & author of Business Relationships That Last: Five Steps To Transform Contacts into High Performing Relationships. Today’s business leaders face incredible challenges with the movement toward more collaborative management structures & the urgency of work due to the pace of technology. Busines...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes John Montgomery, a Silicon Valley corporate attorney, entrepreneur, executive coach & author. John works with high potential entrepreneurs to turn their concepts into companies. His book, Great from the Start: How Conscious Corporations Attract Success combines the best of Silicon Valley business practices & corporate law with principles from other disciplines, including n...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Darcy Winslow, Founder of Designs for a Sustainable World Collective. She is a pioneer and practitioner of sustainability frameworks and principles, advising people and projects around the globe. Darcy Winslow says we need leaders now who can help companies and communities envision a different future. How can current leaders understand more deeply their responsibility to t...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Jane Horan, founder of the Horan Group and an expert in organization development & building inclusive and engaged work environments. Jane’s recent book, I Wish I’d Known That Earlier In My Career: The Power of Positive Workplace Politics is a must read for anyone working in or with organizations. Do you believe that you can avoid the politics of your workplace? Jane says “...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Kristin Engvig, founder & convener of the internationally acclaimed Women's International Networking (W.I.N ) Conference & Global Leadership Forum. The theme for this year’s conference, Make Space: Find Possibilities, drew nearly 1000 people to spend 3 days in Rome, working together to shape themselves for a world filled with possibility in the face of an uncertain future....

Cheryl welcomes Jerilyn Brusseau, a cook, baker, restaurateur, businesswoman, humanitarian and cultural diplomat. She is founder of PeaceTable and co-founder of PeaceTrees Vietnam. Her story begins in her grandmother’s kitchen and takes her globetrotting in the spirit of peace and diplomacy. Jerilyn passionately advocates warm-hearted, soul-connected food as the most common language spoken around...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Mark Silver founder of Heart of Business, and a successful business teacher and healer, who brings an active connection with the Divine to his work. Mark says that Heart of Business has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners to integrate the nitty gritty of business with the heart-opening truths of spirit in a way that actually helps the business be pr...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dr. Ray Blanchard, inspirational teacher, seminar leader, consultant and award winning media producer. He is the creator of eight inspirational movies and numerous motivational DVDs, including THE ANSWER To Absolutely Everything, with one documentary story winning CNN’s 2009 Hero Award. Leading together is the only way forward. The new leader has the courage to follow his...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Shailja Patel, an award-winning Kenyan poet, artist & political activist. Growing up in Kenya Shailja experienced the impact of war on the lives and spirit of the people. Her path took her on a journey from working on Wall Street to living a monastic life, running non-profits, eventually finding her voice in poetry. Today she is a performance artist bringing her work to pe...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dr. Paul Scheele, CEO of Learning Systems, co-founder of Learning Strategies and best selling author. His books include PhotoReading; Natural Brilliance; and the e-book Drop into Genius. What if everything you think you know about learning…is wrong? How can that be? Entire societies use classroom-learning models to ready children into adulthood. Leaders apply the same appr...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Stephen M. R. Covey & Greg Link, co-authors of Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy, & Joy in a Low-Trust World. The first job of a leader is to inspire trust, and the second is to extend it. So say Covey & Link. In Smart Trust, they tell us that a powerful, global renaissance of trust has begun. Sparked by recent world events, business ethics, and transparency enabled...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes David Wagner, founder, CEO and owner of JUUT Salonspas, the original AVEDA concept salons. David is a hair stylist, artist, entrepreneur, educator, and author of Life as a Daymaker. Innovator of the “Daymaking” movement, his philosophy for living a life that changes the world one person at a time through simple acts of kindness, has captured the hearts of people around the...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Sam Horn, an award-winning communication/creativity consultant. Known as America’s Intrigue Expert, Sam has authored several best-sellers, including Tongue Fu!®, POP!, and the upcoming E.Y.E.B.R.O.W. Test® learning system. Infusing your business and projects with Intrigue is a proven ROI. Sam has served as the Pitch Coach for Springboard Enterprises – which has helped entr...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dr. Lyly Rojas, a university professor, international humanitarian, and co-founder of the European Institute of Collaborative Law. She specializes in the teaching the culture of Peace (inner and outer) and Corporate Social Responsibility, and Multicultural Intelligence. Lyly was born in Nicaragua, a country of conflict with a long history of turmoil, and ultimately her fam...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes don Miguel Ruiz, the international bestselling author of The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. His other books include: The Mastery of Love; The Voice of Knowledge; and The Fifth Agreement, co-authored with his son, don Jose. Born into a family of healers in rural Mexico, Ruiz was chosen to carry forward his family's centuries-old legacy of Toltec wis...