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Speak Up, Stand Up | Dr. Chris Johnson on Becoming Fierce
#32: Speak Up, Stand Up | Dr. Chris Johnson on Becoming FierceDr. Chris Johnson has joined me again in this episode to discuss a foundational leadership capability: the ability to speak up about the value we personally bring to our work. Our conviction is contagious...
What’s Your Cathedral Story? | Jonathan Haberkorn
#31: What's Your Cathedral Story? | Jonathan HaberkornAre you completing a task or working towards a bigger vision? If you have a Cathedral Story your work, your goals - your life will have more meaning. As the cofounder of Intrizen, Jonathan Haberkorn specializes in...
Local Economy Multipliers | Michael H. Shuman
#30: Local Economy Multipliers | Michael H. ShumanShop local is a mantra we're hearing - and hopefully practicing - more often these days. Did you know we can also invest local? Michael H. Shuman is an expert in local economies. He's a lawyer, economist,...
Own Your Attention | Seth Braun
#29: How to Own Your Attention | Seth Braun Our attention is in demand. It's up to us to know how to keep it focused on what matters most so that we spend more time enjoying what's in front of us: other humans, nature, pets, art, etc. Managing our attention also...
A High Integrity Leadership Coaching Ecosystem | Jerry Magar + LeeAnn Mallory
#28: A High Integrity Coaching Ecosystem | Jerry Magar + LeeAnn Mallory I called in a lifeline for this one. I wanted to talk about the importance of a supportive ecosystem when engaging in leadership coaching and didn't like what I was producing on my own. So when...
Offering Goodness, Truth + Beauty | Sofiya Deva, This Same Sky
# 27: Offering Goodness, Truth + Beauty | Sofiya Deva, This Same SkySofiya Deva didn't waver from her commitment to launch a new business, This Same Sky, even in the face of a pandemic. She was unwilling to turn away from any of her 'loves' - of beauty, for...
A Vaccine Against Closed-Mindedness | Jay G. Cone PhD
A Vaccine Against Closed-Mindedness | Jay G. Cone PhDJay Gordon Cone Ph.D. has decades under his belt working with leadership teams to build successful strategies and navigate challenging times. These days he is also focusing his considerable intellectual horsepower...
The Leadership Pause | Dr. Chris Johnson
#25: The Leadership Pause | Dr. Chris Johnson Dr. Chris Johnson's background combines psychology, Aikido (she's a 3rd degree Black Belt!) and mindfulness training. The result is a powerful and pragmatic approach for moving wisdom into action. We talk about Embodied...
Leadership, Ethnicity + Wellbeing | Renee Moorefield & Jane Cocking
Leadership, Ethnicity + Wellbeing | Renee Moorefield & Jane CockingRenee Moorefield and Jane Cocking share important findings from research they conducted on the relationships between leadership, ethnicity, and thriving. Based on data from 900+ leaders in the Be...
Taking a Collective Stand | Achieving a Bold Stakeholder Vision
Taking a Collective Stand | How to Achieve a Bold Community VisionThis episode is being re-published because the content feels incredibly relevant given our political and social environment. In the mid-1990s Jennifer Touchet and a group of committed citizens took a...
Social Impact | From Idea to Enterprise with Suzanne Smith
Social Impact | From Idea to Enterprise with Suzanne SmithOrganizations committed to sustainable change bake it into their business model. There are a host of labels and designations for those that “do good”: conscious capitalism, social impact, social...
Owning Your Value | Key Elements for Authenticity and Personal Power
Owning Your Value | Key Elements for Authenticity and Personal PowerThere are times in our professional lives where we need to advocate for ourselves. - to take a stand. Recognizing our worth and being able to communicate it isn’t rude, nor is it bragging. But it can...
Silicon Mountain: Finding Multi-Stakeholder Wins in the eWaste industry
Silicon Mountain | Finding Multi-Stakeholder Wins in the eWaste industryHillary and Joel Patterson transformed a business opportunity into a passion project. After designing ERP solutions for clients in the electronic waste recycling industry, they jumped into the...
