Working on Purpose

What does it take for leaders to encourage or even cause innovation in their organizations today? It takes a strategic focus and a rigorously applied set of ongoing actions across and through the organization. The right mix of talent and the conversational tone and culture are potent components of the ingredient mix as a platform to launch innovation. To stimulate the environment toward ongoing in...

What does it take for leaders to encourage or even cause innovation in their organizations today? It takes a strategic focus and a rigorously applied set of ongoing actions across and through the organization. The right mix of talent and the conversational tone and culture are potent components of the ingredient mix as a platform to launch innovation. To stimulate the environment toward ongoing in...

Creating successful customers—with a memorable and satisfying experience—is increasingly the differentiator in a competitive marketplace, according to Bill Lee. After all, your buyers, your prospects, your market will find out how much your customers value you. Marketing and sales no longer sell to customers—customers sell to other customers. Responding to that reality is not just good for the bot...

What we do with life’s challenges makes us the people we ultimately are – it’s how we respond to life’s curve balls especially that determines our character and what we achieve. It’s truly astounding, and can be incredibly intimidating, that possibility is boundless. We can reinvent ourselves over and again, if we summon the courage and put forth the worthwhile effort. We’re only as stuck in our l...

What we do with life’s challenges makes us the people we ultimately are – it’s how we respond to life’s curve balls especially that determines our character and what we achieve. It’s truly astounding, and can be incredibly intimidating, that possibility is boundless. We can reinvent ourselves over and again, if we summon the courage and put forth the worthwhile effort. We’re only as stuck in our l...

Are you one of the lucky people out there who literally grew up in the business you’d ultimately work in as an adult? Having grown up working in his parents’ horse race training business, Blaine Wright learned early that he was good with animals and that he especially found race horses to be magnificent animals in their own right. Today he owns his own stable and trains 55-65 horses and employs 25...

What’s cookin’ in Texas? Ask Dotty Griffith! Her humorous insights and instruction reveal what makes Texas cuisine so big, bold, and beautiful. This is a woman who not only knows her way around the kitchen but has also hob-knobbed with some of the most loved and celebrated Texas chefs. Whether it’s a simple grilled peach salad or a perfectly smoked beef brisket, Dotty knows the secrets to make foo...

Today’s dynamic international marketplace is driven by innovation. And that innovation often comes to us at the hands of entrepreneurs who somehow see an opportunity in the marketplace most of us simply can’t visualize. That is, unless you’re an innovating entrepreneur yourself. These enterprising business people have a special knack for the creation of a product or service - and here’s the import...

The manner in which people seek and apply for work, engage in their jobs, and whether they choose to remain in one field or with a single company is constantly evolving. In this episode, we’ll gain insight from Matt Youngquist, a preeminent career coach and counselor, to learn how job seekers can set themselves apart from their competition, take a pulse on the general economy and see how people ar...

Croatia Dream is a tourism business in the city of Split in the country of Croatia, nestled along the Adriatic Sea. Founded four years ago as an agency for villas and apartments in Croatia, the nimble company now offers full service in seven languages for travelers to Croatia - amazing accommodation, all kind of transfers, excursions, and adventure tours. Guests: Dijana Sinovcic, Dragan Kovadevic...

As more companies do business across cultures, having a set of strong people skills that enable leaders to empower, motivate, and continue to develop their teams is good business. Everyone wins – the team whose skills are continually being developed, the leader who now does more interesting work because she’s empowered and developed her people to work at higher levels of output, and the employer,...

Getting people in organizations to perform at extraordinary levels may be at the very heart of outstanding leadership. And building a solid team that executes on a leader’s vision and strategy is key. But what does it take to find the right talent, assemble a strong team collection, and elicit their best performance? In this episode, we talk with Mareo McCracken who has carefully studied and now c...

