The Unicorn Leaders podcast takes a deep dive into the world of building a billion-dollar company (a unicorn) in every episode. Join us while we explore the leadership and environments that create unicorn startups straight from those with first-hand experience (startup founders, VPs of talent, and more). The podcast is hosted by Fahd Alhattab, the CEO of Unicorn Labs and a millennial workplace expert who specializes in providing transformative leadership and team dynamics training for high-g ...
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Kristen Harcourt is an emotional intelligence expert, keynote speaker, executive coach and trainer who’s on a mission to humanize work and transform leaders. She interviews progressive CEOs, strategic HR leaders and forward-thinking experts who are passionate about leadership development and creating positive work cultures. You will leave these conversations with fresh ideas, new perspectives, actionable ways to grow as a leader and tons of inspiration ⇢ Learn more at www.kristenharcourt.com
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Leading with Heart: How Emotional Intelligence Transforms Leadership with Angela Payne
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44:07What makes emotional intelligence in leaders so powerful? What would leadership look like if we all embraced emotional intelligence and authenticity as our guiding principles? Emotional intelligence is paramount in not only building authentic connections but also in navigating the complexities of leadership in high-stress environments. In this epis…
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Meaningful Work and Inclusive Leadership with Justin Jones-Fosu
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41:51What does it mean to truly see people—not just acknowledge them, but deeply understand and value their perspectives? How can leaders create environments where diverse voices are not only heard but embraced? In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Justin Jones-Fosu about how to build inclusive workplaces and meaningful …
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Conquering The Five Frustrations of Leadership with Corina Walsh
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41:00What steps can you take to create an environment where your team feels empowered and valued every day? Although today’s managers face a lot of frustrations in the workplace, there are actionable strategies you can take to strike the right balance and foster trust and growth within teams. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I sp…
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Happy New Year! What are your fresh beginnings? How are you setting the pace for the year ahead? If you desire to transform your 2025 to be a great year, you must start it with intentionality and the right mindset. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, Kristen discusses the value of celebrating wins and setting the right pac…
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The Neuroscience of Mindfulness and Meditation with Dorsey Standish
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44:10How often do you pause to embrace the simple joys of the present moment? Could you integrate mindfulness into activities you already enjoy? Mindfulness is simply paying attention to the present moment with kindness and curiosity. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Dorsey Standish about the power of incorporating m…
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Healing Toxic Work Cultures Through People-First Leadership with Hamza Khan
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53:56Can leadership, grounded in authenticity and care, replace fear with collaboration? Are we ready to rethink what a healthy workplace truly looks like? While traditional leadership focuses on competition, we need love and compassion to create thriving workplaces. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Hamza Khan about …
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What one thing can you do today to boost your energy? It doesn’t matter how perfectly you plan your schedule; if your energy is drained, everything feels like a mountain to climb. Managing energy is about cultivating habits that recharge and sustain you. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, Kristen discusses powerful habits…
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Building Leadership Skills for Modern Workplaces with Jevon Wooden
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44:25Are you ready to lead with empathetic leadership, collaborate, and build a workplace community? Modern workplace leadership requires more than just technical expertise; it calls for emotional intelligence, trust-building, and encouraging open feedback. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Jevon Wooden about his lead…
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Transforming Leadership and Fostering Collaborative Success with Glain Roberts-McCabe
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47:18How empowered is your team, and do they feel supported by you and each other as a collective? Leadership is evolving, so shifting from a heroic leadership mindset and fostering collective impact through peer-based support is important. To become a strong leader, you must create space for peer support, collaboration, and growth. In this episode of t…
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Unlocking Unicorn Leadership for High-Performing Teams with Fahd Alhattab
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46:40What sets exceptional leaders apart in today’s fast-paced work environment? How do they inspire high-performing teams while balancing individual growth with collective success? Unicorn leaders are leaders who prioritize team success over individual achievements. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Fahd Alhattab abo…
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Ensuring Every Voice is Heard and Valued in Your Workplace with Sara Dean
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40:19What steps can you take to ensure every voice is heard and valued in your workplace? Imagine walking into a room and knowing that no matter who you are, your ideas matter, your experiences are recognized, and your contributions are celebrated. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Sara Dean about the importance of cr…
