Mark Smucker: A Fortune 500 CEO on Business Transformation, and Bringing Your Whole Self to Work (#22)
Mark Smucker is the President and CEO of The J.M. Smucker Company, and the sixth CEO in the Company’s 120+-year history— succeeding his father and uncle, in 2016. Smucker is a well-known manufacturer of jam, peanut butter, pet foods, coffee and other products. Founded in 1897, Smucker has expanded into […]
Madwoman Executive to Sober Author— The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life (#21)
How many of us are taking on some sort of cleanse, or swearing off alcohol for the month following the holidays? A few listeners have reached out lately on how I quit drinking 8 years ago. Today’s guest came on my radar in a big way recently, and brings a powerful voice to the […]
A Warrior Philosopher on Showing Up to Deliver Your Life’s Work (#20)
Nobody we admire succeeds by only having a plan. At some point they must conquer all resistance and show up to deliver their work. Our guest today embodies this ethos. As a logistics officer during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Charlie Gilkey is an expert on having a tight plan, and finding the discipline to follow […]
A Former Club Promoter Reinvents as a Retreat Exec in Costa Rica (#19)
As we prepare to enter a new decade, so many of us are grappling with how to create more fulfilling work. That theme is the focus of our upcoming retreat in Costa Rica— where we’ll design the 2020s on our terms. Why Costa Rica? I can’t think of a better spokesman for this sanctuary of […]
Your TED Journey: Turning your Dream into a Talk (#18)
Have you had a goal to deliver a TED or TEDx talk, and it just hasn’t happened yet? It’s more work than I ever realized, but was also far more rewarding. My goal today is to get YOU in action to deliver yours. It’s easy to get the journey started, and my hope is you […]