Inspirational Leadership for People Managers, Executives & HR Leaders

From Top Model To Top Ultra Runner - Michele Graglia

For this week's Inspirational Leadership Podcast I spoke with Michele Graglia. Michele left Italy for Miami in 2007 to expand the family business. Caught in a thunderstorm, he ducked into a Johnny Rockets, got scouted by a renowned agent, and walked out a professional model.

An elite modeling career brought expensive cars, penthouses, parties, and celebrities, but his accidental “American Dream” was never his own.

Feeling the emptiness of a shallow, dark lifestyle, Michele set out for adventure and fulfillment, finding it in the unlikeliest place—a book about ultramarathon running.

Within a few short years, his passion and dedication for ultrarunning placed him among the top endurance athletes in the world. Running hundreds of miles in the extremes of the frozen Yukon and the scorching heat of Death Valley, he pushed his body and mind beyond every limit imaginable. His new book, Ultra is not about winning. It’s not about running. It’s a means to return to nature and a journey to find your purpose, giving your all on the quest for your best self.

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Bringing a More Human Approach to Business with Mark LeBusque

For this week’s Inspirational Leadership Podcast I spoke with Mark LeBusque, who’s universally known as the “Human Manager” and his proven techniques for elevating leaders and energizing employees make him an internationally sought after speaker, facilitator, mentor and coach. His books BEING HUMAN and the little book of HUMAN have challenged the way Managers and Organizations view the value of the 100- year old Management system and has sparked a more Human approach across the globe.

He has an innate ability to both speak and seek the truth, provoke humans to step into their own reality and skillfully combines practicality and simplicity with textbook theory.

Mark is Harvard Business School Trained and an accredited Practitioner in Adaptive Leadership and Instincts at Work. With experience across a wide range of areas from the floor to the boardroom in operations, customer service, sales, human resources, general management and education he believes that starting with Human Being creates better Human Doing, and Humannovation drives Innovation.

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Preventing Burnout in Human Resources with Julie Turney

For this week's Inspirational Leadership Podcast I spoke with Julie Turney who's a People Experience professional with over 15 years in the Human Resources (HR) profession. Her experience spans various companies from startups to Fortune 500’s, where she has worked in cross-functional teams to support purposeful work and meaningful cultures.

Julie is the Founder and CEO of HR@Heart Consulting Inc., a company birthed out of her second bout of HR burnout which caused her to make a conscious decision to heal and help others in her profession to do the same. Her firm focuses on coaching HR professionals to build their resilience agility and find their HR voice.

Julie is the Lead Organizer of DisruptHR Caribbean, a chapter of DisruptHR LLC based in the US. Disrupt is a speaker event series designed to impact the future of work. She is also the author of the book: Confessions of an HR Pro: Stories of Defeat & Triumph.

In this episode we discuss what prevents HR from getting support and asking for help, recognizing that you are more than your job, becoming an Impact Architect by igniting positive change in the workplace and how to advocate for yourself with more confidence.

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Transforming Leaders From the Inside Out

For this week’s Inspirational Leadership Podcast I changed things up and instead of bringing on a guest, I was interviewed by my dear friend Pam Ross. I created this podcast to have meaningful conversations with CEOs, HR professionals and leadership experts from around the globe and I wanted to give you a chance to get to know me on a deeper level and why this work means so much.

We talked about what it means to raise consciousness both individually and collectively, how to cultivate more self-awareness and lead with head and heart, why the people who trigger you the most are your best teachers, how I coped when my husband was diagnosed with cancer and MUCH more.

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Becoming a More Intentional Leader with Tony Martignetti

For this week's Inspirational Leadership Podcast I spoke with Tony Martignetti, who's a trusted advisor, entrepreneur, idea generator, and people connector. He brings together practical experience, formal training, and extreme curiosity, to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential.

He loves guiding people to find clarity in their lives so they are energized, fully present, and unstoppable. When leaders unlock their potential and lead from a place of inspired purpose, they impact and inspire everyone around them. He has dedicated himself to helping people live an inspired life.

Before becoming a leadership development advisor, he was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. Tony is the host of The Virtual Campfire podcast and the author of "Climbing the Right Mountain: Navigating the Journey to An Inspired Life."

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The Art of Caring Leadership with Heather R. Younger

Today I'm taking a moment to pause and celebrate the 50th episode of Inspirational Leadership! Thank you for being a loyal listener and for investing your time and energy to learn and grow as a leader!

This week I spoke with Heather R. Younger, who's an experienced keynote speaker, two-time author, and the CEO and Founder of Employee Fanatix, a leading employee engagement, leadership development, and DEI consulting firm, where she is on a mission to help leaders understand the power they possess to ensure people feel valued at work.

Heather’s personal Why emerged as she sought to find meaning from her difficult experience growing up in the 1970s. As the only child of an interfaith and interracial marriage, both Heather and her Black father were shunned and excluded by extended family because of the color of their skin. While the sting of exclusion left Heather with a lot of questions growing up, it also led her to develop a high level of resilience and a deeply inspired commitment to advocate for anyone who has ever felt devalued.

