Love in Action
Episodes
Dr. Natalie Baumgartner: The Foundations of Manager Effectiveness
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Natalie Baumgartner is Chief Research Officer and Partner at Contemporary Leadership Advisors (CLA) and Chief Workforce Scientist at Achievers. ...
Todd Finkle: Personal Insights on Warren Buffett
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Finkle, Gonzaga University Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship, is the author of Warren Buffett: Investor and Entrepreneur. He was the entrepren...
REPLAY: Amelia Dunlop: Elevating the Human Experience
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amelia Dunlop is Deloitte Digital’s Chief Experience Officer and the author of Elevating The Human Experience. Amelia writes and speaks regularly on...
REPLAY: Julie Winkle Giulioni: Promotions Are So Yesterday
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Winkle Guilioni is the author of the international bestseller Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive. A...
Marcel Schwantes: World’s Best Boss
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“To this day, Bruce is my favorite boss because of his penchant for leading with love.” [0:44] Marcel ‘introduces’ Bruce, a favorite boss from...
Marcel Schwantes: Changing of the Leadership Guard
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The way most Western businesses operate today can be traced back to Friedman’s essays. Love and care as business values were as distant to Friedm...
Heather McGowan: Leading your Workforce with Empathy
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Heather McGowan is one of the leading voices on the Future of Work. She’s the co-author of The Empathy Advantage. McGowan is a sense maker, a dot co...
Our 200th Episode Celebration, with Guest Matt Poepsel
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Poepsel hosts the “Lead the People” podcast and is the author of Expand the Circle. His mission is to help us liberate ourselves from outdate...
Marcel Schwantes: Toxic Work Culture
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“A toxic work culture was found to be 10.4 times greater than compensation in predicting a company's attrition rate relative to its industry average...
[REPLAY] Dr. Marshall Goldsmith: THE EARNED LIFE
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marshall Goldsmith is a renowned executive coach recognized as the #1 Leadership Thinker in the World. His latest book is The Earned Life: Lose Regret...
Sally Helgesen: Inclusive Behaviors Leaders Must Practice
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sally Helgesen is the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership and the author of Rising Together. She became the first person to write about...
Marcel Schwantes: 3 Attributes of The Best Leaders
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this sneak peek for Marcel Schwantes’s Fall 2024 upcoming book. Marcel shares something too many managers are missing, 3 attributes that make ...
Marcel Schwantes: The Adverse Effects of “People Challenges” at Work
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a preview for his upcoming book in Fall 2024, Marcel Schwantes shares a personal story of the physical manifestation of stress and the adverse effe...
REPLAY: Mark C. Crowley: Lead From The Heart
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A look back at the stand out quotes from this special episode replay on Mark Crowley’s Lead From The Heart: “I have science that proves that the...
Kathi Balasek: Supporting Professionals Experiencing Loss and Grief
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kathi Balasek is a grief literacy communication coach and widow advocate. Through her podcast, Well Widow, and being on the advisory board at Modern...
Mark Miller: A Guide to Creating the Best Work Culture
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Miller currently serves as Chick-fil-A’s Vice President of High Performance Leadership. He is the author of Culture Rules: The Leader's Guide t...
Josh Freedman: Emotional Intelligence and How to Use It to Get Results
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Freedman is the co-founder and CEO of Six Seconds, a global non-profit dedicated to teaching people how to use emotional intelligence (EQ). He ...
Marcel Schwantes: Previewing Marcel’s Upcoming Book
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “People want to feel loved.” [1:38] As Marcel begins to dive into this sneak peek of his upcoming book, he explains exactly why he foc...
Stephen Van Valin: The Keys to Amplifying Meaning at Work
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “I see purpose as being the engine that drives meaning”. [15:48] There is no transcendent singular purpose in life, there are many lev...
Peter T. Coleman: How to End Toxic Political Polarization
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show-Notes: “We’ve gotten to a state that I see as toxic… it’s an environment where half of Americans have become estranged from someone in th...
[REPLAY] Dorie Clark: The Long Game
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “Really what I focus my work on is helping people and helping companies figure out, in the very crowded marketplace, how they can get th...
Morag Barrett: Why We All Need a Friend at Work
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “In You, Me, We, what we’re doing is empowering all of us to go first. Instead of asking, “Do I have a best friend at work?" ask the...
Marcel Schwantes: The Future of Work is Human
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “The business world wrongly assumes love to be an emotion rather than a behavior or an action that leads to tangible results.” [00:53]...
