Episodes
534
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, and personality psychology, he shares bold, counterintuitive strategies to help you lead with more humanity, clarity, and impact. Working on Purpose is broadcast live Tuesdays at 6PM ET and Music on W4CY Radio ( www.w4cy.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio ( www.talk4radio.com ...
533
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 fallout of 9/11 to the global upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, we've seen how societal shifts influence our work-life connection. What if we flipped the script? Instead of letting work dictate our lifestyle, could we design our careers around the lifestyle we truly want? Wo...
532
April 8, 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...
530
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...
529
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...
528
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The pandemic transformed work forever, yet many leaders still cling to outdated practices that stifle autonomy, growth, and meaning—killing engagement and squashing performance.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...
527
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...
526
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...
525
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...
524
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....
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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...
Jan. 8, 2025
The Art of Living Well: Embracing the Wisdom of Your Emotions
Your emotions aren’t problems—they’re guides! Every emotion holds wisdom and power, from anger’s boundary-setting to fear’s intuition, anxiety’s drive, sadness’ calm, and contentment’s self-worth. Learn to decode your emotions and unlock the gifts...
Jan. 1, 2025
Leading with Heart: Self-Awareness, Kindness, and the Strength of Vulnerable Leadership
What happens when a leader brings self-awareness, kindness, and vulnerability to the forefront? In this episode, Christy Pretzinger shares her journey in building WG Content—a company where people feel valued and thrive both professionally and...
Dec. 25, 2024
The 7 Dimensions of Leadership: Activating Your Soul to Tap Purpose and Maximize Impact
We dive into Richard Barrett’s leadership paradigm that empowers leaders to activate their soul and master seven dimensions corresponding with core values. From meeting needs like safety, belonging, and pride to evolving through self-authority and...
Dec. 18, 2024
Getting Better: A Doctor’s Journey from Patient to Resilient and Empathetic Healer
What happens when a seasoned doctor finds himself on the other side of the stethoscope and surgery blade? In this episode, Dr. Andrew Kadar shares the transformative journey behind his book, Getting Better. Drawing from his personal experience as an...
Dec. 11, 2024
Want to be an Inspiring Leader Stewarding a Sustainable Future? Learn the Fine Art of Retreats
Business leaders have such profound impact on the organizations and people they lead. To cast an inspiring and sustainable future their stakeholders want, they must learn to find the inner peace from which to draw clarity, balance, and purpose. A...
Dec. 4, 2024
Thrive in 25: Transform Your Life and Career at the Ultimate Women's Conference
Imagine a space where women come together to ignite personal and professional transformation. Welcome to Thrive in 25—a conference in Chicago, June 25–28, 2025, designed to elevate you in every way. From mastering your mindset and boosting financial...
Nov. 27, 2024
Enlightening Leadership: Embracing Your Wholeness to Lift Lives and Steward Impact
In a world undergoing profound transformation, the old leadership model—focused solely on results and shareholder value—is no longer enough. A spiritual awakening is calling leaders to redefine the purpose of leadership, blending impact with higher...
Nov. 20, 2024
Is Your Work Working For You? Reimaging Money and Lifestyle
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 fallout of 9/11 to the...
Nov. 13, 2024
A New Approach to Thriving at Work: The Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model for Wellbeing
What if you could harness the best of behavior science and AI to create a workplace where people truly thrive? In this episode, we sit down with Matt Shenker, who has trained thousands of leaders, therapists, and educators on how to apply Empowered...
Nov. 5, 2024
Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: The Key to Inspiring Teams and Igniting Performance
True spiritual intelligence goes beyond belief systems or fleeting moments of connection; it’s a cultivated way of being that deeply influences those around you. Imagine leading with qualities like purpose, compassion, integrity, and humility—virtues...