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Embracing Personal Growth for Organizational Success with Ashley Sardjoe
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42:03How can your personal transformation serve as a catalyst for the overall organizational change? Continually challenging yourself and preparing for inevitable changes will help you embrace discomfort, build resilience, and foster a growth mindset in your personal and professional life. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak…
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Do you often find yourself thinking, "I'll be happy when...?" What if you discovered that's a trap many of us fall into? Waiting for external achievements to bring happiness is a never-ending cycle leading to unhappiness. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, Kristen discusses the “I’ll be happy when” syndrome and how to fin…
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Achieve Your Big Gorgeous Goals with Julie Ellis
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42:23Are you ready to achieve your ambitious goals and elevate your leadership skills? How do you pursue your big gorgeous goals confidently and clearly and approach life with intention and joy? Achieving personal and professional growth as a female leader involves setting ambitious goals, pushing beyond your comfort zone, embracing creativity, and plan…
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The 2024 Workhuman Conference Highlights: Insights, Inspiration & Impact
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51:14Did you attend the 2024 Workhuman Live conference? The conference was brimming with meaningful conversations and impactful sessions. It was also a whirlwind of insights, laughter, and profound moments. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I invite Angela Champ on the show to discuss our individual experiences at the Workhuman co…
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Empowering Workplace Diversity with Systemic Change – Viva Asmelash
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43:39How do you foster diversity and inclusion to drive positive organizational change? Imagine a workplace where every voice is celebrated, and everyone feels a sense of belonging. In an empowered workplace, everyone can take ownership of their journey toward equity and inclusion and feel supported. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podca…
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How to Reach Your Full Potential and Uplevel Your Life
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23:15What are your important goals, and are you willing to take the time to achieve them? Reaching your full potential requires an investment, but most of us are stuck in an instant gratification mindset. The truth is, it is through the process of working towards your goals that you feel meaning, purpose, and satisfaction. In this solo episode of the In…
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Healing Past Traumas for Better Leadership with Kelly L. Campbell
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44:19Are you aware that your leadership style is rooted in your past traumatic experiences? Many leaders are operating from a place of distracting themselves from experiencing the full spectrum of human emotions. But to become a more centered, rooted, grounded, and well-resourced leader, you must do the work needed to heal your trauma experiences. In th…
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How To Ditch the Drama and Improve Productivity with Cy Wakeman
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47:18Are you ready to let go of the drama and restore sanity in the workplace? Drama in the workplace is a time and emotional waste, but with tools like self-reflection and accountability, it can be eliminated. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Cy Wakeman about how the ego works, embracing self-reflection, and diffusi…
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How To Build a Results-Only Work Environment with Julie Cole
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38:34How do you lead with empathy and build a team of people that align with your core values? When you support and add value to your team without micromanaging them, you enhance their efficiency and productivity, and they become your best brand ambassadors. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Julie Cole about her entre…
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The Power of a Speak-Up Culture with Stephen Shedletzky
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41:43Have you established a speak-up culture as a leader in your organization? For teams and organizations to thrive, it’s crucial to create a speak-up culture where everyone feels psychologically safe to share their ideas, concerns, feedback, and vulnerabilities. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Stephen Shedletzky, …
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Is your never-ending busyness a way to avoid reflecting and hearing answers to your big questions? Slowing down forces you to get clarity on whether the choices you’re making are aligned with what you say is important to you. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, Kristen discusses the power of intentionally slowing down and focus…
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How to Increase Efficiency and Achieve High Performance in Teams with Liane Davey
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42:18What are some of the things you can do as a leader to make your teams more effective? The major reasons why teams fail to be high-performing are alignment-related and dynamic-related issues. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Liane Davey about her experience working with teams and what leaders need to do to improv…
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Are you in a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? A fixed mindset is when you have scarcity thinking, while a growth mindset is thinking from a place of possibilities. You can shift from a fixed mindset at any point; it’s just a matter of choosing and allowing yourself to create new patterns. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podca…
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The Power of Knowing and Owning Who You Are with Paru Radia
