Resilience

Ep 226. Gianna Driver: From Women's Shelter to Chief Human Resources Officer

Ep 226. Gianna Driver: From Women's Shelter to Chief Human Resources Officer

Gianna Driver is Chief Human Resources Officer at Exabeam who was a student in Stew’s Total Leadership class 20 years ago. After spending five years running a global fair trade organization, she went on to build a highly successful career in human resources and recently started a new job at a company that fights cybercrime. Stew talks with Gianna about how her early life led her to want to have an impact through her work on valuing the humanity in each and every one of us…[Click for more]

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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 223. Larry Hirschhorn: A Father's Grief

Ep 223. Larry Hirschhorn: A Father's Grief

Larry Hirschhorn is a Principal and one of the founders of the Center for Applied Research (CFAR), a management consulting firm with offices in Philadelphia and Boston; a founder of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO); and the founder and director of Dynamics of Consulting, a program for experienced coaches and consultants. He has published several books and many articles linking organizational functioning to psychodynamics, among them The Workplace Within and Reworking Authority., both published by MIT Press. Larry has a PhD in Economics from MIT. Stew talks with Larry about his recently published book Grieving Aaron: Poems in Response to the Death of My Adult Son. Larry’s professional background makes him uniquely suited to offer profoundly useful insights for all those who are grieving losses and dislocations due to the death of loved ones, especially in pandemic times…[Click for more]

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Ep 213. Richard Culatta: Raising Children to Thrive in an Online World

Ep 213. Richard Culatta: Raising Children to Thrive in an Online World

Richard Culatta is author of Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World. He serves as CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE); senior fellow at NYU’s GovLab; and design resident at IDEO. Richard was appointed by President Obama as the Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the US Department of Education. Stew talks with Richard about practical ideas for how we can cultivate good digital citizenship in our children by developing five essential qualities: focusing on the quality and value of specific content and not on the amount of time spent online;…[Click for more]

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Ep 212. Jessica Bacal: Learning from Rejection

Ep 212. Jessica Bacal: Learning from Rejection

Jessica Bacal is director of Reflective and Integrative Practices and of the Narratives Project at Smith College. Her latest book is The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work. It’s is a sequel of sorts to Jessica’s first bestseller, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong. Stew talks with Jessica about how to learn and grow from rejection by gleaning useful data from rejections, especially about your values…[Click for more]

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Ep 211. Latha Poonamallee: Mindfulness and Leadership in a Changing World

Ep 211. Latha Poonamallee: Mindfulness and Leadership in a Changing World

Latha Poonamallee is an Associate Professor, Chair of Faculty of Management, and University Fellow at the New School in New York City. She and Stew discuss her new book, Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World. Latha explains that meditation and mindfulness are tools that can change how we do business and are part of a new way to lead us to a better, more equitable world and how technology can be harnessed for good…[Click for more]

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Ep 207. Liya Shuster-Bier: Alula is Making Cancer Less Lonely

Ep 207. Liya Shuster-Bier: Alula is Making Cancer Less Lonely

Liya Shuster-Bier is the founder and CEO of Alula, a radically honest platform for cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors. She is a cancer survivor herself. Prior to Alula, Liya built a career in community development and impact investing, partnering with mayors and governors across the country to create innovative financing solutions that improved community outcomes. Stew talks with Liya about her inspiring leadership story of transforming an excruciating pain in your life into something of value to others…[Click for more]

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Ep 195. Erik Peper: Practical Tools for Coping with Tech Stress

Ep 195. Erik Peper: Practical Tools for Coping with Tech Stress

Erik Peper, a professor in the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University, is an internationally known expert on workplace health, stress management and holistic health. Stew and Erik discuss his book Tech Stress: How Technology Is Hijacking Our Lives, Strategies for Coping, and Pragmatic Ergonomics and how to cope in ways that reduce stress and strain, increase energy and avoid burnout…[Click for more]

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Ep 191. Amina Gautier: A Writer's Work and Life

Ep 191. Amina Gautier: A Writer's Work and Life

Dr. Amina Gautier is an associate professor in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Miami and a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania. She’s published one hundred and twenty-nine short stories, including three award-winning short story collections -- Now We Will Be Happy, The Loss of All Lost Things, and At-Risk: Stories. Among her many honors, she’s been the recipient of writing awards, prizes, and fellowships. Stew and Amina talk about her creative process, especially the importance of managing boundaries…[Click for more]

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Ep 178. Howard Stevenson: Racial Literacy