Customers, especially successful ones, are the lifeblood of any business. Creating successful customers—with a memorable customer experience—is increasingly the differentiator in a competitive marketplace, according to Bill Lee. After all, your buyers, your prospects, your market will find out how much your customers value you—whether you want them to or not—in today’s uber-connected world. Market...

Customers, especially successful ones, are the lifeblood of any business. Creating successful customers—with a memorable customer experience—is increasingly the differentiator in a competitive marketplace, according to Bill Lee. After all, your buyers, your prospects, your market will find out how much your customers value you—whether you want them to or not—in today’s uber-connected world. Market...

Do you know your LeaderType(s)? And did you know that you just might have more in common with great leaders, even those who have occupied the United States Oval Office? In this episode, we talk with leadership expert Cash Keahey who has researched 42 presidents and distilled 8 distinct LeaderTypes. Tune in and catch a glimpse of what your LeaderType(s) might be and consider how you can leverage th...

Getting people in organizations to perform at extraordinary levels may be at the very heart of outstanding leadership. And building a solid team that executes on a leader’s vision and strategy is key. But what does it take to find the right talent, assemble a strong team collection, and elicit their best performance? In this episode, we talk with Mareo McCracken who has carefully studied and now c...

Getting people in organizations to perform at extraordinary levels may be at the very heart of outstanding leadership. And building a solid team that executes on a leader’s vision and strategy is key. But what does it take to find the right talent, assemble a strong team collection, and elicit their best performance? In this episode, we talk with Mareo McCracken who has carefully studied and now c...

Where the workforce is going in the future is anchored in lessons learned from the past, and also rapidly evolving to meet the ever-changing and competitive global marketplace. In this episode, we enjoy a “fireside chat” with the Chief Learning Officer and guru of life-long learning Kimo Kippen to explore these topics as well as other workforce trends that affect us all. This show is broadcast liv...

Do you know your LeaderType(s)? And did you know that you just might have more in common with great leaders, even those who have occupied the United States Oval Office? In this episode, we talk with leadership expert Cash Keahey who has researched 42 presidents and distilled 8 distinct LeaderTypes. Tune in and catch a glimpse of what your LeaderType(s) might be and consider how you can leverage th...

Do you know your LeaderType(s)? And did you know that you just might have more in common with great leaders, even those who have occupied the United States Oval Office? In this episode, we talk with leadership expert Cash Keahey who has researched 42 presidents and distilled 8 distinct LeaderTypes. Tune in and catch a glimpse of what your LeaderType(s) might be and consider how you can leverage th...

Have you ever really considered, “Am I made of the stuff to achieve really great things? Are my dreams realistic?” It turns out, there is quite a difference between how famous, quite accomplished people consider motivation and goals and the way everyday people do. The good news? We can learn something from these stellar humans and apply it to create more of the life we really want for ourselves. T...

Where the workforce is going in the future is anchored in lessons learned from the past, and also rapidly evolving to meet the ever-changing and competitive global marketplace. Most people embrace the importance of continually learning in order to remain employable, though there is uncertainty on how to integrate human talent with artificial intelligence and robotics. In this episode, we enjoy a “...

Where the workforce is going in the future is anchored in lessons learned from the past, and also rapidly evolving to meet the ever-changing and competitive global marketplace. Most people embrace the importance of continually learning in order to remain employable, though there is uncertainty on how to integrate human talent with artificial intelligence and robotics. In this episode, we enjoy a “...

Each time a New Year clicks past, many of us are overtaken with an extreme resolve to finally go after the goals we believe will fulfill our lives. We achingly pledge, “new year, new me.” But how many of us really surge forth in a disciplined, intentional manner throughout the full year to realize those ardent dreams and fulfill on the ambitions that we know would make the difference between livin...

Have you ever really considered, “Am I made of the stuff to achieve really great things? Are my dreams realistic?” It turns out, there is quite a difference between how famous, quite accomplished people consider motivation and goals and the way everyday people do. The good news? We can learn something from these stellar humans and apply it to create more of the life we really want for ourselves. I...