My guest today is David Fano, a serial entrepreneur and former Chief Growth Officer at WeWork, where he built a global growth team that opened and sold over 2 million square feet of space per month. He is Founder and CEO of Teal with a mission to empower every professional with the career guidance and resources they need to make career decisions with confidence.

In this episode we grapple with some of the industry’s toughest challenges, from globalization to disruptive new tech, all with our eyes focused on intentionally leaning in to the changes in this moment and how it impacts our relationships at work.

Ok, y’all know I’m all about the ripple effect. My heart was beaming after a quote from this week’s podcast, “If we all just treated each other better, imagine the ripple effect it would have on the world” I know, right!?

In this episode we get up close and personal with Paul Wolfe, former CHRO of Indeed and author of an upcoming book, who is very good at living his mission to be vulnerable and promote equity in the workplace. He shares personal stories from navigating the pandemic with OCD, keeping employees aligned to the company purpose by focusing on employee happiness, and connecting us all back to our one universally shared experience: we are all human.

When you decide to run a marathon, you are signing up for hours of training, early morning and/or late night runs, a change in eating habits…all for a 4 hour block of time 6 months down the road. This is how Goodr defines FUN.

Goodr is not just about creating fun, fashionable, and functional sunglasses that everyone can afford, they believe that people who feel fully connected to an organization will bring themselves fully to work.

Compare what the world of work looked like 10 years ago to today. No one imagined a pandemic. No one could have predicted a moment in time where 100% of the workforce would be remote. Even though it’s hard to predict what will happen, Project 2030 has a vision for the future and is working to bring it to life.

Project 2030 is an informative exchange designed to empower, teach, educate and inspire the next generation of people leaders. They host a series of fireside chats/keynotes that are held at the university level to educate up-and-coming HR and leaders across America.

Amy and Jasmine lead Schools That Can, a national not-for-profit network of K-12 schools in multiple cities, focused on providing culturally-relevant career readiness programming that helps schools meet student needs. It was a pleasure to unpack their passions in this episode.

Their transformational work can be felt for generations, even though they might not see the immediate impact, which I found to be inspiring. Not all of our work will produce immediate gains, and more often than not, it’s the most important work we could be doing. What are you doing to create lasting change?

As the world returns to work, a term has caught my attention: proximity bias 🚩🚩🚩

It’s a concept that those employees returning to the office are treated better than those who continue to work remotely. So my question is, how do we replicate the employee experience for distributed teams to build deeper connections and relationships in a virtual world?

Here to talk about his transformative work is Brian Mohr, Cofounder and CEO of Anthym, a one-of-a-kind team connection & trust-building platform designed for remote, distributed, and hybrid teams.

Heather Dominick is the founder and leader of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur® movement. Her teachings demonstrate how highly sensitive traits when used as strengths, rather than shadows, can create effective entrepreneurial success. Her deep wisdom reaches over 100,000 Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs around the globe. Did I mention she started off as a high school drama teacher? Heather has been on an inspiring and transformative journey.

In this episode we dig into how to hold leaders accountable to the culture that we create and allow people to bring their best selves to work. It takes a fair amount of self-awareness, empathy, sensitivity, and willingness to change for good, but we have both seen truly selfless leaders rise up and make the change. It’s possible and it’s worth it.

It takes a pinch of vulnerability, several cups of empathy, and a handful of love, but with a little practice and patience, you’ll find the perfect recipe for developing humans into the best they can be.

Here to discuss with me on this week’s podcast is Tony Martignetti, Founder and Chief Inspiration Officer at Inspired Purpose Coaching. Tony has over 25 years of experience in navigating people through change and unlocking their true potential.

Tony introduces us to flashpoints, or moments that ignite the brilliant and unique ways you like to shine. Leaders have the opportunity every day to unlock these moments and leave a legacy on the humans they work with. It's about turning the light on inside of them and seeing their uniqueness in a different way than the past.

Sensei Victoria is an Energy Master, Executive Performance Coach and the first Business Reiki Master who specializes in supporting entrepreneurs to master their energy.

In this episode we dig into energy healing at work and the power it has to strengthen relationships, employees, and leaders. Sensei Victoria feels like ego gets a bad rap, but it is actually an important part of the human experience.

Asynchronous communication is king, it’s how we stay in a productive state. I’d rather watch a video message from you, have time to think about it, and get back to you with a thoughtful response. There are tons of ways you can reach me now and I’m always on…on my terms.

Let me introduce you to Josh Little, the CEO of Volley, a new way to move work forward with conversations that don't involve time or place using asynchronous video. Josh is on a mission to help us have productive conversations without interrupting productivity at work.

