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Empowered & Embodied ShowKindness at WorkSend us a MessageToo many of us have been taught that being kind, especially at work or in other positions of leadership is "weak". But, we will say that again. KINDNESS is a SUPERPOWER. How can you bring more kindness to your workplace, organization, or leadership style? And, what can get in your way and how to overcome that when you know kindness is the direction for you? Show Notes:Welcome and Hellos:*Short discussion on time and energy management. (1:40)*Introduction to this week’s...2022-06-2526 min
Doing (good) Business88 - Kirsten Tobey, Chief Impact Officer of Revolution Foods42 million Americans are food insecure (1 in 8 Americans, 1 in 6 kids in America). Kirsten Tobey co-founded Revolution Foods to impact that. Food security is a driver for the economy, as well as a force for good for community wellness, and it’s clear that Revolution Foods (a B Corp and Public Benefit Corp) is doing good business - in 15 states and counting! Hear about their Impact metrics, both internal and external: -internal - diversity, employment factors, job creation -external - % kids served qualify for free lunch, etc. When your team has value...2022-06-2028 minDoing (good) Business87 - Shannon Goldberg on Obsessive ReusingPlastic is a huge problem in every market, and Shannon Goldberg is taking it on in the cosmetics market. Founded after being laid off during the pandemic, IZZY is a beauty company whose products are 100% reusable, 100% recyclable, 100% certified carbon neutral, and 100% gorgeous! We talk with the founder, who refers to herself as the Chief Zero Waste Officer, about how IZZY is not only disrupting the beauty industry, but is using business to make the world better. At a time when we’re rapidly approaching plastic and fish being at a 1:1 ratio in the ocean, everyone has a par...2022-06-0635 minDoing (good) Business86 - Don Finley on DAOs, business, and spiritualityDon Finley is an entrepreneur who, through his own journey (which includes climbing Kilimanjaro and an impromptu trip to Peru), has blended spirituality and business. Founder of FINdustries and now sooTH seekers, Don explains complicated concepts like DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) to us, with his wonderful storytelling ability. Our favorite moments include: “Building a business is one of the best exercises in self development” “Things were looking great on paper and I was somewhat miserable…this is everything I have ever asked for …and at the same time I really want off this train” “When team members needed...2022-05-2336 minDoing (good) Business85 - A surprisingly good business!Life insurance can be good business? It sure can! Meet Carey Earle, President of Bluestone Life - not your grandparents’ life insurance company. Learn about Bluestone - they’re a B Corp, Public Benefit Corporation, AND 1% for the Planet member (!); how Carey’s personal values overlap with Bluestone’s, and how she prioritized those values when finding her next career move (and ended up at a company whose mission includes protecting community and planet). Throw in a couple of great quotes: “Education is expensive, no matter how you get it.” – Ernest Leigh Earle, Carey’s grandfather, a Ver...2022-05-0929 minDoing (good) Business84 - AltruizeDid you know that service hours, either in companies, or in the community (think about HS and college folks) are not tracked in any standardized way? Today’s guest knew that, and created an App to solve that problem! In honor of National Volunteer Month (thanks, Kelly!), we’re happy to introduce you to Nicole, Sdao, the founder of Altruize - the FitBit for altruism! Things we loved: Employees who participate in their own volunteering, are more engaged at work A 100% no is better than a 50% yes Standardizing the service hours folks complete help make college admi...2022-04-2521 minDoing (good) Business83 - Love as a Biz Strategy BOOK GIVEAWAY!Thanks so much to Mohammad Anwar and Frank Danna for sending us autographed copies of Love as a Business Strategy, to gift to 2 lucky listeners! To enter, do these 3 easy things: Follow on LinkedIn or Instagram (or both if you really LOVE us!) Leave us a rating & review of the podcast on whatever podcast app you use to listen to us (unless you don't love us!) A message to us through the website with your name & email address to confirm your entry We will accept entries until the end of April, and then select a...2022-04-1112 minDoing (good) Business82 - No Mud, No LotusThe beautiful Lotus flowers are grown in the dirtiest of waters. What if the most beautiful businesses come from the most challenging times? The folks at Softway certainly exemplified that. Lotus flowers are a spiritual symbol of resilience, and Kelly reminds us of the 4Cs of resilence: be curious, creative, compassionate, confident. Hat tip to Matt Tinney for the idea for this episode! Curious about some more businesses who found the beauty after the mud? Listen in as we share stories from: Play-doh Starbucks YouTube And others who are desi...2022-03-2830 minDoing (good) Business81 - Love as a Business StrategyWhat happens when your company is in financial trouble, needs to do a significant layoff, and everyone is struggling? You put love at the center, of course! Sound crazy? Not to us. D(g)B welcomes Mohammad Anwar & Frank Danna of Softway, and now Culture+. Oh, and they also wrote a book about Love as a Business Strategy. Listen to hear: How love took the company from the brink of financial failure to thriving, and launched a 2nd company, and a book! How sports, and 1 football game in particular, lead Mohammad to completely change i...2022-03-1441 minDoing (good) Business80 - Return on EnergyWelcome to a very special episode of Doing (good) Business! In honor of Kelly's love of the Deathbed Confessions podcast, we bring you Doing (good) Business ala true crime! We've got a great story, a juicy plot, a heroine, and a whole lot of good business. Join us and have some fun! Links mentioned: Gartner article - 9 Future of Work Trends Post COVID-19 Lillian Moller Gilbreth Brave New Work episode 2022-02-2829 minDoing (good) Business79 - Awareness, stakeholder capitalism, and love“Stakeholder capitalism is not about politics. It is not a social or ideological agenda. It is not ‘woke,’” Fink said. “It is capitalism, driven by mutually beneficial relationships between you and the employees, customers, suppliers, and communities your company relies on to prosper. This is the power of capitalism.” "Employees need to understand and connect with your purpose; and when they do, they can be your staunchest advocates." Kelly and Lara dive into Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock's annual letter. We talk shareholders versus stakeholders - Lara gets them confused, and then we do w...2022-02-1426 minDoing (good) Business78 - Tony WoodsD(g)B welcomes Tony Woods, the Director and Head of Talent for Schmidt Futures - the philanthropic initiative created by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. He recruits engineers, authors, Ph.D. scientists, program administrators, etc and has helped pilot a program to source talent for critical government roles in the tech space, and created partnerships to elevate the talent of young people around the world. And there's SO much more to Tony, like how he was impacted by "don't ask, don't tell" and his newest endeavor with the Quad Fellowship in the Biden Whitehouse. Tony's top traits of le...2022-01-3136 min
