Lead From the Heart
Episodes
Eric Johnson: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Every Day Decisions
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Would you like vanilla, chocolate or strawberry?” When presented with simple decisions like these, most of us will instinctively pick our favorit...
Peter Cappelli: Why Most Employers Still Haven’t Decided The Future Of Their Offices
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For much of the pandemic, a familiar ritual played out in workplaces around the globe. Companies set return-to-office dates, only to repeatedly backtr...
Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It’s not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it&#...
Brad Stulberg: Remaining Grounded When The Future Is Uncertain
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we near the two-year anniversary of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the occasion merits some acknowledgment. The stress, strain, fear & amb...
G. Richard Shell: How To Stand Up For Your Values At Work Without Paying A Dear Price
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime Wharton business and law school professor, G. Richard Shell, joins us to do double duty. It was Shell whom Wharton specifically chose to rei...
Naomi Shragai: To Understand Your Colleague’s Irrational Behavior, You Must First Understand Your Own.
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all been frustrated by people who were difficult, angry & arbitrary. And we’ve all had hard-to-please bosses not to mention work collea...
Jon Levy: Why A Sense Of Belonging Is Essential To The Well Being Of People Who Work Remotely
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The key benefits of working remotely are clear to all of us. Not having to commute into an office every day frees us up to get more sleep, spend more ...
Annie Murphy Paul: The Key To Superior Performance Lies In Thinking Outside The Brain
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the recurring themes of our podcast series is the idea that society largely believes that all human cognition occurs in our brains & ignore...
Katy Milkman: The Science Of Getting From Where You Are To Where You Are Meant To Be
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a manager, coach, or teacher who aims to help other people make meaningful change in their lives? Are you someone who’s currently struggling...
Tom Gryta & Ted Mann: The Leadership Failures Of Two CEOs Who Steered GE Into Its Tragic Fall
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently said that every leader in the world must read “Lights Out: Pride, Delusion and the Fall of General Electric.”...
Maria Konnikova: Poker As A Guide To Life, Luck & Decision Making
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
All of us are seeking greater self-knowledge, & Maria Konnikova found it through poker – literally by challenging herself to become a champion o...
Paula Davis: Strong Teams Are The Secret To Beating Employee Burnout
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Burnout” may be one of the most talked about workplace topics these days, & for good reason. According to a recent survey of people in over 4...
Hubert Joly: The CEO Who Transformed “Best Buy” By Leading From His Heart And Mind
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hubert Joly is the former CEO of Best Buy – a large American electronics retailer – who orchestrated his company’s spectacular turnaround by c...
Martin Lindstrom: Empathy Is The Cornerstone Of Common Sense
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Time Magazine named Martin Lindstrom one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People – and “Thinkers50” named him one of world’s top 20 bu...
Tsedal Neeley: Navigating The Remote Work Revolution
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anyone who’s worked from home this past year knows the experience brought many joys & also many sorrows. The upsides included nonexistent c...
Damon Centola: How To Make Big Change Happen On Your Team Or In Your Organization
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Years ago, research by Harvard Business School professor, John Kotter found that when major companies sought to initiate any kind of major organizatio...
Ethan Kross: How To Tame Your Inner Critic
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a voice in your head that operates like an inner critic & saboteur – one that undermines your success by calling you a loser or a fa...
Dr. Stephen Trzeciak: Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes A Difference
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While making coffee one morning, a man passed out in his kitchen and fell onto a travertine floor. After being taken to the hospital, doctors discover...
Rich Diviney: The Attributes Of People Who Excel When Life Gets Hard
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have what it takes to excel in times of high stress & ambiguity – even during a crisis? Are you able to succeed no matter what conditions...
Margaret Heffernan: How To Face The Future With Confidence & Courage
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“In her excellent & very timely new book, “Uncharted,” Margaret Heffernan stresses that while the forecasting business has made its ...