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42:55Do you know who you truly are deep inside? Knowing who you are deep inside and your experiences will guide you to your why, and it will stop you from settling with what you think your why is or what other people tempt you to think it is. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Paru Radia about relationship-building wit…
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Ep. 20 EmpowerED - A Bottom Up Approach to Employee Development with Eva Manole
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56:23In episode 20, Eva shares her use of a product led mindset for developing new strategies of learning and development at Fullscript with about 800 employees. She dives into how the traditional models of learning and development are not always agile or adaptive especially with the rise of AI, remote and hybrid work environments. Eva dives into a new …
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Ep. 19 - Leading with Purpose: Unveiling the Secrets of Impactful Leadership with Andre Fernandez
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1:24:04In episode 19, Andre dives into how he found his way into creating a socially impactful business while sharing valuable lessons and principles that he embraced on his journey to success as a leader. From letting go of micro details to building high performing teams and influencing decision making processes, discover some actionable insights that wi…
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Ep. 18 - What got you here won’t get you there with Jonah Midanik
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1:07:38In episode 18, Jonah Midanik shares his journey and experience in a growth mindset of recognizing that ‘what got you here won’t get you there. He has been lucky enough to have seen the startup journey from a variety of perspectives: as a successful bootstrapped founder/CEO, having helped launch new corporate divisions at BigCo, and as the founder/C…
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How strong are your boundaries at work and in your personal life? Setting healthy boundaries is something most people struggle with due to self-limiting beliefs and patterns you can unlearn. To reap the fruits of setting healthy boundaries, you have to get clear about your needs and stay committed to them. In this solo episode of the Inspirational …
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How To Navigate Good Awkward to Grow Purposefully with Henna Pryor
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37:28When you feel awkward, do you allow it to keep you stuck or to grow? The difference between good and bad awkward is that good awkward allows you to grow when experiencing uncertainty. To start navigating the good awkward, it’s important to understand how you experience it and reframe its role by naming it. In this episode of the Inspirational Leade…
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Roadmap to Trauma-Informed Leadership with Carolyn Swora
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43:36Do you utilize your head, heart, and body as centers of intelligence when showing up as a leader? How do you allow people to show up? Do you create safe spaces where people can evolve despite their traumas? In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Carolyn Swora, a certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, as well as a Trauma…
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It’s been over two years now since I stopped drinking alcohol, and I’m loving it and don’t miss it at all! Are you, like me, curious about your relationship with alcohol, or are you recognizing how your unconscious choices are stopping you from showing up as the best version of yourself? In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast,…
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How To Build Relationships with Compassionate Accountability - Marc Lesser
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43:47What steps are you taking to build your emotional intelligence and mindfulness as a leader? An inspirational and mindful leader is aware of their own feelings and their teams’ feelings and how they impact their effectiveness. To become this leader, you must intentionally build your relationships by being accountable and leading with compassion. In …
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Workhuman: A Transformative HR Conference
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45:18Did you attend this year’s Workhuman conference? If yes, what was your experience, and what were your major takeaways? With many speakers and topics ranging from DEIB to pivoting to workplace relationships, Workhuman Live was inspiring, thought-provoking and empowering. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Jackye Cl…
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The Critical Role of Conscious Leadership
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20:57Who do you want to be as a leader, and how do you want to engage with your team? Conscious leadership is about recognizing your below-the-line thinking and habits and creating new habits that allow you to lead from above-the-line and teach your team members the same patterns. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I discuss t…
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How To Advocate for Yourself and Your Team with Sabine Gedeon
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47:17What can you do to look differently at what leadership means? In today’s world, leadership is more than meeting the bottom line results or operations; it’s about keeping the pipeline of engaged talented individuals who will continue to expand and evolve the organization. Effective leadership is also the ability to support and accept support from yo…
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What does the voice in your head tell you throughout your day? Is it positive and empowering or negative and critical? That inner critic was created through years of conditioning and is self-sabotaging and disempowering. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I discuss how to practice self-compassion to get rid of the negativ…
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Ep. 17 Breaking the Glass Ceiling/Inspiring Women Leaders in Tech Startups with Jeanette Dorazio