Doing (good) Business77 - Season 4 Premiere!Kelly and Lara are back and are fired up about seeing the opportunities in the world of business! As always, here are some great tidbits & takeaways: Marcus Buckingham on Love + Work Doug Kirkpatrick on love at work Return on Energy High 5s at work Every 80 years 2022-01-1713 min
Doing (good) Business76 - Family business, personal leadership, and more with Nike AnaniEven if your business isn’t a family business, you need to hear from Nike Anani. Nike is a consultant, family business therapist at times, and one of the top 100 Family Business Consultants in the world. A few of the things we loved: How are you being in your business is a much more important question than what are you doing in your business. You don’t emerge as a leader, you practice it. You don’t emerge as a visionary, you practice it. We laughed, we had “wow!” moments, and we got off track in all the b...2021-05-3133 min
Doing (good) Business75 - Blending Leadership and Advocacy with Anthony HayesAnthony Hayes is the Founder and President of The Hayes Initiative, an LGBTQ+ owned and operated public affairs firm based in NYC, and he joins Kelly and Lara to talk about the intersection of advocacy and leadership, and so much more! We know that inclusivity means different things to different people and Anthony gives us his definition (hint: it all starts with awareness!) and reminds the most well-intentioned leaders to take a breath before you take action. What are some business practices that work? Kelly’s tracking-loving heart lit up when Anthony shared his experience on this one! Ant...2021-05-1736 min
Doing (good) Business74 - Leading By Example with Matt TinneyWhat happens when the CEO of a company has a personal awakening? Turns out, the answer is a whole lot of good business. D(g)B is thrilled to welcome Matt Tinney to the show. Matt is the Founder & Chairman of WME, a Microsoft solutions partner, and on Labor Day 2020, Matt became incredibly ill. A month later when he started coming out of it, everything changed - including his company. Matt did what few Founders would do, and he stepped down as CEO, promoting his then EVP Vickie Moore to CEO, and assuming the role of founder & chairman. He...2021-05-0336 min
Doing (good) Business73 - Changing Feedback from Measure & Assess to Grow & Improve with Glade HolmanIf you have ever given or received feedback, listen in! There’s endless advice on giving feedback - how to do it, when to do it, how to coach instead of scold, etc...but there’s not a ton of info out there on receiving feedback - until now! Enter Glade Holman and Generative Feedback. Yes, we talk about giving feedback, and perhaps more importantly, we talk about receiving feedback. Whether you’re a people leader, business owner, spouse or friend, knowing how to receive feedback can truly be life changing. As Glade says, if you can get that one to...2021-04-1930 min
Doing (good) Business72 - Organizational Self-Management with Doug KirkpatrickCan you imagine a workplace without management structure and titles, and that talks about love? Doug Kirkpatrick can, and does, particularly at Morning Star, as well as in other teams & organizations he describes to Kelly & Lara. It's called Organizational Self-Management and there are 2 simple principles: No Coercion and Keep Commitments. Try this definition of work: creating value for another human being. If that was your definition, how would that impact your leadership and organization? Our mic drop moment: Bureaucracy is designed to destroy accountability. Doug shared SO many fantastic resources: Comm...2021-04-0536 min
Doing (good) Business71 - Carol Mitchell, author of Collaboration CodeFrom self-awareness to #MeToo, Carol brings it all to this episode and we are here for it! Her first book, Breaking Through Bitch, got our attention, and her second book, Collaboration Code, is unbelievably timely. Carol shares what her research revealed and a blueprint for men who want to become more collaborative leaders. Thinking about the shifts all leaders and workplaces have encountered in the last year, collaboration has taken a hit. Start getting it back with this episode. Our biggest takeaway might be this simple statement: Look at people as a leading indicator; finances ar...2021-03-2237 min
Doing (good) Business70 - Amy Lynn Durham on Creating Magic at Work!In honor of Women's History Month, D(g)B welcomes the first of 2 amazing women! Meet Amy Lynn Durham, who takes us one step beyond Emotional Intelligence, into the realm of Spiritual Intelligence (SQ). As a “Corporate Mystic”, she shares how to foster SQ in the workplace through unique and effective strategies she's described in her new book, “Create Magic At Work”. What in the world is SQ? Amy uses Cindy Wigglesworth's definition, which is, "the ability to maintain inner and outer peace regardless of the situations." It's faith neutral, and helps us to see our interconnectedness, and step m...2021-03-0834 min
Doing (good) Business69 - Jeff Harry on Play at Work!We can all use more play in our lives - especially right now - and our guest today brings just that! Jeff Harry helps companies play more. You read that right! Think play, leadership, and bottom line results aren’t related? Think again! Jeff’s work helps leaders pursue a future where the fun is, that is how they can navigate uncertainty and address problems head-on while creating a psychologically safe work environment. He combines positive psychology and play to help organizations and individuals address their most challenging issues - like office politics, toxicity in the workplace, and many more...2021-02-2231 min
Doing (good) Business68 - Carley Hauck, Founder of Leading from WholenessCarley Hauck, Founder of Leading from Wholeness has a new book, Shine, coming out in February 2021 on conscious leadership and businesses. Shine highlights the way that anyone who feels called to lead can cultivate the qualities of consciousness on the inside and help to build a workplace and world that works for everyone and is living in greater harmony with the planet. In the book, Carley showcases 9 conscious leaders whom she has served who are really prioritizing people and planet as central to their businesses mission and making quite a positive wave of goodness as a result. ...2021-02-0835 min