Ep 178. Howard Stevenson: Racial Literacy

Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.; the Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative (REC) at Penn; and the Director of Forward Promise, a national program office funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Stew and Howard discuss the subtle, sometimes unintended ways by which we communicate about race, and demonstrate, using Stew as his subject,..[Click for more]

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Ep 176. Marisa Porges: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, Resilient Women

Ep 176. Marisa Porges: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, Resilient Women

Dr. Marisa Porges is head of The Baldwin School. Before that she served in the Obama White House; was a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School where her research focused on counterterrorism efforts; and served in the US Navy as one of eight female aviators. Her new book is What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women.. Stew and Marisa discuss the unique challenges educators and parents are y facing during the pandemic; the resurgent awareness of what we must do to pursue a just society; and the perennial difficulties of empowering young women...[Click for more]

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Ep 172. Karl Moore: We Are All Ambiverts

Ep 172. Karl Moore: We Are All Ambiverts

Karl Moore is an Associate Professor on the management faculty of McGill University. Stew and Karl discuss his forthcoming book, We’re All Ambiverts Now .and how, in order to be effective as leaders, we have to learn to sometimes act in a way that’s inconsistent with our natural inclinations…[Click for more]

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Ep 171. Larry Hagner: The Dad's Edge

Ep 171. Larry Hagner: The Dad's Edge

Larry Hagner is the founder of the Good Dad Project and the author of The Dad's Edge: 9 Simple Ways to Have: Unlimited Patience, Improved Relationships, and Positive Lasting Memories.. Stew and Larry talk about men’s roles in their families; the obstacles they face at home, at work, and in society that conspire against them being the dads they want to be for their children; the changes occurring in men’s and fathers’ roles; how the pandemic is having an impact on dads at home and at work…[Click for more]

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Ep 163. Laura Huang: Find Your Edge by Turning Adversity into Advantage

Ep 163. Laura Huang: Find Your Edge by Turning Adversity into Advantage

Laura Huang is the author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage and the MBA Class of 1954 Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Stew and Laura talk about how hard work actually doesn’t speak for itself, and that success is rarely just about the quality of our ideas or our effort. Instead, achieving success hinges on how well we shape others' perceptions…[Click for more]

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Ep 161. Tom Rath: Life's Great Question

Ep 161. Tom Rath: Life's Great Question

Tom Rath, #1 bestselling author of non-fiction books in history, has a new book, Life’s Great Question: Discover How You Contribute to the World. Stew and Tom discuss the importance — for one’s own health and well-being — of being focused helping others and contributing to the greater good…[Click for more]

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Ep 159. Suvrat Bhargave: A Moment of Insight

Ep 159. Suvrat Bhargave: A Moment of Insight

Dr. Suvrat Bhargave is the author of a new book called Moment of Insight: Universal Lessons Learned from a Psychiatrist's Couch. Stew and Dr. Bhargave discuss how shame, self-worth, the stigma of mental illness, how to raise children who feel good about themselves…[Click for more]

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Ep 158. Maggie Jackson: Productive Uncertainty

Ep 158. Maggie Jackson: Productive Uncertainty

Maggie Jackson is an award-winning journalist. Her book Distracted: Reclaiming Our Focus in a World of Lost Attention has been described as “groundbreaking” and “essential.” Her book, What’s Happening to Home? Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age, was the first to explore the fate of home in the digital age. Stew and Maggie talk about distraction and her new project — “productive uncertainty.” To learn about nourishing the “slow mind” and an openness to uncertainty… [Click for more]

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Ep 157. David Fajgenbaum: Turning Hope Into Action

Ep 157. David Fajgenbaum: Turning Hope Into Action

David Fajgenbaum is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Translational Medicine & Human Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of a memoir called Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action. Diagnosed with Castleman’s disease while in medical school, David has dedicated his life to discovering new treatments and cures for deadly disorders like Castleman disease. Stew and David explore what it takes to successfully confront the trials we each face in life with hope, perseverance, and the critical importance of social support…[Click for more]

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Ep 153. Due Quach: Portal to Peace

Ep 153. Due Quach: Portal to Peace

Due Quach (pronounced “Zway Kwok”), is the Founder and CEO of Calm Clarity and author of Calm Clarity: How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment and Joy, one of Fast Company’s best business books of 2018. Stew and Due talk about her remarkable struggle for survival and how it led to her discovery of the mental and spiritual tools that saved her and her role in the documentary, The Portal, and about its aspirations to bring more healing to our world… [Click for more]

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