Mauro Guillén: The World As We Know It Is About To Profoundly Change
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While none of us could have predicted that the arrival of a global pandemic would fundamentally reshape our lives in 2020, stunning research by Wharto...
Jim Loehr: Why Character Is Destiny
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jim Loehr is the co-founder of Johnson & Johnson’s Human Performance institute & the author of 16 books. He’s a performance coach to s...
Nilofer Merchant: The Power Of Your “Onlyness”
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s part of the human condition to wonder if we can truly make a difference in the world, & whether our personal talents & experiences are ...
David Rubenstein: “How To Lead”
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As co-executive Chairman of the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s most successful private equity firms – & host of his eponymous podcast on Bl...
Minda Harts: A Conversation With The Author Of “The Memo”
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A recent Fortune Magazine survey shows that nearly two-thirds of American CEOs have committed to taking meaningful action to advance racial equity wit...
Marshall Goldsmith: Lessons From A Coaching Legend
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship...
Bruce Tulgan: The Secret To Becoming Indispensable At Work
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our work lives. It’s forced many of us to work from home, away from our bosses, and has us worrying about the long...
Gary Hamel: How To Create Organizations As Amazing As The People Inside Of Them
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Wall Street Journal calls London Business School professor, Gary Hamel, the world’s most influential business thinker – and his landmark books...
Sigal Barsade: What’s Love Got To Do With Leadership?
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wharton Business School management professor, Sigal Barsade believes too many leaders focus on how employees think and behave at work & largely i...
Frances Frei: How To Build And Rebuild Trust
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, ride-sharing innovator, UBER was in serious trouble. The company was facing a lawsuit from drivers that alleged the first had cheated them of...
Don Moore: The Mindset You Need For Making The Best Life Choices
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who isn’t impressed by a highly confident person? Confident applicants are more likely to be hired, & self-assured politicians are more likel...
Stewart Friedman: Be a Better Leader And Have a Richer Life
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What percentage of people would say they’ve ever had a really great boss? In an ideal world, most of us could recall a long list of past and pre...
Erik Larson: Why Winston Churchill Is The Greatest Crisis Leader Of All Time
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author Erik Larson has written six New York Times bestselling books including “The Devil In The White City,” a National Book Award fi...
Alex Edmans: The Choice Between People & Profits Is A False Dichotomy
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Now Is The Time To Make Employees As Important As Shareholders: For decades, businesses have deferred to the interests of shareholders above and beyo...
Amy Edmondson: How To Lead & Succeed When The Future Is Uncertain
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A Special Podcast! In the new era of remote working – forced upon at least a third of the world’s working population in just the past few weeks –...
Deborah Gruenfeld: You Are Far More Powerful Than You Believe
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
But according to long-time Stanford Business School leadership professor, Deborah Gruenfeld, while power makes human beings act on their best and wors...
Emily Balcetis: How Successful People See the World
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been said that “sight is a faculty, but seeing is an art,” and New York University social psychology professor, Emily Balcetis, fully concu...
Doug Conant: A Top CEO’s Blueprint For Leadership Success
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At 32 years old, Doug Conant was fired from his job as Marketing Director for Parker Brothers Toy and Game Company – and he never saw it coming. Stu...
Buster Benson: Mastering The Art Of Productive Disagreement
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Can you recall the last time you tried to talk to someone about a personal, political or work issue and quickly discovered their view of the situation...
Laura Huang: Four Powerful Ways To Create A Winning EDGE
25 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever felt unseen, under-estimated or unfairly passed over in your career, this podcast provides all the remedies you’ll need t...
Adam Davidson: The New Rules for Thriving In The Twenty-First Century
11 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In an economy marked by downsizing, offshoring and an accelerated deployment of robots and automation technology, fears around the future of our wor...
Safi Bahcall: How To Nurture Crazy Ideas Into Breakthrough Innovations
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the greatest business innovations of our time were first proposed by other companies, but summarily rejected: *** Polaroid (now gone) invent...
