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Click below to listen to shows Guests are listed alphabetically by last name |
| Cheryl welcomes Patricia Aburdene, author of Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism. Aburdene says “capitalism is finding its soul” and points to 7 trends that will transform the way we all work, live and invest to prove it. Aburdene has a track record of Naisbitt described the birth of the "Information Economy.” A decade later, they predicted a networked, technology-driven era in business. In Megatrends 2010 she shows how values, consciousness, and leadership at all levels are reshaping capitalism. She says, “we the people have the power as investors, employees, and consumers to heal capitalism.” How has this moved from being a mantra of a few radical idealists to being embraced as an emerging trend in society? Join Cheryl and guest Patricia Aburdene to explore this profound global shift and the important role you play in creating the future. |
| Cheryl welcomes Wilbert Alix, a contemporary healer and teacher of progressive psychology and neo-shamanic studies. A prominent figure in the emerging science of body-centered psychology, his presentations are accentuated with intellectual depth and unique insight into the relationships between traditional shamanic healing, western science and eastern mysticism. Wilbert Alix is a 7th generation native of New Orleans, born into a culture rich in shamanic tradition, ritual trance, sacred music and ecstatic dance. He is the creator and director of the Common Ground Project, a conflict management program that successfully brings together opposing groups through innovative use of transformational therapy, an education in the principles that govern spiritual integrity and training in creative problem solving techniques. |
| Cheryl welcomes Angeles Arrien, Ph.D. a cultural anthropologist, educator, corporate consultant and author. What can business learn from the ancient cultures? Angeles shares how indigenous wisdoms are relevant to global leadership today. |
| Cheryl welcomes Angeles Arrien, to Leading Conversations for a second time! Angeles is an anthropologist, educator, award-winning author, consultant, and Founder and President of the Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Research.Her work bridges cultural anthropology, psychology, and mediation skills. Her award winning books include The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer and Visionary; Signs of Life: The Five Universal Shapes and How to Use Them; and The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom. Leadership is undergoing a cultural revolution. How do expertise and mastery figure in this? During our conversation we explore the practice of leadership, the shift in expectations we have of our leaders around the world, and what it requires of us all. Angeles shares practical wisdom of the ages and challenges us to tap our capacity to lead from within. We can bring meaning to our work and our world. |
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Cheryl welcomes W. Brian Arthur, PhD, an economist and thought leader in technology, the economy, and the science of complexity. His new book, The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves provides an elegant and powerful theory of technology's origins and evolution. Brian says, "I began to realize that our wealth and our well-being all emerge out of technologies…More than any thing else technology creates our world...it creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being.” How is it we know so little about the evolution of technology, something that is creating our world? In Brian’s words “we are missing an ‘-ology’ of technology. Why does this matter? Join the conversation as Brian challenges us to explore how nature and technology intersect and why it matters to you. |
| Cheryl welcomes Rajni Bakshi an economic journalist & author of Bazaars, Conversations & Freedom: for a market culture beyond greed & fear. Since 1985 Rajni has made a home in the fertile ground between journalism and activism - chronicling struggles for more humane and ecologically sound ways of life. Since 2000 she has listened to a wide range of innovators, in the realm of business, politics and philosophy - who are exploring ways to re-configure how ‘the market’ works. When asked about the gloom and doom of the financial markets and global economics, Rajni says, “Pessimism is for better times…we do not have the luxury to be pessimistic. Things are too grim.” She challenges us to relentlessly focus on “looking for possibility in unlikely places.” To wake up and see what is not yet seen. Rajni tells us we are in a “post-autistic economic time.” We have been shaken awake, now will we seize the moment? Join Cheryl & Rajni looking for possibility in unlikely places! |
| Cheryl welcomes Peter Barnes, co-founder of Working Assets, successful journalist, thought leader, and author of Capitalism 3.0: A Guide To Reclaiming The Commons. Capitalism needs an upgrade. Our current economic “operating system” fits the 18th century more than the 21st century. “When capitalism started, nature was abundant and capital was scarce; it thus made sense to reward capital above all else. Today we're awash in capital and literally running out of nature.” Peter points the way to a future in which we can retain capitalism’s virtues while mitigating its vices. All of us -entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, community activists, politicians, et.al- have a role to play in shaping a future for the coming generations. Are you ready? Join Cheryl & Peter for Common Wealth: Leading the Future. |
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Danna Beal
The Truth about Fear in the Workplace Cheryl Esposito welcomes Danna Beal, international speaker and author, committed to healthy cultures in the workplace. She is author of The Tragedy in the Workplace: The Longest Running Show in the Country; and an upcoming book, The Extraordinary Workplace: Replacing Fear with Trust and Compassion. Danna sees fear in the workplace as a tragedy. The recent financial bailouts, increasing unemployment, vast downsizing and economic recession have all added to the overwhelming stress and fear people are experiencing. The workplace can be filled with fear, insecurity, greed, gossip, personal agendas and competition. Danna challenges all organizations to create safe and trusting workplace environments where all people work at their highest potential. Join the conversation to hear Danna’s path to a healthy workplace culture. |
| Cheryl welcomes Barrie Bergman, Rock n' Roll CEO and visionary entrepreneur. As a child Barrie Bergman dreamt of a life in the music industry. He opened his first Record Bar music store in 1963. Through Barrie's charismatic leadership, Record Bar grew to a national chain of 180 stores in 30 states and was involved in the early careers of celebrities such as Lyle Lovett, Larry Gatlin, Jimmy Buffett, and Harry Chapin. At the age of 47, Barrie and his partners sold Record Bar for $92 million. Shortly after selling Record Bar, Barrie and partner, John Hansen, purchased bankrupt Bare Escentuals, then a 4-store skin care company. Twenty-four stores later and a constant presence on QVC, Bare Escentuals was recapitalized for over $200 million, just 14 years after its rescue from financial ruin. Now a popular speaker and advisor to fellow visionaries, Barrie calls the game on the current "license to kill" mentality and outlines a style that gets results and lets you sleep at night. "You can be a good guy and still be successful. It works. I know that the better I treated people, the more successful I was personally. I'm not telling people to go love your neighbor just because it's the right thing to do. It is right, but it also works." Barrie also dispels the erroneous belief that getting results and having fun can't happen at the same time. As Barrie likes to say, "If it's not fun for everyone, why do it?" Join the conversation! |
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Peter Block To Create the Future, Change the Conversation Cheryl welcomes Peter Block award winning author, thought leader, and consultant to corporate, government, and community organizations in the realm of empowerment, stewardship, chosen accountability, & the reconciliation of community. Peter’s many books include The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters, which won the 2002 Independent Book Publisher Book Award for Business Breakthrough Book of the Year; and his most recent, Community: The Structure of Belonging. Peter suggests that our major challenge in moving toward a relevant future is to focus on what we can create, rather than what problems we can solve. He has stopped talking about what's wrong and how to fix it. Instead, he observes, "Nothing new gets created by better problem solving or by focusing on low-hanging fruit," he says. "No matter how sophisticated we are as a learning organization, if our conversations are limited to measurable outcomes, we are simply getting better at a system, not creating a new future.” Want to know how to do this? Just say yes and join Cheryl & Peter in the conversation! |
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Alan Briskin Leading to Wisdom Cheryl Esposito welcomes Alan Briskin, an award-winning author, a pioneer in the field of organizational learning, and cofounder of the Collective Wisdom Initiative. His books include The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace, Daily Miracles and Bringing Your Soul to Work: An Everyday Practice. His new book is The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly is based on nine years of research by him and three coauthors working in concert over time. His work with groups and collectives extends back to the early 1970s, when he was part of an international community in Israel founded on the principles of the communal kibbutz. His interest in alternative educational settings continued for over ten years when he was the principal consultant to the George Lucas Educational Foundation. The premise of The Power of Collective Wisdom is this: that when human beings come together, a depth of awareness and insight, a transcendent knowing, becomes available. But we have to become practiced to see it when it arises, to invite it into recognition. Join us as Alan shares ways to access deep learning from one another to create something bigger than anyone of us could ever do alone. |
