Episodes

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Ed Wallace, founder and Chief Relationship Officer of The Relational Capital Group, and author of Business Relationships That Last: Five Steps To Transform Contacts into High Performing Relationships.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Juanita Brown, Ph.D., co-author of the award-winning book, The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter. Juanita is the co-originator of an innovative approach to large group dialogue coined The World Café. She creates powerful dialogue forums with business, government, and nonprofit leaders internationally. “The collective holds the wisdom,” she says, and “gold lies in discovering the big questions.” Join us to discover how “conversational leade...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Terces and Matthew Engelhart, restaurateurs, organic farmers, teachers, and authors of Sacred Commerce: Business As A Path of Awakening.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes John Gray, PhD, the best-selling author of 16 books, including the relationship classic Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. His latest book is Why Mars & Venus Collide. Mars & Venus has become his moniker for male & female behavioral patterns. For years John has taught that men and women communicate differently, have different motivation for interactions and need to learn how to be successful in relationship. Turns out that “chemistry” has a whole lot to do with it....

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Martin Rutte, co-author of the New York Times business bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work. An international speaker and consultant on spirituality in the workplace, Martin works with leaders around the world to reconnect business with its natural source of creativity, innovation and genius. His newest book, The Work of Humanity: Project Heaven on Earth is in development and explores the desire and longing people have for a world that works. In Martin’s words: ...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dr. Lyly Rojas, a university professor, international humanitarian, and co-founder of the European Institute of Collaborative Law. She specializes in the teaching the culture of Peace (inner and outer) and Corporate Social Responsibility, and Multicultural Intelligence. Lyly was born in Nicaragua, a country of conflict with a long history of turmoil, and ultimately her family had to flee because of their political beliefs. She has worked with and consulted to the United ...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D., poet, editor, educator, business consultant and Director of the LBJ Presidential Library. She is co-author of the book Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society. As opportunity goes global, is a new story of leadership emerging? Can we shape the future by shaping the story? Betty Sue challenges leaders to sense and help actualize emerging futures in part by using spiritual disciplines as tools. Be part of ...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Alan Lurie, author of Five Minutes on Mondays. Alan’s path leading to this new book is in itself a good story. Following a 25-year career as an architect, he is now a Managing Director at Grubb & Ellis, a national real estate investment firm. He is also a non-denominational ordained Rabbi, leading prayer services, and writing on issues of faith and religion. Upon joining his new firm, he was asked to open the weekly Monday morning meetings (of roughly 100 RE professional...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Shailja Patel, an award-winning Kenyan poet, artist and political activist. Growing up in Kenya Shailja experienced the impact of war on the lives and spirit of the people.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Justine Toms, co-founder of New Dimensions World Broadcasting Network and New Dimensions Radio and author of Small Pleasures: Finding Grace in a Chaotic World and co-author of True Work: Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do. Justine’s achievements include producing and hosting many award-winning radio series including “In Her Company: Deep Dialogues with Women of Wisdom” and “Deep Ecology for the 21st Century”. Throughout her career Justine has helped people to liv...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Jason McLennan, CEO of the Cascadia Green Building Council, the Pacific Northwest’s leading organization in the field of green building and sustainable development. He is author of The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, and author/co-creator of the Living Building Challenge, an international green building program. Jason is a leader in the global green architecture movement and challenges us to imagine and demand buildings that operate as elegantly and efficiently as the ...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Stewart Emery, entrepreneur, executive coach and corporate culture consultant; he is considered a father of the Human Potential Movement and served as the first CEO of est.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Mari Margil, the Associate Director for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Her background includes a Master’s degree in Public Policy & Urban Planning from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and previous experience as Director of Corporate Transformation for Corporate Ethics International. Mari and CELDF are doing inspiring, groundbreaking work to recognize the Rights of Nature in law in both the U.S. and Ecuador. In 2008, Mar...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Karen Tse, Founder and CEO of International Bridges to Justice.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Kristin Engvig, founder of the internationally acclaimed Women’s International Networking Global Leadership Forum. She is a social entrepreneur and international consultant with a passion for the critical role women play in shaping the future and elevating leadership. Kristin says that we need transformation – not change – to shape the future. Change is an action that can be reversed. Transformation requires more of us. What does it mean to create a future that works for...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Alan Briskin, an award-winning author, a pioneer in the field of organizational learning, and cofounder of the Collective Wisdom Initiative. His books include The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace, Daily Miracles and Bringing Your Soul to Work: An Everyday Practice. His new book is The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly is based on nine years of research by him and three coauthors working in concert over time. His work with groups and collective...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Jeff Klein, CEO of Cause Alliance Marketing where he designs and facilitates collaborative cause-related marketing programs. He wrote his book, Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living, to support conscious entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, leaders, and change agents at work. “My intention with Working for Good is to provide a meaningful context and essential tools to support people in deeply expressing their humanity through their work.” Wearing many hats...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Riane Eisler, bestselling author of The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics; The Chalice & the Blade and The Power of Partnership. Riane recognizes, Our nation and our world are hungry for new ways of thinking. She sees opportunity for a sympathetic world by creating caring societies working through the economic system. And as long as caring is off the economic scale, it's not realistic to expect more caring government and business policies. Riane emphasi...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Elliot Hoffman, CEO and co-founder of New Voice of Business. It all started while they were sipping tea on a Saturday morning- a new mandate: business must be the voice of change for the good.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Morgan Langan, an entrepreneur with a passion for integrating business with spirituality. He co-founded Grace Grove Retreat Center and is co-creator of One Spirit Weekend. His book to be released in 2010 is titled: The Ultimate MBA program: A Master’s Degree in Being Alive! Morgan Langan was a hard driving MBA, building successful enterprises and thriving as a businessperson. He didn’t have much time for “navel-gazing” or mindfulness…until he had a huge wake up call in t...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Peter Wrycza, founder of the Nirarta Centre for Living Awareness in Bali. Peter says: “In 1995 I stood in a grove of clove trees overlooking a river in a serene valley between the sea and the mountains and realized that this was my moment of choice. I could stick with my familiar work and territory in Europe. Or I could take the risk of buying land in a far-off place, and create a centre for people to connect with the core of their life.” Balinese philosophy emphasizes h...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Paul Dudley Hart, former CEO of Pacific Crest Outward Bound School, currently serving as Director at large for Mercy Corps, an International humanitarian aid and development organization. Paul travels the globe with Mercy Corps working amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Paul has learned through his assignments at Mercy Corps, that communities recovering from war and soc...

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Angeles Arrien, Ph.D. a cultural anthropologist, educator, corporate consultant and author. What can business learn from the ancient cultures? Angeles shares how indigenous wisdoms are relevant to global leadership today.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Ph.D. co-founder and President of Strozzi Institute, author of several books including In Search of the Warrior Spirit and The Leadership Dojo to be released this year.