Allowing Humans to be Human with Mark LeBusque
Higher Purpose Podcast
Joining us for another session on what it means to live, love, work, and lead in a humans first kind of way is Mark LeBusque. He describes his work as allowing humans to be human, whether that’s in the workplace, outside of the workplace, or in their communities. We talk about the magic that happens when you allow humans to get back to connecting, and why we need to be human beings before we can become human doings.
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Everybody Matters with Bob Chapman
Higher Purpose Podcast
Adding to this series of conversations we’re having about what it means to approach business from a people first focus is today’s episode with Bob Chapman. Bob is the author of Everybody Matters, and today we’re talking about creating work cultures where people flourish, how that impacts our lives outside of work, and what it means to care about and be a steward for your organization.
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The 7 Laws of Employee Loyalty with Heather Younger
Higher Purpose Podcast
With more and more people switching jobs every few years, how can you as a leader cultivate loyalty in a humans first kind of way? Join us on this episode with Heather Younger, the host of the podcast Leadership with Heart, the author of The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty, and, in her words, an employee advocate.
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Being a Brave Leader with Kimberly Davis
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What does it mean to be a brave leader? This is our 10th installment in our HumansFirst series of heart-to-heart discussions on what it means to live, love, lead, and work in a humans first way. Today we’re joined by Kimberly Davis, the author of Brave Leadership and the Founder and Director of OnStage Leadership, and on this episode she talks about showing up as our best selves, making our impact, and leading from the heart.
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How Leadership is Evolving with Sesil Pir
Higher Purpose Podcast
Is there a magic pill to make your team and organization work? Welcome to another installment in what it means to live, love, lead, and work in a humans first way. Today we have Sesil Pir, an organizational psychologist and a leading researcher on workplaces and workplace culture. She’s here to share her keen insights on the future of work and human resources, and why we need to challenge the status quo of work to suit the way we’re built as human beings.
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Finding Real Happiness at Work with Brooke Erol
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There’s job satisfaction, and then there’s the real happiness that comes from working at a company whose purpose aligns with yours AND where your job has meaning. We continue our HumansFirst series with Brooke Erol, the founder of Purposeful Business, and she shares how we can become more engaged at work, so we can become more engaged in life.
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The 7 Simple Superpowers of the HumansFirst Heroes
Higher Purpose Podcast
Today, we’re talking superpowers. We’re midstream in a series of conversations on what it means to live, love, and lead in a HumansFirst kind of way, and for this special solo episode, I want to talk to you about some important simple skills. Now, don’t confuse simple for easy. These skills require us to put someone else ahead of ourselves, which is difficult and doesn’t come naturally to many of us. I call them: The 7 Simple Superpowers of the HumansFirst Heroes.
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Being a Chief Heart Officer with Claude Silver
Higher Purpose Podcast
What is it like to mentor almost 800 people? Claude Silver is the Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia, a global digital advertising agency. She was previously the company’s Senior Vice President, and was handpicked for the role three years ago by the CEO himself, Gary Vaynerchuk. Today on the show she’s talking about the immense ability we have to touch people’s lives, even in the smallest of ways.
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The Future of Work with Dr. Heather Hanson Wickman
Higher Purpose Podcast
What does the future of work look like? According to our guest, the future of work is ‘Love in Action.’ Heather Hanson Wickman is the co-founder of Untethered Consulting and the author of “The Evolved Executive,” and today we’re talking about what it means to lead with love, not fear. Heather shares that her purpose is to awaken the souls of leaders to create soulful organizations. So how can we do that?
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Making Work More Human with Renée Smith
Higher Purpose Podcast
What does it look like when we make work more human? Renée Smith serves as the Director of Workplace Transformation for Washington State as part of the Governor’s Results Washington Office. She leads the ‘Make Work More Human’ project, and she’s here to answer the question: “What’s love got to do with it?”
info_outlineJoining Kevin today is Jeremiah Smith, the Founder and CEO of Simple Tiger. Simple Tiger is an SEO agency specifically for software companies, helping them drive simple, effective marketing for clients they love. Today, Jeremiah shares the joy of discovering purpose along the way: in business, in life, and how the two intertwine.
A business with a clear set of values
Jeremiah’s company, Simple Tiger, has a clear set of values — simplicity, integrity, and joy — that’s evident as soon as you land on their website. Jeremiah shares the journey behind each of these core values, and how they are brought to life in the company.
Integrity is an especially relevant value in the SEO field. Because it’s so complex and so lucrative, it’s easy to become a snake oil salesman and confuse unsuspecting customers. But by carrying core values into the way we build and run our companies, we can go back to having a solid, healthy, wonderful impact on people.
Humanizing of the workplace
A more human workplace starts with the business owner bringing their whole self to the business. You don’t lead by shouting or yelling or directing: you lead by doing. You lead by example. To have a company made up of people who ascribe to the core values, you must bring that in as a leader and exemplify it yourself.
Jeremiah then shares examples of how these values shape the culture of the workplace: from screening applicants during the recruitment process to brainstorming with the team when it comes to making decisions. This has built an extremely strong, incredible team, which is important because they work remotely and everybody is spread throughout the country. It’s a unique culture with its own unique challenges, so a top concern is always to make sure everyone has a healthy morale, feels good about their work, and is enjoying things.
Discovering personal purpose
Jeremiah shares how his journey of discovery began in church. The more deeply involved he got in his ministry, the more he started growing: becoming someone who was much more patient, much more loving, and able to deal with people much deeper and much better.
Soon this growth found its way back to how he interacted with the team, and it produced massive fruit. The team began to excel, and Jeremiah found himself shifting his personal thinking: maybe I should try to start letting go of things and letting other people run them.
The business now is the means by which Jeremiah could live out his personal life’s purpose, and how he wants his team to have that as well: the realization of their purpose, and to live fulfilling lives. Jeremiah hopes that his company can help them along the way, and shares stories of how this has trickled down to his team.
Final thoughts
Jeremiah challenges anyone who may not be clear on their purpose to focus on something that’s free. You're not guaranteed to get anything tangible out of it right away, and getting that selfishness out of the way helps you to be clear on your life’s purpose.
If you’re on this path of figuring out your purpose, Jeremiah shares the advice his mother gave to him: keep doing whatever you’re doing. Eventually it will find you, and eventually you will figure it out. But what you can’t do is sit down and be bumped. It will show up; you just have to get up and go back to work. And just keep working until it shows up.
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