Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future

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Interviews with leaders on the edge: the outliers who see leadership in a very different light than quarterly results. These are the innovators who are creating a new future for businesses, governments, and NPOs.

Host Maureen Metcalf interviews C-level executives, business owners, and other leaders who realize that traditional business practices and management practices have limited effectiveness. These outliers -- and the consultants and researchers who study them -- reveal the innovations they developed and practice to nurture people, care for the environment, AND boost their organizations' performance. These are the world's innovating leaders!

Maureen is an expert in her own right: the founder of the Innovative Leadership Institute, a leadership consultant, and author of an award-winning series of books on innovating leadership in various sectors.


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Bringing Healing Home: Healthcare Leadership
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Caption: From English major to the first woman CEO of Mass General Brigham, Dr. Anne Klibanski's unique journey gives her fresh insights into shaping healthcare for the future.
Healthcare begins and ends in the home. At least, it should: you’re more likely to heal a bit faster and your outlook tends to be brighter at home ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:19
In Your Power
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Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Sharon Melnick draws a sharp distinction between having power, and being in your power.
Pushy. Manipulative. Lofty. We have a lot of negative views for powerful leaders – but that’s not what real power is about. When a leader is in th...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 49:43
The Women's Power Playbook
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Caption: Carolyn Buck Luce developed the Decade Game as a child to change the world; as an adult, it helped her understand the power of leadership.
Live an epic life. That’s the goal Carolyn Buck Luce advises you to have. In this episode, she shares ways to make that happen…and how that path s...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 48:40
Women on the Rise: A Leadership Journey
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Caption: Reta Jo Lewis is the president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; she shares how she accomplished her groundbreaking rise through that financial glass ceiling.
"It's not just about the the betterment of you and your family. It's about the betterment of the community." That is one of the core values that he...

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 49:57
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Is Your Organization Designed for the Future?
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Caption: Mark Palmer of Hire Direction says most organizations aren't just not future-ready...they're not NOW-ready!
Forget about future ready; you’re not ready for now! Most leaders operate at a disadvantage: they don’t have a formal blueprint of their organizat...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 50:25
Conscious Capitalism: Leading with Care & Purpose
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Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Raj Sisodia & Sudhanshu Palsule point out that current corporate models don't account for the human costs of doing business.
In this episode, Raj Sisodia and Sudhanshu Palsule explore the power of conscious leadership. With Conscious Capitalism, these can inspire a higher...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
Intentional Leadership in a New Work World
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Caption: Monique Jefferson has found that intentional leaders are the key to an organization's success through the next decade.
Today’s work world demands hybrid leaders. Most workers prefer work from home. Others prefer to be in the office. Still others like hybrid work: a ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
  • Length: 55:50
Courageous Followership
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Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Neil Grunberg and Ira Chaleff say that the follower-leader relationship is very similar to a jazz ensemble's performance.
“He who cannot be a good follower, cannot be a good leader.” Aristotle shared that wisdom over 2,000 years ago, but today we chafe at being labele...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 43:44
How Leaders Use Story
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Caption: Filmmaker Chris Nolan realized that the stories we tell ourselves actually influence our futures.
In this episode, Emmy award-winning filmmaker Chris Nolan reveals the power of storytelling to help leaders navigate the rapidly accelerating VUCA ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 51:45
The Job You Love to Hate
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Caption: Tammy Alvarez quit her high-stress job on Wall Street to find her joy work. Now, she helps other people take charge of their careers, too.
"When you think about the things that light you up, that's your sweet spot. That's your zone of genius." Odds are: you're NOT feeling that passion ...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 53:34
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5 Trends to Know: Leadership in 2023
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Caption: Guest host Christopher Washington explores the issues leaders are facing in 2023.
What will leaders face in 2023? Beyond pundits and projections, Maureen Metcalf has interviewed over 50 real-world leaders and researchers through ...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 53:36
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Do No Harm: Ethics for Leaders
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In this episode, Terri O'Fallon of Stages International delves into the concept of 'developmental ethics' to challenge leaders to embrace their emo...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 56:21
Growing Up Biden: Family Lessons on Leadership
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Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Valerie Biden Owens, author of "Growing Up Biden," says that leadership begins with the values we learn as children.
It’s said that leaders are made, not born. That’s certainly true of the Biden family. Although Joe Biden is in the spotlight as the 46th President ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 25:22
Leading in Circles: The Inevitable Circular Economy
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Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: As our current economy continues showing its weaknesses, the Circular Economy is gaining proponents -- but, Christoph Hinske points out, they're not seeing that system's weaknesses either.
Can you survive in the new economy? As supply chain disruptions proved, our current economic model is very linear. One kink in the chain can casca...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 54:43
Curing Corporate Short-Termism
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Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Greg Milano has a simple way for leaders to get out of the short-term-thinking rut: start viewing the organization as if YOU own it.
A leader’s lust for short-term profit often means pulling tomorrow’s results into today’s reports. Those intentions may be well-meaning, intending ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 55:07
What Your Team Really Thinks…in Real Time!
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Caption: Watercooler conversations are a thing of the past. The new chat happens online, in your company's social media: Slack, Teams, WebEx, and the like. Greg Moran says that company chat is the key for leaders becoming aware of the real issues the organization
"Good afternoon, staff. I'm listening." If only your boss truly listened, like Frasier Crane! The reality is most folks high up the chain have lit...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:31
The Power of Praise: Making People’s Performance Positive
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Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Ben Marcovitz of the Rise Institute notes that a few simple words can turn an underperforming student or employee into a top talent for your team.
Ben Marcovitz, CEO of the Rise Institute, explains why students and employees underperform...and how their leaders put them on a downward spiral. Y...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 56:03
Integrating Integrative Medicine in Leadership
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Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Dr. Maryanna Klatt leads Ohio State's Center for Integrative Health -- and has found mindfulness, yoga, and other practices to have highly beneficial results when practiced regularly.
Mindfulness is mainstream. So is yoga. There's renewed interest in Ayurvedic medicine, an Indian system that's thousands of years in the making. Ho...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 56:24
The Power of Passion & Perseverance: Four Levels of Grit
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Caption: Guest Jim Ritchie-Dunham builds on recent studies on grit in the workplace -- and finds that the more developed the leadership's use of grit, the lower the organization's risk becomes.
There’s more to grit than determination – a whole lot more. Knowing that can help you harness this incredible power of passion and perseverance. B...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 55:39
The Future Is Yours to Create
From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Futurist Rebecca Ryan believes we can create our own futures; she uses strategic foresight to peer into multiple probable futures...and help plan around those probabilities. It's far more effective than traditional strategic plans!
All of us took history classes, but who’s taken future classes? Studying the future is a discipline that stretches back decades. Strategic fores...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 54:15

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