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Episodes

July 10, 2025

Mother Nature: Our Wise Counsel and Coach in Aspirational Leadership

Nature has evolved over millennia to showcase her extraordinary power that gives and nurtures life. If only we humans can pause long enough to take in her wisdom and look for ways to apply it in our everyday lives and as lead...
July 1, 2025

Purpose Reset: Aligning What Matters Now for You, Your Team, and Your Organization

Purpose isn’t a fixed asset, distant goal, or a destination—it’s a dynamic journey of ongoing alignment, learning to align one’s strengths and skills, values and intentions, and focus on the impact on people, community and th...
June 17, 2025

Unleashing the Independent Workforce: Freedom, Power, and New Possibilities

More professionals are stepping into the freedom of independent work—on their own terms. This episode explores the shifting tides of the workforce, where freelancers and solo practitioners are redefining stability, career con...
June 10, 2025

What Your Words Reveal: Uncovering Culture Through Everyday Organizational Language

Have you ever noticed how strange the language of a new workplace seems when you first join? Even disorienting, yet how fast you pick up the new language? That shared way of speaking isn’t just habit—it’s culture in action. I...
June 3, 2025

Live Life in Crescendo: Vitalizing Through Each Decade to Make it Your Best and Embrace the Spirit i

Your ticket to vitality is to continue caring for yourself, seeking more ways you can help lift others, and to cultivate and express your own creativity and talents that connect you while inspiring others. The world needs you...
May 27, 2025

In a Meaning-Obsessed World, What Does “Meaning” Really Mean?

As more people seek fulfillment and impact in their careers, the words “meaning” and “purpose” are often used interchangeably. But are they truly the same? What exactly qualifies as meaningful, and how do we define meaning it...
May 20, 2025

Unlocking Your Potential: The SWIFT Method to Living Fully

Join us for a look at David Cohen's SWIFT methodology — a powerful blueprint encompassing Social, Work, Inner, Financial, and Taking Care of aspects. This episode delves into how SWIFT empowers individuals to set meaningful g...
May 13, 2025

Beyond Balance: Creating Fulfillment in the Modern Workplace with Dr. Tracy Brower

Join in as we engage with Dr. Tracy Brower, sociologist and author, to discuss redefining work-life balance and cultivating fulfillment in today's dynamic work environments. Drawing from her extensive research and publication...
May 6, 2025

The Future of Work Is Now: Reinventing Work and Leadership for What’s Next

Work is being radically redefined—where, when, why, and how we work is changing fast. In this eye-opening conversation, futurist Rishad Tobaccowala shares how leaders can stay ahead by rethinking work and embracing transforma...
April 29, 2025

Leading with Higher Awareness: Unlocking Your Full Leadership Potential to Higher Levels of Service

Most leadership books and experts only scratch the surface. Brian Cunningham takes us deeper, revealing how expanding your Awareness Quotient (AQ) transforms your leadership impact. Join us for a unique journey into higher service, personal growth,...
April 22, 2025

Unconventional Psychology Hacks for Bold, Human-Centered Leadership

Compare yourself to others. Think about death. Love your worry. Strange advice? Maybe. But leadership enthusiast Sebastien Page makes a powerful case for flipping conventional wisdom on its head. Drawing from positive, sports...
April 15, 2025

Is the Meaning of Your Work, Working for You?

Work isn’t just about a paycheck— it’s the framework that shapes our lives. In this episode, we explore the tension between pursuing a job, a career, or a calling and the practical realities of economic necessity. From the fa...
April 7, 2025

The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance

In a world where so many feel unseen, undervalued, and unheard, creating a culture where people know they matter is powerful—and essential. Join Dr. Zach Mercurio as he shares how mattering fuels performance, belonging, and well-being, and why this...
March 25, 2025

Conflict Resilience: Turning Disagreement into Growth and Connection

Conflict is everywhere, from our personal relationships to workplaces and society at large. Too often, we either retreat into echo chambers or lash out with hostility, leaving us stuck in cycles of resentment and division. But what if conflict wasn’t...
March 18, 2025

The “Generator” Leadership Method: Elevating Workplace Wellness

Discover how to shift from an Extinguisher to a Generator leader, transforming workplace wellness and boosting employee satisfaction, commitment, and productivity. Explore how this enlightened approach not only enhances your bottom line but also...
March 11, 2025

The Flourishing Effect: How Thriving Employees Drive Competitive Advantage

The pandemic transformed work forever, yet many leaders still cling to outdated practices that stifle autonomy, growth, and meaning—killing engagement and squashing performance. But what if thriving employees were the key to unlocking next-level...
March 4, 2025

The Power of Everyday Leadership: Small Actions, Big Impact

): Leadership isn’t just about grand gestures—it’s woven into everyday moments. It’s how we connect, communicate, and collaborate in ways that lift others. True leadership is personal, relational, and accessible to all. By shifting our view, we see...
Feb. 25, 2025

The Hidden Costs of Forced Office Returns: Why Productivity and Well-Being Are Suffering

In the rush to mandate full-time office returns, many leaders are ignoring a hard truth: The workforce has fundamentally changed. The quiet, focused environment of remote work rewired our brains—making the noisy, distraction-filled office a...
Feb. 18, 2025

Trust-Driven Leadership: Overcoming Roadblocks and Strengthening Workplace Connections

Trust is the foundation of great leadership—but too often, leaders unknowingly create barriers that weaken connection and impact. In this episode, Russel Lolacher shares how clear leadership definitions, intentional time investment, and trust-driven...
Feb. 12, 2025

The Flexibility Imperative: Essential in Creating a Destination Workplace that Unleashes Potential

Flexibility isn’t just an employee benefit -- it’s a strategic imperative that drives productivity, profitability, and innovation. It’s resisted as an operational standard when leaders mistakenly believe it reduces engagement, innovation, or culture....
Feb. 5, 2025

Revitalize Your Company: How to Measure and Amplify the Experience of Purpose for Lasting Impact

Purpose in business attracts employees who are willing to work for less to feel fulfilled, customers who are ready to pay more for meaningful products, and investors who recognize the higher returns of purpose-driven companies. But how can you...
Jan. 29, 2025

A Way Out of the Purpose Paradox toward Meaning, Happiness, and Legacy

Up to 91 percent of people struggle with the idea of finding purpose in their lives, and they feel anxious and depressed as a result. This is the “dark side” of purpose. And yet, there is a path toward meaningful purpose that also comes with happiness...
Jan. 21, 2025

Got Soul? Unlock the Power of Your Wise Self as a Leader

True leadership and personal fulfillment require more than surface-level living. Beneath the masks we wear lies our "wise self," a source of profound wisdom connected to something greater than us. Guest Janet Ioli joins us to explore how accessing...
Jan. 14, 2025

Harnessing the Hive Mind: Lessons from Bees to Unlock Group Intelligence in Business

When change is needed to remain relevant, leaders tend to try to solve the problem with logic and other well-engineered approaches or employ a social network approach harnessing individual influencers to steward the change. What if the key to solving...