Marcel Schwantes & Robb Holman: Strategies to Counter the Mental Health Epidemic in the Workplace
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “Harvard Business Review found that half of millennials and 75% of Gen Z’s have quit their job for mental health reasons”. [2:50] Re...
Mohammad Anwar: Love as a Business Strategy
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “In a deep moment of introspection, I realized [the business failure] wasn’t the market conditions, this wasn’t our customers, this ...
Marcel Schwantes and Robb Holman: Grieving Is the Pathway to Resilience
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robb Holman is back to co-host alongside Marcel Schwantes as they go through the rarely discussed business topic of grief. Grief has a big effect on e...
Keith Nealon: How Bazaarvoice Supports Employee Mental Health
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of the world’s leading brands and retailers trust Bazaarvoice technology, services, and expertise to drive revenue, extend reach, gain act...
Fox & Rob Richardson: The Untold Story
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “You don’t just wake up one day and say hey I’m gonna go rob a bank; there are things that kind of ultimately ease you up to that sp...
Karolin Helbig and Minette Norman: The Psychological Safety Playbook
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: “Beyond the definition, Psychological Safety is a deeply human feeling.” [11:21] Psychological safety is the belief that one will no...
Cary Cherniss: Leading with Feeling
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show-Notes: “When I think of leadership, I think of a very effective shepherd. A really good shepherd is there to guide, protect, and correct.” [3...
Bob DeKoch: Leading with Care in a Tough World
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “There is a natural tension between serving people and doing everything needed to get them engaged and the reality of the results and mi...
Marcel Schwantes & Robb Holman: What It REALLY Means To Value Your People
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: “Valuing your people…what exactly does it mean?” [7:16] Valuing your people is more than just a raise or promotion, or mutual respec...
Amy Gallo: Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by Businessolver. Since 1998, Businessolver has delivered market-changing benefits technology, and services supported b...
Lisa Anna Palmer: Light A Fire In Their Hearts
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Anna Palmer is an author, speaker, and leadership coach. She is the author of "Light a Fire in Their Hearts: How to Inspire and Lead Teams to Phe...
Rae Shanahan: The Businessolver Way
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by Businessolver. Since 1998, Businessolver has delivered market-changing benefits technology and services supported by...
Marcel Schwantes & Robb Holman: Shared Leadership and Humility
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Culture of Shared Leadership “The reason so many managers fail is often attributed to the idea that if they share their leadership with others they ...
Christina Maslach: The Burnout Challenge
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Maslach is the foremost expert and pioneer of research on job burnout. She is an American Social Psychology and professor emerita at UC-Berk...
Marcel Schwantes: A Belief in Something Larger, Kindness in Leadership
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Team Who Believes “Do we have a vision that is anchored in purpose and is somewhat tangible, that is larger than any member of the team and the...
Marcel Schwantes: More Patience in the New Year
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Patience can be one of the hardest traits to master personally and professionally because of the intense pressure put on leaders to generate quick ...
Dr. Richard Winters: You’re the Leader, Now What?
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marcel discusses with guest and author of You're the Leader, Now What?, Dr. Richard Winters, how leaders need to invite the discovery of other perspec...
Heather Hanson Wickman: The Evolved Executive
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marcel Schwantes and guest, Heather Hanson Wickman, are aligned on their messages of how practical love works to serve people well and help organizati...
Alex Budak: Becoming a Changemaker
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Budak is a social entrepreneur and professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He teaches, speaks, consults, and advises organizations ar...
David Achata: Embrace What You Don’t Know
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Achata is the author of Embrace What You Don’t Know, as well as a coach, trainer, facilitator, and speaker. Living in the mountains of Tenness...
Seth Goldenberg: Radical Curiosity
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Goldenberg is the author of Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures. In his book he explains how to r...
Marcel Schwantes: The Season for Gratitude (Thanksgiving Edition)
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Thanksgiving, embrace the spirit of gratitude and take these activities back to work with you to spread more gratitude after the holiday. [00:49]...
Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa: Inner Mastery, Outer Impact
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, is the author of Inner Mastery, Outer Impact. Dr. Wadhwa joins Marcel to discuss w...
Marcel Schwantes: Six Building Blocks of a High Performance Organization
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marcel shares a compelling leadership model that will get results for leaders and the best out of their employees. These are six building blocks you w...
Steve Brass: Servant Leaders at WD-40
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights: A Pioneer in Servant Leadership Former CEO and global thought leader, Gary Ridge, has retired and he can be noted as the catalyst for the...
