Lifting Leaders Podcast

Whoo-hoo! Celebrating Our Second Year with Lifting Leaders Podcast!

WOW! As we are planning for our 100th episode, next week, we are spending our 99th episode celebrating the second anniversary of Lifting Leaders Podcast, and we invite you to listen in! Do you know how many on-air hours we put in during our second year? Learn some of the steps necessary to get an episode ready to share with you our listeners. Have you any idea the number of guests we interviewed? We are truly grateful for the amazing leaders who have shared time with us and you! Do you know the number of downloads that took place during this second year? Listen in and hear just a few of the guest quotes that stood out for us, this year. We are feeling great about our accomplishments, and we want to celebrate with you, our listeners, who made everything possible. We are soaring with gratitude. Finally, we are getting close to completing our Hope survey and we invite you to complete it, if you haven’t already done so.

Coaches Corner – Leading with Compassion – A Game Changer for Leaders

As we continue with our series, Opening Your Heart, we thought we would spend this Coaches Corner unpacking the Forbes article, The Compassionate Leader-Who Leads With The Heart – Is it Good for Business? Although the article leans toward leading with compassion, in business, we see a strong connection to our personal lives as well, which makes sense, as we believe that everyone leads. Listen in and learn how Forbes describes traits of compassionate leadership. Hear about the impact a compassionate leader can have on employee engagement, innovation, and trust. If you feel challenged around bringing compassion into your leadership, we Hope this Coaches Corner will be insightful and engaging. Have you taken the opportunity to complete our HOPE survey yet? We Need Your Voice!

It’s Gems Times TWO! An Emergent Theme from Episodes 95 and 96

Continuing our series of Opening Your Heart, we found a foundational theme in our last two episodes that we wanted to unpack a bit. Taking cues from Episode 95, with the mother/daughter duo, Kirsten Carpentier and Regina Winkle-Bryan, and Episode 96, with G. Victoria Campbell and Andrew Coopman, we thought it would be interesting to use their stories that make Heart connections. Listen in and learn about how following their dreams led each of these amazing adventurers to where they are, today. Learn about the five elements of following your dream, and what each step means for them, as well as how you might employ them, as you follow your own dreams. Finally, if you have not already done so, please take a few moments and complete our Hope survey. We would love to include your responses in our research.

Opening Our Hearts On Earth Day With G. Victoria Campbell and Andrew Coopman -Treeson Premiere Night!

Earth Day finally arrived, and we found ourselves just off Broadway, meeting, once again, with TREESON creator and co-writers, G. Victoria Campbell, and Andrew Coopman. Talk about nervous excitement!! Vicki and Andrew gifted us some of their time, just hours before their eco-musical, TREESON, was to premiere, off Broadway, at 54 Below, a charming dinner club and theatre.Listen in and learn more about some of the final details they collaborated on, as they prepared for the big night. Hear them open their hearts and share true love and respect for the journey they’ve been on, over the past year. Listen in and learn about a new project that Andrew is working on and hear him talk about his role in the upcoming Drama League Awards (older than the Tonys!). Also, listen in, as Vicki shares an exciting potential new opportunity for Treeson. There is so much “heart” in this interview…a true “feel good” episode. Finally, we are still hoping to increase responses to our Hope survey. We would love to include your responses in our research.

Opening Your Heart Series: Two Bold Spirited Women Share Their Hearts

This week we continue our special series, Opening Your Heart, with guests Kirsten Carpentier and Regina Winkle-Bryan, a truly creative mother/daughter team, with a World of adventures behind and in front of them! More than an artist, Kirsten Carpentier has crafted her colorful life story by facing her fears and bravely taking bold steps in wildly creative directions. In a similar vein, Regina Winkle-Bryan has used her passion for travel and adventure to engage women in building their confidence and resilience through World-wide travel experiences. While this may sound like two very different tales (and it is), these amazing women enjoy heart connections as colleagues, partners, creative collaborators, friends and so much more. Check out the episode…we think you will find it inspiring.

