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Peaceful leadership advocate & mentor Maya Mathias hosts The Executive Book Club podcast, a meeting place for curious minds and battle-weary souls. Maya helps executives, civic leaders and creative thinkers tap into the insights of trailblazers who have come before us, and shares ways to integrate their practical wisdom, accelerate your soul-searching and find profound meaning amid the stresses and strains of modern life.
Each episode of the Executive Book Club podcast explores a book-based theme on wise or soulful leadership. Don’t expect to see only the bestsellers here - Maya enjoys discovering and reflecting on lesser-known works that have important things to reveal to us.
Tune in as Maya shares work or life strategies to help you benefit from both the written knowledge of the ages and modern-day accomplishments of the human spirit. And be sure to head over to execbookclub.com for exclusive show notes, and updates on how Maya works with leaders like you to co-create a more peaceful planet.
Each episode of the Executive Book Club podcast explores a book-based theme on wise or soulful leadership. Don’t expect to see only the bestsellers here - Maya enjoys discovering and reflecting on lesser-known works that have important things to reveal to us.
Tune in as Maya shares work or life strategies to help you benefit from both the written knowledge of the ages and modern-day accomplishments of the human spirit. And be sure to head over to execbookclub.com for exclusive show notes, and updates on how Maya works with leaders like you to co-create a more peaceful planet.
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For more show information and resources, and a full review of "In The Shadow of Statues," go to http://execbookclub.com/27 Welcome back to The Executive Book Club podcast! We resume our shows with a book that's equal parts memoir, history, and prescription for finally confronting America's most painful legacy - race. As author Mitch Landrieu asserts, this is a passionate, personal, and urgent book for all Americans to help advance the conversation in our organizations and communities. In this episode, I focus on one key insight from the book. As leaders, we're often called upon to lead in times of crisis and disaster. But can our life and legacy hold more than being the go-to person in an emergency? What do we do to step away from those day-to-day threats, and how do we heed the call to do something long-lasting and worthwhile? Listen to this episode for answers.
For more show information and resources, go to http://execbookclub.com/26 Here we are at the beginning of 2017, and about to usher in a brave new and even more uncertain world. The Western hemisphere is swept up in political upsets and waves of unexpected immigration. The Eastern hemisphere is dealing with rumblings from rising nations on the economic and nuclear stage. As your show producer and host, the 'soulful at work and home' premise I launched this podcast with now feels incomplete. There are tectonic shifts happening all around us, and it's time for us to reflect and respond to these shifts for the sake of both world peace and inner peace. In this episode of the Executive Book Club Podcast, I explain our thoughtful shift in programming and book selection, and share a new venture that brings this emerging body of work to you and other peace-seeking souls the world over.
For more show information and resources, go to http://execbookclub.com/25 Why do highly-developed and wealthy nations like America seem to be falling apart? What's at the root of the issue, and what can we do to identify the problem and begin finding a solution? Humans are tribalistic by nature. In our drive to create material comfort, have we forsaken our equally important desire to serve and protect our communities? In this episode of the Executive Book Club Podcast, we pull thoughts and ideas from award-winning journalist and film director Sebastian Junger's book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging.
Get the full story at http://www.execbookclub.com/24/ Are you skeptical about all the "fluffy" talk out there on the positive impact of humane workplaces? Do you believe that being a take-charge, I-know-best approach to leadership is still the most effective way to go? And if you already believe in the power of creating a more caring work culture, do you have questions about exactly how to make it stick? In this inspiring and revealing episode of The Executive Book Club Podcast, we explore how Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, dug deep within himself and throughout his organization to unleash its capacity for caring, game-changing innovation and for championing a people-centric vision that reaps multiple rewards.
For more on this episode and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/23
Faith plays a large part in our lives, whether we practice one or not. The news is littered with faith-based struggles around the world, and neighborhoods, organizations and families of all shapes and sizes have to navigate faith-based challenges every day.
In this openhearted book 'How's Your Faith', David Gregory takes an honest look at the role faith has played in his life, in his quest to make peace with his place in the world, and in his ongoing desire to bring a growing sense of worth and purpose to his own interfaith family.