| Cheryl welcomes Juanita Brown, Ph.D., co-author of the award-winning book, The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter. Juanita is the co-originator of an innovative approach to large group dialogue coined The World Café. She creates powerful dialogue forums with business, government, and nonprofit leaders internationally. “The collective holds the wisdom,” she says, and “gold lies in discovering the big questions.” Join us to discover how “conversational leadership” is shaping the successful future of our 21st century world and beyond. |
| Cheryl welcomes Jerilyn Brusseau, a cook, baker, restaurateur, businesswoman, humanitarian and cultural diplomat. She is founder of PeaceTable and co-founder of PeaceTrees Vietnam. Her story begins in her grandmother’s kitchen and takes her globetrotting in the spirit of peace and diplomacy. Jerilyn passionately advocates warm-hearted, soul-connected food as the most common language spoken around the world. She founded PeaceTable to create shared culinary experiences between people of the United States and the former Soviet Republics as a tool for building cultural understanding. Her citizen diplomacy did not stop there. In 1995, she co-founded PeaceTrees Vietnam, a humanitarian organization that sponsors the removal of land mines and sends volunteers to plant trees and build homes in their place. To date, there have been 13,000 bombs removed and 32,000 trees planted. Jerilyn can imagine…all the people…living life in peace… Join us for a beautiful conversation with Jerilyn Brusseau! |
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Jack Canfield Leading to Succeed Cheryl welcomes Jack Canfield, best-selling author, speaker, and a leading expert on developing self-esteem and peak performance. Jack is the originator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul®, a series of inspirational anthologies that has sold more than 100 million books since its inception. Known as “America’s #1 Success Coach,” Jack has authored multiple books, including The Success Principles(tm): How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Other best sellers include The Power of Focus; The Aladdin Factor; and Dare to Win. Jack has studied successful leaders for more than 30 years. Success in leadership has evolved from being of a singular mindset to being a team sport. Knowing yourself and your strengths is key to leadership success. Want to make a difference as a leader? Join us as Jack shares success principles that matter! |
| Cheryl welcomes Chip Conley, CEO and founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, the second largest boutique hotelier in the world. Chip is author of PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow and The Rebel Rules: Daring To Be Yourself In Business. Known as a leader with a heart, and a self-proclaimed “Abraham Maslow nut” he has applied the theory of Self-Actualization to growing a successful company by helping employees, customers, and –yes– even investors move up that pyramid that Maslow coined as the “hierarchy of needs.” Join the conversation and learn how this rebel CEO dares make a difference! |
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Melanie DewBerry-Jones Business With Spirit Cheryl welcomes Melanie DewBerry-Jones, author of What Was God Thinking? An Owner's Manual for Living from the Soul, and founder of Soul Purpose Coaching. Melanie has been called a bringer of truth, depth and expansiveness. Leaning into her background in Native American spirituality and cosmology she offers a wholeness perspective in applying spiritual principles in business and for personal development. "The sacred is about who we are, our natural self." We have forgotten what reverence is. We often let external factors dictate our sense of self. There is a belief that business and self or business and spirit don't merge; that they are separate. "It turns out business is actually very personal," says Melanie. She asks us to embrace connection in a meaningful way. This requires "defining Presence, Transparency, building Community, and honoring Humanity. It's good for business because it's good for the people who make your business." Join the conversation to learn how she brings tangible approaches in merging spirituality, business, and personal development. |
| Cheryl welcomes Paul Dudley Hart, former CEO of Pacific Crest Outward Bound School, currently serving as Director at large for Mercy Corps, an International humanitarian aid and development organization. Paul travels the globe with Mercy Corps working amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Paul has learned through his assignments at Mercy Corps, that communities recovering from war and social upheaval must be agents of their own transformation for change to endure. How does this apply to for profit organizations and the leaders who are responsible for them? Is this thinking possible in an environment of short-term goals and financial targets? It may be easier than you think. Join Cheryl & Paul in the conversation Empowering Transformation. |
| Cheryl welcomes Linda Dunkel, President and CEO of Interaction Associates (IA) an employee owned organization known for its research and pioneering in collaborative problem solving and decision-making. In 2006 Linda was awarded the Winning Workplaces Best Bosses Award, a national honor that recognizes the most innovative and inspirational leaders of midsized and small businesses across America. When asked what she cares about, Linda responds: “I believe strongly in the value of every human life and the fundamental equality of all individuals. Human dignity in all settings is a key driver for me.” In this time of rethinking the corporate model of commerce, when people are considering how to blend what matters to them with their means of earning an income, Linda Dunkel shares the lessons learned as a leader of a non-traditional organization, and some of the challenges she sees that are ahead for all of us. |
| Cheryl welcomes Riane Eisler, bestselling author of The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics; The Chalice & the Blade and The Power of Partnership. Riane’s story begins in Austria, where as a small child she and her family had to flee from the Nazis. This trauma could have destroyed her. Instead, it led to her quest to understand why horrible things like the Holocaust can happen–and what we can do so they do not happen again. She is an eminent social scientist, attorney, author, and social activist and set out to show that “caring pays - in dollars and cents.” Riane proposes a new approach to economics that gives visibility and value to the most essential human work: the work of caring for people and nature. Jeffrey Hollender, president of Seventh Generation Inc., says of The Real Wealth of Nations: “This book should be mandatory reading for every CEO, every economist, every government official, every student, and every citizen of our world.” Join in the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes Riane Eisler, bestselling author of The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics; The Chalice & the Blade and The Power of Partnership. Riane recognizes, “Our nation and our world are hungry for new ways of thinking.” She sees opportunity for a sympathetic world by creating “caring societies” working through the economic system. “And as long as caring is off the economic scale, it's not realistic to expect more caring government and business policies.” Riane emphasizes bringing a new type of cooperation into politics. “Partnership politics takes us outside the box of the conventional political conversation. Instead of arguing about religious versus secular, right versus left, Eastern versus Western, capitalist versus socialist, and so forth, we focus on the long-term policies foundational for the more peaceful, equitable, and environmentally sustainable world we all want and need.” Join in the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes Bo Ekman, founder and Chairman of the Tällberg Foundation an international non-profit organization established in Sweden. The Foundation’s work is based on humanistic values and a holistic systems approach. It aims to help leaders grow as human beings and act with purpose when managing the challenges of global interdependence. For Bo, the key to our future is making globalization work—economically, politically, socially, and culturally. He says, “We must design solutions to reconcile the imbalances between earth systems and the human endeavor to support economic growth and energy provision.” No small projects for this man. Bo has advised the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the UN Executive Office. He has undertaken major projects for the United Nations Development Programme. Join the conversation to hear Bo Ekman speak to his own journey to cultivate a new leadership that is firmly grounded in a commitment to systems thinking and humanistic values. |
| Cheryl welcomes Stewart Emery, entrepreneur, executive coach and leader; he served as the first CEO of Est, and is considered one of the fathers of the Human Potential Movement. Author of several books, his latest bestseller is a collaborative effort with Jerry Porras and Mark Thompson, Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters. What are the secrets of lasting success? And what’s love got to do with it? The answers – and the research - may surprise you. Join us to hear Stewart share stories of some of the most successful leaders of our time, a new definition of success, and why this matters to you. |
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Stewart Emery
