Inspire Possibility Show with Mark Susnow

PART 1:

Says Kevin Hancock in his remarkable award-winning new book Not For Sale: Finding Center in the Land of Crazy Horse, "Within me lived a powerful impulse to take charge and protect my tribe, whenever it came under duress. I felt a strong pull to save everyone, and I took on all the work that went with that instinct. Worse, I internalized that responsibility to the point where it consumed me in ways I could not see. The price I paid for that approach was that I lost myself to both my role and my local circumstances. I had become consumed in protecting others. I had not yet learned that most everyone is capable of protecting themselves. I had not yet learned to share power. I had not yet learned to serve myself."

It is this and more that Kevin discovers on this mystical and fascinating journey-a vision quest for a visionary. Kevin captivates with his story telling. He shares his growing connection and affection for the long-suffering, but resilient Lakota people-and what they teach him; his increasing awareness of human relationships to land, animals, nature and spirit; and how he unyoked himself from his sole leadership role to create shared responsibility that resulted in record profits for his company and a feature in the NY Times showcasing his new leadership model. Most of all, he reveals the inner workings of deep seeking that opened his eyes, his heart and his mind. 

PART 2:

Andrew Faas is a management advisor, philanthropist and former senior executive with Canada’s two largest retail organizations and now heads the Faas Foundation which focuses on health care, education and medical research.  Faas has made the creation of healthy workplaces a passion and helping to prevent bullying and the stress it causes, a reason for being.

The Faas Foundation is partnering with Yale’s Center for Emotional Intelligence to study the impact of emotions in the workplace. 

Bullying in the workplace is a subject that has gained national attention due to the recent New York Times article reporting Amazon’s brutal management practices. The exposé included workers describing extremely stressful situations and telling stories about being evaluated unfairly or edged out rather than given time to recover from personal tragedies. Similar stories have been reported about Wells Fargo, a company headquartered in San Francisco, for participating in force-placed insurance premiums, and Toshiba, where top managers set unrealistic earnings targets under the banner of “challenges.”

In his book, THE BULLY’S TRAP (Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LLC), Andrew tells his story and attests that bullying in the workplace destroys careers, lives, families, organizations and communities. He says many organizational cultures condone and even encourage bullying and that amazingly, many who are targeted are unaware that what they are going through is bullying. He mentions three types of business cultures – the dictatorial, the disjointed and the stable cultures.