The Purpose at Work Podcast: Recent Episodes
Spencer Jacobson
The Purpose @ Work Podcast explores the future of work through the lens of people and purpose. Nourish the leader inside you and learn from change-makers, innovators and other heart-centered leaders about their personal stories and progressive people-first ideas that really work.
Spencer Jacobson is a startup founder, speaker, student of purpose and advocate for business as a catalyst for social change. If you believe in Peter Drucker’s phrase, “culture eats strategy for breakfast”, this podcast is for you!
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Eric Severson is a 25-year HR veteran known for building leading edge, evidence based systems to manage talent and drive organizational performance. He is currently Chief People Officer for DaVita Kidney Care, a Fortune 200 health care organization with more than 60,000 teammates across 2,500 locations in the U.S.
You can learn more about Eric and DaVita by visiting his LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/ericseversontalentinnovatoror following them on twitter at @DaVita.
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Dan Sommer is the CEO and founder of leading workforce accelerator Trilogy Education. Since launching in 2015, Trilogy Education has partnered with over 45 of the world's top universities to train over 10,000 working adults with the tech skills to thrive in the digital economy. The company currently powers boot camp programs in coding, data analytics, cybersecurity, and UX/UI in 50 cities across 3 continents.
You can learn more about Dan and Trilogy by visiting www.trilogyed.com or following them on twitter at @trilogyedu.
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Christy is the Chief Talent Officer at WillowTree, a digital innovation agency. Christy has helped WillowTree grow from 30 to 300+ team members over the last several years.
You can learn more about Christy and WillwTree at www.willowtreeapps.com or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christyphillips1
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Zach Mercurio is a purpose and meaningful work researcher, strategist, and is the bestselling author of "The Invisible Leader: Transform Your Life, Work, and Organization with the Power of Authentic Purpose."
You can learn more about Zach by visiting www.zachmercurio.com or following him on Twitter at @ZachMercurio.
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Sara Patterson is the Sara Patterson is the Vice President and Head of Talent Management for Digitally Native Vertical Brands at Walmart eCommerce where she brings an innovative leadership style to deliver initiatives that have soul.
You can learn more about Sara by following her on LinkedIn.
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Ellen Petry Leanse is a Silicon Valley veteran and digital pioneer who now applies hard-earned lessons from decades at companies like Apple and Google, as an entrepreneur, and as a Stanford instructor, to shaping a breakthrough workplace culture at fast-rising search innovator Lucidworks. As you're about to hear she grounds her work in a deep understanding of neuroscience and leadership psychology.
You can learn more about Ellen by visiting www.ellenleanse.com, connecting with her on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenleanse or following her on Twitter: @chep2m
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Recognized as an innovative, high-performing leader with the ability to architect and drive business and organization strategy. Adriana has a deep expertise in transforming employee and candidate experience by using enabling technology to drive engagement.
You can learn more about Adriana by connecting with her on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriana-bokel-herde-79876377/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Rick Acampora is the COO for Wavemaker where he focus is on people and coaching for growth.
You can learn more about Rick by connecting with him on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-acampora-998b1451/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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John is a mindfulness coach and speaker. He's currently also the VP of People Operations & Mindfulness at BuzzFeed.
You can learn more about John by visiting his website: johndavisi.com
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Erik is an award winning entrepreneur, sales leader and advisor that has built and managed multiple technology companies that have led to hyper revenue growth, major capital investments and acquisition.
You can learn more about Erik by following him on LinkedIn or Twitter (@erikkostelnik)
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Rebecca Weaver is the co-founder of HRuprise, a fast-growing social movement and global community aimed at inspiring meaningful change within HR. She is also the Head of People + Culture at Rational Interaction, Seattle’s largest independent creative agency and consultancy.
You can learn more about HRuprise by following them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hruprise and more on Rebecca on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaweaver/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Kiran Smith is a former CMO and brand marketer who recently joined the agency world as CEO at Arnold based in Boston.