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1:13:30Jeanette Dorazio, CEO of Leadpages, a no-code website and landing page builder. She has had various executive-level positions at leading organizations, including Oracle, 8thBridge, Verifone, and Solera. Jeanette’s passion comes from breaking down barriers and championing the inclusion and success of women in STEM fields as female leaders in tech. I…
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The Workhuman Conference Experience with Jackye Clayton & Katee Van Horn
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41:33Have you heard of or attended the Workhuman conference? Workhuman Live is the game-changer of conferences, where the world’s best minds gather to share transformative ideas and to inspire a community of thousands to create more human workplaces everywhere. It offers an exciting experience that tackles relevant DEIB topics, actionable ways to reinve…
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Ep. 16 - Creating Talent Strategies with Krista Skalde
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1:09:45On this episode we look at organizational systems and how to think when designing the organizational structure. Realizing that it should not be designed from a people centric place but rather around the needs and direction of your business. It’s important to be mindful when you do design around people and whether it is sustainable long term. Krista…
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How to Explore Future Thinking in Your Organization with Nikolas Badminton
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36:57What are you doing as a leader to make your organization better in the future? To continuously improve and innovate your organization, you have to explore futures thinking which is about challenging or augmenting your vision. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Nikolas Badminton, a world-renowned futurist speaker a…
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Ep. 15 - The Work of a Startup CEO with Kyle Racki
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1:04:30Kyle Racki, the co-founder and CEO of Proposify, Kyle helps thousands of businesses remove the bottleneck of proposals and get more visibility into the close. In true serial entrepreneur form, Kyle also co-host his own podcast, The Racki and Symes Podcast, where he discusses ideas and strategies to push through growth. Kyle got his start in marketi…
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What does life-work integration look like for you? When it comes to life-work integration, there is no one-size-fits-all. If you want to achieve your version of success and feel fulfillment and well-being, you must create space for introspection to get clear on your vision and make more aligned choices. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Lea…
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Ep. 14 - Leading Effective Teams in a Remote Environment with Natalie Furness
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1:09:11Natalie Furness, CEO of RevOps Automated and Revenue Operations Consultant shares her journey and learnings along the way onto remote work and falling into the world of operations. She speaks of finding your people through value alignment for both the work you do and the work environment you prefer. Though she’s the biggest remote work proponent, s…
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A Fighter Pilot’s Lessons on Leading with Courage – Kim ”KC” Campbell
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46:49How do you take action and lead with courage in the middle of fear? When you’re scared of treading tough ground with your team, that’s when you should prepare and take action to set yourself up for success. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Kim Campbell, a retired Air Force Colonel who served in the Air Force for…
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Ep. 13 - The Value of Vision for Employee Engagement and Success with Chris Williams
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56:27Chris Williams, former VP of HR at Microsoft has over 40 years of experience building and leading teams. Through his journey, starting from installing car stereos and while being pulled into firing employees because of his people skills, to eventually transitioning to a computer science and going on to start a consulting business before selling it …
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Emotional Intelligence: What it is and Why it Matters
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14:44How do you define emotional intelligence? We talk a lot about emotional intelligence but are you really clear on what it encompasses? Emotional intelligence is a set of emotional and social skills that influence how we perceive and express ourselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges, and use emotional information effe…
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Ep. 12 - Finding Purpose In Your Work That Drives You with Florent Schmahl
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56:04Florent Schmahl, Chief of Staff of highly purposeful agtech company, Growcer, shares his journey and learnings along the way as he shifted his work from being focused on developing hard skills to now pursuing purposeful work. Over the years he’s has time to gather his insights on finding the work that drives you and how important it is in today’s l…
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How to Lead Like a Girl and Humanize the Workplace with Dalia Feldheim
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50:06What does it mean to lead like a girl? To invest in wellness and humanize the workplace? Creating a workplace with more purpose and joy is about leading from a positive place and giving your people the space to achieve a high level of energy and productivity. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Dalia Feldheim, a ma…
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The Winning Mindset for Leaders with Jason Lauritsen
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40:22Do you want to positively impact your people as a manager? It’s hard to be a good manager, and it takes work, but it also makes the job more meaningful and fun. To change how you show up and treat your people, you must be committed to setting your mindset correctly. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Jason Laurits…
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