Dr. Michaela O’Donnell is the author of, Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World, which is a guidebook for anyone walking the road of calling in a changing world. She’s also the executive director of the Max De Pree Center for Leadership where she oversees the center's vision, strategy, program, and team, all with the goal of helping leaders reflect deeply in all seasons of life and leadership.
In addition to her academic work, Michaela has over ten years of experience as an entrepreneur. Principally, as the Owner and Managing Director of Long Winter Media, a vibrant creative agency that helps brands make social impact through multi-media content. Long Winter Media’s roster of clients includes Google, YouTube, NBC Universal, University of Southern California, Presbyterian Church (USA), Fuller Seminary, and many more. Notably, the Oprah Winfrey Network picked up a short film Long Winter produced for an episode of Oprah’s show Super Soul Sundays with Glennon Doyle.
In this episode, Nada sits down with Michaela to discuss her book Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World, and how it might be the catalyst to recenter and ground yourself in your “WHY”. Why do you do what you do? What is your calling? They discuss the changing workforce and ways to approach creating solutions for the “noise” of this world.
Nada also shares a little more about LIBERTY’s journey to becoming LIBERTY ROAD. And how empathy is a powerful tool to have as an entrepreneur.
This conversation will INSPIRE you to dig a little deeper into your calling and help you reset if you lack clarity.
You can order Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World here. Learn more about Max De Pree Center for Leadership here.
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