Achieving Workforce Excellence | Trudy Bourgeois: Equality, Inclusion + Diversity Expert
Achieving Workforce Excellence | Trudy Bourgeois: Equality, Inclusion + Diversity ExpertTrudy Bourgeois came to the work of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) reluctantly. She wanted 'nothing to do with' previous ineffective efforts to improve DEI in...
Using Poetry to Expand Perspective | Start Close In
Using Poetry to Expand Perspective | Start Close InPoetry can be a powerful developmental tool to help high-achieving personalities transcend the linear and analytical world of business in order to integrate a world of beauty and whole-system thinking. Rick Voirin...
Building Trust at Work: The Trust Equation
Building Trust at Work| The Trust EquationHigh Trust environments invite people to focus their precious energy and passion on creating and delivering value rather than on managing politics, their reputation and their image. In this episode, I walk through The Trust...
High Fidelity Conversations: Nine Elements for Launching Culture Change
High Fidelity Conversations: Nine Elements for Launching Culture ChangeThese types of conversations are High Fidelity because they provide strength and resonance for the people who engage in them. They’re designed to support the Core Ideology of the organization and...
How to Talk About Race at Work
How to Talk About Race at WorkPublishing Concepts (PCI) didn’t wait for the perfect long-term solution to address concerns about race. Drew Clancy, President, and Lori Bishop, CPO, saw people hurting and they responded. They thoughtfully organized Meaningful...
Regoal and Reframe for Reslience: Gloria Park, PhD
Regoal + Reframe for Resilience: Gloria Park, PhDAs an applied positive psychology and sport and performance psychology practitioner, Gloria Park, PhD is uniquely qualified to speak about how we continue to learn, grow, evolve and even thrive in the face of...
3 Vital Questions for Transformative Results: David Emerald Womeldorff
3 Vital Questions for Transformative Results: David Emerald David has followed up his wildly popular and super sticky book, The Power of TED: The Empowerment Dynamic with 3 Vital Questions: Transforming Workplace Drama. When we answer these questions and re-orient...
Boot Up Your Inner Game: Bob Anderson
Boot Up Your Inner Game: Bob AndersonBob Anderson has dedicated his career to exploring the intersections between leadership and personal mastery, and between competence and consciousness. Over the past 35 years, he has helped leaders gain deep, personal insight into...
Alexander McCobin: Conscious Capitalism – An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Alexander McCobin: Conscious Capitalism - An Idea Whose Time Has ComeApril 14 - 16, 2020 Get $100 off your 2020 Annual Conference Registration with code CCAC20RISEConscious capitalism is a term, a movement and the name of the non-profit organization, Conscious...
Awe + Art + Observation: Bonnie Pitman
Awe + Art + Observation: Bonnie PitmanBonnie Pitman shares how Doing Something New inspires us to make each day extraordinary. Her Power of Observation Framework instructs us on the critical steps for moving from the first glance to making new meaning of our...
The Rhythm of a Great Place to Work: Drew Clancy
The Rhythm of a Great Place to Work: Drew Clancy, President of PCIDrew Clancy, President of Publishing Concepts (PCI), is a self-proclaimed ‘cultural enthusiast’. His commitment to the core elements of culture has resulted in year-over-year growth and consistent...
Doing Well + Doing Good: Lauren Clarke and Turn Compost
Doing Well + Doing Good: Lauren Clarke & Turn CompostLauren Clarke is the founder of Turn Compost, a wildly successful social enterprise focused on reducing food waste and improving how we utilize our urban environment. She shares alarming and exciting...
Doing the Work: Michelle Kinder Leading From the Inside Out
Doing Her Work: Michelle Kinder Leading From the Inside OutMichelle Kinder is well-known in the domains of social-emotional learning, education and family counseling. She is also an authoritative voice in the discourses of leadership, stress, emotional health, trauma...
An Essential Link: Wellbeing and Leader Effectiveness
An Essential Link: Wellbeing and Leader EffectivenessWhat does wellbeing mean to you? Are you thriving? How would you know? Can you see a thread that runs through your life? Renee Moorefield is a dear friend, a spectacular creator and a wise woman. She and...
