Working on Purpose

Working on Purpose

Do you want TO HELP CREATE a world where people are passionate about their work? Where INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS 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 Tuesdays at 6PM ET and Music on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Working on Purpose is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com). Working on Purpose Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-on-purpose--2643411/support.

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Beyond the Scoreboard: The Leadership Lessons Baseball Taught Me

September 22, 2026 • 50 mins
Many people see sports as physical conditioning and competition. Dallas Chief of Police Daniel Comeaux sees them as core preparation for life and leadership. In this inspiring discussion, he shares how baseball taught him to lead under pressure, earn trust, set standards, and steward culture. Learn why influence matters more than authority, why leadership must remain visible and intentional, and how investing in others creates a le...
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The Future of Work Needs Compassion: From Extractive to Generative Organizations

September 15, 2026 • 50 mins
A provocative conversation with Carson Kelly, who is pioneering a fascinating shift from extractive to generative organizations, bringing together neuroscience, organizational design, relational trust, and the emerging idea of the ROI of Care. We talk about why psychological safety and human connection matter to performance, what it means to build cultures where people can truly flourish, and why the future of leadership may requir...
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Unleashing Innovation at Scale: The ABCs of Leadership

September 9, 2026 • 49 mins
Scaling innovation requires more than ideas—it demands leaders who embody what Jason Wild and his co-authors call “the ABCs”: architect, bridger, and catalyst. Architects build cultures and capabilities that enable co-creation within teams. Bridgers connect across boundaries to access external talent and tools. Catalysts ignite movements that spread innovation across entire ecosystems. When leaders learn to activa...
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The Life You Didn’t Choose: A Reckoning with Who You’ve Become

September 1, 2026 • 50 mins
It’s crazy how “life” sneaks up on you and everyone but you is suddenly running your life. You absorb family expectations, cultural norms, and unspoken rules about who we should become. You’ve learned to contort ourselves to fit what the world rewards. Until we finally realize we’re lost. The opportunity, the beckoning, is a reckoning and finding a roadmap back to yourself. To find your way toward flou...
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Curing the Busy Brain: From Stress-Success to Sleep, Sanity, and Purpose

August 25, 2026 • 50 mins
Join Romie Mushtaq, MD as she unpacks the “Busy Brain”—the stress-fueled cycle behind anxiety, poor focus, and sleepless nights. Learn how her brainSHIFT microhabits help high achievers restore sleep, energy, calm, and purpose without walking away from meaningful work. She shares the personal health crisis that woke her up to the cost of wearing stress as a badge of honor. You’ll also hear why sleep, technol...
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Fair Share: Making Gender Fairness a Leadership Value, Not a Program

August 18, 2026 • 50 mins
Gender inclusion has too often been treated as an initiative to launch instead of a value to live. And something that benefits women, and not men. Brad Johnson and David Smith challenge leaders to build equitable workplaces through daily behaviors, male allyship, caregiving support, fair hiring, and measurable culture change—revealing why fear, silence, and performative programs keep organizations from the talent and trust th...
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Leading a City by Growing Its People: Inside Lancaster’s Transformation

August 11, 2026 • 50 mins
What if the best way to serve a city is to first invest deeply in those who run it? City Manager Opal Mauldin-Jones shares how Lancaster transformed performance by strengthening its people—through ongoing learning, emotional intelligence, and bias-free hiring. The result: a more capable, connected workforce better equipped to serve residents with purpose and pride.

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Why Work Sucks—and How a Results-Only Work Environment Can Finally Fix It

August 4, 2026 • 51 mins
What if the problem with work isn’t people—but the way we measure them? In this episode, future-of-work pioneer Jody Thompson makes the case for a Results-Only Work Environment, where performance replaces presenteeism, trust replaces control, and adults are treated like adults. Leaders gain clearer accountability, stronger productivity, and retention; employees reclaim dignity, energy, and life. A serious invitation to ...
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Friction to Fuel: Turning Team Difference Into Unstoppable Strength

July 28, 2026 • 50 mins
Friction on your team? Conflict brewing? Before you manage around it — stop. Those differences in style, culture, and perspective might be your biggest untapped asset. Authors Susan MacKenty Brady, Stuart Kliman, and Lt. General (Ret.) Leslie Smith share six powerful actions to turn human difference into organizational strength — and expose the hidden landmines keeping leaders stuck in yesterday's playbook. Your team's ...
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Negotiating from the Highest Self: Where Wisdom Meets Win-Win

July 21, 2026 • 50 mins
What if your next negotiation became an expression of your highest self? Beyond tactics and techniques lies a deeper way of engaging—one that honors both your aims and the humanity of those across from you. Dr. Mehrad Nazari shares the principles of Enlightened Negotiation, a spiritually grounded approach inspired by Eastern wisdom traditions. Through 8 guiding laws, you’ll learn to bring greater awareness, intuition, a...
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The Culture Ripple: Transforming Invisible Beliefs into Excellent Culture

July 14, 2026 • 50 mins
Discover how invisible beliefs shape behavior, performance, unity, and purpose at work and beyond. Drawing from The Culture Ripple, this conversation with Steve Gandara explores how to replace limiting beliefs with liberating ones, build service-over-self cultures, foster true accountability, and create environments where people feel seen, valued, inspired, and empowered to flourish.

