Working on Purpose
Do you want TO HELP CREATE a world where people are passionate about their work, INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP HELP team members REALIZE THEIR GREATNESS, and capitalism thrives while serving the highest causes? Me, too. The Working on Purpose program is a thought leadership engine that ENLIGHTENS AND INSPIRES listeners with insights from ELITE business leaders and novel subject matter experts. Together, we’re WORKING ON PURPOSE TO STEWARD the future of work and BUSINESS to elevate us all. Working on Purpose is broadcast live Wednesday's at 6PM ET. The Working on Purpose TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com). The Working on Purpose Radio Show is broadcast on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).
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October 14, 2021 • 50 min
In this episode, we enjoy a fireside chat with Dr. Smith who has spent a lifetime researching and practicing leadership, organization and social systems development inside large and complex organizations like the World Bank and the United Nations. He lets us in on how he continued to discover and iterate his model based on purpose being the source of power and how it’s expressed in at least five dimensions. He also shares his resea...
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October 8, 2021 • 45 min
Business can be such a force for good in the world, especially when it is consciously and purposefully crafted and executed. We learn in this inspiring and possibilities-blasting episode just how large-scale and multi-stakeholder enlivening business can be. Tune in to learn the birth story of Regenrus, a woman-owned, women-led, heart-centered and science-based social impact community.
Working on Purpose is broadcast live Wednesday&...
Working on Purpose is broadcast live Wednesday&...
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October 1, 2021 • 51 min
Samuel Cook learned a thing or two about how precious and fleeting life is during his tours serving in the US Army and losing a brother early. Those experiences instilled a steadfast determination to do all the things, with focus and intention, that both he and his early departed brother wanted for themselves. Add on a life-long study of history and teaching it, and today you have Samuel at the helm of SanityDesk.
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October 1, 2021 • 49 min
Behold a new frontier of organically grown thought leaders, courtesy of the philosophy and culture media outlet, Planksip. On this platform, emerging writers and thought leaders have the opportunity to literally sip on the planks of fellow members’ works, while each lifting the other in growth and inspiration. In this episode, founder Daniel Sanderson shares why he created this platform and his vision of what it can do to help laun...
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September 29, 2021 • 51 min
After decades in pursuit of striving, working, competing, achieving, and accumulating, we can draw from wisdom and serenity in navigating our second half of life. In this deep and connecting conversation with two Sage-ing mentors, we discuss the newest frontier in human development to set a path and purpose for the boomer generation to complete life with fulfillment while creating a legacy.
Working on Purpose is broadcast live Wedne...
Working on Purpose is broadcast live Wedne...
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September 22, 2021 • 51 min
At a time with ever increasing change and uncertainty, it is extremely challenging to set a course direction in business. As the pandemic has highlighted, successfully navigating this uncertainty can be the difference between success and failure. Yet, we humans are naturally wired to “wait and see” when uncertain of a way forward. In this episode, the authors of Provoke share how the best leaders move faster than their peers to ide...
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September 14, 2021 • 49 min
A call for human-centric organizations is in order, says Executive Advisor and Futurist Deborah Westphal. This new organization embraces the messiness and beauty of people, iterates policies and procedures, and constantly challenges and refines strategies and goals for both itself and all the stakeholders it serves. Human-centered organizations optimally balance technology, business, and people to create a human-centered future tha...
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August 26, 2021 • 50 min
Natalie Benamou found her career of 29 years entirely altered when Covid hit. In that vast, ever opening gap which Natalie then began to see as a window, she got quiet and listened for that which called her. She could then turn her passion of empowering and lifting women and express it as her purpose through the HerCsuite platform she created. We all need a hand up, with a steady diet of mentors and advisors to guide and empower ou...
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August 19, 2021 • 50 min
Much of what traditional diversity programs teach is wrong … and sometimes illegal. The EEOC said that our focus needs to be more on building skills so we can create an environment of workplace civility, which means focusing on such topics as trust, tolerance, and conflict resolution -- and not teaching about different cultures. No one should ever be denied an opportunity to work or be promoted, yet they often are due to bigotry an...