How To: Build a High-Performing Culture and a Thriving Business
How To: Build a High-Performing Culture and a Thriving BusinessAnytime Fitness Bishop Arts is in the 97th percentile of clubs in the Anytime Fitness (AF) franchise systen and quite easily achieved status as a Platinum Club. Several metrics combine for this...
Christian Chernock: Designing a Life| Building for the Future
Christian Chernock: Designing a Life|Building for the Future Christian's success in residential development is built on lessons he learned while training as a professional golfer. From mentors like Hank Haney and 'Psycho Dave' Esterbrook, he learned how to set and...
Chad West: Activating an Historical and Diverse Community and Staying Accessible
Chad West: Activating an Historical and Diverse Community and Staying AccessibleDallas City Council Member Chad West shares his vision, the importance of accessibility, community engagement and creating a sense of place. Season 1 | Episode 3 | August 1,...
Meaningful Work at Good Space: David Spence
Meaningful Work at Good Space: David SpenceDavid shares his thoughts on meaningful work, spotting talent and the complex topic of gentrification. He riffs on developing real estate by reinvigorating beautiful old buildings and how a community developed an independent...
Jennifer Touchet’s Visionary Leadership
Jennifer Touchet's Visionary Leadership and Creating A Win-Win-WinSeason 1 of Rise Leaders Radio is focused on a unique type of entrepreneurial leadership that happens in Oak Cliff (Dallas, TX) at the community, business and civic levels. Jennifer Touchet kicks off...
Launching Rise Leaders Radio – Starting Close In
Launching Rise Leaders Radio - Starting Close InRise Leaders Radio is a podcast about Exemplary Leadership. Season 1 highlights leaders in Oak Cliff, a community just south of Downtown Dallas, TX. The land itself has fostered a sense of independence and built...
Visionary Leadership Keeps a 100-Year-Old Mission Relevant
Jennifer Bartkowski, CEO of Girl Scouts Northeast TX Innovation, strategic thinking, and execution are marks of Jennifer Bartkowski’s leadership. She invests these talents as CEO of Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX), and in collaboration with strategic...
The Art of a Strong Finish
Setting and Achieving Goals. Discipline. The sense of accomplishment. This is what 26.2 conjures for me. The person sporting this sticker demonstrated the grit and determination required to finish a marathon. They trained for months when it was...
You Can’t Lead People You Don’t Love
Profile of an Exemplary Leader: President Michael Sorrell of Paul Quinn College A core intention of my business, Rise Leaders, is to promote individuals who are making a positive impact in the businesses and communities where they lead. They are taking a different...
Leader or Follower? A Bogus Choice
The weekend following my solo outing, my husband and I went out again. He’s a more experienced cyclist than I am and is also much better at navigating our route, so pretty quickly I fall back and he rides out front. Considering our goal is fitness-focused and...
Acknowledging Accomplishment
My learning adventure beget by a solo cycling excursion was winding down. I had planned and prepared well for my ride barring the weather faux pas. Getting caught in the downpour had given me the opportunity to practice awareness and centering at a new level and to...
How to Ride Out a Storm
The phrase, ‘ride it out’ can be interpreted in different ways. Here are two: Hunker down until it passes – just get through it. Experience it; be ‘with’ it. Like riding a wave through to the end. Almost daily we are given a chance to...
Oops…I Didn’t Expect This! Responding to a Breakdown
This is the second post in the Leadership: Just Like Riding a Bike series. The first post addressed preparation; the next will focus on an embodied and empowered response to a breakdown. One insight after another revealed itself during this...
Leadership: Just Like Riding a Bike – Preparing to Go Solo
A recent bike ride opened the doors to my imagination, resulting in surprising metaphors on leadership. Writing about my experiences is a new practice of expression for me and not only is it teaching me how to pay a different type of attention to life, it’s bringing a...
Spirituality in the Workplace?
Yesterday I attended a daylong retreat with successful, mid-market business leaders from across the country. We were all gathered to listen to the wisdom of Adyashanti, a renowned spiritual teacher. Yes - business leaders flew from all corners of the...