Leadership By Design Cheryl Esposito welcomes Stewart Emery, entrepreneur, executive coach & corporate culture consultant; he is considered a father of the Human Potential Movement & served as the first CEO of est. A bestselling author, his books include Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters, and his latest with Robert Brunner: Do You Matter? How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company. If you think design is only what gets created on paper or in the look of a logo or product or service, you’d be wrong according to Stewart Emery. It is so much more than that. Leadership drives a company’s culture which in turn speaks loud and clear to customers: your products and services are talking to people. Are they saying the right thing? What is your brand and who says so? (hint: it’s not you and it doesn’t live at your corporate headquarters…). How do your brand and the client experience intersect? And what does that have to do with design? Join the conversation for that and more! |
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Terces and Matthew Engelhart Gratitude: The Currency of Abundance Cheryl welcomes Terces & Matthew Engelhart, restaurateurs, organic farmers, teachers, & authors of Sacred Commerce: Business As A Path of Awakening. The Engelhart’s are known for their raw foods eateries, Café Gratitude, as their experiment in a business model called Sacred Commerce. They don’t see themselves as in the restaurant business, but in the transformation business. They believe & practice that “…every business is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of both clients and employees.”Sacred Commerce is a practice in how life transforms when community focuses on Love, Spirit, The Divine. Each day, they & employees of the Cafés & their farm, practice shifting attention to love & acceptance, gratitude, generosity, abundance, & the privilege of serving others. “Life is an inside job. We encourage focus & attention on qualities that inspire & empower, not just at work, but in all areas of life.” Join the conversation and expand your attitude of gratitude. |
| Cheryl welcomes Kristin Engvig, founder of the internationally acclaimed Women’s International Networking Conference and Global Forum. Kristin Engvig is on a mission. In her own words: “Women have a vital role to play in this century and each and every one of us embodies the power to influence, to decide, to lead and to be a change agent. Women’s empowered leadership is key in transforming organizations, communities and even ourselves into the future, creating sustainable change through authentic action - alongside men. While exploring feminine power, understanding our own masculine becomes crucial, as balance is the ultimate goal.” Hear Kristin tell her story of inspiration to begin this journey and where it as led her today. Join the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes Kristin Engvig founder of the internationally acclaimed Women's International Networking Global Leadership Forum. She is a social entrepreneur and international consultant with a passion for the critical role women play in shaping the future and elevating leadership. Kristin believes that all people in business need to learn how to do business in a graceful way to create an innovative future that is beneficial for all. Moving into the future and creating a business leadership model that is sustainable, requires leaders who bring energy, vision and vitality to their work, to their organizations. Is there life in your leadership? Check your vitals! Join the conversation as Cheryl and Kristin explore the possibilities! |
| Cheryl welcomes Kristin Engvig, founder of the internationally acclaimed Women’s International Networking Global Leadership Forum. She is a social entrepreneur and international consultant with a passion for the critical role women play in shaping the future and elevating leadership. Kristin says that we need transformation – not change – to shape the future. Change is an action that can be reversed. Transformation requires more of us. What does it mean to create a future that works for all? What does it mean to our way of being, our ways of leading organizations to “consider the whole” in our business strategies, in our everyday actions? Join us to learn the role wisdom plays and the key ingredients for successful transformation. |
| Cheryl welcomes Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D., poet, editor, educator, business consultant and Director of the LBJ Presidential Library. She is co-author of the book Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society. As opportunity goes global, is a new story of leadership emerging? Can we shape the future by shaping the story? Betty Sue challenges leaders to sense and help actualize emerging futures in part by using spiritual disciplines as tools. Be part of this important conversation as we explore the new story of leadership. |
| Cheryl welcomes Debbie Ford, a New York Times #1 bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers; The Secret of the Shadow; and The Best Year of your Life: Dream It, Plan It, Live It. Known for her groundbreaking work, the Shadow Process, and founder of The Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching at JFK University, Debbie is committed to the evolution of human consciousness. Her work is based on the core belief that outer transformation occurs when we experience an internal shift in perception. Join the conversation to learn how to transform the issues that keep you from moving forward in your leadership and your life. |
| Cheryl welcomes Mark Gerzon, President of The Mediators Foundation and author of Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Differences into Opportunities. Whether working with leaders of global corporations, the U.S. House of Representatives or the United Nations, his mission is to foster the emergence of leaders who know how to build bridges across divides. Passionate about building a more just, peaceful and sustainable world, his work has included designing two successful Bipartisan Congressional Retreats, and serving as Distinguished Fellow at the East West Institute (New York/Brussels), developing a global network of think-tank’s to find innovative ways of thinking about global conflict. Mark says he is a “global citizen” with responsibility to more than his home country of the U.S. The son of immigrant parents, he was deeply inspired when he spent his junior year in college living with families and studying at universities in seven countries. “I had found another university that I wanted to attend; the campus was the earth, and the faculty was humanity itself.” Thus began a career steeped in his passion to do his part to change the world helping leaders see conflict as an opportunity for transformation. Join the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes Jeffrey Glassman, J.D., founder of RainforestMaker, a non profit organization dedicated to saving and growing back the Earth’s rainforests- one tree at a time. Jeff is a highly successful attorney – a “rainmaker”- with passion for his work. Not having much time to play, he vacations as hard as he works. He adventures to exotic lands, climbs mountains, and explores wild coastlines. In 2004, while in Costa Rica Jeff says, “I was awed by its incredible beauty and I remember feeling the Rainforest was alive! …And there were huge tracts of Rainforest land that had been completely destroyed.” With that, the seed was planted and over the next couple of years ideas sprouted - until he decided that ideas were not enough. It was time for action. Join us to hear Jeff share the most important adventure of his life that takes him from a childhood love of trees to a passionate mission to effect change in the rainforest and make a difference for the planet. |
| Cheryl Esposito welcomes John Gray, PhD, the best-selling author of 16 books, including the relationship classic Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. His latest book is Why Mars & Venus Collide. Mars & Venus has become his moniker for male & female behavioral patterns. For years John has taught that men and women communicate differently, have different motivation for interactions and need to learn how to be successful in relationship. Turns out that “chemistry” has a whole lot to do with it. John’s journey has taken him from life as a Hindu monk to psychologist to relationship expert. Today his concern is global warming and he believes that the way men and women relate can actually impact solving the planet’s problems. Just how did he go from life as a celibate monk of 15 years, to expert in male-female relationships? And what does that have do with global warming? Join the conversation to hear John Gray shed light on how we can improve relationships and change the world at the same time! |
| Cheryl welcomes Martin Gray, world-class photographer and anthropologist, specializing in the study of sacred sites. His travels have taken him to 1,000 sacred sites in 80 countries around the world. His journey unfolded in a remarkable compilation of images published in 2007 as Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power. Martin says, "Many ancient peoples had a reverential relationship with the living earth. If this can be reawakened and encouraged in our own culture, we will be better able to address the crisis of worldwide ecological degradation." Travel with us along Martin's journey to make a difference in the world. Join the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes Elliot Hoffman, CEO & co-founder of New Voice of Business. It all started while they were sipping tea on a Saturday morning- a new mandate: business must be the voice of change for the good. Today, New Voice is creating a community of business people who are awakening to the nature of the extraordinary times we are living in and who understand that the time for business as usual is over. Join the conversation to hear how business leaders can coalesce into the most powerful voice to affect the positive future of our world! |
| Cheryl welcomes Philo Ikonya of Kenya, a human rights activist, social change motivator, ardent poet, writer and lecturer. Philo holds postgraduate degrees in the Arts and consults on gender, governance and media issues. Philo courageously writes about the injustices of Kenya. In her series, Kenya Is Burning, she reflects on her country's struggles with the devastating violence that has claimed so many lives and turned its people against each other. "The women of Kenya have always been aware of injustice in our society...we've always known that the deep inequalities in our country would lead to the destruction of this nation." Philo has decided to wear sacks instead of regular clothes to protest the current violence in Kenya. She has helped organize a campaign urging Kenyan women to wear sacks for clothes "for as long as we do not have peace in Kenya; as long as we do not have justice and reform." Join us to hear this extraordinary story of courage and vision for a just world |