She brings her diverse range of experience within marketing and consulting to her new role on the agency side to help a write a new future for Arnold - focused on being the best possible partner to the modern CMO.
You can learn more about Claude by following her on Twitter: @KiranS93 or on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiransmith/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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As VaynerMedia’s first ever Chief Heart Officer, Claude Silver unlocks employees' full potential by forging human-to-human connections, creating cultures of belonging, empowers teams to be purpose-driven, efficient, and strong, and infuses the agency with empathy, humanity, and optimism.
You can learn more about Claude by following her @claudesilver on Instagram and Claude Silver on LinkedIN at https://www.linkedin.com/in/casilver/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Kevin Gaugush helps companies increase employee capability, ensure they have enough capacity, and create the culture that allows people to perform at the highest level.
You can learn more about Kevin on LinkedIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevingaugush/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Lorna Hagen is a Human Resources executive with over 15 years of experience in delivering innovative employee experiences and people solutions to drive business strategy and shareholder value. A demonstrated HR business partner, she has a proven track record of leading and driving change to transform business culture.
You can learn more about Lorna on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lornahagen/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Joan Burke is the Chief People Officer at DocuSign where she leads the company’s global human resource function – including talent acquisition, onboarding, learning and development, performance management, total rewards, HR information systems, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, the DocuSign IMPACT Foundation and more.
Joan has more than 25 years of leadership experience in designing and implementing innovative, results-oriented HR programs and best practices that create and inspire cultures of innovation and growth.
You can learn more about Joan on LinkedIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-burke-54475a/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Brian Freeman is the founder & CEO of Heartbeat where we enable brands to run the largest nano-influencer campaigns in the world as well as give brands the ability to personalize their experience for their fans and consumers.
You can learn more about Brian on LinkedIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmfreeman/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Craig is the CEO of Motus where he leads companies to become authorities in their industries. As a leader, he has created a solid culture dedicated to the principles of transparency, communication and individual responsibility.
You can learn more about Craig and follow him here:
www.linkedin.com/in/crpowell on LinkedIN
@motusdotcom on Twitter
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Aaron has the privilege of bringing ActionIQ's revolutionary platform directly to marketers at major consumer brands across the country. He specializes in driving strong results in sales and customer success, with additional strengths in business operations, finance, legal, and organizational management.
You can learn more about Aaron and follow him here:
www.linkedin.com/in/aaronmasih on LinkedIn
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Bill found his passion for enablement through selling, managing and developing sellers, their managers, and client relationships. Bill plays a strategic role not only in role-based development, but how people, systems and departments can positively impact the success of producers, and ultimately their companies.
You can learn more about Bill and follow him here:
www.linkedin.com/in/bill-ball-6981a98/ on LinkedIn
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Phil looks after people, culture and operations for customer agency, C Space - a 500 person global agency. Previously, he was Joint MD of C Space London. C Space's mission is to make business more human, by building customers into the ways companies work to drive growth and business change. Phil's role is to ensure they build a more human business at C Space too.
You can learn more about James and follow him here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipburgess/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Lee heads up the People Team at The Motley Fool - a global multi-media financial-services company with over 400 employees that is dedicated to building the world's greatest investment community. They are passionate about individuals loving their jobs and working at The Fool for the rest of their lives. The Motley Fool is famous for crazy ideas that actually work like "ask for a raise day" and the company paying people to take vacation on short notice.
You can learn more about Lee and follow him here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-burbage-069787/ or check out www.fool.com if you're interested in touring the office.
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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James Orsini is Chief Operating Officer for VaynerMedia a digital agency with social at its core. Working alongside founder and CEO Gary Vaynerchuk James helps manage the agency for success.
You can learn more about James and follow him here:
@jimmythepencil on Twitter | @jamesorsini on Instagram
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Dena Upton is the VP People at Drift, where they are changing the way businesses buy from businesses. Drift has a very unique and successful culture built on three things:
- We put the customer at the center of everything we do.
- We want people to do the best work of their career here.
- We are life-long learners and one of our core values is always be learning.