Most of all, David offers us all a way to practice age-old faiths amid the stresses and strains of an urban life.
For more on this episode and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/22.
There's living a life efficiently, then there's living a life effectively.
In David Allen's book 'Getting Things Done', he shares a universal 5-step methodology of personal organization to change the way we work and live.
This deceptively simple methodology can take years to master, but David does an excellent job of explaining and proving why we must at least try.
I also talk about some important exceptions to David's personal organization rules, and toward the end of the show I share a few ways to get to done in faster and more fulfilling fashion.
Brigid Schulte's thoughtfully-crafted book takes a holistic, honest & investigative approach to understand why Americans feel constantly time-starved.
Instead of the ever-popular time management books & gurus that focus on how to fit more tasks into less time, this book looks at the more fundamental question of why i.e. what is the societal soup that governs what we value in life, and how that contributes to our sense of overwhelm.
Using insights from sociologists, time-use researchers, neuroscientists and extensive interviews with people who want more fulfillment from their time, Ms Schulte's book helps you pause and create an oasis of time serenity.
For more on this episode and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/21
Power is synonymous with leadership. But how much power does an indvidual leader or institution actually have in the 21st Century? What underpins the shift in power, nd how does it affect the way you want to lead at work?
In 'The End Of Power', Moises Naim gives us a compelling reason why we need to sit up and pay attention to how power exists today and what to do about it.
For more on this episode and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/20
What can a Hollywood hearthrob teach us about living an authentic life? Surprisingly, a heckuva lot, if the hearthrob in question is Rob Lowe. After 36 years in show business, a battle with addiction, parenthood and now a daily quest for meaning and love, Rob shares his delightful stories and heart-stirring reflections on life, leadership and defining success on his terms. There's something for everyone in Love Life, and we can all be the wiser for reading it.
For more on this episode, the featured book AND my meaningful chance encounter with Rob, go to http://execbookclub.com/19
Inspired in part by The New York Times' Aug 15 2015 expose on Amazon titled 'Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace', this episode of The Executive Book Club Podcast takes a bigger-picture view of inhumane work practices with the help of Dale Partridge's book.
Maya takes a balanced and comprehensive look at Amazon's place in its own history, within the context of capitalism, and as a clarion call for what is and what could be.
Listen to the episode for more about corporate boogeymen, escaping the destructive pattern that befalls far too many organizations and taking concrete steps to become a leader that consciously and consistently puts people first.
For more on the featured book and this episode, go to http://execbookclub.com/18
Mindfulness seems to be on everyone's lips these days. But what exactly is it, is it the same as meditation, and why should you pay attention to it as a leader? What will a mindfulness practice give you, and what lies at the heart of this timeless tradition?
Maya shares her insights on the art and practice of mindfulness, using both the featured book and her more than 30 years' of firsthand experience in living & breathing it as a guiding philosophy.
For more on this episode and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/17
Modern Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew died on March 23 2015. He was 91.
His penetrating insights and fierce political convictions made him a giant on the global stage, and synonymous with the country that he raised from Third to First World status in one generation.
Mr Lee was a divisive figure, but one thing that nobody could fault him for, not even his harshest critics, was the courage of his convictions and the undeniable scale of his economic results for a tiny country that had very little to its name when he became its first post-colonial Prime Minister in 1965.
In this episode of The Executive Book Club Podcast, Maya delves into Mr Lee's insights on geopolitics, globalization, the balance of power among nations and how all this relates to our own leadership in our companies, organizations and businesses.
For more on this episode and featured book, including a moving and educational eulogy for Mr Lee, go to http://execbookclub.com/16
Our interview series begins with a delightful conversation with William Ury, one of the world's best-known and most influential experts on negotiation. His awe-inspiring body of work includes 8 books that cover negotiation from just about every important angle, a global career that has seen him assist in conflicts that range from civil wars to boardroom battles, and a deep love for nature that inspires his work and his innovative projects.
William's first book, co-authored with his mentor Roger Fisher, has sold 12 million copies in English and has been translated into 34 languages. William is also cofounder of the Harvard Negotiation Project, and founder of the Abraham Path Initiative.
