Love Based Leadership With Dan Pontefract

In his nearly 27-year career with Procter & Gamble and Shell, Rahul Malhotra has led several multi-billion dollar, global businesses as P&L head, and helped lead several global brands. Rahul is currently the Global Head of Brand Strategy and Stewardship for the Shell Group, managing strategy and operations for a brand valued at US $50 billion. Under his leadership and tenure, Shell's brand value has grown by over +67% in the last 6 years. He is a recognized expert on defining and embedding Purpose into organizations. It's exactly why Rahul dropped by the Leadership NOW program -- to chat about all things related to purpose, including insights into Shell's implementation of organizational purpose. Rahul is a permanent resident of Singapore and active in the community, offering expertise to various organizations. One of his passions and expertise areas is to inspire organizations and young leaders in the private sector to be more purpose driven, leveraging their skills and resources to make a real differen

Christian Stadler is a Professor in Strategic Management at Warwick Business School. Prior to, he was at University of Bath School of Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and Innsbruck University. Christian joins Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract to discuss the relationship between strategy, culture, leadership, job hopping, and hope. Christian addresses fundamental strategic questions that enable companies to grow, adapt, and consistently beat their competitors. In his book Open Strategy. Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite he explains how companies can craft strategy in a new unconventional way, one tailor-made for today's faster, more volatile business environment. His work has been featured thousands of times in the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg Business Week, the BBC, amongst others. Christian's research examines how organizations can achieve sustainable competitive advantage. He is particularl

Mitch Joel is Co-Founder of ThinkersOne - a platform that empowers companies with personalized and bite-sized thought leadership from the best Thinkers in the world. Mitch joins Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract to discuss the new platform. He has been called a visionary, digital expert and community leader. He is also an entrepreneur, investor, author, trusted advisor, chronic reader and passionate speaker who connects with people worldwide by sharing his insights on business transformation, innovation and marketing. Prior to ThinkersOne, Mitch spent close to three decades in the technology and media industry as both an executive and entrepreneur. This included publishing music magazines, launching a record label, building out media sales at one of the first search engines, marketing one of the first mobile content publishing platforms, and eventually building, running and selling his own agency to WPP - one of the world's most valuable marketing and communications holding companies. In that role, he was

Renown author, speaker and strategist, Nilofer Merchant, drops by the Leadership NOW show to discuss her latest venture, The Intangible Labs. Launched in partnership with Tim Kastelle, The Intangible Labs offers a new lens, a mathematical model, and related practice so organizations (whether public, private, profit, non-profit, small, and large) can measure and thus tune the actions that create value for all their stakeholders. As the name suggests, the goal is to create many learning labs while the Intangible Labs will serve as a hub. Over time, insights will be codified into software, usable as an ESG standard. The Intangible Labs: defining the metrics of 21st Century Value Creation. Nilofer is ranked as one of the top management thinkers in the world by @Thinkers50, as well as HR magazine., Her operating heft as a tech executive (Apple, Autodesk, goLive and more) lends all these big ideas fidelity; she's been personally involved in shipping over 100 products netting $18 Billion in revenues. She's au

Sally Helgesen is an internationally best-selling author, speaker and leadership coach. She has been inducted into the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame, which honors those whose ideas have shaped the field of leadership worldwide. She is also ranked number 3 among the world’s thought leaders by Global Gurus. Sally drops by Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract to discuss her latest book, "Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace" The book offers practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams, and workplaces. It soared to Amazon’s number one top-seller in its field in the first week of publication. "Rising Together" builds on Sally’s remarkable success with How Women Rise, co-authored with legendary executive coach Marshall Goldsmith, which examines the behaviors most likely to get in the way of successful women as they move forward in their careers. Rights have been sold in 23 languages. Other books include "The Female Advantage," "Thriving in 24/7" and "The Web

He’s called “Electric Bill” for a reason. Bill Williams is on a mission to shock us out of our static daily routines, known for his unique brand of electrified methodologies for the workplace. Electric Bill drops by Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract to discuss his latest book is titled “Electric Life: 12 Microsteps to Pay Attention, Be Brilliant and Go Deep.” Bill’s honest, succinct, and enthusiastic approach to leadership has inspired and reshaped countless national organizations over the span of thirty years. Whether coaching an individual over Zoom, or speaking to rooms of more than a thousand delegates, Bill’s impact is equally felt. His power comes from hearing “No” and reformulating it as “Not Yet.” Bill is the principal and president of the boutique leadership development firm, The B4 Group Inc, and the host and brand ambassador for The Art of Leadership Summit and The Art of Leadership for Women. Bill caters his solution-based strategies to individuals and corporations in the private, public, and

Monica Landers is the founder and CEO of StoryFit, a rapidly-growing tech company that provides AI insights for the media and entertainment industry. Monica drops by Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract to discuss StoryFit, Artificial Intelligence, the hit HBO show "The Last of Us," and audience positioning. It's a fascinating chat. She has two media technology patents and extensive experience in media, ranging from producing for ABC News and Good Morning America to executive leadership roles at several content companies, including VP Media Innovation at Demand Media. Monica is deeply involved in Austin's startup community and serves as an advisor to the Techstars and Comcast accelerators, as well as the universities of Texas, St. Edwards, and Texas State. Visit http://www.danpontefract.com for more information about Dan and the Leadership NOW program. Visit https://storyfit.com/ for more information about the company and Monica.