Doing (good) Business67 - Erin Jernigan, CEO & Co-Founder of Victory Supply Chain Services, on Group Grow programThink personal development programs for employees is a “big company” thing or a “fancy startup/West Coast” mentality? Think again! Erin Jernigan, CEO & Co-founder of Victory Supply Chain Services and team members Brandon George & Mary Anne DeCosta join Kelly & Lara to talk about Group Grow - a personal development program Erin brought into her organization after experiencing the value of working with her own personal coach. There’s so much goodness in this episode - from how the idea came to Erin (and how she got support to implement it), to Brandon & Mary Anne’s feelings about...2021-01-2535 min
Doing (good) Business66 - Finding Opportunity in Challenge & ChangeGrab a pen and paper for this episode! After the violence at the US Capitol on January 6th, Kelly called Lara with an idea for a bonus episode. Put simply, we want to support you more and share tools to help you get from here (probably feeling like we are, and having a hard time connecting to hope and taking action) to there (more creativity, more compassion, more capacity to show up the way you want to in the world). Think you can’t change the way you respond to things? Don't know how to ge...2021-01-1833 min
Doing (good) Business65 - Doing (good) FOOD Business with Dana Rizer, Executive Director of FEAST non-profitDana Rizer is the executive director of FEAST, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals and families learn how to navigate a broken food environment more healthily by promoting wellness and enriching lives through the power of healthy foods and human connection. Dana shares the ways in which COVID is increasing health risks in high-poverty neighborhoods AND how families living within these inequitable and inadequate food ecosystems can live healthier and more nourishing lives by addressing the individual, social, and environmental factors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle. What does business have to do with it? We’re s...2021-01-1130 min
Doing (good) Business64 - Robyn Gigl: attorney, author, & activist on authenticity & storyKelly & Lara are big proponents of bringing your whole self to work - and realize that as straight, white, cis-gendered women, it’s a lot easier for us to bring our whole selves to work than it is for those with marginalized identities. Robyn Gigl is a lawyer, author, activist - and she's also a transgender woman. She joins D(g)B to share how she used story in her career as a lawyer, even before she was an author. What it means for her to bring her whole self to work now, and what it looked like before sh...2020-12-2131 min
Doing (good) Business63 - Lisa Fain, CEO Center for Mentoring ExcellenceHow do mentoring and DEI intersect? We're glad you asked! Our guest today, Lisa Fain, CEO of Center for Mentoring Excellence, has the answer. If you or your organization provides or wants to provide mentoring, you need to listen to Lisa (and read her book)! HUGE takeaways: Mentors doesn’t have to have the answers! What they do need is good questions - the goal is to move away from the sage on stage model to being a guide on side A recent study shows that mentors have improved leadership skills in self efficacy, cultural competency & mo...2020-12-0729 min
Doing (good) BusinessAlice Karolina - The Ethical MoveThink marketing and pricing can’t be ethical? Think again - our guest Alice Karolina started a movement, aptly named The Ethical Move, to change that. After a profoundly impactful time in Belize and realizing that the online business space is rampant with manipulation, Alice started a movement. The Ethical Move helps businesses commit to ethical business practices, including pricing, and as someone who has always been annoyed about $499 or $297 prices (AKA charm prices), Lara’s first question was how Alice turned that annoyance into a movement! Kelly and Alice remind us that if you ask d...2020-11-0233 min
Doing (good) Business61 - Paul Birkett, founder and CEO of Automation FinancePaul Birkett, founder and CEO of Automation Finance Automation Finance has saved over 2000 families from foreclosure and we couldn’t be more excited to speak with their Founder & CEO Paul Birkett. Paul’s company, Automation Finance, pools consumer funds to invest in distressed assets and non-performing loans. Or, if you’re not in the financial industry, what that means is that they work with loans going into foreclosure to reformat them and keep the family in their home - all the while paying a nice return to their investors! Automation Finance uses crowdfunding, and investing starts at $250, so if...2020-10-1928 min
Doing (good) Business60 - Public Relations for good, with Heather DeSantisD(g)B welcomes Heather DeSantis, Founder & CEO of Publicity for good! Heather joined us from Branson, MO, where she and her fiancé live & work in a 23-foot Airstream - more on that at the end of the episode! Heather shares what good business and good PR means to her and her clients. You’ll learn why having a purpose-driven business is in Heather’s DNA, how this clear mission makes finding clients magnetic, and how she leads an international team and trusts them to deliver results - while trying to make the world better. Note: We had a...2020-10-0530 min
Doing (good) Business59 - D(g)B welcomes Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO of Bigelow TeaKelly & Lara could not be more thrilled to welcome Bigelow Tea’s President and CEO Cindi Bigelow to D(g)B. If you haven’t heard of Bigelow Tea, you may have been living under a rock for the past several decades! Bigelow is the #1 specialty tea company in America producing 2 billion tea bags a year - and they are a Certified B Corporation! Cindi is the 3rd generation President and CEO of Bigelow, which was started by her grandmother over 75 years ago, at a time when women rarely worked outside the home, let alone founded companies! Cind...2020-09-2127 min
Doing (good) Business58 - Season 3 premier & trailerCan you believe it's September already?! Kelly & Lara feel partially stuck back in March and partially like it's been 100 years since our last episode! Thanks, COVID... One thing the hosts know for sure, is that there are so many opportunities to do good business right now, and we plan to feature as many as possible! Season 3 will have more guests, more talk on equity & inclusion, more sustainability, and so many other amazing topics that you're going to love! The only constant is change, and that feels more true than ever right now. Join us this...2020-09-1412 min
Doing (good) Business57 - Season 2 FinaleWhen your season 2 finale episode starts with the dulcet tones of the ice cream truck in the background, you know it's gonna be good! Kelly & Lara reflect on the guests and topics from their second season, and walk their talk by continuing to refine the podcast format. You can expect to hear more guests in season 3, more overt conversations around DEI, and more attention on the good business that's happening - because it really is possible. In the powerful words of Kelly Stewart (wholeheartedly supported by Lara Heacock): If your company already values...2020-06-2915 min