| Cheryl welcomes David Isaacs, co-creator of The World Café, and President of Clearing Communications an international organizational renewal and communications strategy company. In his work with leaders worldwide, David is a "thinking partner" in the design of strategic conversations to generate collaborative learning and to engage challenges of unprecedented change and transformation in the workplace. Co-author (with life-partner Juanita Brown) of The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter, David views business as "närings för liv," the Swedish term for business meaning nourishment for life; and says conversation is a "core business process." Imagine a world where our businesses actually nourished each individual...and encouraged deep conversation - before action...explore this radical idea with us! Join the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes Marcia Jaffe, founder & president of the Bali Institute for Global Renewal, a world learning center that inspires, engages & empowers individual & collective leadership. Marcia created the Bali Institute in 2003 as a way for the world to learn from the Balinese about leadership, community, balance, spirituality and cultural self-reflection. She co-created two global conferences in Bali in 2004 & 2006 called “Quest for Global Healing.” World luminaries have participated, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams & Betty Williams, Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, & former President of Indonesia. Her next gathering in Bali takes place August 1-7, 2007: Awakening Global Action: Leadership, Indigenous Wisdom and Dialogue for a Transforming World. (Cheryl will be there doing podcast interviews!) Join Cheryl and Marcia to learn what inspired this successful business leader to change her life, and how you can become part of Awakening Global Action. |
| Cheryl welcomes Adam Kahane, international mediation & scenario planning consultant, In the 1990’s Adam facilitated the groundbreaking Mont Fleur Scenarios, in which a diverse group of South African leaders worked together to effect the transition out of apartheid. Since then he has led similar processes around the world in Colombia, Guatemala, Paraguay, the Middle East, and Northern Ireland. Adam says that this process “…gets people who have never talked to each other to think about alternative pathways to their future." Adam authored Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities. Nelson Mandela said: “This breakthrough book addresses the central challenge of our time: finding a way to work together to solve the problems we have created.” Join us as we explore the path to world changing conversations. |
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Jeff Klein Leadership Endeavor: Working for Good Cheryl welcomes Jeff Klein, CEO of Cause Alliance Marketing where he designs and facilitates collaborative cause-related marketing programs. He wrote his book, Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living, to support conscious entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, leaders, and change agents at work. “My intention with Working for Good is to provide a meaningful context and essential tools to support people in deeply expressing their humanity through their work.” Wearing many hats, Jeff serves as Executive Director and Chief Integration Officer for the Conscious Business Alliance and Conscious Capitalism, Inc.—a nonprofit dedicated to “liberating the entrepreneurial spirit for good” co-founded by John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market. Join us as Jeff lays out key skills and actions designed to unleash passion, shared purpose, great energy and deep engagement for yourself and the stakeholders in your business. |
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Dr. George Kohlrieser Trusting Conflict Cheryl welcomes Dr. George Kohlrieser, an international leadership professor, consultant, veteran hostage negotiator and author of Hostage At The Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance. Conflict is a part of everyday behavior that stems from a basic fight-or-flight instinct. Often seen as something that must be avoided at all costs, this tendency to suppress conflict can spark negative emotions that eventually derail leaders and organizations. George insists that only by facing conflict can we truly progress through the most difficult business challenges. He shares proven techniques and psychological insights used in hostage negotiation that can be applied successfully to any personal or business relationship. George outlines seven key factors to remove blocks that stand in the way of resolving tough problems and shows how business leaders can develop the skills they need to create trust and a positive mind-set in their companies. Join the conversation! |
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Cheryl welcomes Morgan Langan, an entrepreneur with a passion for integrating business with spirituality. He co-founded Grace Grove Retreat Center and is co-creator of One Spirit Weekend. His book to be released in 2010 is titled: The Ultimate MBA program: A Master's Degree in Being Alive! Morgan Langan was a hard driving MBA, building successful enterprises and thriving as a businessperson. He didn't have much time for "navel-gazing" or mindfulness...until he had a huge wake up call in the form of a human tragedy that was associated with his business. His view of life would never be the same. Today, many years later, Morgan is still a successful MBA - though with a new focus: the business of helping people find their purpose connecting body, mind, & spirit. And he believes the real MBA should be about being fully alive! Join us as Morgan shares his story, lessons learned from success, failure, and inspiration! |
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Gail Larsen If You Want to Change the World, Tell A Better Story! Cheryl welcomes Gail Larsen, author of Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell A Better Story. Gail is founder of Real Speaking, designed to support people in mining the deep well of their life experience and self-expression to become powerful platform speakers. We all have a story. How we tell it matters. Gail says: “I have learned there is no art in speaking without heart, and heart is present only in what is real. It is the gift of authenticity - yours and mine - that affirms my trust in life's journey and our collective capacity to create the world to which we want to belong.” Is it time for your voice to be heard? Join the conversation to learn how to bring heart and meaning to your story! |
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Shelly Lefkoe Growing Leadership Cheryl Esposito welcomes Shelly Lefkoe, co-founder of Lefkoe Institute; co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Guide to Effective Parenting and founder & President of the Possibilities of Parenting Center. Shelly helps businesspeople increase their personal productivity while reducing stress, improve their relationships with colleagues, and transform their family lives with The Lefkoe Method. She says it is our beliefs about people, life, and ourselves that drive our behaviors – whether we are thirteen or thirty and beyond. Some underlying beliefs may be so subtle, we may not even be aware that we have them. How does this impact leadership? As adults we can re-shape the beliefs we hold that do not serve us. Shaping the leaders of tomorrow, parents can build healthy self-esteem (the experience of being able andworthy) and a positive attitude toward life in their kids. Join us as Shelly shares this practical approach to transforming our beliefs into success in life. |
| Cheryl welcomes Richard Leider, founder and Chairman of The Inventure Group, and ranked by Forbes as one of the "Top 5" most respected [executive] coaches with thirty years experience in coaching people to live and work on purpose. He is a best-selling author of Repacking Your Bags and Claiming Your Place At The Fire. How do we find our place in the world? Richard Leider says “it is not a place we find but a life we create…when we commit ourselves to something larger than ourselves.” Join us as we explore the power of leading a life on purpose. |
| Cheryl welcomes Stewart Levine, founder of ResolutionWorks, and co-author of Collaboration 2.0: Technology and Best Practices for Successful Collaboration in a Web 2.0 World. To thrive in this century, leaders of organizations and global projects have to rely on and expect that people will bring their best thinking to the table even if it is controversial or isn’t what everyone wants to hear. Without this, leaders risk not making informed decisions on critical issues. Virtual teams and a mobile workforce make this even more challenging. Forging consensus quickly and easily may sound like an oxymoron to some; to Stewart it is the only option. After years as a practicing attorney, followed by a role as a corporate executive, he now teaches “conversational competence” to leaders around the world. Join us in the conversation and learn what it takes to build that Resolutionary muscle and turn potential conflict into collaboration every time. |
| Cheryl welcomes Carolyn Lukensmeyer Ph.D., founder and President of AmericaSpeaks, a non-profit working to reinvigorate democracy by engaging citizens in the public decision-making. Carolyn is a leader in social change, and believes that democracy should come back into fashion! She has a background in business strategy, large-scale systems design and strategic change; she has served as Chief of Staff to a state governor; Consultant to the White House Chief of Staff from November 1993 through June 1994; and as the Deputy Project Director for Management of the National Performance Review, Vice President Al Gore's reinventing government task force. Today as the leader of AmericaSpeaks, she leverages the power of large-scale public meetings and technology to connect decision-makers with the voices of citizens in the form of a 21st Century Town Meeting®, practicing deliberative democracy. Join the conversation to hear Carolyn share profound experiences in bringing democracy back in action! |