Edward Sullivan: Leading with Heart
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights: The Journey Behind Leading with Heart What makes the difference between great leaders and mediocre leaders? In their research Edward Sull...
Marcel Schwantes: 3 Decisions To Be A Better Leader
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
25 years ago, my leadership skills were on life support, but over time my toxic patterns were broken as I repeatedly chose to perform actions that cre...
[REPLAY] Frances Frei: Unleashing Empowerment Leadership
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights: Leadership and Empowering People True leadership extends beyond being in the trenches. It’s about the ability to empower people even wh...
Cynthia Covey Haller: Live Life in Crescendo
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cynthia Covey Haller is an author, teacher, speaker, and active community member. She has contributed to the writing of several books and articles, mo...
Mark C. Crowley: Lead From The Heart
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark C. Crowley is a renowned global thought leader, speaker, and the author of the leadership classic, “Lead From The Heart.” Highlights: “I ...
Marcel Schwantes: Authenticity and Leadership
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Authenticity may be a big buzzword in the leadership space, but what does it mean? Marcel Schwantes breaks down what it means and why it’s important...
Marcel Schwantes: Emotional Intelligence - 9 Questions You Need to Ask
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional Intelligence is an integral part of leadership and navigating business. Marcel Schwantes shares 9 Questions from Daniel Goleman, for a self-...
Marcel Schwantes: Vulnerability is Reality
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Closing the loop on the recent discussion of vulnerability on the Love in Action podcast, Marcel Schwantes reflects on past interviews. Marcel quotes ...
[REPLAY] Sabrina Horn: Make It, Don’t Fake It
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sabrina Horn is an award-winning CEO, communications expert, and author. Sabrina is an advisory board member to several organizations and founded Horn...
Bill George: True North
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bill George is former CEO of Medtronic and currently a professor at Harvard Business School. He’s written two leadership classics of all time: Authe...
Marcel Schwantes: Vulnerability, an Important Virtue in Leadership
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Dr. Brown's viral Ted Talk, The Power of Vulnerability, has already solidified the importance of vulnerability in the workplace, and how critical i...
Marcel Schwantes: The Foundation for Effective Communication
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights:“When you focus on the needs of your employees, growing and empowering them, we can agree that this cannot be properly done without good ...
Jacqueline Carter: Compassionate Leadership
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqueline Carter is a partner and North American Director for Potential Project, and the co-author of Compassionate Leader: How to do Hard Things in ...
Jenn Lim: Beyond Happiness
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jenn Lim is the CEO of Delivering Happiness (DH), a company she and Tony Hsieh (the late CEO of Zappos.com) cofounded to create happier company cultur...
Marcel Schwantes: Qualities of a Loving Leader
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights:“Good leaders are not afraid to be long” [2:00] Marcel reminds listeners that confident, strong leaders are less concerned with being r...
Donato Tramuto: The Double Bottom Line
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Donato J. Tramuto is a global health activist and founder of the Tramuto Foundation and Health eVillages. He is the author of The Double Bottom Line: ...
Julie Winkle Giulioni: Promotions Are So Yesterday
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Julie is the co-author of the international bestseller, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, translated into seven languages, and Promotions Are So Yester...
Dorie Clark: The Long Game
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dorie Clark is a consultant and keynote speaker who teaches executive education at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and Columbia University'...
Christine Porath: MASTERING COMMUNITY
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Bio:Christine Porath is a tenured professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. She’s the author of Mastering Civility ...
Ryan Jenkins: Connectable
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The authors of Connectable, Ryan Jenkins, CSP, and Steven Van Cohen, MSOD, are founders of LessLonely.com, the world’s #1 resource for addressing wo...
G. Richard Shell: The Conscience Code
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
G. Richard Shell is a global thought leader and senior faculty member at one of the world’s leading business schools, the Wharton School at the Univ...
Dan Johnston: WorkStep
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is proudly sponsored by WorkStep. WorkStep makes the supply chain a better place to work. WorkStep’s leading software empowers companie...
Tim Elmore: The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tim Elmore is the founder and CEO of Growing Leaders, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization created to develop emerging leaders. Since foundin...
Anthony Pacilio: CAI Neurodiverse Solutions
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show is proudly sponsored by CAI Neurodiverse Solutions. Are you prepared for the rising demand for neurodiverse talent? As the need for hig...
Gene Boes: Northwest Center
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gene Boes is President and CEO of Northwest Center, where he has served since 2018. Northwest Center works to promote DE&I: Diversity, Equity, and...