You can learn more about Dena and follow her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dena-upton-812a56/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Joy Sybesma is the Chief People & Culture Officer at Kargo, and also is the Co-founder of P5 Collaborative Consulting which helps businesses achieve radical business success through the disruption of their people leadership.
You can learn more about Joy and get in touch with her here: joy@p5cc.com or on linkedin Joy Walters Sybesma
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Wes Kubik is Chief HR Officer of MMGY Global, a global integrated marketing & PR firm. Wes leverages a positive, yet direct, leadership approach aimed at helping work teams be better than they were yesterday.
You can learn more about Wes and get in touch with him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weskubik/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Nurit Shiber is an Organizational Psychologist, and a Chief People Officer in a hyper growth tech company with many years of experience in executive coaching and scaling of people functions globally . Nurit is passionate about helping people to increase their impact in organizations and fostering winning cultures.
You can learn more about Nurit and follow her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nurit-shiber-648ba714/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Jeff Belanger is the VP of People Operations at Buildium - a SaaS platform serving property managers globally. Jeff has been a CHRO and VP of Talent at organizations like Pandora.
He is passionate about create communities of belonging in the workplace and re-inventing the employee experience into a continuum that lasts long after the employee has moved on from the organization.
You can learn more about Jeff and his work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbelanger/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co
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Dennis Mortensen is the Founder and CEO of x.ai which makes market leading AI scheduling software for busy professionals.
You can learn more about Dennis and get in touch with him here: @DennisMortensen, dennis@human.x.ai
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Since Kabbage's early days, Amy has played a critical role in building its stellar team. With a passion for helping small technology businesses, she collaborated with the co-founders to create an exciting environment that defines Kabbage's signature culture.
You can learn more about Amy and her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amymz/
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Dr. Eli Bendet-Taicher brings his unique background to elevate learning & development to the top of today's organizational priorities.
With more than 15 years in both technical and educational leading positions in the high-tech industry, academic institutions, and governmental agencies he has reinvented new approaches to teaching science and technology.
In recent years Dr. Bendet-Taicher has focused on promoting blended learning and developing new L&D programs to increase personal and professional engagement & growth of employees in different organizations.
You can learn more about him on Instagram at @dr.elibt
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Colin Mansell is a serial entrepreneur and is currently the Founder and CEO of RED Academy.
RED is a leading Design and Tech school with campuses in Canada and the UK where students learn by doing, working on real projects with startups and charities, and developing both the hard and soft skills they need to succeed in the 21st century.
You can learn more about Colin at REDacademy.com
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Christina Luconi has been focused on architecting and scaling culture her entire career...and believes the ability to do this well is the secret sauce for any successful company.
You can learn more about Christina and her work here: @peopleinnovator or linkedin.com/in/christina-luconi-b738b2
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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CK Lin is the Head of Culture & Growth at VideoAmp, where he helps create the best environment conducive for employees' success and fulfillment.
You can learn more about CK and his work here: www.noblewarrior.com
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
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Olof Mathé is the co-founder and CEO of Mixmax, the communications platform for people in sales, success and recruiting, that helps them sell, succeed and hire better.
You can learn more about Olof and his work @mixmax or @olofster on twitter.
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture.
You can learn more about Guided here: www.getguided.co/
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Brandon Evans built two tech startups in NYC - Crowdtap (Founding CEO) & MRY (Lead Partner) - both won Crain's Top 3 Places to work and had 5-star Glassdoor reviews at the time of his departure.
Currently, he is the co-founder and CEO of 1heart. 1heart is focused on fostering a new generation of heart-led leaders birthing conscious companies — using business as a force of good to transform lives and the planet.
You can learn more about Brandon and his work here: @brandone on medium, instagram and facebook
This episode is brought to you by Guided. Guided helps leaders eliminate the root cause of burnout and turnover by providing great coaching at scale so they can stop putting out fires and build great culture. You can learn more about Guided here: https://www.getguided.co/
Thank you for listening to The Purpose @ Work Podcast!
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