As change agents, our impact depends on how we show up. The way we carry ourselves in groups, how we influence others, and how we use our presence can all shape the change we’re trying to create. In this podcast, I talk with guests about what it means to use ourselves as instruments of change – and how their work brings healing and wholeness to people, relationships and organizations.
RECORDINGS
Decision Making: Consensus, Individual or Leader-led?
A facilitator asks a Japanese team: What’s your favorite color? Most of us would respond quickly with: Red – Green – Blue. But this team didn’t.Their answer? “We need to consult with one another.” That’s not indecisiveness. It’s culture. What this reflects is a consensus-based culture, where even simple choices are made collectively. Mainstream culture…
A Personal Laboratory at the “University of Life”
Anne Pratt’s experiences as a child of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa and meeting Nelson Mandela inspired her to help leaders build their skills in order to generate societal transformation.
Mandela: The Power of Forgiveness
After 27 years in prison, Madela realized that clinging to resentment would hinder personal growth. Anne Pratt, who worked with Mandela, talks about the need for leaders go release resentments in order to be effective leaders.
Being True to Yourself
Sometimes we have an interior monologue in our head trying to tell us a message about feeling unfulfilled. In this interview Meg shares how she took a courageous leap from a secure corporate insurance role to founding her own successful consulting company and, eventually, becoming a digital nomad.
Unlocking Leaders’ True Potential – Podcast
Unlocking Leaders’ True Potential: That’s what Tony Martignetti does as a coach and the “Chief Illumination Officer” of Inspired Purpose Partners. Tony has created inspiring offerings to help leaders unlock their potential and share their transformation journey on his podcast, “Virtual Campfire.” Having navigated his own transformation, he understands what it takes to move…
“Casting a vote for the person you’re becoming”
When @Dorie Clark posted this, I didn’t realize how perfectly it would capture the spirit of my conversation with Tony Martignetti: “Each time you show up, you’re casting a vote for the person you’re becoming.” We’ve all been in that space of becoming – when we’re searching for a new path in work or in…
Illuminating People From the Inside Out
Some professional titles make you smile because they say so much about the person who holds them. Tony Martignetti’s — Chief Illumination Officer of Inspired Purpose Partners — is one of those. Tony is a leadership advisor and author of Campfire Lessons for Leaders: How Uncovering Our Past Can Propel Us Forward. In his podcast…
Coaching in the Wild
There’s something magical when you immerse yourself in nature, by yourself or with a partner. Being outdoors seems to open possibility – it frees us from “indoor” constraints and inhibitions – and enables us to create a deeper level of connection – with ourselves and with others.
Coaching with Horses
What better way to talk about our presence and the inner work we do as instruments of change than to talk with Dan and Lisa Holden about their coaching work with horses. Lisa and Dan Holden are the owners of Espiritu Horse and Veterans Equine Alliance, a 501c3. Horses, miraculously, have the sensitivity, patience, and…
TRANSFORMATIVE COACHING 