Today, she credits her capacity to navigate complex social dynamics and discuss identity in the workplace to those early experiences, and is dedicated to creating opportunities for organizational leaders, teams, and individuals to learn strategies for reframing adversity while empowering leaders to change their workplaces for the better.

⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/HeatherRYounger

 

How to Build Healthy Relationships with Dr Andrea and Jonathan Taylor-Cummings

For this week's Inspirational Leadership Podcast I spoke with Dr Andrea and Jonathan Taylor-Cummings who are the founders of 4 Habits Consulting and Soulmates Academy Foundation. They equip people to build healthy relationships at work AND home, so they can be more resilient, more connected and more productive.

As City professionals and entrepreneurs themselves, they have first-hand experience of the inevitable relationship challenges of high-stress careers and the pressures of living and working together 24/7. Andrea and Jon are recognized authorities on the subjects of relationships and marriage, with numerous public speaking engagements, TV and Radio appearances. Their TEDx talk on 'The 4 Habits of ALL Successful Relationships’ continues to resonate very strongly with 2 million views to date and they recently published their book of the same title. They have been married for 28 years and live in the UK with their two teenage children.

⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/DrAndreaJonathanTaylorCummings

 

Unleashing the Potential of Women with Morna Haist

For this week's episode of Inspirational Leadership I spoke with Morna Haist, the CEO and Founder of Revolutionary Woman™ Global.

Morna is a global leader in designing and holding spaces for transformation and has created hundreds of transformational learning events for thousands of diverse groups of female leaders and entrepreneurs around the world.  She designs powerful spaces and learning journeys that cut through the noise so women can tune into their highest purpose, fully SHOW UP, take effective, courageous and SANE action and make the difference in the world we need now.

As a pioneer in 21st Century Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Morna has learned to thrive working at the edge of what’s possible. As a serial entrepreneur and businesswoman, she has co-created multiple innovative startups and experiments in personal and social change in diverse contexts.  In her own two decade transformation practice she has spoken, mentored and consulted around the world with leaders, businesses and organizations pioneering the next frontier.

Morna served as the vice-chair of the ALIA Institute, was Founding Chair of Ako Books, and chair of the former Authentic Leadership Center at Naropa University.  Morna is a graduate of the ALIA Institute global leadership program, Naropa University’s Authentic Leadership program, a certified NLP Master Practitioner and MBIT (multiple brains) Coach.

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The Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance with Jeremy Laurin

For this week's episode of Inspirational Leadership I spoke with Jeremy Laurin, the Senior Vice President, External Relations and Business Development at Loyalist College.

Jeremy joined Loyalist College in May 2020 and is responsible for Marketing, Communications, Recruitment, Workforce Development, Applied Research, Career Services, Work Integrated Learning, Continuing Education and the College’s Foundation.

Previously he was the Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships at the Ontario Centres of Excellence, now the Ontario Centre of Innovation.  There Jeremy led an experienced team of Business Development Managers to all corners of the province to find out what’s needed by industry and explore the halls and labs of academia for the latest innovations breakthroughs. Jeremy and his team helped commercialize innovations, transfer technologies and develop promising talent to grow the Ontario economy. Prior to OCE, Jeremy was the founding President and CEO of ventureLAB, an innovation hub for Central Ontario and the northern GTA that reaches more than 1.8 million Ontarians.

An entrepreneur at heart, Jeremy founded his first of three technology firms in 1997. Under his guidance, all three were born global. Jeremy’s responsibilities included opening offices in China, Europe, Japan, Korea, and the United States.

Jeremy is a featured TEDx Speaker on how his life as an entrepreneur has made an impact on people and communities, and an Adjunct Professor in York University’s Faculty of Health.

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Conscious Leadership with Phyllis Reid-Jarvis

For this week's episode of Inspirational Leadership I spoke with Phyllis Reid-Jarvis, MPH, PCC, who's the Founder at Ultimate Potentials, a work-life flow business consultancy. With expertise in organizational psychometric assessments, personal and executive coaching, customized conscious leadership, diversity and inclusion training, Phyllis and her team exist to support organizations and individuals achieve their work and life goals; one employee and one family at a time.

Phyllis is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), International Coach Academy (ICA), and the American Society for Talent Development (ASTD), The Canadian Mental Health Commission, the Caribbean Women in Information Communication (CWIC) and CANTO. She is also a member of the Board of Governors on the Province of Manitoba's only polytechnic, Red River College.

She is the author of several books and programs. Her most current are: Pathways to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program for organizations, Essential Coaching Skills for Organizations, Strategies for Working Remotely, Managing a 21^st Century Workforce and Pathways for Sustaining Healthy Families and Organizations.

⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: http://bit.ly/PhyllisReidJarvis