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88 - Kirsten Tobey, Chief Impact Officer of Revolution Foods
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42 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 …
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87 - Shannon Goldberg on Obsessive Reusing
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Plastic 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 Was…
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86 - Don Finley on DAOs, business, and spirituality
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Don 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 …
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85 - A surprisingly good business!
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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 findi…
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Did 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 Fi…
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83 - Love as a Biz Strategy BOOK GIVEAWAY!
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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'…
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The 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 Mat…
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What 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…
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Welcome 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 CO…
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79 - Awareness, stakeholder capitalism, and love
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“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 …
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D(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 partnershi…
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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
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76 - Family business, personal leadership, and more with Nike Anani
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Even 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 d…
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75 - Blending Leadership and Advocacy with Anthony Hayes
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Anthony 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 …
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74 - Leading By Example with Matt Tinney
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What 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, everyth…
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73 - Changing Feedback from Measure & Assess to Grow & Improve with Glade Holman
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If 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,…
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72 - Organizational Self-Management with Doug Kirkpatrick
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Can 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…
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71 - Carol Mitchell, author of Collaboration Code
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From 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 shift…
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70 - Amy Lynn Durham on Creating Magic at Work!
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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, “Crea…
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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…
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68 - Carley Hauck, Founder of Leading from Wholeness
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Carley 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 h…
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67 - Erin Jernigan, CEO & Co-Founder of Victory Supply Chain Services, on Group Grow program
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Think 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 orga…
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66 - Finding Opportunity in Challenge & Change
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Grab 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 …
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65 - Doing (good) FOOD Business with Dana Rizer, Executive Director of FEAST non-profit
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Dana 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 hig…
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64 - Robyn Gigl: attorney, author, & activist on authenticity & story
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Kelly & 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 u…
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63 - Lisa Fain, CEO Center for Mentoring Excellence
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How 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 question…
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62 - Alice Karolina - The Ethical Move
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Think 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 bu…
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61 - Paul Birkett, founder and CEO of Automation Finance
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Paul 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 indu…
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60 - Public Relations for good, with Heather DeSantis
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D(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 …
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59 - D(g)B welcomes Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO of Bigelow Tea
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Kelly & 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 …
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Can 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,…
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When 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 …
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56 - CSR & Social Good – not just the right thing to do but the smart thing - with Hailey Cavill-Jaspers
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D(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 Jasper…
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55 - Making Altruism a Part of Your Business Model
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Altruism 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 Philade…
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54 - Making Sustainability Fun with Colin McIntosh of Sheets & Giggles
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Happy 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…
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53 - Sustainability in business, the environment, and yourself
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Kelly 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, b…
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52 - How to bring humor into the workplace (yes, even now!) with Mary Fran Bontempo
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Humor 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,…
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51 - The Surprising Benefits of Humor at Work
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Need 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 busin…
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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 y…
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49 - Creating positive organizational energy with Lisa Sordilla of Energage
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Ever 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’…
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48 - Giving Toxic Workplaces the Boot
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Sure, 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 ex…
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47 - Empathy in action with HoneyBee President and CEO Ennie Lim
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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. 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 au…
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46 - Examples of Empathy in Leadership and Business Strategy
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Why 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 whitepap…
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45 - Meet ethical fashion industry disruptor Mary Alice Duff
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When 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, …
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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 co…
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43 - 2019 Reflections and 2020 Wishes
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Kelly & 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 fo…
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42 - Applying Appreciative Inquiry to do good business, with Jackie Stavros
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Kelly 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. App…
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41 - What’s the difference between Gratitude & Appreciation?
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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 …
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40 - Lead with Values, with Mory Fontanez - Founder & CEO of 822 Group
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Kelly & 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 - dr…
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Values 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 ho…
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