Doing (good) Business56 - CSR & Social Good – not just the right thing to do but the smart thing - with Hailey Cavill-JaspersD(g)B episodes are recorded weeks in advance, and this episode is no exception. Kelly & Lara preempt the interview with Hailey to share important thoughts on US events from late May to early June 2020. Taking action to solve social problems and communicate what you’re doing should always be top of mind in business, according to Hailey-Cavill Jaspers, Australian DoGoodologist. Hailey’s talking with Lara and Kelly, as the June theme of Altruism continues, about why CSR & Social Good is a robust, potent strategy for both boom and tough times is and why it’s import...2020-06-1536 min
Doing (good) Business55 - Making Altruism a Part of Your Business ModelAltruism and business? Yup -it’s a thing! While altruistic leadership hasn’t been well researched, it is defined as the guiding of others with the goal of improving their well-being or emotional state...and that’s definitely doing good business! Kelly and Lara discuss past guests (we’re looking at you, Dr. Kristen Donnelly of Abbey Color in Philadelphia!) who demonstrate this, and recognizing companies who clearly have altruism as part of their culture. Examples include: Greyston Bakery, whose CEO said “we don’t hire people to bake brownies, we bake brownies to hire people”...2020-06-0125 min
Doing (good) Business54 - Making Sustainability Fun with Colin McIntosh of Sheets & GigglesHappy National Sleep Day (a little late)! Sleep is a big deal when it comes to energetic sustainability, and when you combine that with the CEO of a company that makes sheets from sustainable materials, you’ve got Colin McIntosh from Sheets & Giggles! Kelly & Lara are thrilled to welcome Colin to D(g)B. Colin quickly became a favorite guest, and it’s easy to understand why. In his own words, "I'm a millennial, a CEO, a progressive, and a free-market capitalist, and I don't think any of those things are mutually exclusive." This CEO really does give...2020-05-1339 min
Doing (good) Business53 - Sustainability in business, the environment, and yourselfKelly and Lara are coming to you during what’s now being referred to as the Great Pause, AKA the global Coronavirus pandemic. Sustainability is a hot topic, and it’s the D(g)B topic for the month of May. Join us to learn about energetic sustainability, how the personal impacts the global, and how sustainable business is (obviously) good business, but why it’s so critical in the midst of a changing world. Sustainable takeaways: What is energetic sustainability & why is it important as a leader Return On Energy (hat tip Jen Pavich) Sustainable energy i...2020-05-0428 min
Doing (good) Business52 - How to bring humor into the workplace (yes, even now!) with Mary Fran BontempoHumor might seem like the furthest thing from your mind right now, but the truth is, it’s times like this that we need it most - especially when we’re trying so hard to maintain connection! What’s the point of humor in the workplace? Mary Fran Bontempo to the rescue! She takes the points Kelly & Lara made in episode 51 and expands beautifully. Yes, there are downsides of not having/allowing in the workplace! Humor humanizes and relaxes us and it’s a great tool in business. What happens when there’s resistance to humor and how do...2020-04-2034 min
Doing (good) Business51 - The Surprising Benefits of Humor at WorkNeed a laugh? April’s episodes were recorded before all of our lives changed dramatically, and we wanted to offer them as a break from all-things-difficult. Tune in to hear Kelly & Lara’s funniest workplace stories, Kelly’s Scottish brogue (because April 6th, when this episode was released, is Tartan Day in the US!), and why it really is good business to use (appropriate) humor at work. Check out: Forbes on Why humor is a key to success at work HBR on Leading with humor D(g)B’s Fear episode We’re talking about humor as an a...2020-04-0631 min
Doing (good) Business50 - Behind the Scenes!It’s our 50th episode and we’re taking you behind the scenes of Doing (good) Business! Get the scoop on the weird things Lara & Kelly have in common What’s new with Kelly and Lara and why we do the podcast together HOW YOU CAN HELP US grow (hint - spread the word, follow and share on LinkedIn or Instagram, rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you listen!) Did you know that over 77% of the economy are service-based businesses, which makes finding ways to help teams flourish a necessary aspect of achieving success. Kelly...2020-03-3028 min
Doing (good) Business49 - Creating positive organizational energy with Lisa Sordilla of EnergageEver made a great connection in line for the restroom? Well, that’s how Lara met today’s guest, Lisa Sordilla, VP of HR for Energage, a company that exists to help organizations have great energy! Lisa drops some seriously good energy including: Why you need to align purpose + performance How to make culture a priority (and what happens if you don’t) As a leader, how she walks her talk so that she can create positive organizational energy for her team. Did you know: Lara listens to other podcasts? LOL! Specifically, the example of the im...2020-03-1630 min
Doing (good) Business48 - Giving Toxic Workplaces the BootSure, you probably understand that your energy impacts the people around you, but have you ever thought about the energy of your organization? Kelly and Lara explain what organizational energy even is, and lead you through an exercise showing you how to impact 6 toxic workplace energies! Join us for a little bit of geeking out and some real time expertise. While we hope you’re not experiencing all of these, our bet is that at least 1 or 2 of these scenarios will resonate. Most important? Lara believes that Self leadership has to come first - managing your own ene...2020-03-0233 min
Doing (good) Business47 - Empathy in action with HoneyBee President and CEO Ennie LimEmpathy - in action! Kelly & Lara welcome HoneyBee President and CEO Ennie Lim to the podcast, because when the first word in a company’s About page is Empathy, you know they’re doing good business. Join us to hear how empathy not only is the reason Ennie started HoneyBee, but how she applies it to being a leader and operationalizes empathy (and audacity!) as a value in her organization. Started when Ennie realized the awful industry that is payday loans, this company gives organizations a chance to help their employees break the cycle of paycheck to paych...2020-02-1732 min
Doing (good) Business46 - Examples of Empathy in Leadership and Business StrategyWhy the heck are Kelly and Lara talking about examples of empathy on a business podcast? Well, for starters, empathy has been called an essential leadership skill. It’s even been called the most important leadership skill and the newest CEO status symbol. More of what CEOs think can be found in the State of Workplace Empathy study and this whitepaper on Empathy in the Workplace from the Center for Creative Leadership. There are 4 types of empathy (cognitive, affective, compassionate, and somatic), and they all fall under the umbrella of Emotional Intelligence, which is critical in the ag...2020-02-0331 min
