Leading Conversations

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Stephen M. R. Covey, New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, a groundbreaking & paradigm-shifting book challenging our age-old assumption that trust is a soft, social virtue, and demonstrates that trust is a hard-edged, economic driver. Stephen is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center and currently leads the Global Speed of Trust Practice for Franklin-Covey. Stephen tells us that trust is a learnable, measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, relationships more energizing. He advocates that nothing is as fast as the speed of trust & that the ability to establish, grow, extend, & restore trust with all stakeholders is the critical leadership competency of the new global economy. Join Cheryl and Stephen to explore the key behaviors of High Trust Leadership.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dr. Sue Morter, internationally recognized authority on bridging science, spirit, & human possibility. She founded Morter HealthCenter a multi-physician wellness center that focuses on teaching people how to tap into the vital healing force of body, mind, & spirit – naturally. Sue brings science to the conversation of the heart. She says we are multidimensional human beings & there is much more to us than meets the eye, even more to us than meets the mind. “What we hold as true at the subconscious level is ultimately what determines our outcome in life. The key to experiencing greater harmony is to learn to master our internal experience regardless of our external environment.” Leaders take note: in today’s rapidly changing world, creating a sustainable & viable approach to well being for individuals & organizations is vital. How to get people in your organization to cultivate this? Join Cheryl Esposito & Dr. Sue Morter to explore science, spirit, & human possibility!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Blaine Bartlett, CEO of Avatar Resources and author of Discover Your Inner Strength, an anthology with Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard & Brian Tracy. He has worked throughout Asia, Europe & the U.S. helping organizations & individuals achieve success. Three Dimensional Coaching: Passion into Performance is being published in Japan & China. His newest book, Success…Sustained is due out this year. Blaine says: My time is a non-renewable resource. How am I spending it? Am I thriving, not just surviving? “Sustainable thriving” for individuals & their organizations requires valuing & enabling the human spirit. Leaders in organizations need to learn to unleash the potential of individuals to sustain success for the organization. Individuals need to become conscious of their passion and move toward it to live a life fulfilled with work that matters to them. Are you ready? Join Cheryl Esposito & Blaine Bartlett to explore Sustainable Success: Enabling the Human Spirit.

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Peter Senge, PhD., a Senior Lecturer at MIT, & founding chair of the Society for Organizational Learning (SOL). He is author of many books including The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization; Presence: Human Purpose & the Field of the Future; and Necessary Revolution: How Individuals & Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World. As a systems thinker, Peter sees the world as a plethora of possibility for collaboration and co-creation. He sees deep connection to self and to nature as key to successful and sustainable organizations that make a difference to our future. How do we do this in a world that values short-term results and immediate gratification? A world where we are told to leave our emotions outside of work and focus on killing the competition? Join Cheryl Esposito & Dr. Peter Senge as they explore leadership and the field of the future!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dr. Stuart Lord, President of Naropa University at Boulder, Colorado. Naropa is a liberal arts institution dedicated to advancing contemplative education by integrating the best of eastern & western traditions. Stuart’s leadership roles include Dartmouth & DePauw Universities, & executive director of the 1997 President’s Summit for America’s Future, working under General Colin Powell in the Clinton administration. DIGNITY. Stuart Lord is an optimist. HONOR. He sees possibility. RESPECT. He believes we can do more, be more. LOVE. Of his University he says: “We are too good not to be better. Focus on being better.” GENEROSITY. In order to lead others, one must give to others their dignity. One must honor them as a human being. Respect and love them for all of their potential. And be generous in one’s view of them and in offering them opportunity. Join Cheryl Esposito & Dr. Stuart Lord as they explore the cornerstones of leadership!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Mark McKergow, PhD, co-director of The Centre for Solutions Focus at Work. His books include The Solutions Focus: The SIMPLE Way to Positive Change; Positive Approaches to Change: Applications of Solutions Focus & Appreciative Inquiry at Work; and Solutions Focus Working: 80 Real-Life Lessons for Successful Organizational Change. A scientist by training and by nature, Mark seeks simplicity and reliability in learning and change. He started his career as a reactor physicist at the world’s first commercial nuclear power station as it approached decommissioning. His physics PhD in self-organizing systems provides a basis for his work, with influences ranging from systems thinking & brain research, to language, narrative and philosophy. Situations that are messy, complex, and confusing sometimes fail with traditional problem solving approaches. If progress is vital, join Cheryl Esposito & Mark McKergow to learn Solutions Focus!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Mike Dooley, author of the New York Times bestseller Infinite Possibilities: The Art of Living Your Dreams and Manifesting Change: It’s That Easy. He was one of the featured teachers in the international phenomenon, The Secret. Mike is a former PriceWaterhouseCoopers international tax consultant, turned entrepreneur. He founded a philosophical Adventurers Club and tours the globe giving lectures and hosting workshops on the nature of reality, the law of attraction, creative visualization, the power of thought, and how to create major life changes by leveraging the Universe and engaging life's magic.He teaches that by setting yourself into motion, toward the realization of ANY dream, you also set into motion the entire Universe and all its wisdom, which will then conspire tirelessly on your behalf (even taking you off course if need be) to avail you of treasures & rewards beyond your greatest expectations. Join Cheryl Esposito & Mike Dooley to master the keys to infinite possibilities!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dr. Christine Hibbard, an educator, clinical psychotherapist & psychophysiologist, & has been a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. Dr. Hibbard has spent the last 10 years working with post-war trauma in Kosovo, Israel, Syria & Uganda. She is co-founder of the Uganda Kisiizi Malaria & Healthcare Project; & on faculty at the University of Colorado Medical School, bringing medical students to do field work in Africa. More & more, individuals are looking to ways of being of service throughout the world. Leadership shows up in many ways, service is one of them. What draws a person to work in service to others? What is required to stay emotionally, mentally, & spiritually fit while doing this work? Join Cheryl Esposito & Dr. Christine Hibbard to learn the keys to leadership as service!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dianne Morrison of MorrisonMcNabb, with more than twenty-five years experience in transformational leadership & business development. She works with entrepreneurs who are growing companies & reinventing themselves & their businesses to be effective in the new economy and achieve extraordinary results. What matters for the successful future of business leaders? Mastering these keys to leadership & business success: The importance of focus: leaders who cannot focus, & cannot get their people to focus, will not survive. People skills: being able to develop these skills in the face of all the technology we are using is critical. Keeping our humanity: talk, listen, build relationships, keep commitments. Sounds simple enough…so why do so many people fail at these well known keys to success? Because there’s more to it. Dianne teaches us to begin with forgiveness & completion. Join Cheryl Esposito & Dianne Morrison, to learn the secrets to mastering the keys to a successful future!

Cheryl Esposito welcomes Chip Conley,CEO and founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, the second largest boutique hotelier in America. Chip is author of PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow and The Rebel Rules: Daring To Be Yourself In Business. Known as a leader with a heart, and a self-proclaimed Abraham Maslow nut Chip has applied the theory of Self-Actualization to growing a successful company by helping employees, customers, and – yes - even investors move up that pyramid that Maslow coined as the hierarchy of needs. Join the conversation and learn how this rebel CEO dares to make a difference!