Leading From Purpose Podcast

On this episode of the Leading from Purpose Podcast, Nick Craig is joined by Willem Pruys, former #CHRO for Bunnings, the most successful retailer in Australia.

Willem Pruys joins Nick to talk about his time with Bunnings and how the company leveraged #Purpose to drive transformational strategic alignment and engagement. Today, the company is a $14 billion industry giant focused on investing in their employees by helping them focus on the 5% that gets them the other 95% of results. 

How does a company use #Purpose to align business plans with individual aspirations and still achieve dramatic growth and profitability? Listen to find out! 

From constructing the Boeing 787 to operations at a luxury Italian Hotel, Andrea Pomo, joins Nick Craig on the Leading from Purpose Podcast this week to talk about transforming vs. adapting through challenging times.

The hospitality industry has been severely impacted by COVID-19. Yet, via the lens of purpose, Borgo Egnazia didn’t lay one person off and has used this time to do what few have imagined.

On the Leading from Purpose Podcast this week, Nick Craig is joined by former CEO of Ben & Jerry's, Jostein Solheim, who is now at the heart of the COVID-19 crisis. How does he run Unilever’s $4 billion U.S. food business to keep up with demand from U.S. grocery stores while also keeping his 8,000 employees safe?

Jostein Solheim finds himself leaning on his Purpose to make the shift
from “doing” to “being” to get his team through. Jostein, the eternal optimist, reminds us that “we’ll come out of this stronger and better as a humanity, as business leaders, and as a business." 

On this episode, Nick Craig is joined by Stacey Tank, who was recently appointed as the next Chief Corporate Affairs and Transformation Officer at Heineken.

Stacey is truly one of the most inspiring leaders. She shares her incredible journey of ups and downs and what it really takes to rise to the top as a powerful women in business today. From home improvement to beer, listen to hear how she’ll take Purpose with her to Amsterdam.

Listen in as Michael and Nick discuss the transformational power of individual purpose on a team and the team dynamic.

Both of Nick Craig's guests this week experienced being diagnosed positive for COVID-19 and living through the mental and physical challenges that came next. They share a very intimate side of the experience - facing the isolation, the worry, and the physical manifestations. Having to think through their life and come to peace with the chance of death is something most of us do not experience suddenly. Both share how their extensive work in knowing their Purposes was a leading force in their recovery. 

If a crisis can create social excellence without leadership, can leadership create social excellence without crisis? This is the fundamental question Nick Craig and Robert Quinn explore in this chapter.

Listen to a conversation between Nick Craig and Harry Hutson, author of Navigating an Organizational Crisis, as they discuss the power of purpose in times like we are living through currently. What lessons from others can we lean into during this coronavirus pandemic we are all facing today?

Join Nick Craig as he interviews Bill George, best-selling author, Professor at Harvard Business School and former CEO of Medtronic. They discuss Bill's personal journey to unlocking the fundamentals behind Authentic Leadership. Bill and Nick transition their discussion to why Authentic Leadership is so critical in times of crisis such as what the world is experiencing currently.