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March 7, 2025 46 mins

Next Steps To Leadership Podcast with Dr. O, Episode 20

In this episode of Next Steps To Leadership Podcast, Dr. Stephen Oliver speaks with Alaina Love, Author, Speaker, Executive Coach, leadership, and team development expert. Alaina is the founder and CEO of Purpose Linked Consulting (PLC) and developer of PLC’s groundbreaking instrument: The Passion Profiler™, a groundbreaking tool that assesses your expression of purpose as work-related passions – the inherent passions that stimulate you to learn new skills, think more creatively and thrive in your work.

Tune in to the episode to hear about:

* The Passion Profiler™, a tool Alaina developed to identify and measure employee passions to enhance workplace fulfillment and productivity

* The 10 distinct passion archetypes, the Creator, Conceiver, Processor, Discoverer, Teacher, Connector, Altruist, Healer, Transformer, and Builder — how understanding these can improve team dynamics and individual contributions

* The importance of aligning work roles with personal passions and purpose for long-term engagement and fulfillment, highlighting the evolutionary nature of passions throughout one's career

* Stories of success, demonstrating how awareness of passion archetypes can resolve team issues and foster innovation, advocating for personalized management approaches and inclusive, diverse team environments


Learn more about Alaina Love:

* Read Alaina’s bio and learn about her team on Purpose Linked Consulting’s website: https://thepurposelink.com/team

* Buy Alaina’s book, “The Purpose Linked Organization: How Passionate Leaders Inspire Winning Teams and Great Results:” https://www.amazon.com/dp/0071624708?tag=purpolinkecon-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0071624708&adid=11HDZQV3HVCP32HEXFCB&

* Connect with Alaina on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alainalove

* Follow Alaina on X: https://x.com/workwithpassion


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About the Next Steps To Leadership Podcast with Dr. O (Dr. Stephen Oliver):

In each episode of Next Steps To Leadership, Dr. O invites industry experts to share their leadership journey to help you in your next steps.

* Subscribe to the Next Steps To Leadership Podcast podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-steps-to-leadership/id1719811060

* Subscribe to the Next Steps To Leadership Podcast Video Series on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyMof2nyUqXdzclNR5yMxOhBooOwuOdbT&si=FzWs_ZDpYr4dPwJA


Connect with Dr. Stephen Oliver:

* Visit Dr. O’s Website: https://hrcvision.com

* Connect with Dr. O on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-w-oliver-ed-d-m-a-5763622

* Follow Dr. O on X: https://x.com/StephenWOliver

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