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Alan Lurie Finding Optimism in Five Minutes on Mondays Cheryl welcomes Alan Lurie, author of Five Minutes on Mondays. Alan’s path leading to this new book is in itself a good story. Following a 25-year career as an architect, he is now a Managing Director at Grubb & Ellis, a national real estate investment firm. He is also a non-denominational ordained Rabbi, leading prayer services, and writing on issues of faith and religion. Upon joining his new firm, he was asked to open the weekly Monday morning meetings (of roughly 100 RE professionals) by delivering a short message. “Something about business and ethics. Something inspirational and informative,” his boss said. And so, Five Minutes on Mondays was born. Today many are asking, “How can I keep going and maintain optimism in the face of challenges and setbacks?” Alan believes you can. Join the conversation as we explore how to unify work with personal life, access new currents of creativity, develop persistence and face our fears. |
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Mari Margil The Nature of Our Future Cheryl Esposito welcomes Mari Margil, the Associate Director for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Her background includes a Master’s degree in Public Policy & Urban Planning from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and previous experience as Director of Corporate Transformation for Corporate Ethics International. Mari and CELDF are doing inspiring, groundbreaking work to recognize the Rights of Nature in law in both the U.S. and Ecuador. In 2008, Mari traveled to Ecuador where she assisted the country’s Constitutional Assembly on the re-writing of their Constitution thus becoming the world’s first nation to enshrine Rights of Nature in its constitution. Mari challenges us with a simple question: Who speaks for the trees? How would you answer that question? Join us as we explore the nature of our future. Cheryl Esposito welcomes Mari Margil, the Associate Director for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Her background includes a Master’s degree in Public Policy & Urban Planning from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and previous experience as Director of Corporate Transformation for Corporate Ethics International. Mari and CELDF are doing inspiring, groundbreaking work to recognize the Rights of Nature in law in both the U.S. and Ecuador. In 2008, Mari traveled to Ecuador where she assisted the country’s Constitutional Assembly on the re-writing of their Constitution thus becoming the world’s first nation to enshrine Rights of Nature in its constitution. Mari challenges us with a simple question: Who speaks for the trees? How would you answer that question? Join us as we explore the nature of our future. |
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Marcia Martin Waking Up the World Cheryl welcomes Marcia Martin, President of 1Degree Media & Entertainment Inc., a “conscious media” network focused on the Integrated Quality of Life (iQoL ) market which includes the areas of Personal Growth, Wellness, and Environmental & Global Impact. Marcia’s mission is to wake us up using media as an intentional and life-affirming delivery system. Her interest in the field of Human Potential began as an original member of est (Erhard Seminars Training). Today Marcia sees our need to connect with and understand each other as strong as it ever was. Technology has changed the playing field as access, reach, and personalized approaches to development now create opportunities for conscious transformation of cultures and societies to occur at increased speed. Join Cheryl & Marcia as they explore the secrets of waking up the world. |
| Cheryl Esposito welcomes Jason McLennan, CEO of the Cascadia Green Building Council, the Pacific Northwest’s leading organization in the field of green building and sustainable development. He is author of The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, and author/co-creator of the Living Building Challenge, an international green building program. Jason is a leader in the global green architecture movement and challenges us to imagine and demand buildings that operate as elegantly and efficiently as the living structures nature creates. He says we need to see our building structures as our habitat. Nature can be our teacher, help us re-vision our environment, and the way it gets created. The ecosystem can inspire buildings that support life and all the beauty it holds. Are you up for the challenge? Join us as this visionary takes us on a journey to create our future. |
| Cheryl welcomes John P. Milton a pioneering ecologist, spiritual teacher, meditation master, vision quest leader and corporate shaman. How can listening to our inner nature reveal the future? Join our conversation as we explore the importance of self-awareness in leadership. John shares his process of guiding global leaders into an encounter with nature that allows them to find a deeper purpose and unleash the creativity needed to live that purpose. |
| Cheryl welcomes John P. Milton, founder of The Way of Nature and Sacred Passage™. John is a pioneering ecologist, author, spiritual teacher, meditation master, vision quest leader, and counsel to leaders around the world. His most recent book, Sky Above, Earth Below: Spiritual Practice in Nature is a guide to cultivation of connection to pure source for purpose and creativity. John's work teaches that one makes leadership stands from a place of pristine clarity. Inner-knowing and initiating new ideas emerge from pure creative potential. Aligning with the majesty and power of Nature catalyzes transformation at every level. Tune in as John reveals how deep inner communion with the Earth and Universal Source provide the foundation for grounded and centered leadership. |
| Cheryl welcomes Craig Neal, co-founder of Heartland Inc., founder of the Conscious Business Alliance, a founding board member of Business for Social Responsibility, and former publisher of Utne magazine. A passionate change leader, Craig creates networks of authenticity and essential conversations with intent to shape societal, organizational, and individual transformations needed in these extraordinary times. Heartland produced the first Thought Leader Gathering for 40 change leaders in 1998 and he has guided thousands of leaders in the Essential Conversations Process. Craig writes: “We live in a time where the need for understanding is great, where the need to be efficient with our time and resources is equally great…The circle as a form of human gathering is a ‘technology’ borrowed from the past that can produce enduring outcomes… [It] is a social technology that has withstood the test of time.” He is currently writing The Art of Convening: A Field Guide to Essential Conversations. |
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Shailja Patel
The Art of Inspiration Cheryl welcomes Shailja Patel, an award-winning Kenyan poet, artist & political activist. Growing up in Kenya Shailja experienced the impact of war on the lives and spirit of the people. Her path took her on a journey from working on Wall Street to living a monastic life, running non-profits, eventually finding her voice in poetry. Today she is a performance artist bringing her work to people around the world. Her one-woman show, Migritude, unfolds hidden histories of women's lives in the bootprint of Empire, from India to East Africa. Shailja's powerful performances bring her audiences to an introspective space of connection with the raw emotion and impact of war and oppression. The irresistible passion and eloquence of her words touches people at a core level and inspires them to take action. Shailja recently performed at Bioneers and said, "The fifteen-second pindrop silence after I finished my performance was worth three standing ovations." Words shape us. They inspire. Join the conversation. |
| Cheryl welcomes Therese Poulsen, Founder and Director, Breath of Hope Foundation, Inc & internationally recognized yoga master and holistic healer. In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, Therese realized that her unique background in teaching and holistic healing might give her the means to make a difference in the shattered lives and their distressed communities. She knew that material relief efforts, however vital, would never address the inner devastation caused by the tsunami and the forever-changed world it would leave behind. Her mission became clear: to rebuild shattered hope – to help repair distressed bodies, psyches, souls, and lives – from the inside out. In July 2005, drawing on her leadership skills & her passion for making a difference in the world, Therese established numerous Breath of Hope program sites at schools, orphanages and community centers in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The results have been phenomenal. |
| Cheryl welcomes Don Proffit, an ethical literacy coach with the Institute for Global Ethics and President of Proffit Projects, LLC. A conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, Don Proffit was assigned to alternative service in Alaska. That experience included an extended stay in the remote Inuit village of Point Hope, 150 miles above the Arctic Circle. In this isolated setting, his worldview began to take shape as he experienced the isolation of the outsider and witnessed the powerful role the arts and ethics can play in defining inclusive communities. The teachings from these early experiences provided insights that he brought to the New Jersey school system in order to create a caring, inclusive, safe school community for a student body from diverse backgrounds. |