Doing (good) Business45 - Meet ethical fashion industry disruptor Mary Alice DuffWhen you look up the word disruptor in the dictionary, you should see Mary Alice’s picture! Continuing our January theme of disruption, we are SO excited to introduce you to Mary Alice Duff. Mary Alice is the founder of Alice Alexander Co., an international size inclusive brand that is ethically sourced, created, and manufactured, in Philadelphia, PA. We talk about everything from pricing strategy to leadership style, to why knowing your mission is so important - especially when you’re a disruptor and hear no a lot! Learn: How the quest for a woo...2020-01-2034 min
Doing (good) Business44 - Disruption!As promised last week, we’re kicking off 2020 with a bang! Disruption is our January theme, and wowie do we have a lot to say on this! As Kelly and Lara reflected on past D(g)B episodes, they realized that most of their guests are disruptors for good. D(g)B has featured: Nolan Painting, Back to Earth Compost Crew, Dr. Kristen Donnelly as well as consultants helping business leaders transform: LaKita Williams, Katie Wright, Jennifer Brown, Jamila Medley, Mory Fontanez This episode notes some other disruptors you may have heard of: Interface Carpet, Cascade Engineering, Seven...2020-01-0627 min
Doing (good) Business43 - 2019 Reflections and 2020 WishesKelly & Lara share their end of year reflections and wishes for 2020 - both personal and professional, because the two always overlap. End of year reminders: Lara Coaching Services help your leaders lead with kindness, and without burning out Kelly’s Strategic Planning tools can help you reframe challenges of the past into positive opportunities for the future. Kelly & Lara love hearing from you! Contact us with podcast thoughts, questions for D(g)B, or to reach Kelly or Lara individually. We can't wait to share our amazing 2020 content with you! Topics from disruption to empathy to org...2019-12-3016 min
Doing (good) Business42 - Applying Appreciative Inquiry to do good business, with Jackie StavrosKelly and Lara welcome Jackie Stavros to D(g)B! Jackie is an expert in appreciation as it relates to business, and spends her life integrating strengths-based, whole system, and sustainability concepts and practices such as Appreciative Inquiry (AI), SOAR, and Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) into her research, teaching, training, and consulting work. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a person’s or system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential. Now, if that’s not doing good business, we don’t know what is! Follow Jackie on Twitter or check he...2019-12-1629 min
Doing (good) Business41 - What’s the difference between Gratitude & Appreciation?Can you even believe it’s December??? We SO appreciate you being here with us this year. You might even say we’re grateful. Is there a difference? We think so, and that’s what we’re digging into today. Appreciation is the D(g)B theme for December, and as always, Kelly & Lara are starting by dissecting the term. What does it even mean when it comes to work, and why is it part of doing good business? What are you appreciating right now? We’d love to hear from you at www.DoingGoodBusiness.com or on Instagra...2019-12-0223 min
Doing (good) Business40 - Lead with Values, with Mory Fontanez - Founder & CEO of 822 GroupKelly & Lara are thrilled to welcome Mory Fontanez to D(g)B, Founder & CEO of 822 Group, a transformational group focused on healing organizational chaos. Talk about leading with values...which include Real, Connected & Courageous! Have you taken one of the values assessments we linked to in our last episode? We’d love to hear what you learned - drop us a note at www.DoingGoodBusiness.com Mory’s personal values include self-awareness, accountability, empathy, love, deep connections, gratitude - and we can clearly see how she lives by them. What caught our attention: “...2019-11-1828 min
Doing (good) Business39 - ValuesValues is the November theme on D(g)B, and while we love the usual November topics of gratitude and being thankful, we’re going against the grain a bit and diving into values! Are your company’s values more than just a page on your website? Do you know your personal values? Why are values important in terms of organizational/company benefits and how do you live the company's values to realize the benefits? How the heck do you even get started with this values stuff? Kelly & Lara talk about all that and more. Topics we valu...2019-11-0425 min
Doing (good) Business38 - Kevin Nolan, president & founder of Nolan PaintingKevin Nolan, founder and president of Nolan Painting, is a leader who truly exemplifies our October theme of Openness. From open book accounting, to how he establishes goals for his team, Kevin has been in business since the 1970s and runs what has become the largest residential painting company in the US! If Kevin sounds familiar, that’s because he was a guest on the Doing (good) Business live podcast panel, in Season 1 and we’re thrilled to have him back for a deep dive into Openness. Follow their painting adventures on Facebook and check out Nolan in th...2019-10-2130 min
Doing (good) Business37 - OpennessOctober’s theme is Openness and Kelly & Lara talk about why you need it, how leaders do openness well, and of course, how it helps your organization do good business! We've got a special shout-out to Kelly’s dog Bandit about 20 minutes in :-) Be open to these good business tips: Lara coaches her leaders on what she calls “Appropriate Transparency” Growth mindset We all make up stories when there’s a lack of info. Openness is a key ingredient to trust and trust positively impacts retention The Real Power of Transparency and Openness How Leaders can build a c...2019-10-0723 min
Doing (good) Business36 - Happiness at work with Blake Harris - Zoom's Happiness Crew PresidentOur September happiness guest is Blake Harris from Zoom. Blake is a Zoom Sales Recruiter & the 2019 Happy Crew President. Yes, we did say Happiness Crew! Did you know that Zoom’s mantra is delivering happiness? Their Happy Crew is international & when Zoom went public in 2019, the Happy Crew got recognition and is now being branded throughout the organization! What’s important to know: Glassdoor reviews are amazing - happiness positively impacts culture and retention Zoom holds unique events - like bring your parents to work day - that foster happiness All...2019-09-2327 min
Doing (good) Business35 - HappinessKelly and Lara are back with their first solo episode of Season 2, and they’re talking Happiness. If you’re happy (or want to be) and you know it, listen in! How to find personal happiness? Look for meaning. How to create professional happiness at a corporate level? Make it part of your strategy! Resources: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/happy_life_different_from_meaningful_life https://www.tenpercent.com/dan-harris-books https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/the-differences-between-happiness-and-meaning-in-life/ https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ar...2019-09-0925 min
