Working on Purpose
Talk 4 Podcasting • Business, Management, Science
Talk 4 Podcasting • Business, Management, Science
Working on Purpose
Talk 4 Podcasting • Business, Management, Science
Talk 4 Podcasting • Business, Management, Science

About

Do you want TO HELP CREATE a world where people are passionate about their work? Where INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS HELP team members REALIZE THEIR GREATNESS, and capitalism thrives while serving the highest causes? Me, too. The Working on Purpose program is a thought leadership engine that ENLIGHTENS AND INSPIRES listeners with insights from ELITE business leaders and novel subject matter experts. Together, we’re WORKING ON PURPOSE TO STEWARD the future of work and BUSINESS to elevate us all.

Working on Purpose is broadcast live Tuesdays at 6PM ET and Music on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Working on Purpose is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).

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Episodes

  • Friction to Fuel: Turning Team Difference Into Unstoppable Strength
    Friction on your team? Conflict brewing? Before you manage around it — stop. Those differences in style, culture, and perspective might be your biggest untapped asset. Authors Susan MacKenty Brady, Stuart Kliman, and Lt. General (Ret.) Leslie Smith...
  • Negotiating from the Highest Self: Where Wisdom Meets Win-Win
    What if your next negotiation became an expression of your highest self? Beyond tactics and techniques lies a deeper way of engaging—one that honors both your aims and the humanity of those across from you. Dr. Mehrad Nazari shares the principles of...
  • The Culture Ripple: Transforming Invisible Beliefs into Excellent Culture
    Discover how invisible beliefs shape behavior, performance, unity, and purpose at work and beyond. Drawing from The Culture Ripple, this conversation with Steve Gandara explores how to replace limiting beliefs with liberating ones, build...
  • Enter the Mission Generation: Redefining Career, Contribution, and Calling
    A new career narrative is emerging—one driven less by prestige and more by purpose. People everywhere are seeking to use their gifts in service of something larger than themselves. This episode invites you into the Mission Generation: a movement...
  • Brand with Backbone: Why Emotional Connection Drives Loyalty
    What makes a brand unforgettable? Conviction. Warren Kornblum explores how standing for something meaningful sparks emotional connection, earns belief, and subtly shapes culture. Learn why values must be lived, not stated, and how great brands evolve...
  • The Shattering Within: Facing the Man in the Mirror to Finally Come Home
    Men are suffering—often in silence and alone. The cost is devastating. What happens when a man can no longer outrun himself? Every 13 minutes, a man takes his own life by suicide. For many men, midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a reckoning. A shattering of...
  • The Anti-Freedom Truth: Why Constraints Spark Breakthroughs
    If you hate rules, this episode might challenge everything you believe about innovation. Rules get blamed for everything—slow progress, lack of innovation, stuck teams. But what if they’re not the problem? In this provocative episode, Sheri Jacobs...
  • From Sunday Dread to Workforce Devotion: Turning Culture into Your Competitive Advantage
    Every Sunday night millions of workers feel it--the piercing dread as the weekend fades away. Yep, it’s the “Sunday Scaries” as your team braces for what they must endure in the upcoming work week. But what if learning what is driving that tension and...
  • Degrees Aren’t Enough: Why Graduates Still Aren’t Job-Ready
    Today’s graduates are doing everything “right”—earning degrees, building credentials—yet many still struggle to land their first job. Meanwhile, employers are searching for talent that can contribute from day one. So what’s missing? Alexandra Levit...
  • Stop Trying to Do Better -- It’s Not Working
    Here’s a hard truth: Most leaders are focused on the wrong thing. They chase performance, tactics, and productivity—yet overlook the one factor that drives it all: who they are being. In this provocative episode, Ryan Gottfredson reveals why only...
  • Hooked, Wired, and Tired: The Hidden Cost of Constant Connection
    What if the very tools meant to make life easier are actually draining you? From endless notifications to late-night scrolling, today’s technology is keeping your cortisol levels spiked—and your body stuck in stress mode. Justin Hai breaks down how...
  • The Road Back to Yourself: What 40,000 Miles Can Teach You About Living Fully
    Sometimes, the longest journeys are the ones that bring you home to yourself. In this heartfelt episode, entrepreneur Michael Yang shares how a 40,000-mile motorcycle journey became a moving meditation on his life—from his early years in Korea during...
  • Stop Making Parents Choose: A Smarter Way to Lead Work and Life
    What if supporting new and working parents wasn’t a disruption to your business—but a strategic advantage? In today’s multi-generational workforce, leaders are being called to design workplaces where people don’t have to choose between meaningful...
  • Leading What’s Alive: The Journey to Mastering the Living Organization
    Leadership isn’t just about directing outcomes—it’s about cultivating what’s alive within your organization. In this thoughtful dialogue with Norman Wolfe, we explore the next evolution of The Living Organization and what it asks of leaders willing to...
  • The AI Ultimatum: Will You Replace Humans…or Rise With Them?
    AI is no longer a future conversation—it’s here, and it’s forcing a reckoning. Will you use it to cut costs and commoditize talent, or to amplify human brilliance? In this episode, we unpack the real leadership challenge of AI: navigating disruption...
  • Don’t Lose Yourself: Staying Strong, Sane, and Grounded in a Divided World
    The world feels louder, harsher, and more divided than ever. It’s easy to get pulled into the chaos—reacting, withdrawing, or simply feeling worn down by it all. But losing yourself in the noise comes at a cost. So how do you stay clear, centered, and...
  • The Curse and Gift of Being “Driven”
    Only about 10% of the population are what psychologist Douglas Brackmann calls “The Driven.” They are the entrepreneurs, inventors, and elite performers who build companies, create new industries, and generate much of the world’s wealth. But their...
  • Why Soft Skills Are Now Hard Core: The Five C’s for Team Thriving
    For years, leadership conversations treated communication, empathy, and collaboration as “soft skills.” But in today’s complex workplaces, they’ve become hard core capabilities for team success. My guest Yadira Caro shares her Five C’s framework—a...
  • The Heart of High Performance: The Transformative Power of Appreciation
    What if the missing ingredient in your engagement strategy isn’t better rewards—but deeper appreciation? While recognition programs spotlight desired behaviors, authentic appreciation acknowledges the whole person behind the work. It carries both...
  • Henry David Thoreau on Business: Radical Simplicity for Complex Times
    Henry David Thoreau is often remembered as a writer, environmentalist, thinker, surveyor and activist. A closer, more appreciative look also reveals his creative and eclectic thought leadership and contributions to business operations and leadership....