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August 13, 2021 • 51 min
In an age when people ache for meaning and purpose, there is a tremendous opportunity to connect with nature to let in its wonder. Doing so affords emotional and spiritual well-being and can awaken the path to purpose. In this episode, we learn from wildlife conservationist and journalist Swati Thiyagarajan the sheer magic available in the everyday nature around us. She helps us see that only when we love the planet we live on can ...
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August 5, 2021 • 50 min
Lars Peter Niessen has managed to find a special niche most of us like to avoid – he’s got a knack for working productively in “messes” and has done so all over the world. His mission is to see the crisis for what it really is and change the outcome. Critical to necessary change is often very uncomfortable truth, another area he is adept at navigating. We learn from this soft-spoken wizard how he blends truth and humanitarian effor...
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July 29, 2021 • 50 min
Most people lack the clarity of who they really are and seem to be in an endless search for a better job. And this is the problem; people are looking for a good job, the ideal job, instead of first figuring out their purpose, why they are here on earth. When you understand your purpose, the work you pursue becomes the channel through which you express that purpose. In this episode, we explore with a “Sweet Spot” Career Coach just h...
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July 22, 2021 • 51 min
People are yearning to tune in to their unique reason for being, desperately seeking ways to matter. Purpose is available to anyone, anywhere in the world, and when we discover and serve from it, we encounter unparalleled fulfillment and can make the difference worthy of our one, precious life. In this fireside conversation, a few of the women who authored their story in a soon-to-be-released anthology weigh in on why the world nee...
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July 15, 2021 • 51 min
The ache for meaning and purpose can quite literally drive us to insane ends. Ask Ken Banks. His pursuit of meaningful work that makes an impact took him to a primate sanctuary in Nigeria, then teaching English in Finland among other pursuits. Along the way, he leveraged his technology talents to create a text-messaging platform for non-profit organizations in developing countries. That seemingly simple act has cascaded a wave of i...
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July 8, 2021 • 50 min
It’s hard to remember the times when people began a business, in order to make a “boat load of money.” Today, more and more people are looking for ways to balance profit and purpose through their business – AND society and customers are asking them to do the same. Enter the B Corp certification for business. Rather than focusing on profit maximization, these business owners and leaders consider the impact of their operations on the...
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July 1, 2021 • 50 min
Today’s business climate calls forth the best leaders and companies can offer. No longer is it sufficient to simply offer a well-positioned product or service to remain viable in today’s ever-evolving consciousness in business. Companies must embrace purpose and giving in order to stand up to the scrutiny in today’s business climate that expects them to steward a better tomorrow, especially around ESG (environmental, social and gov...
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June 24, 2021 • 51 min
Come along with us in this conversation as we discover the new consciousness weaving its way through communities of women, connecting, caring, and uplifting each other. Activated through the power of circle, there is increasing evidence of an emerging culture of community-minded activists and artists collaborating to create the change we all desperately need. The feminine soul is rising, and she is running for office and changing p...
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June 17, 2021 • 51 min
After committing to 50/50 of his time equally between work and a service project, Bob Graham found himself enjoying a golden age of personal transformation. He founded Namaste Direct in 2004 as a project for his family foundation to assist low-income women microentrepreneurs in Guatemala with their business development. Using three techniques – individual mentorship, financial literacy classes, and small loans – they have trained n...
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June 10, 2021 • 50 min
An unprecedented level of sensibility toward what is expected of business leaders on environmental, social, governance (ESG) issues affecting companies has emerged. Figuring out what you think about and will do on matters of social justice, inclusion, climate change or pay equity can energize the positive forces of company character, helping your organization attract and retain loyal employee, customer and investor followings that ...
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June 4, 2021 • 51 min
Consciousness is evolving as education and interdependence across the world increases. Gender roles are changing, as men and women share domestic roles at home and participate alongside each other in the workplace. To become our best selves, both genders are learning from each other to claim their highest humanity. In this episode, we explore embracing the feminine in order to heal and transform men on a deep level and the benefit ...
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