Doing (good) Business34 - Casa Real Estate, your home builds anotherWould you like a realtor who genuinely wants what’s best for the client AND who donates a home for every home bought or sold? We sure would, which is why we were so excited to discover Casa Real Estate in Southern CA. Their slogan? Your home builds another. Yup - you read that right! They took the buy one give one model and applied it to homes! We knew we had to talk to them. In fact, Casa is approaching 100 homes built (all 100 have been donated, and are built or waiting to be built) in only 2.5 YEAR...2019-08-2631 min
Doing (good) Business33 - Jennifer Brown, author of How to Be an Inclusive LeaderWe are kicking off Season 2 with a bang! Our first 2 episodes feature incredible guests who are truly doing good business. In September, we’ll officially get into our Season 2 format of 2 episodes per month - both around a specific topic and both chock full of powerful takeaways and small steps you can take in your life and work. We are thrilled to start the season with Jennifer Brown, a leading diversity and inclusion expert, dynamic keynote speaker, best-selling author, award-winning entrepreneur and host of The Will To Change podcast, which uncovers true stories of diversity and inclusion. As t...2019-08-1937 min
Doing (good) Business32 - SEASON 1 FINALEYou guys! Doing (good) Business has released 31 episodes! That's 1 episode per week since October 2018. We are thrilled with the reception we've gotten and can't wait to do more. Walking our talk is a top priority for us, and to make the podcast sustainable, we decided to move to a season format. That means you have the whole summer to catch up on the 31 awesome episodes from Season 1! We'll be back in your podcast feed on Monday August 19th with Season 2 - we'll have all new episodes, a new bi-weekly format, more actionable steps to take be...2019-06-0304 min
Doing (good) Business31 - How to create an authentic employer brand with Mark Puncher, the Chief Energy Officer of Employer Branding AustraliaKelly & Lara are thrilled to welcome Mark Puncher, Chief Energy Officer of Employer Branding Australia, to Doing (good) Business. Mark is a fantastic Aussie who makes it his business to help companies define their employer brand - authentically. What’s an employer brand? You didn’t know employer branding was a thing? Well, have we got the podcast for you! Learn what employer branding is, how to do it honestly and with authenticity, and how differentiate your company. Mark shares his top tips for you (including why you shouldn’t have a ton of expensive videos!). Check out:2019-05-2733 min
Doing (good) Business30 - Putting a Culture Mindset to Work - Live Event Part IISecond half of the panel discussion around Culture. This episode includes audience Q&A and our panelists #1 tip to put a Culture Mindset to work in your business. Panelists:Diana Asbury, Marketing Director at Workzone Hope Bear, Chief People Officer at AWeber Jim Bishop, President & Founder at Cornerstone Clubs Kevin Nolan, Founder & CEO at Nolan Painting Special thanks to Alex Dingley for recording this event and AWeber for hosting!2019-05-2037 min
Doing (good) Business29 - Putting a Culture Mindset to Work - Live Event Part IKelly and Lara moderate a panel discussion around Culture - how it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money, how it positively impacts retention, and how you can put a Culture Mindset to work in your business. Panelists:Diana Asbury, Marketing Director at Workzone Hope Bear, Chief People Officer at AWeber Jim Bishop, President & Founder at Cornerstone Clubs Kevin Nolan, Founder & CEO at Nolan Painting Special thanks to Alex Dingley for recording this event and AWeber for hosting!2019-05-1333 min
Doing (good) Business28 - Go outside the box!On April 29th, Kelly & Lara took the podcast outside of the box and hosted a live Doing (good) Business event (which will air in 2 parts on May 13th and 20th). It inspired the hosts to think about how going outside of the box is part of doing good business! Kelly’s What If You Could workshop is ALL about thinking outside the box, Lara touches on out of the box hiring practices, and Lara’s cat Auryon makes a little guest appearance a couple of times - she’s clearly an outside the box thinker! Listen...2019-05-0624 min
Doing (good) Business27 - Adopting open hiring practices with Dr. Kristen DonnellyDr. Kristen Donnelly is is the EVP of Abbey Research and the COO of Abbey Color, and you wouldn’t be wrong if you said she wears a lot of hats! D(g)B is excited to discuss open hiring with Dr. Donnelly because her family’s company Abbey Color, has been doing that for longer than it’s been a trendy word in talent acquisition spaces - nearly 30 years! Listen to find out what they do require from their folks, how they are working to end generational poverty, and why you should (and shouldn’t!) consider open hiri...2019-04-2932 min
Doing (good) Business26 - Consciousness in business, and what it means as a leader and as a companyConsciousness: The dictionary defines consciousness as the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings. Kelly & Lara talk about what that really means - for leaders and for companies. For leaders, consciousness means taking care of your needs so you can be your best for your people. For companies, organizations like Conscious Capitalism exist to raise the collective business consciousness. Join us to hear how the Flowbie, Baking Soda, SC Johnson & Abe Lincoln all tie into this conversation! Conscious topics: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Inventions that make li...2019-04-1530 min
Doing (good) Business25 - Composting at work - how your company can help the planetIn preparation for Earth Day on 4/22, D(g)B welcomes Colleen Falicki of Back to Earth Compost Crew! Kelly & Lara affectionately think of Colleen as the Composting Concierge! Her company helps businesses compost all kinds of things - and she tells us exactly what you can and can’t compost - and why a company should do it! Learn about Colleen’s values as a leader of an environmental impact company, how this industry is growing, and perhaps our favorite quote, “Constant improvement is better than delayed perfection” Find Back to Earth on Facebook, Insta, and Twitter. Environm...2019-04-0827 min
Doing (good) Business24 - A very special April Fool's Day episodeOn today’s episode Kelly and Lara talk about how you can crush your competition, skimp on employee benefits, and boost your bottom line by cutting corners! APRIL FOOL!!! Of course we’re not going to tell you about those things! What we are going to do is flip our conversation. Today’s episode is all about how individual contributors and employees can do good business, because while strong leadership is critical, everybody in an organization is part of the solution. If you’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’ about your workplace, we’ve got you covered...becau...2019-04-0123 min
