Leading Conversations

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Denise Brosseau, author of Ready to Be a Thought Leader? She is CEO of Thought Leadership Lab, and co-founder of Springboard, the startup launch pad that has facilitated over $6 billion in funding for women entrepreneurs. Her clients include leaders from Apple, Genentech, and Morgan Stanley, as well as startup CEOs, partners in professional service firms, and nonprofit executives. Fifteen years ago Denise realized she was a thought leader when the media kept calling…and they still do. Influence, Success, Impact, and Legacy. Thought leaders have it all. Have you ever wondered how they became the “go-to person” in their field? Denise Brosseau says it’s not about creating flashy PR campaigns. “Thought leadership is not about being known, it is about being known for making a difference.” What do you want to be known for? Are you Ready to Be A Thought Leader? Join Cheryl Esposito and Denise Brosseau to begin the journey!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Peter Block award winning author, thought leader, and consultant to corporate, government, and community organizations in the realm of empowerment, stewardship, chosen accountability, & the reconciliation of community. Peter’s many books include The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters, the 2002 Independent Book Publisher Business Breakthrough Book of the Year; and his most recent, Community: The Structure of Belonging. Peter suggests that our major challenge in moving toward a relevant future is to focus on what we can create, rather than what problems we can solve. Instead, he observes, Nothing new gets created by better problem solving or by focusing on low-hanging fruit. No matter how sophisticated we are as a learning organization, if our conversations are limited to measurable outcomes, we are simply getting better at a system, not creating a new future.” Want to know how to do this? Just say yes and join Cheryl & Peter in the conversation!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Patricia Albere, spiritual teacher, founder & director of the Evolutionary Collective, & co-author of MUTUAL AWAKENING: Opening to a New Paradigm of Human Relatedness. Who are we at our core? Who is the “essential you” that has always been there – at your point of origination, where your being starts…? Patricia Albere says awakening consciousness leads us to wisdom within. Mutual awakening leads us to wisdom of the collective. We walk the planet in isolation. Even in our uber-connected world, we see thousands of people pass on the street every day, barely noticing each other or their environment. Ordinary consciousness is based in separation. Patricia’s lifelong inquiry into human potential has led her to understand unity consciousness opens a collective knowing or intuition that is always there for us. “Do you want to be a sommelier of human beingness?” Join Cheryl Esposito and Patricia Albere to explore WEvolution!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dr. Lise Janelle, DC, Transformational Coach & Founder of Center for Heart Living dedicated to empowering people by connecting them to their core values. Lise is author of Conversation with the Heart: Reveal Yourself to Yourself. In her 22 years as a healing professional, Lise saw her patients get better but not always stay better. She began to suspect something deeper was at work. As she questioned, she understood that people held limiting beliefs in their lives that influenced their success, health & well-being. She names these areas the Eight Mirrors of the Self. “These mirrors reflect who we think we are at the moment, but they are not who we are” at our core. Lise teaches two conversations to have with our heart, to create breakthrough to our best health, highest success, & deepest well-being. Want to know what these are? Join Cheryl Esposito and Dr. Lise Janelle to begin the most important conversation you may ever have, the conversation with your heart.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Gary Malkin and Bruce Cryer, Co-Founders of What Makes Your Heart Sing? Gary Malkin is an Emmy® award-winning composer, speaker & educator. Bruce Cryer is former CEO of HeartMath, the renowned health & wellness organization, & is Global Director of HeartMath Healthcare. In college Gary & Bruce pursued their love of the performing arts. Bruce went onto a successful career on Broadway. (Then he became a CEO-you know, the typical CEO career track.) Gary went to Hollywood, becoming an award-winning music composer for television, film, & commercials. Their own experiences with healthcare compelled them to create What Makes Your Heart Sing? They saw the power of the arts in healing. What Makes Your Heart Sing? is a powerful catalyst to deepen our humanity & inspire our leadership capacities, especially at a time of stress & complexity. Do you know what makes your heart sing? Join Cheryl Esposito with Gary Malkin & Bruce Cryer to get to the heart of the matter!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Bo Ekman, founder & visionary of Tällberg Foundation & Tällberg Forum. The key to our future is making globalization work - economically, politically, socially, & culturally. The Foundation's work is based on humanistic values & a systems approach with a commitment to global, multi-disciplinary and values based conversations. Learning together to create solutions is the way. We must design solutions to reconcile imbalances between earth systems & the human endeavor to support economic growth & energy provision. Helping leaders grow as human beings & act with purpose to manage challenges of global interdependence is central to this work. Bo advises leaders such as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan & the UN Executive Office, and has undertaken major projects for UN Development Programme. Join Cheryl Esposito as Bo Ekman shares his journey to cultivate a new leadership with a commitment to global systems thinking & humanistic values for a thriving future.

Cheryl welcomes Shelly Lefkoe, co-founder of Lefkoe Institute; co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Guide to Effective Parenting and founder & President of the Possibilities of Parenting Center. Our beliefs about people, life, and ourselves that drive our behaviors - whether we are thirteen or thirty and beyond. Some underlying beliefs may be so subtle, we may not even be aware that we have them. Shelly helps businesspeople increase their personal productivity while reducing stress, improve their relationships with colleagues, and transform their family lives with The Lefkoe Method. As adults we can re-shape the beliefs we hold that do not serve us. What if those erroneous beliefs didn’t have to occur? Shelly teaches parents a way to shape the leaders of tomorrow, to build healthy self-esteem (the experience of being able and worthy) and a positive attitude toward life in their kids. Join us to discover this practical approach to transforming our beliefs into success in life!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Jeff Klein, a founder and trustee of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., Executive Director of the Being Human project, author of the award-winning Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living. 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. Jeff brings his passion to the world, elevating humanity through business, as Activator, Author, Producer, and Process Facilitator, producing events around the world, creating the opportunity for leaders to heed this call to action. His newest book is It’s Just Good Business: The Emergence of Conscious Capitalism & the Practice of Working for Good. Join Cheryl Esposito with Jeff Klein to learn how working for good can change your life!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Eric Saperston, Chief Creative Officer of Live In Wonder. He is a storyteller, speaker, author, and passionate about bridging the wisdom gap between young people and elders. Wisdom lives with all of life’s experience and Eric is on a mission to capture it and share it with the world. His journey into “what’s it all about”, became a quest to inspire people to wake up to life & all of the possibilities that exist. Eric knows about possibility. Growing up with a father who refused to give in to “limitations” combined with the intense curiosity about the world that is Eric’s nature, he chooses to live his life “in wonder.” His quest has turned into an award winning film, The Journey; a best selling book, Live In Wonder, and an international speaking career that has spawned a social movement to rally people to “wake up and be awesome,” grounded in gratitude and a reverence for life. Join Cheryl Esposito with Eric Saperston on the journey toward living in wonder!

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 harmony between one's own 'small world' and the wider world around us. Perfect for the transformational experience offered here for those in search of renewal and inspiration for life and purpose. Peter is co-author of Living Awareness: Awakening to the Roots of Learning and Perception; and When Performance Meets Alignment: A Compass for Coaching and Mentoring. He coaches and consults to leaders around the world. Join in as Cheryl Esposito meets Peter Wrycza in Bali for a taste of the Nirarta experience!