Michael Gelb: The Emerging New Formula For Organizational Success
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, the commonly accepted purpose of a corporation (or any company for that matter) has been to ensure the interests of shareholders always c...
Kim Scott: Leading With Radical Candor
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We musn’t fool ourselves into believing that the majority of the world’s workplace managers have bought into the idea that caring deeply about peo...
Rich Karlgaard: Forbes Magazine Publisher Says “Hail To The Late Bloomer,” Which Is Most Of Us
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a society today that’s obsessed with early achievement, whether it’s getting perfect SAT scores, gaining acceptance into an Ivy League ...
Marc Brackett: Yale’s Chief Emotion Scientist Unlocks Your Leadership Potential
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us believe that our emotions are a distraction to success in life – and that they upend our ability to make sound decisions. When it comes ...
Herminia Ibarra: How A New Mindset And A Massive Culture Change Made Microsoft Number One Again
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It wasn’t all that long ago when tech giants like AOL, Yahoo and Blackberry seemed immortal. Today, of course, we remember them only as fallen giant...
Stephen M.R. Covey: Leadership & The “Speed Of Trust”
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an irrefutable truth that trust is on a serious decline. And all the key pillars of society are affected. The RAND Corporation recently report...
Jonathan Rosenberg: Why Bill Campbell Was The Greatest Executive Coach The World’s Ever Known
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Campbell is a Silicon Valley legend. Following a career leading sales & marketing at Apple – & as CEO of Intuit – he spent nearly two...
Esther Wojcicki: How To Raise Successful People
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Esther Wojcicki knows what it takes to raise successful children. Her daughter, Susan, is the CEO of YouTube. Janet is professor of Pediatrics at the ...
Daniel Cable: How To Ensure Your Employees Come “Alive At Work”
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When researchers tell us employee engagement is especially low, they’re almost always referring to American businesses. But as distressing as engage...
Jim Harter: Gallup’s Chief Scientist Discusses His #1 Bestseller, “It’s The Manager”
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pick up any business magazine today, and it won’t take you long to find an article that features the phrase, “according to Gallup research.” And...
Gerald Kane: How To Prepare For The Digital Disruption Headed Your Way
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Over a span of only a couple of decades, we’ve witnessed entire industries get wiped out by digital disruption – advances in technology that have ...
Ashley Goodall: Nine Lies About Work
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In their new best-selling book, “Nine Lies About Work,” co-authors Marcus Buckingham (“First Break All The Rules”) & Cisco’s Director ...
Tomas Chamorrow-Premuzik: Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gallup research shows 75% of people quit their jobs in response to a bad manager. 65% of Americans say they’d rather change their boss than get a pa...
Brad Staats: A Framework For Staying Relevant In A Rapidly Changing World
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When we consider the future of our careers, most of us fully realize that the only way we can ensure our continued relevance & viability is by lea...
Amy Edmondson: Why Psychological Safety Breeds Exceptionally High Performing Teams
09 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Harvard Business School professor, Amy Edmondson, is one of the world’s top experts on building highly cohesive, cooperative and productive teams. A...
James O’Toole: Leadership Lessons From The Enlightened Capitalists
23 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We all know the primary reason companies go into business is to make money. But is it possible for organizations to thrive financially while also doin...
Liz Fosslien: The Future Is Emotional
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a longstanding taboo against displaying emotions in the workplace – and it’s based on the idea that we make our best business decisions ...
Patty McCord: Parting Ways With Traditional Leadership Rules Is How Netflix Built It’s Hugely Successful Culture
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you’d invested $1,000 in Netflix stock just a dozen years ago, you’d have $90,000 today – quite an extraordinary return from a company that f...
Chip Conley: How To Create A Thriving Multi-Generational Workplace
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With people living longer than ever – and therefore wanting to work longer – a big question many workplace leaders are asking themselves today is ...
Ellen Ruppel Shell: How To Sustain Your Career Once Technology Changes Or Eliminates Your Job
10 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Not since 1974 when Studs Terkel published his groundbreaking book, “Working,”has anyone performed a deep dive into the modern-day work experience...