| Cheryl welcomes Benjamin Quinto, a youth advocate, movement strategist, and activARTist™. In 1996, at age 18, he authored a proposal for a United Nations Youth Assembly. “I believed that, Youth Assembly or not, we would build a network of like-minded peers, so that in 20 years’ time a global network of friends would prevent us from ever pressing a button that would bomb anywhere they lived.” His efforts evolved into the Global Youth Action Network (GYAN). As its founder and executive director, he led GYAN to become one of the most expansive youth networks in the world, connecting thousands of organizations in 180 countries, and mobilizing millions of young people. Now, Benjamin has embarked upon a renewed journey of self-discovery. He says, “Ten years later, I am learning who I am all over again.” Join us as Benjamin shares what he has learned from youth around the world, and where these experiences will lead him next. |
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Michael Ray Are you a Leader--Or a Generative Leader? Cheryl welcomes Michael Ray, author of The Highest Goal: The Secret That Sustains You in Every Moment. He is Professor of Creativity and Innovation, and of Marketing at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. His books, Creativity In Business and The Path of the Everyday Hero, have influenced people in organizations all around the world--not only in their work, but all areas of their lives. Michael writes, “To be of service and make a contribution only you can make to the universe, you must become a generative leader-no matter what your role in life. You can be a leader to yourself, to one other person or to the world. But if you start right now with an intention of being generative, of letting your creativity create creativity around you, of giving and receiving, you’ll see remarkable things happen.” Join the conversation to learn how you can tap into your highest goal and inspire that in others! |
| Cheryl welcomes John Renesch, a businessman-futurist, and author. He is passionate about business, human consciousness and possible scenarios for the future of humanity. In his latest book Getting to the Better Future: A Matter of Conscious Choosing John defines what he calls a "choicepoint" for all of us - a time to make a collective choice about whether or not we wish to achieve our full potential as human beings. Change our minds, change the future? Your choice. Join the conversation as we explore the possibilities! |
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John Renesch Toward A Whole Future Cheryl welcomes John Renesch, a businessman-futurist, and author of Getting to the Better Future: A Matter of Conscious Choosing. What does this futurist do when the economy is in meltdown mode? He looks on the bright side with a systemic perspective (of course). Renesch sees economics as the most dominant system on the Earth, so powerful that all other choices and policies bow to its influence. It’s not only our economic system that is in trouble, John says, but “every human system is in an earthquake: economic, climate, politic, legal, education, medical.” And it is time for new choices. What is the way through this? Renesch says, there is hope for us as a species, for our society, for our planet if we are willing to awaken spiritually and see life in a sacred context, connected to the “whole.” Join us as we explore getting to a better future! |
| Cheryl welcomes Dr. Lyly Rojas, a university professor, international humanitarian, and co-founder of the European Institute of Collaborative Law. She specializes in the teaching the culture of Peace (inner and outer) and Corporate Social Responsibility, and Multicultural Intelligence. Lyly was born in Nicaragua, a country of conflict with a long history of turmoil, and ultimately her family had to flee because of their political beliefs. She has worked with and consulted to the United Nations; as an advisor to the Vatican in the trafficking of human beings; in war zones training diplomats, human rights workers, the military, and tortured women & children. The unifying theme for her work: compassion and dignity for self and others. Lyly says that we cannot begin to help others heal if we cannot heal ourselves. “How can you teach peace if you are not peaceful within yourself?” Her current book project is titled: From Inner Peace to Outer Peace and All the Pieces In Between. |
| Cheryl welcomes Martin Rutte, co-author of the New York Times business bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work. An international speaker and consultant on spirituality in the workplace, Martin works with leaders around the world to reconnect business with its natural source of creativity, innovation and genius. His newest book, The Work of Humanity: Project Heaven on Earth is in development and explores the desire and longing people have for a world that works. In Martin’s words: “It empowers the new story of what it means to be a human and what it means to be humanity.” Join the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes C. Otto Scharmer, Ph.D., author of Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges, and Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society, co-authored with Peter Senge, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers. Otto is Senior Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and founding chair of Presencing Institute. A blend of the words “presence” and “sensing,” presencing signifies a heightened state of attention allowing individuals and groups to shift the inner place from which they function. “The trouble is that most leaders are unable to recognize, let alone change, the structural habits of attention used in their organization. Being able to facilitate this shift is the essence of leadership today.” Join us as Otto helps us understand how to find the blind spots in order to transform them and develop the seven capacities of successful leadership in our ever-changing world. |
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Rayona Sharpnack Trading Up to Leadership Cheryl welcomes Rayona Sharpnack, founder and CEO of the Institute for Women's Leadership and author of, "Trade Up!: 5 Skills for Redesigning Your Leadership & Life from the Inside Out." "A leader's most important job is to reveal and shift the boundaries of peoples' thinking... starting with our own. These boundaries, also known as 'contexts' are what determines what actions we take, where we stop in executing our responsibilities and ultimately what impact we can have." Rayona coaches some of the most successful leaders in business. She has been an educator, tennis champion, manager and player for a women's professional softball team. Her masterful approach takes very complex theoretical concepts and distills them down to poignant, relevant and easily accessible learning distinctions -- resulting in dramatically more effective leadership skills for her clients. Join us as Rayona explains how "your context is your presence, your belief system, your purpose" and why this makes a difference for everyone. |
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Mark Silver Can Business Have A Heart? Cheryl welcomes Mark Silver founder of Heart of Business, and a successful business teacher and healer, who brings an active connection with the Divine to his work. Mark says that Heart of Business has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners to integrate the nitty gritty of business with the heart-opening truths of spirit in a way that actually helps the business be profitable and make a difference in the world. Mark has run a magazine, worked as a paramedic, operated a distribution business, been an activist, and worked in the non-profit arena. He has failed horribly in business, and he has succeeded beautifully, each in turn. He trained at the University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism in Organizational and Business Healing, and is a Sufi healer and teacher. His vision is that in the process of your business becoming profitable and sustainable, your heart will deepen in knowing its own truth. Join the conversation to bring heart to your business! |
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Nina Simons Reinventing Leadership Cheryl welcomes Nina Simons, president and co-founder of Bioneers a non-profit that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring Earth's imperiled ecosystems and healing our human communities. Nina's life and work are informed by her passion for the natural world, women's leadership, systems thinking, and the arts' capacity to shape culture and consciousness. Previous leadership roles Nina has held include president of Seeds of Change and director of strategic marketing for Odwalla. What can we learn from nature about leadership? Nina says it is time to redefine leadership, to blend the "feminine" - innovation and relational qualities- with the "masculine" - analysis and procedural qualities; to create models that support the whole. Are women the key to this evolution in leadership? Join the conversation as we explore this shift in consciousness! |
| Cheryl welcomes Nina Simons, a social entrepreneur, and co-founder of Bioneers, writer and thought leader in women’s leadership. Her previous roles include President of Seeds of Change and Director of Strategic Marketing for Odwalla. Nina says that we are operating with an inherited definition of leadership that does not serve us in the 21st century. It carries with it assumptions that play out in actions, structures of organizations, implicit as well as explicit agreements of societal norms. Nina implores us to develop a new practice of leadership: “It is the correlations between inner awareness and outer work, and celebrating the interconnectedness of environment, health, social justice and the sacred” that are key to this evolution in leadership. What are the unspoken assumptions in your own leadership? Join the conversation to explore your own shift in consciousness! |
| Cheryl welcomes Isabelle St-Jean, author of Living Forward, Giving Back and co-author of the award-winning anthology Einstein’s Business: Engaging Soul, Imagination and Excellence in the Workplace. Pursuing her passion for human development and authentic leadership in the midlife journey, Isabelle has launched a calling to the “baby boomer’s” generation to rethink this stage in life as an opportunity for re-engagement. Isabelle says, “It is time to be participants in the vital transformation of our world.” Her words of wisdom are not only for the boomer generation- she speaks to all generations to empower them to lead their life with passion and purpose in order to lead their legacy. Join the conversation to learn the path to purpose! |