In this episode, Maya interviews this masterful negotiator to understand his life's work, his practical philosophy and the circle of support that lifts him up along his path.
For more about this episode and the featured guest, go to http://execbookclub.com/15
Many of us tend to over-engineer our attempts to create an energizing work culture. If only we put the 'right' physical environment in place, or install the right collaboration tool, or institute a best-practice hiring system because everyone else is doing the same...THEN we'll surely have designed a culture that instills joy.
Not.
In this episode of the Executive Book Club podcast, Maya highlights some extremely simple, practical and often counter-intuitive ways that Rich Sheridan has used to build and sustain an award-winning culture of joy and excellence for Menlo Innovations, the software development company that he co-founded and heads up as its CEO.
For more information on this show and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/14
World-renowned negotiation specialist William Ury (cofounder of Harvard's Program on Negotiation) knows a thing or two about helping people get to yes in a difficult situation. His classic treatise 'Getting To Yes' was written more than 30 years ago, and is the bestselling negotation book in the world.
In this latest book 'Getting To Yes With Yourself', William turns inward to help us understand the vital role that self-awareness and self-leadership play in our ability to get what we truly want while satisfying the needs of others in our lives - family members, work colleagues, clients and others.
And in this episode of the Executive Book Club podcast, Maya shares powerful excerpts from the book, including stories about Abraham Lincoln (it just so happens this episode goes live on Lincoln's birthday), a Middle Eastern rebel leader and an open-hearted businessman...all of whom have endured huge trials in their life and leadership, and have successfully used the principles in the book to prevail.
For more about this show and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/13
If you believe that the healthcare industry has gone to the dogs, then you might think we have little or nothing to learn from healthcare professionals about leadership excellence.
In this episode of the Executive Book Club Podcast, Maya sheds light on some bright leadership sparks in the healthcare profession that have made, and are continuing to make, the complex scenario of aging and mortality easier to navigate.
In particular, Maya connects the dots between what author Atul Gawande shares through stories and research, and the everyday leadership challenges that we face as team or organizational leaders and business owners. The takeaway exercise at the end of the show is especially practical and juicy.
For more on the featured book and this episode, go to http://execbookclub.com/12
One big 'ostrich-head-in-the-sand' issue in our lives is that of aging and death. The less we talk about it, the better. After all, life is meant to be lived to the fullest, right? Carpe diem and all that. Why should we bother with aging until it actually hits us?
In this episode, Maya shows us how a healthy relationship to the aging process can make our lives all the more vibrant. She debunks some unconscious assumptions that we may be making about aging and dying and shares questions, ideas and resources to aid and ease our transition into this final phase of life's journey.
For more about the featured book and this episode, go to http://execbookclub.com/11
(And check out the webinar that Maya talks about at http://execbookclub.com/mml)
Whether you're a Freakonomics fan or new to Steven Levitt's and Stephen Dubner's book trilogy on economics-based problem solving, this episode promises to hit home and get you into higher gear for the new year (or whenever you might end up listening to this).
With the help of ideas and compelling stories from the duo's third book 'Think Like A Freak', Maya grounds their counter-intuitive ideas about quitting with tangible action steps you can apply to your life & leadership decisions.
For more on the featured book and this episode, go to http://execbookclub.com/10
Whether we realize it or not, we can end up leading the way we parent, or have been parented. In this episode, Maya starts to tease apart the many threads that bind us to our parents, and helps you begin the journey toward making peace with who your parents are and how you can choose to relate to them as they age. Maya also shares how this exploration translates into our leadership styles and behaviors, and what you can do to lead through the lessons your parents taught you.
For more on this episode and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/9
William Bridges' book 'Transitions' is an oldie (first written in 1979) but goodie. Maya reviews and explores the theme of career transition from the book's 25th anniversary edition (2004), and discusses some of the deeper nuances of changing jobs that most prescriptive career books tend to gloss over or exclude altogether.
And, as a bonus, this show's takeaway exercise encourages you to apply these deeper nuances to the process of organizational change.
For more details on this episode and the featured book, go to http://execbookclub.com/8
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