Doing (good) Business23 - Steve Van Valin of CulturologyKelly and Lara welcome Steve Van Valin of Culturology! Steve is a corporate culture consultant and thought leader, with a background that includes a little company called QVC! Steve believes people are your most competitive advantage and he shares his top warning signs of a not-so-great culture, one of his favorite tools to learn more about your people, and how to spot a strong culture internally and externally (yup, there’s a difference). Check out: Culture as an organizational value to help diversify thinking Use the question, “what do you think?” to hea...2019-03-2534 min
Doing (good) Business22 - EngagementEngagement. Every company wants to improve employee engagement, even if they haven't really defined it, and most are only trying to measure it with a once-per-year survey! Kelly and Lara encourage you to go beyond the engagement survey - and perhaps beat the global average of only 13% of employees who actually say they’re engaged. Tune in to learn how to engage your employees by: Not falling into the temptation to “legislate” everything. Talking to your people! Don’t worry, we tell you how. Questioning your assumptions on what an engaged employee...2019-03-1823 min
Doing (good) Business21 - TrustTrust. We can all agree that trust is important, but how do you make it happen? Lara gives tips on how NOT to build trust and Kelly shares why it’s so important to an organization, customers, and even vendors & suppliers. The hosts both agree that psychological safety is a big component. We trust you’ll enjoy: What is psychological safety? The Four Agreements The Edelman 2019 Trust Barometer How to Build Trust in an Organization from the Univ of NC Amy Edmondson’s book – “The Fearless Organization: Creating Ps...2019-03-1125 min
Doing (good) Business20 - Mathew Passy, the podcast consultant and host of CausePodsPodcasting...as a force for good? Yes indeed! Today’s guest is Mathew Passy, the podcast consultant and host of CausePods - the podcast that features folks who are using podcasts for good! His guests are using their podcasts to raise awareness for things like MS, animal rescue, Parkinson’s disease, Cancer, and with each episode, Mathew sets up a fundraiser for his clients, so they can raise money in addition to awareness! Mathew’s background in media started in radio before he even knew what a podcast was! Today he’s a go-to podcast expert, proud twin dad...2019-03-0428 min
CausepodsLara & Kelly - Doing Good Business (EP. 16)
Welcome back to Causepods everyone! Today our guests are Lara Heacock, who is a leadership coach with a personal development blog at kindover.com and Kelly Stewart, who is a positive business consultant at the positivebusiness.com who are going to tell us their journey since starting a podcast called Doing (Good) Business. For Lara and Kelly, the podcast is a great way to pass on information and underline the work and lessons that friends and guests can share.
In our conversation we discuss the order of creating a good podcast, the benefits folks who get to...2019-02-2823 min
Doing (good) Business19 - La'Kita Williams of CoCreate Work & Mel Carson of Delightful CommunicationsDoing good business times 2! Our guests today are La’Kita Williams of CoCreate Work & Mel Carson of Delightful Communications. La’Kita & Mel have been partners in business, as well as coach & client, and they have always aligned in their good business thinking. When a high profile job and a personal tragedy collided, La’Kita looked at her own purpose in her work. She shares her thoughts on:How how organizational design can support purpose People over profitsOperationalizing valuesPurpose driven people are more resilient and more committed to the mission La’Kita recommends The Good Jobs Strategy...2019-02-2539 min
Doing (good) Business18 - MindsetMindset! Our very special guest is none other than our own, Kelly Stewart! In addition to being co-host of Doing (good) Business, Kelly is the founder of The Positive Business and is a Positive Business Consultant. Kelly helps business leaders break through the burden of doing business as usual and make the world a better place in the process - which is a fancy way of saying that she helps companies make things like giving back or being environmentally conscious, become quantifiable business practices that positively impact the bottom line! Learn what a positive business...2019-02-1820 min
Doing (good) Business17 - KindnessKindness! Our very special guest is none other than our own, Lara Heacock! You know her as the co-host of the Doing (good) Business podcast, and this is your opportunity to learn about the inspiring work she does as a “Kindness Ambassador”, author of Practical Kindness, and Editor in Chief of the popular Kind Over Matter site where people are inspired to change the world through kindness. In her role as a leadership coach, Lara helps emerging and established business leaders recognize and value when people take care of themselves, because healthier people are better for business. 2019-02-1129 min
Doing (good) Business16 - Using influence for good with Shelly O’DonovanShelly O’Donovan of Authentic Influence Group, has the Jedi mind tricks (and the science to back them up!) to help people use influence for good by understanding how body language affects a person’s ability to make a positive impact. Hear Shelly’s #1 body language tip to make a positive impact, her scientifically backed tricks to increase energy, and how to spot an authentic leader! Influence Fun: Without training, people have a 51% accuracy rate in determining whether or not someone is lying; with training that increases to 93%. Authentic Influence Group A...2019-02-0426 min
Doing (good) Business15 - InclusionInclusion. While most companies are still working toward diversity, some are fully stepping into the place of inclusion, and we’re highlighting great things we're seeing. This episode also features Lara having a couple of soap box moments and Kelly giving props to Millenials! Bottom line, the companies who are “doing” diversity right have recognized that inclusion is a sound business strategy. It can be applied to the company, and it can be applied to how the company works with other organizations in creating a value web. Awesome Inclusion: Millennials and Boomers and Xers de...2019-01-2829 min
Doing (good) Business14 - Jamila Medley, Philadelphia Area Cooperative AllianceWhen you think of a Co-Op, you might think of your neighborhood food co-op. Turns out there are a whole lot more out there, and our guest today is a co-op expert! Join us as we talk with Jamila Medley, the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA). We dig into the concept of a co-op, the practice of democratic leadership, how Jamila implements that with her team, similarities between democratic leadership & coaching, and so much more. Follow PACA: @phillycoops on Facebook and Twitter Noteworthy topics: Democratic leadership www.i...2019-01-2131 min