| Cheryl Esposito welcomes Michael Strong, CEO and Chief Visionary Officer of FLOW, a nonprofit dedicated to Liberating the Entrepreneurial Spirit for Good. In his book, Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs & Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the Worlds Problems, Michael poses these questions: What if the distinction between business & doing good vanished? If all those who engaged in business were committed to a deeper purpose, & all those committed to doing good were entrepreneurial and enterprising? What would it take for a world of seven billion people to solve all the world's problems? Our capacity to think has been “schooled” out of us. We need a radical shift of our education system to produce critical thinkers, creators & innovators to reshape business and commerce. Michael, and Whole Foods CEO, John Mackey, co-founded FLOW, bringing that all together, focusing it on the goals of sustainable peace, prosperity, & happiness for all. Join the conversation of possibilities! |
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Cheryl welcomes Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Ph.D. co-founder & President of Strozzi Institute, author of several books including In Search of the Warrior Spirit and The Leadership Dojo to be released this year. Richard crosses borders and boundaries in war zones and boardrooms to teach global leaders that the mind and the body are inextricably linked: to develop one, you must cultivate the other. Can embodied leadership change the direction of business and the future of the world? How does a warrior lead with heart and meaning? Join this inspiring conversation of courageous action and commitment to making the world a better place. |
| Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Ph.D., founder & President of Strozzi Institute, returns to Leading Conversations with Cheryl Esposito this week to talk about his new book The Leadership Dojo. Cheryl and Richard will explore key questions of leadership: What are the character values most essential to exemplary leadership? How does the leader embody these values? And, can embodied leadership change the direction of business and the future of the world? Richard says yes, and shares his insights and assessments about some of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Candidates and how their own "body of leadership" influences how others perceive them. Join the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes Dr. Luh Ketut Suryani, M.D., Ph.D. a renowned Balinese healer, highly acclaimed western-trained psychiatrist and a leader in bridging indigenous Balinese knowledge and values with the western world. Founder of Suryani Institute for Mental Health, much of her work focuses on the challenges of the children of Bali. Dr. Suryani has authored numerous books on Balinese culture and spiritual practices, hosts her own television show on women’s issues, offers weekly community meditation gatherings, and speaks about cultural issues impacting her beloved Bali. Join us as Dr. Suryani shares her insight into the growing problem the youth of Bali face as they try to blend the world of you-tube and MTV with life in paradise. |
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Luisah Teish
Ancestors of the Future Cheryl welcomes Luisah Teish, a writer and extraordinary storyteller, internationally known for her performances of African, Caribbean, and African-American folklore and feminist myth. She is author of Jump Up: Good Times Throughout the Season with Celebrations from Around the World and Carnival of the Spirit. Teish connects us with the ancestors, bringing wisdom traditions and rituals to life. Her stories teach us what the ancients knew about the natural rhythms of the seasons, how cultures thrive and communities prosper. Teish says, “Stand knowing that you are an ancestor of the future.” What will your story be? Join the conversation for a magical hour with Luisah Teish! |
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Justine Toms Stepping Stones to Grace Cheryl welcomes Justine Toms, co-founder of New Dimensions World Broadcasting Network and New Dimensions Radio and author of Small Pleasures: Finding Grace in a Chaotic World and co-author of True Work: Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do. Justine's achievements include producing and hosting many award-winning radio series including "In Her Company: Deep Dialogues with Women of Wisdom" and "Deep Ecology for the 21st Century". Throughout her career Justine has helped people to live life on purpose and find joy in the everyday. Now she shares with us her most important insights that, she says, have "firmly supported me like stepping stones as I've crossed the ever changing, chaotic stream of my life." Step out of the chaos of the world for an hour and join the conversation as we explore living everyday life with joy and passion. |
| Cheryl welcomes Michael Toms CEO and co-founder of New Dimensions Radio and the New Dimensions World Broadcasting Network. For more than a quarter century, Michael has been engaging in dialogue with the world's leading-edge thinkers, social architects, creative artists, scientists and spiritual teachers. Called "the Socrates of radio," he is acknowledged by guests and listeners alike as one of the premier interviewers in media today. His legendary dialogues have helped to bring innovative ideas into the mainstream culture. Michael is an accomplished writer, seminar leader, communications, marketing, fundraising consultant and master dialogue coach. One of his most successful books, An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms is nationally acclaimed. We turn the table and ask Michael the questions, exploring his journey in making a difference through media, past, present and future. Join the conversation! |
| Cheryl welcomes Karen Tramontano, Founder and President of the Global Fairness Initiative (GFI). Globalization brings opportunity, but not for everyone. A partner in the Clinton Global Initiative, GFI’s premise is that economic globalization can and should work to improve the lives of impoverished populations around the world, creating jobs and economic opportunities. A key to their successful implementation of international projects is GFI’s work to forge critical relationships between stakeholders and facilitating dialogue often when it seemed impossible. Karen’s background has prepared her well to do this work. Karen served as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to President Clinton from 1997 to 2000. In 2001 she served as Chief of Staff for President Clinton's transition, establishing his non-profit. She is a Principal at Dutko Worldwide, a strategic government relations and public affairs firm. Join Cheryl and Karen for Globalization: It’s a Matter of Fairness. |
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Karen Tse Courageous Leadership: Righting Justice Cheryl welcomes Karen Tse, Founder & CEO of International Bridges to Justice. An international human rights attorney and ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, Karen Tse has been pioneering Rule of Law initiatives in Asia and Africa since 1994. As a United Nations Judicial Mentor, she trained judges and prosecutors and established the first arraignment court in Cambodia. IBJ has trained hundreds of defense lawyers in the 31 provinces of China, as well as in Cambodia and Vietnam. Karen says: “We envision a world without torture or unjust legal proceedings, and we work every day to achieve this end.” Thanks to Tse's efforts, posters in Chinese police stations that used to say, "Resist punishment: confess [for] better treatment," now read: "You have a right not to be tortured." This work is not for the faint of heart. Where does she find the courage to engage in this human rights mission in the face of potential personal danger? Karen’s advice: “You have to start from your center. It's from that place of stillness where you'll know how to move forward.” Join the conversation to hear more about Karen’s extraordinary journey. |
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Cheryl welcomes Lynne Twist, global activist, fundraiser, Founder of The Soul of Money Institute and author of The Soul of Money. She founded the Soul of Money Institute to express her commitment to supporting and empowering people in finding peace and sufficiency in their relationship with money. She says, “Money is a current, a carrier, a conduit for our intention. Money carries the imprimatur of our soul.”Lynne has spent more than three decades leading global initiatives including: ending world hunger, protecting rainforests, empowering indigenous peoples, understanding human consciousness, creating a sustainable future for all life. Lynne sees our current economic crisis as a “natural unraveling” of a system that has never truly worked for our world. She believes, “We now have the opportunity to live the most meaningful lives any generation of humankind has ever lived.”Join us as we discover how we can “create a new future of sufficiency for ourselves and all beings everywhere.” |
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George Wallace Business Matters: “Relational Capital" Cheryl Esposito welcomes Ed Wallace, founder & Chief Relationship Officer of The Relational Capital Group, & author of Business Relationships That Last: Five Steps To Transform Contacts into High Performing Relationships. Today’s business leaders face incredible challenges with the movement toward more collaborative management structures & the urgency of work due to the pace of technology. Business relationships have suffered, often reduced to short-term transactions between Blackberries, not people! One survey showed 88% of executives agree outstanding relationships are the key to business success. Does your business plan include strategies to advance these relationships? Join us as Ed shares his approach for “building relational” capital - the distinctive value created by people in a business relationship. |