Dr. Christine Porath: Workplace Incivility Requires A Leadership Fix
27 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
HOW DOES A LEADER TAKE THEIR TEAM FROM GOOD TO GREAT? Georgetown University business school professor, Christine Porath says we won’t make that leap...
Dr. David Dotlich: Why Leaders Fail: The Top Behaviors That Can Derail Your Career
13 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible that you have a pattern of behavior or a personality trait that greatly limits your effectiveness as a person and as a leader? Could yo...
Erica Keswin: How To Design A Workplace That Is Good for People & Great for Business
29 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
More than anything else today, what people want from their employers & leaders is to be given a safe & respectful place in which to work. That...
Rollin McCraty: Why The Heart Is The Driver Of Optimal Human Performance
15 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
While we might consider the time in which we’re all living a more enlightened age, the word “heart” still carries a lot of negative associa...
Francesca Gino: Why It Pays To Break The Rules In Life, Work & Leadership
01 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hear the word “rebel” & we immediately think of troublemakers & outcasts – people who end up with bad reputations for being non-conformi...
Jim Harter: Gallup’s Chief Scientist Explains Why Employee Engagement & Caring Cultures Differentiate Thriving Organizations
18 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, Gallup made the startling announcement that employee engagement across the globe was in crisis. We learned that only 30% of American worke...
Leah Weiss: Why A Class On Mindfulness & Self-Mastery Is Now Stanford Business School’s Top Elective
04 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you have the chops to get accepted into an elite MBA Program at a school like Harvard, Wharton or Yale, you pretty much know that the next two year...
Sally Helgesen: The Bad Habits That Limit Our Career Growth & Success
21 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone has self-limiting behaviors, for the simple reason that we’re all human. But frequently, what holds women back from obtaining the next ...
Liz Wiseman: Leaders Who Are Multipliers Make Everyone Smarter
07 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all worked for managers who sapped our talent, energy and commitment while always needing to be the smartest person in the room. And if we’...
Kim Powell: Master Just Four Leadership Behaviors And You Could Be CEO Material
23 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 008: Kim Powell Many of us have it in our mind that very few people (including ourselves) have what it takes to become a CEO. We conjure up im...
Dr. James Doty: Stanford Medical School Professor Says The Heart Matters More Than The Brain In Leadership
09 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 007: Dr. James Doty Dr. James Doty: Stanford Medical School Professor Says The Heart Matters More Than The Brain In Leadership As a world-clas...
Geoff Colvin: Fortune Magazine’s Editor Believes “Humans Are Underrated”
26 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 006: Geoff Colvin With technology poised to eliminate millions of jobs in every imaginable industry, we’re left to wonder what kind of work ...
Daniel Coyle: Cracking “The Culture Code”
12 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 005: Daniel Coyle New York Times bestselling author, Daniel Coyle spent the past four years researching the cultures at eight of the world’s...
Garry Ridge: The CEO Most Of Us Wish We Had
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 004: Garry Ridge For the past 20 years, Garry Ridge has been CEO of the WD-40 Company, and he’s built one of the most inspiring workplace cu...
Tom Peters: A Leadership Legend In Rare Form
14 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 003: Tom Peters Legendary leadership author, Tom Peters could easily be reclining on a New England beach these days. But he’s by no means th...
Jim Kouzes: A Leadership Giant!
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 001: Jim Kouses Thirty-years ago, Jim Kouzes and his collaborator Barry Posner wrote “The Leadership Challenge” – a book that ha...
Adam Bryant: Leadership Insights From Over 500 Corner Offices
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 002: Adam Bryant Imagine having the opportunity to interview hundreds of the world’s top CEOs and hear them describe their leadership philos...
Mark C. Crowley: Glad You’ve Joined Us!
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast 000: Mark C. Crowley The expression “Lead From The Heart” elicits different meanings to different people, so Mark uses his first p...