The Compassionate Leaders Circle Podcast

In today's tumultuous climate, Christian Nunes, the President of the National Organization for Women (NOW), shares her experiences as a mother, mental health advocate, and intersectional feminist.

Formerly the VP of Global Customer Operations turned Head of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn, Scott Shute is an award-winning author, speaker, entrepreneur, photographer, and healer. Scott's mission is to change work from the inside out by mainstreaming mindfulness and operationalizing compassion. Tune in to our conversation with Scott to learn more about his story and endeavors.

This week, we speak with Wayne Turmel and Kevin Eikenberry about their most recent book, "The Long-Distance Team." In our conversation, these two experts provide evidence-based insights on achieving success and creating a good culture within virtual, hybrid, and even in-person work environments.

We at Compassionate Leaders Circle select six honorees from around the world to join us in a panel discussion on their most exciting work and advice for future compassionate leaders.

This past fall, Compassionate Leaders Circle partnered with Learn With Leaders, a global EdTech organization based in India, to run one of our Dream Labs for teens all around the world. In this podcast, you can hear from Raisa, Zaara, and Natalia on how our lab shaped their visions of their futures. 

Every fall, CLC partners with the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business to provide their seniors with a customized Dream Lab retreat. In this podcast, we speak with students Mireille Baxter and Kevin Pereira-Leon about their experiences surrounding last year’s retreat and learn from director David Corsun about the school’s unique o...

Kevin Oakes is the co-founder and CEO of Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) , a company looking to help other companies and their teams tackle the future of work. Oakes recently published a book titled “Culture Renovation,” in which he dives into “next practices” for corporations looking to improve or build their HR strategies and workplace cultures. Learn more about Oakes and his amazing...

Learn more about the first-ever global competition series and the inspiring stories it aims to tell.

Bernard Chiira, of Innovate Now, and Regina Kline, of Enable Ventures, have been nominated for the 2023 Compassionate Leaders Circle Awards as key players within the global rise of disability technology. Learn more about their work and this movement in this episode of our podcast.

When I first met Fernando, he was working on the COVID crisis. Now, he’s working in Ukraine and has been since days after the war broke out. Learn about his journey and his current work in Ukraine, where he is providing essential care.

Every year we honor a select group of individuals who embody compassionate leadership. In the 2022 Compassionate Leaders Circle Awards, we celebrate 8 honorees who represent compassionate leaders everywhere. From a high school student battling malnutrition in India to an entrepreneur developing an animal-free meat industry, these inspiring individuals show it’s possible to Lead with Love. Hear how...

"Profit is just a means to an end." Listen to the CEO and Chief People Officer of a fast-growing logistics company discuss their corporate mission of enriching people's lives. From employees and suppliers to customers and partners, Mohawk Global is focused on helping people thrive. How they do it just happens to involve running a supply chain company. With staggering employee satisfaction scores,...

Meet Gunjan Aggarwal, a brilliant education disruptor based in India, who we partner with to provide a Compassionate Leadership program for future leaders where they explored their dreams. Learn about our inaugural program that had 39 high school students from 9 countries and hear six final Soul Work presentations from the participants who were chosen by their peers to represent the class: Rhea Ch...

Each fall, we partner with The Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management at the University of Denver to provide their seniors with a Pivot with Purpose Career Development Retreat. Here students review the past, explore the present and create a future through a vision pitch project. Meet Dr. David Corsun, the compassionate leader of the school, and hear from three of his seniors who were chose...

Learn how compassionate leaders with a passion for helping people recover from addictions have created a bold new approach. Jeffrey Vann, Gregg Champion, and Patricia Meyers talk about their own business and recovery journeys and how they created Start Up Recovery, where their clients learn how to shift addiction to passion. 

Lisa. S Jones is the founder and CEO of EyeMail Inc, a multi-communication platform that was founded out of her love for her mother, who unexpectedly passed away at 61. Join us as Lisa talks about her journey in building the company with her mother’s influence and her dedication to bringing innovation and inclusiveness to the company. 

Ashley T Brundage is a pioneer in the world of bringing inclusion to workplaces and the founder of Empowering Differences and the author of the book by the same name. Every day Ashley demonstrates what it means to be a compassionate leader as she bravely shares her own struggles and helps others embrace their differences as strengths, not obstacles. Join us as Ashley shares her inspirational story...

Julienne is a native from Queens, NY, and is the author of “The Learned-it-in-Queens Communications Playbook” inspired by her roots and a passion for authentic conversations.  Join us as Julienne gives us the play-by-play on how to communicate effectively to others clearly despite digital distractions.

Brandon Scott Barney is the co-founder of Primary Ocean, a company that cultivates giant kelp, and Julie Allickson, the Chief Manufacturing Development Center Officer at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine whose team is helping critically ill people by creating viable organs for transplants in a laboratory. Tune in to hear how these compassionate leaders found their callings and are no...

Katherine Wells is a client of Compassionate Leaders Circle and a former participant of Pivot with Purpose. Last year, Katherine started her own decor store that featured work from many different artists from Brooklyn and beyond called Cain Sloan. Tune in to hear how she used her love for ceramics and turned it into a new vision for herself.

Jeff Potter is the Founder and CEO of Manifest , a high-end curated personal and professional travel company offering trips to change lives and hearts. Join us to learn more about how he became a CEO and then pivoted his career to help companies develop a more humane approach to growth as they consider people, the planet, and profit. 

With his company, Eat Just,  Josh Tetrick has changed the way meat and eggs are produced. He and his team make eggs from plants and cultivate meat without killing animals. Tetrick is a calm and intelligent presence that makes his lofty visions feel both accessible and, in many ways, indispensable to the future of our planet. Join us to learn how Tetrick launched his company and how this process ha...

Colin Ambrose is the creative and multi-faceted owner of Estia’s Little Kitchen who actually grew his restaurant's sales during the pandemic. His willingness to pivot included a streamlined menu and hours. Ambrose and his team were able to swiftly churn out enormous family orders to be enjoyed at home. And how did he deal with the stress? He spent his only day off going on an adventure. Join us fo...

Paul Lanzarotti and Pavalli Golla are both parents who founded their companies, Stop Creak and Lark Adventurewear, after trying to solve personal problems at home. Join us as these two innovative inventors discuss their journeys where they started as anxious parents. 

Dr. Maria Church, Ph. D is an organizational culture expert who shares her simple, powerful, and proven approach to change in her book’s 10th-anniversary edition, "Love-Based Leadership, The Model For Leading with Strength, Grace, and Authenticity." Join us for a conversation on how to build sustainable organizations through compassion.