| Cheryl welcomes Mal Warwick, founder and Chairman of Mal Warwick Associates a fundraising consultancy. Mal has been active in promoting social and environmental responsibility in the business community nationwide for more than 15 years. He is co-author of Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun with Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry’s. Mal co-founded Business for Social Responsibility, and just completed two terms as board chair for Social Venture Network, a non-profit organization that promotes new models of leadership for socially and environmentally sustainable business in the 21st century. Join in the conversation! Call in during the show or email your questions and comments for Mal to leadingconversations@alexsaconsulting.com. Let your voice be heard! |
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Kimberly Weichel Leadership Calling Cheryl welcomes Kimberly Weichel co-founder & director of the Institute for Peacebuilding, and co-author of Healing the Heart of the World. Kim says she is living her calling. “A calling is that thing you must do, above all else.” And if we deeply listen to our self, we will know our own calling. “…we are all interconnected, we individually and collectively make a difference, it’s time to ‘be the change we want to see’, and it is important for each of us to bring our unique gifts forward.” Time to be our calling. Time to step into our own leadership. Kim has long known her own calling: peace. She sees conflict the world over connected to a lack of discernment between “standing for” something and “fighting against” something. The work she does is “a stand for peace.” Currently she is bringing peacebuilding to Washington D.C., consulting and teaching the art of PeaceBuilding (not peacemaking!) and Conflict Transformation (not conflict resolution!) Join Cheryl & Kim to explore the fine art of peace! |
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Cheryl welcomes Kimberly Weichel, co-author of the book Healing the Heart of the World. She is co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Peacebuilding, doing this work in Africa, Europe, the former Soviet Union, United States and with the United Nations. Her passion is to instill a new generation of peace leaders, the foundation for a culture of peace. “My work rests on several spiritual principles that we are all interconnected, we individually and collectively make a difference, it’s time to ‘be the change we want to see’, and it is important for each of us to bring our unique gifts forward. To realize these principles, it’s essential that the feminine qualities of partnership, collaboration, intuition, nurturing and long-term thinking are integrated within ourselves and within society…What is needed is a true partnership between the feminine and masculine qualities.” Join Cheryl and Kim in this conversation that could change the way you view leadership forever. |
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Wilford Welch Change Makers: Social Entrepreneurs Lead the Way Cheryl welcomes Wilford Welch, former U.S. diplomat in Asia, professor of international business, co-chairman of the Cross Cultural Journeys Foundation, and author of The Tactics of Hope - How Social Entrepreneurs are Changing our World. "Social entrepreneurs" are those who use new technologies, business methods and a lot of determination to overcome age-old social and environmental challenges, whether in their own neighborhoods or across the globe. Wilford believes that our ability to leverage our impact on the world has never been so great. Take your passion, add a dose of your experience, connect with other like-minded people and you, too, can make a difference. How exactly do you do that? Join the conversation to learn how you can turn that hope into action. |
| Cheryl welcomes Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D., co-founder of Berkana Institute, a global charitable foundation dedicated to serving life-affirming leaders. Meg writes, teaches, and speaks about radically new practices and ideas for organizing in chaotic times. She is author of Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World and Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time. Meg says there is “a call to fearlessness for gentle leaders.” Is there a way of leading in these times of fear that call for different qualities and behavior? Is fear really a bad thing? Is it safe to be fearless? What are the bold moves we can make that don't produce yet more fear? Join Cheryl & Meg to explore your own call to leadership in these times. |
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Robert White Leading Your Life Cheryl welcomes Robert White, author of Living an Extraordinary Life and co author of the award winning photo essay book, One World, One People. He is Founder and Chairman of Extraordinary People, an organization that is about changing the world for the better. Robert has spent over 30 years in the personal effectiveness industry, including as founder and former President of Lifespring, Inc. Robert says: “We need to discover our purpose and vision then live them fully, knowing that within our stand is the opportunity to contribute our unique gifts and create a better world for ourselves, our children, for all of us ... one world, one people.” In keeping with his commitment to contribute toward a world that works for all people, Robert serves on the Board of Directors of Plant It 2020 and the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation. He believes that we all have everything it takes to live an extraordinary life – if we are willing to take charge of our lives and discover the true meaning of personal responsibility. As he says, “Life is simple. This does not mean it is easy!” Join us as we discover how we learn to live an extraordinary life! |
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Darcy Winslow Can Business Save the World? Cheryl welcomes Darcy Winslow, a pioneer and practitioner of sustainability frameworks and principles, and Founder of Designs for a Sustainable World Collective. The collective focuses on the development of practical yet aggressive strategies for organizations to create sustainable & regenerative business practices. Her expertise developed through years as a leader at Nike, a global organization, and her deep connection to nature. A lifelong athlete with advanced degrees in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics, she began a career with Nike in 1988 in Biomechanical Research. Several roles later she led the creation of Global Women's Fitness Footwear, Apparel & Equipment, and evolved as General Manager of Sustainable Business Strategies, to develop & implement environmental & socially sustainable business strategies across Nike. Today, Darcy is about to embark on an expedition to Antarctica hosted by British Petroleum. She and other thought leaders, including Peter Senge, will be introducing systems thinking, sustainability principles & science to 50 global youth leaders from around the world. She says, “The goal is to power up these next generation leaders around the issues we face due to climate change, collapse of systems, and declining natural resources… but the power will come through dialogue, building relationships and the interconnected networks.” Join the conversation as we explore the possible! |
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Darcy Winslow Leadership for a Sustainable World Cheryl welcomes the return of Darcy Winslow, a pioneer and practitioner of sustainability frameworks and principles, and Founder of Designs for a Sustainable World Collective. Fresh from an expedition to Antarctica hosted by BP Alternative Energies Division, Darcy will take us inside this exciting, eye-opening and inspiring experience where fifty global youth leaders from around the world joined her, Peter Senge, Robert Swan - polar explorer and environmental leader - and other thought leaders to explore systems thinking, sustainability principles & science. What is being called for in leadership for a sustainable world? “We went to power up these next generation leaders around the issues we face due to climate change, collapse of systems, and declining natural resources… for some, their lives are forever changed because of the inspiring beauty that is Antarctica.” Join us as we explore leading business into a sustainable future!
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Darcy Winslow Reinventing Business as Usual Cheryl welcomes Darcy Winslow, Founder of Designs for a Sustainable World Collective. She is a pioneer and practitioner of sustainability frameworks and principles, advising people and projects around the globe. Darcy Winslow says we need leaders now who can help companies and communities envision a different future. How can current leaders understand more deeply their responsibility to the sustainability of our species? Understand that choices we make not only have impact today, the impact can be multi-generational – positively or negatively? It is up to us…to make change, to create new business practices, to shape leaders of the future to be able to meet the challenges of a new day. Join Cheryl & Darcy as they explore Reinventing Business As Usual. |
| Cheryl welcomes Peter Wrycza, founder of the Nirarta Centre for Living Awareness in Bali. Peter says: “In 1995 I stood in a grove of clove trees overlooking a river in a serene valley between the sea and the mountains and realized that this was my moment of choice. I could stick with my familiar work and territory in Europe. Or I could take the risk of buying land in a far-off place, and create a centre for people to connect with the core of their life.” Balinese philosophy emphasizes harmony between one's own 'small world' and the wider world around us. Perfect for the transformational experience offered here for those in search of renewal and inspiration for life and purpose. Peter is co-author of Living Awareness: Awakening to the Roots of Learning and Perception; and When Performance Meets Alignment: A Compass for Coaching and Mentoring. He coaches and consults to leaders around the world. Join the conversation for a taste of the Nirarta experience! |
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