Episodes - Page 4 | Working on Purpose

Jan. 4, 2024

Responsible Innovation that Creates Value on Purpose

Almost 95 percent of new products fail. Too often, they are created for a new income stream or to meet an idealized market, without being intimately connected to the needs and wants of the intended customer. A better way forward in the emerging...

Dec. 28, 2023

High-Performance Companies Operate from Deep Purpose

The term “purpose” has been deployed superficially by companies in an attempt to appear virtuous without using it as a core operational principle. Instead, companies that treat purpose as an existential intention that informs every decision, practice,...

Dec. 21, 2023

Living in a Whole New World: Making Decisions and Acting in the Full Light of Day

How would your life change if every decision and action you take were predicated on the knowledge that they were all completely transparent and visible to anyone? Would you treat people differently, do business better, and make money with an alternate...

Dec. 14, 2023

Learning from the Best: 12 Habits that Separate the Unicorns among Leaders from the Rest

Today’s world requires us all to be ongoing, voracious learners. And who better to learn from than the best leaders who get hired to produce super star results? William Vanderbloemen has an unusually good seat to observe and analyze the habits of such...

Dec. 7, 2023

The Business of Mattering in the Workplace

The extent to which people feel they matter at work greatly impacts their motivation and well-being, critical components to engagement, performance, and retention. The question is how leaders can create an environment and interactions that recognize...

Nov. 30, 2023

From “Blur” to Clarity and Success

When life hits you hard, and you feel overwhelmed and reduced by sensory overload and mental fatigue, you can find yourself in a state of “blur.” The deciding question is, what can you do to get back to clarity and forward movement? It turns out you...

Nov. 23, 2023

Welcome to Today’s Workplace of the People

In today’s war for talent, companies are fighting for a smaller pool of qualified talent. While COVID-19 changed what current employees and job seekers need, expect, and want from their work experience and those that lead them, the barrier to...

Nov. 16, 2023

Positive Emotional Engagement at Work: Distinguishing Human Value in the Age of Technology

Life will become increasingly more hectic and more challenging for all of us in the age of smart technology. The ongoing accompanying radical change means you will need to excel at learning, unlearning, and relearning at the pace of this change. The...

Nov. 10, 2023

To Improve the Quality of Your Life, Relationships and Results, All You Need is “L.O.V.E.”

We are each equipped to greatly contribute to the world through our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Yet, many of us are disconnected from this potential, unaware of our influence, and instead impacting the world without mindful attention. We can...

Nov. 2, 2023

The Promise of Warrior Compassion: The New Frontier for Healing, Love, and Connection for Men

As consciousness across the world continues to elevate, men will further benefit from disentangling from the messages society sends them on what it means to be a man today. Their journey to heal their wounds, break free from the various limiting...

Oct. 26, 2023

Helping People to be Proud of Their Work, Proud of Their Company

Today’s workforce, now largely comprised of Generation Y and Z, have a ravenous appetite for meaningful work, flexible work terms, and affiliation with a purposeful company whose mission aligns with their values. How can companies meet those...

Oct. 19, 2023

Employ Five “Power Principles” to Radically Improve Your Life

To live your best life, you need a playbook – just five “power principles” that when put into intentional practice will propel you to live the life to which you aspire within just one year. That’s the promise of this episode, in which you’ll learn the...

Oct. 12, 2023

Unlocking the Empathetic and Deeply Human Leader in YOU

Less heroics, armor, and intellect-driven. More vulnerability, authenticity, and inspiration. That’s what today’s workforce craves. A more “human” leader. No small task to realize for leaders who have thrived in their previous tried and true ways...

Oct. 5, 2023

When Being Stuck on Performance Misses the Mark

In a world with constant change and the need for upskilling, a curious mindset and appetite for learning are essential. Yet, many people and teams are hampered by their fixation to perform. This single-minded goal leaves little room for growth and...

Sept. 28, 2023

You’re Awake Now – Let’s Work Together to R-E-N-E-W Ourselves and the Planet

The COVID-10 wakeup call is one we will soon dismiss unless we cement the lifestyle changes into our routines before the window of change closes. Because if people relapse into the old ways, with their old habits, that would be a great tragedy. The...

Sept. 21, 2023

Elevate Yourself to Enlightened Leadership

Are you fit for leading today’s discerning workforce? As fast as people’s taste for an increasingly quality experience in life and work have evolved, you as a leader have been kicked upstairs -- being asked to perform at a higher standard than ever...

Sept. 14, 2023

Trust: Why It’s Essential in Organizations and What to Do When It’s Broken

Trust is an essential component to relationships and ultimately in producing great results inside organizations. But what is it, really? How is it developed? Nurtured? How does it work? What happens when it’s broken? And what does it take to repair...

Sept. 7, 2023

Humanity’s Team: Be Dazzled by the Interconnectivity of Everything

Starting out in high school and deemed “average” through an intelligence test, Steve Farrell went on to found two high-growth technology companies in Silicon Valley. He learned that this kind of success rewarded “doing,” but the real prize in life...

Aug. 31, 2023

The Quest to Matter: In Search of Significance in Life and at Work

Most people grow up being encouraged to dedicate themselves to getting good grades in school, then pursuing a career that will deliver financial comfort and success. It is often only later in life after a few decades of this singular focus that they...

Aug. 24, 2023

Aim Higher: Elevating Your Business Through Stakeholder Capitalism

You started your business to serve a specific group of customers and make a unique contribution. Smashing. Did you know you can actually take the game of business even higher for your own greater fulfillment and greater impact by embracing stakeholder...

Aug. 17, 2023

Focus Upstream: Equipping Your Team of Decision Sprinters to Drive Innovation and Performance

What if you could inspire your organization into finding more promising ideas and turning them into dynamic action? Imagine a team of turned on people who are equipped with the strategic approach and open playing field to wrestle with your toughest...

Aug. 10, 2023

Practicing Divergent Thinking from the Front Porch to Save Humanity

Dr. Robert Lengel’s life and career have spanned the fields of engineering design, financial services, industrial sales, environmental research, consulting and academics. And frankly he’s concerned about the future of humanity. So much so that he has...

Aug. 3, 2023

Leaders Have Been Kicked Upstairs: How to Steward Today’s Empowered Workforce

Welcome to the era of the “empowered workforce,” a discerning, mobile, non-compromising body of talent unmistakably and justly now enjoying a favorable balance of power in companies. Gone are the days when bad or toxic leaders could demand workers...

July 27, 2023

Women Inspiring Each Other to Greater Resilience, Fulfillment and Effectiveness

Women are often the underdogs and expected to lose, whether that’s in career, relationships, or opportunities in general. Women are often silenced and discounted and are considered “rude” or brash when they speak up for themselves. It’s through the...