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Join best-selling leadership author Mark C. Crowley as he meets with some of the world's top researchers, authors, scientists and CEOs - all whom share one big thing in common: their work in some meaningful way proves that leading with greater heart has become essential to the success of 21st Century workplaces.
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There’s a lot that’s remarkable about the new book, Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense, starting with the fact that one of its three co-authors is a Nobel laureate who earned the Nobel prize in physics for discovering the accelerating expansion of the universe. One might imagine that UC Berkeley professor, […]
The post Saul Perlmutter: How To Make Smarter Judgments & Wiser Decisions appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Nearly two decades ago, Stanford University psychologist, Carol Dweck, introduced the groundbreaking idea that human flourishing can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents & abilities. In her classic book, “Mindset: The New Psychology Of Success,” she taught us that some people have a general belief that their talents and intelligence […]
The post Mary C. Murphy: How A Culture Of Growth Can Transform Your Team appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
As a professor in NYU’s prestigious Stern School of Business, Alison Taylor spends a lot of time with the next generation of business leaders. In her new best seller, “Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World,” she tells us that her MBA students are not hoping to have […]
The post Alison Taylor: How Leadership Can Find “Higher Ground” appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Human beings are social creatures. We’re hard-wired to connect deeply & intimately with others. We want to feel valued, supported, & needed. And this makes connection a fundamental aspect of our existence. But in our busy, technology-driven lives today, we have fewer friends than people did in past generations, we interact less with our neighbors, […]
The post Sharon Brous: The Importance Of Fostering Connection In Our Workplaces appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
In his new bestseller, “The Geek Way,” Andrew McAfee makes the fascinating case that the most important technological revolution of our time isn’t what companies make, it’s in how they’re being managed. And by his definition, being geeky isn’t a pejorative but rather a clear description of leaders who are perennially curious, not afraid […]
The post Andrew McAfee: Being “Geeky” Happens To Be Good Leadership Form appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
When we think about the highest performing people in all disciplines of life, they all commonly share the ability to think clearly, stay focused & shrug off setbacks all while under very high levels of stress. In their most critical moments, in other words, they know how to maintain intellectual clarity & emotional control […]
The post Eric Potterat: The Mental Disciplines For Leading & Winning appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Every organization is plagued by what Stanford University Business School professor, Bob Sutton, calls “destructive friction:” forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get things done. In Sutton’s language, “the convoluted, time-consuming & soul-crushing gyrations that drive people crazy and undermine organizational performance.” Along with his co-author, SBS professor, Huggy […]
The post Bob Sutton: Greasing The Skids For Organizational Success appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
The expression, “emotional intelligence” is seamlessly embedded into our common vernacular – but it was Daniel Goleman’s groundbreaking book a quarter century ago that first coined the idea & brought it to a mass audience. In his #1 bestseller “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ” Goleman revolutionized how we think about human intelligence. […]
The post Daniel Goleman: How To Optimize Emotional Intelligence appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Workplace managers are often told to define their leadership purpose & authentic self, & that this personal introspection & self-reflection will guide their leadership journey. But research on how adults actually learn shows that the logical sequence – “think, then act” – is reversed in a personal change process such as what’s involved with […]
The post Herminia Ibarra: Act Before You Think! appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Michael Gervais is a high-performance psychologist who has helped some of the world’s most successful athletes overcome mental & emotional obstacles on their way to excelling in their sports. He was on the sidelines when the Seattle Seahawks won a Super Bowl, when beach volleyball players Kerri Walsh & Misty-May Treanor won Olympic gold […]
The post Michael Gervais: Overcoming The Fear Of Other People’s Opinions appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Professor of Marketing at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, Dr. Marcus Collins, believes culture is the most powerful vehicle for influencing human behavior. In his words, “if you want to get people to move, there’s no vehicle more powerful or influential than culture. Full stop. Culture is how we inspire people […]
The post Marcus Collins: Culture Is What Inspires People To Act appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Many of the world’s wisdom traditions teach that we humans all have a core purpose – a gift uniquely assigned to us by the universe. Eastern religions call this “dharma,” and we also know it as “an inner calling.” What’s intriguing about this idea is that we know so many people are unhappy in their […]
The post Suneel Gupta: Discovering The Great Work Of Your Life appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
As an entrepreneur and CEO, Ron Shaich has had one truly remarkable career. He’s the founder and former chairman and CEO of Panera Bread, a groundbreaking restaurant brand that today has more than 2,400 bakery cafés, 120,000 employees – and nearly $6 billion in annual sales. Under Shaich’s leadership, for multiple years, Panera generated […]
The post Ron Shaich: Know What Matters appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Frances Frei (left) is a tenured professor at the Harvard Business School, and two years ago, was an extraordinary guest on this podcast when we discussed her brilliant understanding on how to build, retain and restore trust. Listeners should note that she also gave a remarkable TED Talk on trust that shouldn’t be missed. Frances […]
The post Frances Frei & Anne Morriss: Leading Change Without Collateral Damage appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Our drive to create change, have impact & solve problems all comes from emotional energy. Who we become – how dynamic & powerful we are as people & leaders – depends upon our learning to work with this energy. Leaders may feel as if they don’t control this energy, that it’s just a product of […]
The post Julia DiGangi: Harnessing Emotional Energy For Personal & Leadership Success appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
What comes to mind when you think about failure – specifically, a failure of your own? Intellectually, we may all agree that failures are great teachers, but deep down the idea of failing at anything in life tends to produce some distressing emotions & feelings. The truth is, most of us (try as we will) […]
The post Amy Edmondson: How To Fail Well appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
In what might seem to be the least likely workplace imaginable to implement this, automaker BMW now has five generations of people working under one roof in their factories collaborating & contributing their unique skills and perspectives. If, by chance, you’re wondering how older workers could possibly keep up with the rigorous demands of building cars on an […]
The post Mauro Guillen: Redefining Traditional Notions of Aging In Our Workplaces appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Very few people know their life’s purpose at an early age, but as a young college student, Ed Catmull started dreaming of making the world’s first computer animated movie. He went on to nurture that dream by earning a Ph.D. in Computer Science before forging a partnership with George Lucas (of Star Wars fame) that […]
The post Ed Catmull: On Creativity, Heart, Steve Jobs And Leading Pixar appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
What makes for a happy life? A good life? In 1938, Harvard University researchers launched what’s now become the longest in-depth longitudinal study of human life ever done. The Harvard Study of Adult Development has followed the lives of two generations of individuals, from the same families, for nearly 85 years. And the conclusion from all these […]
The post Dr. Robert Waldinger: How To Have A Happy And Fulfilling Life appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
Seemingly overnight, the COVID pandemic caused a massive societal transformation — a structural change in how and where people work and live. And while we may be hearing that CEOs is general still have dreams of having all of their employees back in the office five days a week as they once did, the truth […]
The post Jim Harter: Gallup’s Guidance On Leading In The Post-Pandemic Workplace appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
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Really enjoyed this episode! Especially liked Roger's insights around the Great Resignation that begins at the 21 minute point of the podcast!