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Enter the Mission Generation: Redefining Career, Contribution, and Calling

June 30, 2026 • 50 mins
A new career narrative is emerging—one driven less by prestige and more by purpose. People everywhere are seeking to use their gifts in service of something larger than themselves. This episode invites you into the Mission Generation: a movement reshaping how we think about work, success, and fulfillment—and how you can step into meaningful contribution that rebuilds our future, no matter where you are in your career.
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Brand with Backbone: Why Emotional Connection Drives Loyalty

June 16, 2026 • 50 mins
What makes a brand unforgettable? Conviction. Warren Kornblum explores how standing for something meaningful sparks emotional connection, earns belief, and subtly shapes culture. Learn why values must be lived, not stated, and how great brands evolve their voice without losing their core. But conviction alone isn’t enough—trust is built by consistently delivering on your promises. At its best, a brand creates genuine hu...
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The Shattering Within: Facing the Man in the Mirror to Finally Come Home

June 9, 2026 • 49 mins
Men are suffering—often in silence and alone. The cost is devastating. What happens when a man can no longer outrun himself? Every 13 minutes, a man takes his own life by suicide. For many men, midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a reckoning. A shattering of identity, expectations, and the quiet loneliness of performing a life that no longer feels true. In a world that still discourages emotional honesty, Dr. Baruch...
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The Anti-Freedom Truth: Why Constraints Spark Breakthroughs

June 2, 2026 • 49 mins
If you hate rules, this episode might challenge everything you believe about innovation. Rules get blamed for everything—slow progress, lack of innovation, stuck teams. But what if they’re not the problem? In this provocative episode, Sheri Jacobs reveals how boundaries, when used intentionally, become the catalyst for clarity, creativity, and real progress. The breakthrough you want may be hiding inside the structure y...
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From Sunday Dread to Workforce Devotion: Turning Culture into Your Competitive Advantage

May 26, 2026 • 50 mins
Every Sunday night millions of workers feel it--the piercing dread as the weekend fades away. Yep, it’s the “Sunday Scaries” as your team braces for what they must endure in the upcoming work week. But what if learning what is driving that tension and effectively responding is actually your greatest leadership opportunity? Join Mary Baird as we unpack how trust, intentional design, and a compelling employee experi...
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Degrees Aren’t Enough: Why Graduates Still Aren’t Job-Ready

May 19, 2026 • 45 mins
Today’s graduates are doing everything “right”—earning degrees, building credentials—yet many still struggle to land their first job. Meanwhile, employers are searching for talent that can contribute from day one. So what’s missing? Alexandra Levit explores the widening gap between what schools teach and what workplaces demand. She makes the case for work-based learning as a critical bridge. It&r...
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Stop Trying to Do Better -- It’s Not Working

May 12, 2026 • 50 mins
Here’s a hard truth: Most leaders are focused on the wrong thing. They chase performance, tactics, and productivity—yet overlook the one factor that drives it all: who they are being. In this provocative episode, Ryan Gottfredson reveals why only about 15% of people are genuinely self-aware—and how that blind spot is quietly limiting your impact. If you want to break through to a new level of leadership, stop twea...
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Hooked, Wired, and Tired: The Hidden Cost of Constant Connection

May 5, 2026 • 48 mins
What if the very tools meant to make life easier are actually draining you? From endless notifications to late-night scrolling, today’s technology is keeping your cortisol levels spiked—and your body stuck in stress mode. Justin Hai breaks down how this invisible cycle fuels burnout, anxiety, and fatigue, and shares practical ways to break free, reset your system, and restore balance across your work, health, and life.<...
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The Road Back to Yourself: What 40,000 Miles Can Teach You About Living Fully

April 28, 2026 • 51 mins
Sometimes, the longest journeys are the ones that bring you home to yourself. In this heartfelt episode, entrepreneur Michael Yang shares how a 40,000-mile motorcycle journey became a moving meditation on his life—from his early years in Korea during wartime, to immigrating to the United States, to building a life of success, love, and family. This is an exploration of what it means to truly live, to honor where you’ve ...
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