THE EARNED LIFE with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a New York Times #1 bestselling author, having sold over 2.5 million copies of his works worldwide. His books “Triggers”...
Dr. Nathan Long: Saybrook University
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nathan Long is the president of Saybrook University. With 25 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Long oversees all strategic and operatio...
Stephen M. R. Covey: Trust & Inspire
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Best-selling author Stephen M. R. Covey is the former president and CEO of The Covey Leadership Center, where he increased shareholder value by 67 tim...
Leading with Love and Laughter with Zina Sutch and Patrick Malone
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to using love in the workplace, our guests on this podcast literally wrote the book. Zina Sutch and Patrick Malone are the co-authors of...
Unfear with Mark Minukas
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Minukas is the co-author of the book Unfear: Transform Your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Employee Wellbeing. He’s the ma...
Are You Leading with Integrity?
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-episode, Marcel Schwantes shares practical insights on how to lead with integrity. He discusses the impact this has on an organization.Se...
Understanding Burnout with Jennifer Moss
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Moss is a burnout expert. She is also an international speaker, award-winning journalist and author, and a frequent writer for Harvard Busine...
Do You Foster Psychological Safety?
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-episode, Marcel Schwantes discusses the importance of psychological safety at the workplace. He explains why fear is not a valid motivato...
Moving the Needle with Robb Holman
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robb Holman is a thought-provoking global keynote speaker, and the founder and CEO of Holman International, a global leadership consultancy. In 2022, ...
Elevating the Human Experience with Amelia Dunlop
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amelia Dunlop is Chief Experience Officer and US Customer Strategy and Applied Design Leader at Deloitte. Her core belief is that before we are consum...
What Makes Leaders Memorable
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-episode, Marcel Schwantes discusses what makes good leaders memorable and more effective. He asks listeners, “Are you approachable?”S...
The Worst Management Habits
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-episode, Marcel Schwantes explores the three worst management habits: self-service, spotlight-hogging, and a lack of direction.Send Marce...
Making Common Sense Common Practice with Ken Blanchard
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Ken Blanchard is respected for his lifetime of groundbreaking research and tho...
Starting the Moral Revolution with Jacqueline Novogratz
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to changing the way the world tackles poverty. Under Jacque...
How to Master Staying Present with Scott O’Neil
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scott O’Neil is an author and the former CEO of both the Philadelphia 76ers NBA Team and the New Jersey Devils NHL Team. He is cofounder of Elevate ...
On Growth, Care and Development with Omer Glass
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Omer Glass is CEO and cofounder of GrowthSpace, the world's leading employee development platform. GrowthSpace was founded on the belief that the futu...
Winning on Purpose with Fred Reichheld
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fred Reichheld is creator of the Net Promoter System, and the founder of Bain & Company’s loyalty practice. He is the author of five books, incl...
How Oxytocin Improves Performance with Paul Zak
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Zak is a professor at Claremont Graduate University, founder and Chief Immersion Officer at Immersion Neuroscience, and Senior Scientific Advisor...
Choosing to be Courageous with Jim Detert
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Detert is this week’s guest on Love In Action. He is a Professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business Administration and th...
Leading with Care with Heather Younger
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Younger is on a mission to ensure leaders use their power to make the workplace a safe space. An experienced keynote speaker, trainer, and con...
Workplace Psychology with Jennifer Musselman
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Musselman is a globally recognized executive coach and a licensed marriage and family therapist for high-performing executives and entreprene...
The Great Resignation, Retention, and the Talent Lifecycle with Mahe Bayireddi
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A special thanks to our sponsor, Phenom, for making this episode possible. Building an inclusive workplace that truly puts employees first doesn’t...
Working Better Together with Jen Fisher
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Fisher is Marcel Schwantes’ guest this week on the Love In Action podcast. Jen is Chief Well-being Officer at Deloitte, where she evolved the he...
Mission Metamorphosis with Robin Ganzert
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Ganzert is President and CEO at American Humane, an organization dedicated to ensuring the welfare and safety of animals while strengthening the...
On Closing the Gender Gap with Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A special thanks to our sponsor, Duck Creek Technologies for making the episode possible. Built for insurance, by insurance. Duck Creek Technologies o...
Remote Work, Cultivating Culture, and Change with Robert Glazer
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A special thanks to our sponsor, Duck Creek Technologies for making the episode possible. Built for insurance, by insurance. Duck Creek Technologies o...
Authenticity, Leadership, and Love with Eva Huston
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Chief Strategy Officer at Duck Creek Technologies, Eva Huston is responsible for building value for the technology and spearheading corporate strat...