Progressive Company Practices

Ep 225. Lynda Gratton: Redesigning Work

Ep 225. Lynda Gratton: Redesigning Work

Lynda Gratton is a Professor of Management Practice at London Business School She has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by HR Magazine and named by 'Business Thinkers 50' as one of the top 15 business thinkers in the world. Stew talks with Lynda Gratton about her latest book, Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone. To capitalize on the opportunities created by the revolutionary changes occurring in the world of work...[Click for more]

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Ep 224. Kevin Hancock: A CEO Discovers His True Voice

Ep 224. Kevin Hancock: A CEO Discovers His True Voice

Kevin Hancock is the CEO of Hancock Lumber Company, one of the oldest and best-known family businesses in America and 8-time consecutive Best Places to Work in Maine, and author of The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey into the Business of Shared Leadership. Stew talks with Kevin about how the loss of his own voice due to a rare illness and his immersion in the culture and values of indigenous peoples radically revised leadership style…[Click for more]

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Ep 196. Martin Davidson: The End of Diversity as We Know It

Ep 196. Martin Davidson: The End of Diversity as We Know It

Martin Davidson is the Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and he currently serves as their senior associate dean and global chief diversity officer. His book, The End of Diversity as We Know It: Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed, introduces a research-driven roadmap to help leaders more effectively create and capitalize on diversity in organizations. Stew and Martin discuss the reasons the diversity and inclusion efforts often fail as well as a proven, practical model for creating positive change…[Click for more]

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Ep 190. Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar: A Chief People Officer in Pandemic Times

Ep 190. Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar: A Chief People Officer in Pandemic Times

Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar is Chief People Officer for Minted.com. After running a research lab in Silicon Valley, Jay went on to lead HR in multiple industries and various scales, from hyper-growth start-up to global Fortune 500, including Sun Microsystems, Taco Bell, BlackRock, Gap and Old Navy, Starbucks, and Riot Games. Prior to his corporate career, he received his Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan. Jay considers himself a closet creative and maintains a weekly writer’s group and dusty art portfolio. He is an internationally lauded game strategist with a particularly large following in the Magic the Gathering community. Stew and Jay talk about lessons he’s learned from decades of experience in cultivating meaningful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives; the disruptive impact of the pandemic…[Click for more]

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Ep 188. Carol Cone: Purpose Drives Performance

Ep 188. Carol Cone: Purpose Drives Performance

Carol Cone is the Founder and CEO of Carol Cone ON PURPOSE and author of Breakthrough NonProfit Branding. Stew and Carol talk about the history of incorporating social causes in corporate strategies…[Click for more]

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Ep 181. Quinetta Roberson: The Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ep 181. Quinetta Roberson: The Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Professor Quinetta Roberson has over 20 years of experience teaching courses and workshops globally on leadership, talent management and diversity, all informed by her background in finance. She’s served as an expert witness in employment discrimination lawsuits and provides professional advice and guidance to for-profit and non-profit organizations. Quintetta currently serves as President of the Academy of Management (AOM) for 2020-2021. Stew and Quinetta discuss the benefits of diversity, equity and inclusion (after parsing out important distinctions among these three terms…[Click for more]

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Ep 180. Christopher Marquis: How B Corps are Remaking Capitalism

Ep 180. Christopher Marquis: How B Corps are Remaking Capitalism

Christopher Marquis is the Samuel C. Johnson Professor in Global Sustainable Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University. Stew and Chris discuss Chris’ new book, Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism. Chris reviews the meaning and intent of a B Corp, how this differs from corporate social responsibility initiatives, and why the essential features of B Corps are good for all businesses and their people…[Click for more]

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Ep 145. Jeff Sonnenfeld: The Social Imperative of Business

Ep 145. Jeff Sonnenfeld: The Social Imperative of Business

Jeff Sonnenfeld is the senior associate dean of leadership programs, the Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management for the Yale School of Management, and founder and president of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute. He has authored eight books, including The Hero's Farewell and Firing Back. Stew and Jeff talk about mainstream industries becoming more progressive than historically progressive companies and not waiting for government regulation…[Click for more]

