137: Live a Life of Growth and Expansion with 5 Daily Practices

Connect with Your Team

Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

136: Wisdom from the Cage Rattler about Healing Life’s Pain

How can you work through the inevitable pain that you experience in life…and emerge stronger and more powerful? Dr. Bridget Cooper knows a thing or two about that. She endured unthinkable physical, emotional and sexual abuse from infancy and throughout her teen years. She overcame incredible odds to become a powerful voice for living life fully, no matter what adversity you’ve had in your past.

Dr. B is the bestselling author of six books including Little Landslides, which is her personal memoir of rising up through trauma. She’s created a proven process for being a Pain Rebel, empowering clients around the world to reclaim their power…and peace. Our conversation centered around this process, which she describes in her latest book, Pain Rebel: How We Take Our Power Back.

You’ll discover:

Why Dr. B refers to herself as a cage rattler
The importance of eliminating “should” from your thoughts and words
How to identify and eliminate old “contracts” so you can enter into new, healthier ones
The roles that Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors have in forming new contracts
The important distinction Dr. B makes between wounds and scars

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Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

Pain Rebel: How We Take Our Power Back

Dr. B’s Website

DrBridgetCooper

Other Resources

Request free Audio of Dr. B’s latest book Pain Rebel: How We take Our Power Back
Email bridget@drbridgetcooper.com

TEDx Talk, “The Secret to Making Life Hurt Less”

Dr. B’s Books

Little Landslides: How We Rise Up From Our Pain

135: The REAL Purpose of a Business

What if the purpose of business were to “uplift the experience of being alive on the planet?” My guest Blaine Bartlett proposes this definition after 30+ years of working with all kinds of organizations. Blaine makes the point that potential customers will want to buy from a company that takes this approach because they’ll feel good about themselves when they do. There are lots of thought-provoking moments in my conversation with this very remarkable human being.

Blaine is President and CEO of Avatar Resources, Inc., a consulting firm he founded in 1987. He coaches and consults worldwide with leaders, executives, companies and governments. He’s also the Founder of the Institute for Compassionate Capitalism and a longtime member of the Transformational Leadership Council. Blaine is the author of 5 books, and we talked about his two latest ones: Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business and The Leadership Mindset Weekly.

You’ll discover:

What’s broken about capitalism and what Blaine sees as the solution
How Blaine defines compassion in the context of business
A 3-word definition of leadership that’s right on target
How the “reality distortion field” can help you accelerate achievement of your goals
What companies that adopt compassionate capitalism do differently

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Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

Compassionate Capitalism, A Journey to the Soul of Business

Blaine’s Websites

Blaine Bartlett

Avatar Resources

Blaine’s Books

The Leadership Mindset Weekly

134: Why Culture Eats Everything

Is it really possible to transform a company’s culture? Tom Willis not only knows it’s possible, he facilitates these kinds of changes on a regular basis. Tom’s experiences as a CEO and Superintendent of Cornerstone Education Group, as a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and as an engineer with the Intel Corporation prepared him well for the work he does today. He’s committed to helping senior leaders become conscious of behaviors they can change that positively impact culture. You’ll love Tom’s passion for his work and the specific skills he brings to ensure real changes happen.

Tom is the co-founder and Partner of Phoenix Performance Partners, a firm that works with school superintendents and CEOs to create cultures that foster the growth of each person and the organization as a whole. Tom is also the host of the Culture Eats Everything Podcast, where he interviews CEOs and Superintendents who’ve created positive cultures.

You’ll discover:

How Tom defines culture
What prevents many organizations from making changes to their existing culture
Why Tom’s team avoids labels like “dysfunctional” when describing issues or behaviors that cause problems within an organization
The types of up-front analysis tools Tom and his team use to identify the root cause issues
What’s required to create a high-performing, coaching culture

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Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

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Phoenix Performance Partners

Tom’s Website

Tom’s Podcast

Culture Eats Everything

133: Banish Burnout from Your Life

Are you feeling stressed or in danger of burning out? My guest Janice Litvin shares valuable tips that can help you regain calmness, inner peace and joy. Janice has invested years in developing and applying unique strategies to her own life and to the lives of her clients. We discuss her stress management methodology, which is not only practical, it really works! You’ll love Janice’s passion for her work and the success stories she shares.

Janice is on a mission to help leaders and teams banish burnout in their organizations. She does this through keynotes, workshops, and accountability groups. Janice wants to help as many people as possible take care of their physical and mental health, and that includes teaching them to manage stress to prevent burnout, to eat healthfully, and to fall in love with fitness. She’s the author of the Banish Burnout Toolkit, and we took a deep dive into her book during our conversation.

You’ll discover:

Where stress comes from…and how to recognize it
Why awareness is the first of the 6 tools Janice covers in her book
The role that music plays in preventing burnout
What leaders can do to help workers avoid burnout
How an accountability buddy contributes to well-being

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Connect with Janice

Connect with Your Team

Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

Janice’s Website

JaniceLitvin.com

Janice’s Book

Banish Burnout Toolkit