My favorite part of this conversation is when Josh states that the future of work is only going to be more flexible and distributed. It’s here to stay and it’s driven by the employee.

The pandemic has accelerated the rate of change that companies are experiencing and it’s hard to keep up if they aren’t doing everything to prioritize employee experience. This change has been building up for decades and some leaders fail to adapt because they are still trying to do things perfectly. Today’s guest, Frank Cottle, reminds us that it’s ok to exchange “perfection” for “good enough” in order to navigate a rapidly changing work environment.

In short, empathy, vulnerability, and compassion are replacing yesterday’s top leadership qualities of discipline, control, and authority.

Frank is an expert and a thought leader on the intersection between flexible working, technology, and the future of work. He speaks on the dynamics and practicalities of the future workplace and has been building flexible workspace brands since 1979, establishing himself as an advocate for new ways of working that empower people to work better, smarter, and more productively.

Digital Natives are storming the workplace. Artificial intelligence is replacing autonomous work. The pandemic has changed not only who gets the job done but also where, when and how. It’s time to future-proof your workplace now.

The future of work is HUMAN, people! Over the next 10 years companies need to figure out how to bring out the soft skills of their employees and allow them to reclaim their humanness.

My guest on this week’s podcast is Maulik Parekh, he is the author of “Futureproof Your Company and Career” and a highly sought after keynote speaker in Asia. We discuss what it means to be an “Alchemist” (surprisingly, my favorite book 😊) by sparking in each employee a desire to be their best by creating custom development plans and designing experiences that thrill.

What are the benefits of being vulnerable at work? Why is authoritarian leadership losing its power over employees? How can organizations enable employees to be more effective through free expression?

These are some of the heavy topics that we tackle with special guest Garry Turner on today’s podcast. Garry is a Strategic Advisor and Thinking Partner as well as Founder of HEXO Change who leverages over 20 years of international commercial experience leadership and building human-centered approaches across people, culture and systems.

In this episode we get real about the next generation of leaders with Andrea Threet, a lawyer in DC practicing employment law and specializing in conflict between employers and employees. Her passion is where work culture and legal risk meet. Andrea says she deeply respects the unapologetic and authentic nature of Gen Z employees entering the workforce.

“They aren’t going to put up with the egos, with all the unnecessary bottlenecks that prevent them from doing the work, and for that, I respect them”

Work has changed more in the past 2 years than the past 20. It’s time to reassess our deeply held beliefs about work and decide if they are still serving us. Yes, principles remain the same, but the behavior of leaders can often betray the very values they seek to uphold.

In this podcast episode, our host, Angela, interviews Derek Lundsten, CEO of LifeGuides, a platform for conscious leaders and value-driven cultures. He has co-founded and supported numerous companies, and remains active within the healthcare technology industry, including several advisory roles with start-up firms and various trade organizations, along with facilitating respective business relationships in fields of interest.

Dax-Devlon Ross is our guest on today’s episode and his courage is on display in his new book, Letters to My White Male Friends, in which he gives us a glimpse into the window of his experience as a Black male and helping his white colleagues realize that simply not being racist isn’t enough to end racism.

My guest Alex Brueckmann is the Managing Partner at Brueckmann Consulting, where he works with entrepreneurs to close gaps in their businesses to achieve the profits and impact they desire. We talk about his model of organizational identity that marries organizational and individual purpose. We talk about the magic that happens when these two align and how the future of work and business success will be focused on purpose-driven companies.

On today’s show, I'm joined by Larry English - President of Centric Consulting and author of Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture With Virtual Teams. We discuss how he has successfully built a remote-first business prior to the pandemic. In the twenty years since Centric Consulting’s founding, they have won multiple awards highlighting their innovative approach to remote-working and company culture.

I’m joined by co-authors of Game Changer: How To Be 10x in the Talent Economy. Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg join me to talk about how to multiply your own impact and your talent’s impact by 10 - even through talent market trends like “The Great Resignation?”

We’ll explore what 10x talent is and how to best identify, attract, vet, employ, and retain talent that will make a difference in the future world of work.

Learn More: Game Changer: How to be 10x in the Talent Economy (harpercollinsleadership.com)

My guest Adrian R. Rosado, MBA (阿德里安), President of Zion Leadership Group joined us to discuss the importance of working with students from underserved communities to help them develop the skills necessary to ensure their success in the world of work.

We also explore the importance of forging a connection between education, the corporate world and the Federal Government to promote internships and other opportunities for students and new professionals in the global marketplace.