Working on Purpose

Mental health and well-being have now become sirens summoning the attention and resources of leaders intent on engaging and retaining their people. What is necessary to fully manage a team to high performance is a combination of informed methodology and measurement. Dr. Pele shares his latest strategies and software for harnessing the Profitable Happiness approach to help companies create cultures...

One thing many entrepreneurs don’t count on is that being an entrepreneur can be anything but freeing in terms of time and focus. Without proper guidance and an elevated mindset, entrepreneurs are prone to leaving other precious parts of life perilously underserved and their lives completely out of balance. To thrive in today’s ever-changing, crisis-prone times, entrepreneurs must learn to future-...

People crave meaning and purpose in life and reach desperately to fill its void while attempting to contribute their talents at work to something worthwhile. Meaning and purpose have become vital elements of mental health, well-being, and vitality. Enter The Viktor Frankl Meaning Academy, devoted to teaching and promoting the work of Dr. Viktor Frankl, empowering individuals, organizations, and co...

Today’s talent is voting with their feet when they do not feel they are learning, being appreciated, and feeling fulfilled in their work. When until only recently, “customer is king” reigned strong, now more than ever a riveted focus on the quality of the employee experience is warranted if a company wants to grow and remain strong. Enter “the Experience Mindset,” a new operating model and an inte...

Big, hairy problems in the world require a combined force to confront and overcome. With the complexity of today’s times, working in silos won’t do. What’s required are “bridgebuilders,” a keen leaders who recognize the vastness of issues and the opportunity to transcend boundaries between public, private, and non-profit entities to tackle the toughest issues facing society. This episode ushers in...

Change – it’s everywhere and seems to be increasingly accelerating as life and business continue to evolve. Rather than resist change, there is an opportunity to embrace the uncertainty that accompanies it and turn it into a catalyst for growth. To do so, you need you need a positive mindset and some practical strategies to embrace the change, adapt to the new circumstances, and harness the hidden...

You’re up – don’t wait for someone else to step in or fix things. You can be the leader you want to become by strengthening your leadership intelligence. “Leadership is not about having a certain title or performing a particular role. Leadership is about the power to influence others,” explain authors/guests Lennick and Wachendorf, who remind us that even small acts of leadership can make a positi...

Travis James, a long-time tech entrepreneur, celebrates the genius of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, natural language processing, IoT, and the recent splash, ChatGPT. In this episode, he shares his work on creating a technology platform that helps individuals control and manage their own medical records and how ChatGPT can make us smarter, more effective, and distinguished in...

Did you know we each have our own Y.O.D.A.? - Your Own Decision Advisor, which is the inner voice that guides our choices? Anxiety, depression, loneliness, hopelessness, and fatigue are all capable of sabotaging a person’s Y.O.D.A. In this episode, an author shares how to build and strengthen our Y.O.D.A. skills, enabling us to make decisions that are grounded in our transcendent values, core beli...

In a world where women are making increasing strides in their education, career, and finances, how are men moving forward? Culture dictates that men be strong and provide for their families. But society is changing, and so are men, if Dr. John Schinnerer has anything to say about it. He is coaching men to understand and manage their emotions, more authentically connect with people in their lives a...

There is an intense and growing need for people to have something they can believe in, something that demands and engages their deepest longings. They seek to ensure that their lives are fueled by passion, have meaning, and that they are needed in the world. And they are not finding this in work. Somewhere along the way, we have lost our humanity in corporate America, and therefore, our inspiratio...

As the employee-driven workplace continues taking stock of where it wants to contribute their talent, one critical variable they are closely monitoring is the level of toxicity they experience in a company. Companies increasingly recognize they must steward the well-being of their people in order to remain competitive as an employer of choice. Creativity consultant Dustin Staiger reveals blame as...

Much culture transformation is driven from a top-down approach where senior leaders dictate the results designed. This approach is increasingly ineffective because the workplace is changing so fast and it does not mobilize the bottom-up energy and commitment available and waiting among front-line employees. This episode explores the approach of Rapid Mass Engagement through employee culture creati...

Building great teams who are united in purpose and fueled by meaning is essential to keep your company flourishing. Taking a page from a three-time Navy seal platoon commander, you’ll learn how the CARE framework of connecting, achieving, respecting, and empowering enables you to elevate each member to their very best. People want to know they’re part of something great and know their lives really...

There is a long-standing assumption that strong emotions lead to reactive behavior and irrational decision-making and therefore cannot be trusted. In this episode, we learn why the guest disagrees with this idea and hear about his new approach to developing emotional intelligence by leveraging every emotion, which enables people to tap into their subconscious and ultimately elevate their capacity...

Today we find ourselves living in the Fourth Industrial Revolution where emerging technologies and their interactions with one another are upending how we work, play, educate, and govern ourselves. Disruption and change are constant. People need to continually learn to remain relevant in their careers alongside robots and technology. Enter the need for the transformational leadership where everyon...

The world is full of bad and mediocre bosses, coaches, presidents, and CEOs. With the world moving so fast, the “leadership as a position” model is rapidly collapsing. Organizations that expect people at the top to do all the leading won’t thrive but barely survive. The relatively few people who head up teams, committees, companies, agencies, cities, and countries lack sufficient perspective and k...

Everybody needs a coach in life when tasked with delivering results from a high-stakes job. We need clarity of what the ultimate win looks like, to constantly cultivate our character and emotional intelligence, and to motivate the team to produce results. With David Noble and Carol Kauffman, we learn how their “MOVE” framework empowers leaders to navigate high-stakes opportunity moments, generate...

Work holds the promise of being a place and an experience where people can contribute their talents passionately and grow into their highest potential. Yet, that’s not the experience for many employees working in companies. The number one reason people vacate their positions and leave companies? Their manager. Dr. Jack Wiley has isolated eight key areas for managers to develop acumen to change tha...

Emotions provide such rich color in our lives. They are also a tremendous source of data from which we can learn to improve the quality of our decisions. Yet, many people are afraid of their own emotions, worried they will get out of hand and risk the results they seek or hurt their relationships. Learning to navigate our emotions, especially as a leader, offers the promise of meaningfully connect...

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit,” says Napoleon Hill. What seemingly impossible thing has life thrown at you? The question isn’t “what,” but “how” you will navigate through the storm. In this episode, we learn from a “master overcomer” his nine principles you too can use to surmount whatever comes your way to see your way th...

We live in a world that seems fixated on the differences between people, races, religions, and nations. But constantly focusing on our differences often leads to distrust, separation, conflict, and the marginalization of entire groups of people. By learning to embrace six universal truths about humanity, we can produce far more positive outcomes in our lives, reduce our biases, develop deeper frie...

Hate your job? You can learn to love most any activity by learning to engage in exciting outcome-focused behavior, rather than the oft-practiced activity-focused behavior. To satisfy our own psychological needs at work, we must learn to apply our own agency to pursue what we want consciously and purposefully. In this episode, we learn how we can do what we do best because we love the experience of...

People want desperately to contribute and cultivate their passions at work, to enjoy meaningful connection with their colleagues, and to know they are part of an organization doing purposeful work that aligns with their values. When people do not encounter this desired experience in the workplace is when “quiet quitting” and the “great resignation” happen. Work is one of the best catalyzers we hav...

Today’s business pace is brisk, and it’s only going to accelerate as information and opportunity accumulate. Successful leaders and their teams will need to develop the capacity to make decisions using the head and heart, swiftly balancing data, experience, and intuition. Agile enterprises will need to keep a finger on the pulse of where technology is headed and build a team of questioners who ade...