Special Series: Opening Your Heart. Gems Episode: What Does Staying Curious Have to Do With Opening Your Heart? Good Question!

Finding connection between our new series’ focus, Opening Your Heart, and something we gleaned from our recent guest, Dr. Lindsey Godwin, we return to two trusted resources for more information about the topic of Curiosity. It turns out that there are some true benefits of curiosity, for individuals, leaders, teams, and organizations. It’s a critical element in organizational change and innovation. Listen in and learn what all of this has to do with the heart and gain insights into steps you can take to build curiosity, as a leader or high performer. Interested in learning more? Check out this episode and your curiosity will surely lead you to some insightful answers! Finally, if you have not already done so, please take a few moments and complete our Hope survey. We would love to include your responses in our research.

Tapping into Dr. Lindsey Godwin’s New Children’s Book - “How Do You Love a Question?”

Continuing our Opening Your Heart series, we were thrilled to welcome back Dr. Lindsey Godwin, professor, practitioner, and possibilitizer, who you may remember, from last year’s Episode 76, on the topic of Net Positive OD Leadership. In this episode, we lean into Lindsey’s new children’s book, “How Do You Love A Question?" While the book may be classified as a children’s book, it invites readers of all ages to tap into their inner child and rediscover the pure joy and adventure of asking questions. This is not a template but, rather, an enticing invitation to explore your own curiosity. Leaders (and we are all leaders), learn about staying open-hearted and building inquiry muscles. Ready to adopt a stance of radical curiosity and awe? Finally, if you have not already done so, please take a few moments and complete our Hope survey. We would love to include your responses in our research.

Opening Your Heart Series: Unpacking a Few Common Good Protocols from Peter Block – Gems Episode!

After a great launch of our Opening Your Heart series, featuring Peter Block, we do a bit of mining, into a few gems, roughly translated from Peter’s latest book, Activating the Common Good – Reclaiming Control of Our Collective Well-Being. Listen in and learn some of the key points that stood out from Kristal’s conversation with Peter. Learn about two Common Good Protocols – Open Space (who decides what matters) and World Café (wiser together) and how they serve toward greater outcomes. Learn about connection through Relational Activism and how that impacts nature. Are you ready to explore what a purpose that is greater than ourselves looks like? Finally, if you have not already done so, please take a few moments and complete our Hope survey. We would love to include your responses in our research.

Opening Your Heart Series: Peter Block on Reclaiming Control of our Collective Well-being through Activating the Common Good

This week we launch our special series, Opening Your Heart, with guest Peter Block, who challenges us to shift our mental framework from scarcity to abundance and enough. He shares a new organizing principle and paradigm for our culture, the Common Good which relies on all of us opening our hearts to connect and create relationships in our communities to have a positive impact on the world (it starts with you!). Find out the 7 key areas that every community universally cares about and new ways to measure our well-being. In this powerful and vulnerable interview, Peter shares his own perspectives on story, place, impact and why he still asks himself, have I done enough? We invite you to grab a warm cup of tea or coffee, sit back and enjoy the unique pace of this episode that invites you to pause, slow down and soak it all in. Have you taken the opportunity to complete our HOPE survey yet? We Need Your Voice!

Mining for Red Threads – Striking Gems from G. Victoria Campbell, Andrew Coopman, and Carla Ondrasik

Some of the best gems appear when you least expect it. We actually found a red thread that linked our previous two episodes, featuring G. Victoria Campbell and her partner, Andrew Coopman (Treeson, the eco-musical), and Carla Ondrasik (powerful speaker, writer, and leader of “Don’t Try…DO! initiative). Banking off what we heard from these dynamic guests, we unpack the Huffington Post article, “Don’t Overthink – Just Do." We Hope you will listen in, for this short but powerfully rich episode. Have you taken the opportunity to complete our HOPE survey yet? We Need Your Voice!