Doing (good) Business13 - AuthenticityAuthenticity. What does that even mean?!? Don’t worry, we’re going to define it for you - complete with explaining why that word sometimes makes us roll our eyes - and how to avoid having the same reaction. Authenticity is important, albeit overused. People buy from, believe in, and trust those who seem authentic, so learn how to start incorporating more authenticity in your own life & leadership, as well as in your company & brand. Authentic building blocks: Authentic Leadership Questionnaire Ethical framework from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara Univ...2019-01-1424 min
Doing (good) Business12 - LeadershipLeadership. Every company’s got it, but do you know what style of leader you are or what kind of leadership your company practices? Kelly starts us off with a brief leadership history lesson, shares the impact women have had on leadership, and we talk about where we’d like to see things go! Several people who are doing good things in leadership came up, so if you’re looking to kickstart your leadership in 2019, start here. Topics of note:Command & Control Dare to Lead Simon Sinek Kristen Neff2019-01-0726 min
Doing (good) Business11 - ChangeChange. Kelly & Lara want to end the year by helping you make change less scary! Whether it’s personal or professional change, our last episode of the year will set you up for 2019 with a clear way to move forward and not freak out about change. Hint: we’re not fans of the term post-mortem and we LOVE the concept of creating your preferred future! Special shout out to Kelly’s sweet dog old-Bill, who joined us toward the end, and passed away shortly after this episode was recorded. Topics include:Appreciative inquiry Positi...2018-12-1722 min
Doing (good) Business10 - Katie Wright, RightCause ConsultingMarketing...for a cause? Yup - it’s possible! Our guest today is Katie Wright, founder of RightCause consulting. Not only does she help for profit companies partner with non-profit companies, she helps her clients get to their why, so that their marketing can do good! What’s Katie’s why? It started with doing good for good people...and she grew her business from there. So many good nuggets this week: Nike & Collin Kapernick Tom’s Corporate Social Responsibility Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Values...2018-12-1034 min
Doing (good) Business9 - GivingGiving. Tis the season! There’s more than just personal giving on folks’ minds at this time of year. Corporate giving and corporate citizenship are hot topics, and as always, Kelly & Lara dig into what they actually mean! These concepts aren’t big company only territory, and even as an individual contributor, there are ways you can embrace a corporate giving mindset. Episode topics: Zappo’s - you can do better with your shipping materials!Cyber ethics IEEE ACM2018-12-0321 min
Doing (good) Business8 - Greg & Sabrina from Push10Corporate volunteering, summer Fridays, and values based hiring are just a few of the ways Push10 is Doing (good) Business. Kelly & Lara welcome Sabrina Pfautz & Greg Henry, partners at Push10, a mid sized design agency focused on mission driven businesses, located in Philadelphia, PA and Austin, TX. Some of the ways they do good business include: Values based hiring - check out their values below! Mission based organizations chosen as niche using combo of revenue and fulfillment analysis The Power of Data Driven Design Staff is empowered to share their ideas and leadership often gives them...2018-11-2631 min
Doing (good) Business7 - CivilityCivility. Recorded on the heels of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting & the Obama and Clinton family bombings in late October, civility is on our minds. Civility may seem like a small topic, but in a time when it seems so hard to come by, we are digging into why it’s a lot bigger than you might think (hint: it goes WAY beyond just smiling and being nice) - especially when it comes to business. As a special treat, Kelly dons the micro hat and Lara goes macro this week! Check it out. Topics of note:...2018-11-1930 min
Doing (good) Business6 - PurposePurpose. It’s another ubiquitous, overused word in the business world, and we’re picking it apart! What does it mean to have a purpose? What should your company’s purpose be? Is that like a mission statement? We’re helping you understand what this word really means, and why it’s important. Stuff with a purpose (yeah, we’re corny!): Honeywell story about avoiding doing layoffs Workers value shared ethics in a company over money Simon Sinek’s TED Talk: people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it2018-11-1227 min
Doing (good) Business5 - How to tell?Last week we profiled a company who is truly Doing (good) Business - AWeber (check out episode 4 if you missed our great interview with Hope Bear, AWeber's Chief People Officer). But….how do you tell if other companies are doing good? Sure, you could ask the C-suite to be interviewed on this podcast, or you could listen to the tips and tricks we offer so that you can make an educated choice - whether you’re in job transition, or want to make a difference where you are. Cool concepts that came up:Bwork.com Di...2018-11-0525 min
Doing (good) Business4 - Hope Bear, CPO of AWeberKelly & Lara are thrilled to welcome Hope Bear, the Chief People Officer of AWeber, an email marketing company that exemplifies Doing (good) Business. It’s one thing to talk about how thing should be done in business, and it’s quite another to have a company who really does them. AWeber is that company, and we’re giving you a peek inside! AWeber is proud of some pretty cool things: Turnover is 13% Retention is really high – tech industry’s average is 18 months, they’re over 3 years Engagement rate is in the high 70s, an...2018-10-2931 min
Doing (good) Business3 - FearKelly & Lara are getting real and talking about Fear. Think fear doesn’t show up in the business world? Think again! From personal fear and the inner critic to running a fear based business - we’re digging in to the F word that very few people like to acknowledge. Cool concepts: Self Efficacy Money is no longer the biggest criteria for job seekers Psychological Capital - Hope Efficacy Resiliency Optimism (HERO) SOAR (The Thin Book)2018-10-1037 min
Doing (good) Business2 - TransparencyYou know those ubiquitous business lingo words that you hear all the time but no one really knows what they mean? Yeah. So do we. In today’s episode, Kelly & Lara dissect Transparency. What does it mean? What should it mean, and how should it really be applied in business? Cool folks and concepts we hit on include: Radical Candor Glennon Doyle (quote: write from the scar, not the wound) Open Book Management Brene Brown (quote: bring your whole self to work)2018-10-1037 min
Doing (good) Business1 - Inaugural Episode!Welcome to the inaugural episode of Doing (good) Business! We’re starting, where else, at the beginning, which for most businesses is the bottom line. Meet your hosts, Kelly Stewart and Lara Heacock, and learn why to do (good) business, and what the heck we even mean! Lots of cool people and concepts were mentioned: Simon Sinek Milton Friedman John Elkington The Quadruple Bottom Line bCorporation.net2018-10-1021 min