Public Relations for good, with Heather DeSantis

Public Relations for good, with Heather DeSantis

Live from her Airstream in Branson, MO, D(g)B welcomes Heather DeSantis, Founder & CEO of Publicity for Good! Learn what good business and good PR means to Heather and her clients, why having a purpose-driven business is in Heather’s DNA and so much more in this episode.

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D(g)B welcomes Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO of Bigelow Tea

D(g)B welcomes Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO of Bigelow Tea

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! Cindi is a leader who truly walks her talk. Tune in to hear how she runs her company in a way that reflects the family’s values and beliefs.

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Making Sustainability Fun with Colin McIntosh of Sheets and Giggles

Making Sustainability Fun with Colin McIntosh of Sheets and Giggles

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.

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Empathy in Action with HoneyBee President and CEO Ennie Lim

Empathy in Action with HoneyBee President and CEO Ennie Lim

Empathy - 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. 

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Applying Appreciative Inquiry to do good business, with Jackie Stavros

Applying Appreciative Inquiry to do good business, with Jackie Stavros

Is transformation on your 2020 business plan? Here’s your introduction to Appreciative Inquiry and how it brings out the very best in people so organizations may thrive. Our guest today is the remarkable Dr. Jackie Stavros who’s going to unpack it all for us. Among Jackie’s many roles spanning business and academia, she is Senior Appreciative Inquiry Strategist for Flourishing Leadership Institute and a member of the Appreciative Inquiry Council of Practitioners for the Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry and Taos Institute. Get ready for some major a-ha moments!

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Lead with Values, with Mory Fontanez - Founder & CEO of 822 Group

Lead with Values, with Mory Fontanez - Founder & CEO of 822 Group

Maybe you’ve suffered for too long in a company that’s not living its values. Maybe you heard the man behind Salesforce, Marc Benioff, wrote in his new book that “a culture rooted in values creates value.” However you’ve come to think about organizational values and their role in defining what makes a company unique and empowering it to succeed, you need to listen to this episode of Doing (good) Business with Mory Fontanez, Founder and CEO of 822 Group. Mory’s on a mission to transform companies by getting to the root of systemic issues, building visionary leaders, helping inspire the workforce and creating purpose-driven brands that connect with customers.

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Kevin Nolan Discusses How Being Open Works at Nolan Painting, Inc.

Kevin Nolan Discusses How Being Open Works at Nolan Painting, Inc.

Building on what we discussed in the last episode on Openness, Kevin Nolan talks about why being open works at the company he founded and is President of today — Nolan Painting, Inc. If you want to become more open as a leader or want to champion more openness in your company, tune in for a practical approach for doing either — or both!

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Becoming an Inclusive Leader with Jennifer Brown

Becoming an Inclusive Leader with Jennifer Brown

We are thrilled to start Season 2 of Doing (good) Business 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. In this episode we’re talking about her her hot-off-the-press book, How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive (Berrett-Koehler), released in August 2019, which has an important message for business leaders everywhere: it's time we turned the promise of inclusion into a reality.

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How to Create an Authentic Employer Brand with Mark Puncher

How to Create an Authentic Employer Brand with Mark Puncher

Want to learn the secret ingredient to attracting talented people who are a good fit for your organization? Then tune in to this week’s episode to discover powerful to-do’s from the Chief Energy Officer at Employer Branding Australia. (We really do search the world to bring you the best advice from the people who are doing good business!)

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Part 1 - Put a Culture Mindset to Work at Your Company

Part 1 - Put a Culture Mindset to Work at Your Company

What happens when you bring together four business leaders who are intentionally and successfully creating culture in their companies with two podcast hosts who are intent in helping others do the same? Find out for yourself in Part 1 of our live podcast event - Put a Culture Mindset to Work at Your Company.

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Adopting Open Hiring Practices with Dr. Kristen Donnelly

Adopting Open Hiring Practices with Dr. Kristen Donnelly

While the current unemployment rate in the U.S. is less than 4% as of March 2019, the estimated unemployment rate among former felons hovers around 27%. With that in mind, we’re talking about open hiring policies with a COO whose family-owned company is an intentional second chance employer. Tune in to learn more.

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Meet Steve Van Valin

Meet Steve Van Valin

Ready to put the power of meaning to work at your company? Listen to Steve Van Valin, founder and CEO of Culturology, on this week’s episode of Doing (good) Business. Steve understands that culture must translate into performance. Learn about the eleven (11) amplifiers business leaders can use to spark engagement beyond tying work to customer outcomes and expecting a paycheck to be the sole source of employee motivation.

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