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Guest: Ann Mukherjee

Season: 9   Episode: 17

Ann Mukherjee’s life is one of complete inspiration, both personally and professionally. Her mother was killed by a drunk driver when Ann was just 14; as an adult, she endured alcohol related violence.

Yet today, she leads the second largest wine and spirits company in the world. Far from a contradiction, it’s a calling – one which sees not just customers and ROI, but caring and ROR (Return on Responsibility). The two are intertwined; even as Pernod Ricard promotes safe, responsible drinking, their profits have soared.

Here’s what Ann and host Maureen Metcalf cover:

• The changing role of leaders, especially CEOs;
• How Ann sees her work at Pernod Ricard not as a job, but as a calling; and
• The important role of mentors for career success.

Other episodes you’ll enjoy:

• Leading with Care and Purpose with Raj Sisodia & Sudhanshu Palsule
• Leading with Care in a Tough World with Bob DeKoch & Phil Clampitt
• Career Sponsorship with Ricky Robinson & Keith Powell

Guest: Laura Fuentes

Season: 9   Episode: 17

Joy, learning, friendship: that’s how Laura Fuentes believes the ideal workplace should be. When she arrived at Hilton, Laura found a culture and leadership team that was thinking along the same lines. Since then, she’s been instrumental in guiding the growth of that culture into one of inclusion, wellness, growth, and purpose – the four pillars of Hilton. It’s just one way Laura and Hilton commit to the well-being of Hilton’s employees. The goal: make Thrive at Hilton something every employee feels every day. Laura shares that journey, which has plenty for you to learn from to make your organization a thriving place, too!

Here’s what Laura and Maureen cover:

1. How Thrive at Hilton has 100-year-old roots, when Conrad Hilton shared his belief that travel is the key to world peace;
2. The incredible value of a human-focused work culture; and
3. How that culture boosts the company: “If your team members feel respected and heard, that’s how they’ll make your guests feel, too.”

Other episodes you’ll enjoy:

• Joy at Work! with Roxanne Brown & Edward Cook
• Finding Meaning, Joy, & Purpose in What You Do with Paul Gibbons
• Hiring in the Great Resignation with Michelle Sanchez-Bickley

Guests: Raj Sisodia & Sudhanshu Palsule

Season: 9   Episode: 5

In this episode, Raj Sisodia and Sudhanshu Palsule explore the power of conscious leadership. With Conscious Capitalism, this can inspire a higher purpose for businesses, transcending the old Industrial Era story of profit-driven motives. The world has changed dramatically, but our leadership and business models have yet to catch up.

United in their belief that business can be a force of good, they share their research and personal journeys as they forged new leadership principles of purpose, wholeness, and healing.

Here’s what Raj, Sudhanshu, and host Maureen Metcalf cover:

1. The four pillars of 21^st Century leadership (and business);
2. The importance of evolving from a shareholder mindset to a stakeholder mindset; and
3. How leaders and their organizations profit by combining the best of their masculine and feminine cultural energies.

Other episodes you’ll enjoy:

– Should IT Executives Share their Soft Side? – with David White

– Joy at Work – with Roxanne Brown & Edward Cooke

– Leading with Care in a Tough World – with Bob DeKoch & Phil Clampitt

Featured Guest: Terri O’Fallon, Ph.D. & Kim Barta MA

Although our bodies stop growing, our minds continue to develop throughout adulthood. But seeing the world differently can be confusing as your old brain emerges into the new. That confusion can be doubly difficult for leaders navigating their own growth (or Vertical Development) with that of their teams. At each successive level, leaders expand their capacity – yet face new shadows: areas of confusion and challenge. By understanding those areas, you will be able to identify and move through them more quickly, bringing light and opportunity where shadows once fell. Terri O’Fallon and Kim Barta of STAGES International join Maureen to discuss different areas of confusion and, more importantly, how to recognize and overcome them…and continue growing in the process.

Season 7 Episode 52

Guest: Christopher Washington

The pandemic didn’t destroy the old “normal.”  COVID simply accelerated trends that were already underway.  The best leaders see that, and are forging new paths to success for their organizations and their people.

The tables turn in this episode, as regular host Maureen Metcalf becomes the guest, interviewed by ILI Fellow and Franklin University provost Christopher Washington.  Drawing on her own extensive experience as well as the collective knowledge of the leaders she interviewed throughout 2021, Maureen reveals the six major trends for leaders in 2022:  from a reduced emphasis on results in favor of growing capacity, to the continuing labor shortage (and the need to retain your current employees by truly valuing them).  Whether you’re in a government, non-profit, or business sector, this is a must-listen for leaders worldwide looking for success in the new year.

Guest: Greg Moran

When young companies scale their business, there are many challenges…some obvious, and some no one talks about. Greg Moran joins the show for a discussion about the topics that are often avoided.  Some have even been considered taboo!  We’ll learn about back-office processes and tooling, hiring and diversity, space: culture and people, keeping the value chain in balance, pricing and value creation, establishing ESG processes, and minimizing distraction. It’s a primer for entrepreneurs on the threshold of growth!

Here’s what Greg and Maureen cover:

• The struggles that happened before the start-up success stories everyone publicizes;
• Why scaling the back office is just as important as scaling your product or service; and
• How truth with your growing staff is critical to continued success.

Featured Guest: David DeRam

David DeRam is a 30-year veteran of the software and start-up world.  But it wasn’t until he co-founded Greenlight Gurus that he fully realized the power of mindset training in boosting performance, morale, innovation, and outlook for every member of his team.  Giving his team every edge possible is quite literally a matter of life and death: Greenlight Gurus develops quality management software for medical device makers.

David joins host Maureen Metcalf to provide insights on his unconventional approaches and implementation of mindset training.

Unconventional should hardly be unexpected from a CEO who believes his core duty is to ensure every employee goes to bed Sunday night excited and eager to get to work Monday morning!

Featured Guest: Nell Derick Debevoise

If you don’t know your own purpose, can you really get behind your organization’s purpose?

Nell Derick Debevoise found that a critical component of success is knowing how your personal purpose intersects with your organization’s purpose.  That holds true for the individual members of your team, too:  if you understand what their personal or professional purpose has in common with the company’s purpose, you’ll foster a happier and more productive team.

With purpose in mind, you can then look at decisions through the Me/We/World dimensions: how does this affect me and the individual members of my team; how does this affect my organization; and how will it affect the world?

Nell draws from her years of experience in both the non-profit and private sectors to reveal the commonalities of good, purpose-driven leadership in both, highlighting the techniques within her new book, Going First: Find the Courage to Lead Purposefully and Inspire Action.

Featured Guest: Jonathan Reitz

Communication is key to effective leadership.  You may have the best vision in the history of humankind – but if you can’t communicate it to others, you’ll never come close to achieving your goals.

Good leaders know this; that’s why Googling leadership communication skills results in literally billions of results! Sorting through those hits could take a lifetime. Fortunately, Jonathan Reitz has spent his life in professional communications, and he’s distilled it down to the four most essential communication skills every good leader needs. They’re not what you’d expect.

Jonathan joins host Maureen Metcalf in this episode to share those four skills. He’s ready to communicate them to you now!