From My Heart To Yours

#1 Love with David Ross


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David Ross: “Love in the business world might seem like an incredibly strange thing to share with people. But I think it's an interesting way of looking beneath or beyond the challenges we face. The relationships between communities and organizations or stakeholders and organizations or staff and organizations are fragmenting. There is a crisis in the area of trust. 

I think what we've lost is the appreciation of each other as being human. 

For me, love is more than just a simple word–it's kind of a mindset. If we stop, take a deep breath, and appreciate the value that each of us can bring to challenges–we can turn wicked problems into wicked opportunities.

There’s so much available to us when we start honoring one another. 

I was born and bred in Sydney, Australia. My mates and I would spend everyday playing out in the bush. Spending so much time in nature informed my life and my values going forward. I am the youngest of three boys and there is quite an age gap between myself and my older brothers. 

Our Mum was wonderful and had a wonderful sense of humor. She passed away 15 years ago from Alzheimer's. The lessons I learned from her were about making people feel welcomed and valued. My dad, on the other hand, was narcissistic in focus which to say the least, presented some challenges. He had no interest in his children, totally detached. I just didn't exist. 

Transforming from that challenge required me to value myself. I developed an ability to listen to people and be there for people. My “spidey sense” is the ability to realize when somebody's feeling marginalized or uncomfortable. 

I now help leaders and organizations deal with their most complex and often controversial issues, hence I am a strategist, leadership coach, and peacemaker. 

Through love and peacemaking, I bring very disparate groups together to find commonality and a way to move forward.”

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Have a listen as I interview my special guest, David Ross. Find out how love and peacemaking bring us together.


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From My Heart To YoursBy Linda Vettrus-Nichols