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Ep 128. Mike McDerment: No Work Face

Ep 128. Mike McDerment: No Work Face

Michael McDerment is CEO and Co-Founder of FreshBooks, the #1 accounting software in the cloud designed exclusively for service-based business owners and independent professionals, with more than 20 million users worldwide. And it is consistently recognized as one of Canada's best places to work. Stew and Mike discuss some of the creative “culture hacks” Mike uses to build an environment that breeds empathy…[Click for more]

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Ep 118. Chip Conley: The Making of a Modern Elder

Ep 118. Chip Conley: The Making of a Modern Elder

Chip Conley is the founder Joie de Vivre Hospitality and author of Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder. After transforming an inner-city motel into the second largest boutique hotel brand in America and running his company as CEO for 24 years, he went on to help the founders of Airbnb transform their start-up into the world’s leading hospitality brand. Stew and Chip discuss the future of work, how organizations can capitalize on the loyalty and wisdom of the mature employee…[Click for more]

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Ep 116. Meredith Bodgas: Supporting Today's Working Parents

Ep 116. Meredith Bodgas: Supporting Today's Working Parents

Meredith Bodgas is the Editor-in-Chief of Working Mother Magazine and Workingmother.com. She talks with Stew about the culture change afoot in American companies as they strive to do the right thing by all their employees -- working mothers and fathers, LGBT employees, those with disabilities, both visible and invisible, and our military employees. They discuss the new Culture@Work initiative and the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)…[Click for more]

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Ep 112. Rebecca Henderson: Reimagining Capitalism

Ep 112. Rebecca Henderson: Reimagining Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, where she has a joint appointment at the Harvard Business School. Her research explores the degree to which the private sector can play a major role in building a more sustainable economy, focusing particularly on the relationships between organizational purpose and innovation and productivity in high performance organizations. She teaches Reimagining Capitalism: Business & the Big Problems at Harvard, a course that has grown from 28 students to over 300, and is under contract for a book tentatively titled “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire.” Why is she hopeful…[Click for more]

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Ep 110. Phil Mirvis: Enrich Employees' Lives via Social Innovation

Ep 110. Phil Mirvis: Enrich Employees' Lives via Social Innovation

Phil Mirvis is Senior Research Fellow at both the Global Network on Corporate Citizenship and the Babson Social Innovation Lab. He has authored or edited twelve books, including the acclaimed study of the national mood, The Cynical Americans, and a study of corporate human resource investments, Building the Competitive Workforce. His latest work, with Brad Googins, is The New Business of Business: Innovation for a Better World. Stew and Phil talk about the increasing importance of social innovation in today’s workplace for energizing employees and boosting business results…[Click for more]

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Ep 49. Josh Levs: Paternity Leave Champion

Ep 49. Josh Levs: Paternity Leave Champion

Josh Levs is an author, entrepreneur, and expert on fathers in the workplace. For 20 years, Josh wrote for NPR and CNN. He is a six-time Peabody award-winner and two-time Edward R. Murrow award-winner.  At the time of the birth of his third child he sued his employer, CNN/Time Warner, to obtain a paternity leave for biological fathers that matched the company’s leaves for mothers and adoptive parents....[Click here for more]

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Ep 39. Frank Dobbin: Why Diversity Programs Fail

Ep 39. Frank Dobbin: Why Diversity Programs Fail

Frank Dobbin is a Professor of Sociology at Harvard, where he studies organizations, inequality, economic behavior and public policy.  He is also Chair of Harvard’s Organizational Behavior PhD Program. His 2009 book, Inventing Equal Opportunity...[Click here for more] 

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Ep 27. Jason Fried: Signal vs. Noise -- Less Work, More Production

Ep 27. Jason Fried: Signal vs. Noise -- Less Work, More Production

Jason Fried is Co-Founder and CEO of Basecamp, a leading project management tool that has helped over 2.5 million users improve their organizational skills. Basecamp was founded in 1999 and today it has over 2.5 million users (including, full disclosure, the Work and Life podcast team). Stew and Jason discuss the importance of being mindful and strategic about choosing how to invest your attention as a leader...[Click here for more]

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