David Mallon is Vice President and Chief Analyst at Deloitte and is the market leader for Deloitte’s Insights2Action team. In this episode of Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract, David discusses the 2023 Global Human Capital Trends from Deloitte. David and the Insights2Action team help clients to sense, analyze, and act—with purpose and precision—at the ever shifting intersection of work, workforce, workplace, and industry. Part of Deloitte since 2013, David is the former Head of Research for Bersin. He brings more than 20 years of experience in human capital and is a sought-after researcher, thought leader, and speaker on organization design, organizational culture, HR, talent, learning, and performance. Deloitte’s 2023 Global Human Capital Trends survey polled 10,000 business and HR leaders across every industry, with 105 countries participating. Executive interviews from some of the top companies in today's market supplement the survey data. These insights shaped the trends in the report. Visit http

Documentarian Samuel Durand and the Future of Work Samuel Durand is the author and producer of several workplace documentaries. He started to explore the Future of Work in 2019 during a learning expedition. Samuel drops by Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract to discuss his upcoming and new documentary, Time to Work. Work in Progress (2021) is a documentary exploring recent trends in the world of work. Sam visited experts and people all over Europe who have been reinventing the way we work to find meaning including fully remote companies, freelancers, nomads, makers, creators, collectives, and communities. The story of the Work in Progress documentary has also been adapted into a comic book. Samuel second documentary, Why do we even work? (2022) explores the different drivers of motivation. Why do some of us like to go to work? Why do we join one company rather than another? And why do we stay? For what are we willing to exchange our most precious resource, our time? In the documentary Samuel breaks down

Laura Gassner Otting is an author, catalyst, and executive coach who inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. LGO, as she is often known, drops by Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract to discuss her latest book, "Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn’t Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It." Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list, as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Laura’s rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor’s presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. She left a leadersh

Steven Kowalski is an organization development consultant and the author of “Creative Together: Sparking Innovation in the New World of Work.” He has more than 25 years of experience facilitating the creativity of scientists, engineers, business leaders, and professionals across industries to blaze new trails, catalyze creative potential, and deliver real-world innovation. Steven drops by "Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract" to discuss "Creative Together" and the critical importance of creativity as part of organizational culture and leadership styles. He holds a Ph.D. in adult learning and organizational creativity from UCLA and works for biopharma pioneer Genentech At Genentech, Steven focuses on strategy execution and organizational transformation for Roche’s global Product Development organization. He has led key HR initiatives including creation of Genentech’s employee Career Center, Work and Career Flexibility philosophy, and development of the Roche Leadership Commitments and competency model. Visi

Martin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries. He sits down with Dan Pontefract on Leadership NOW to discuss common sense (or the lack of it) in our organizations, in addition to other threads including corporate culture and all things 'corporate nonsense.' TIME Magazine has named Lindstrom one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People,” and for three years running, Thinkers50, has selected Lindstrom to be among the world’s top 50 business thinkers. Among the companies he advises are Burger King, Lowes, Boar’s Head, Beverly Hills Hotels, Pepsi, Nestle and Google. Lindstrom is the author of seven books including several New York Times bestsellers that have been translated into 60 languages. The Wall-Street Journal praised his book Brand Sense as “one of the five best marketing books ever published,” and his book Small Data as “revolutionary,” and TIME called his book Buyology

Vala Afshar is an author, US patent holding inventor, weekly columnist for ZDNET, weekly podcaster, keynote speaker and social media contributor. He is, of course, Chief Digital Evangelist at Salesforce. Vala drops by the Leadership NOW program with Dan Pontefract where they get into the finer points of life, humanity, and being a good person. Vala has nearly a million followers on Twitter, generating billions of impressions per year. His LinkedIn account is through the rough awesome as well. He has written over 250 articles since 2020. His weekly show started in 2016 and is projected to have over 2M viewers this year. He has interviewed over 1,000 senior executives, company founders, bestselling authors and venture capitalists on DisruptTV ... including me! Prior to joining Salesforce in 2015, Vala served as the chief marketing officer and chief customer officer in the technology sector at companies like Enterasys Networks and Extreme Networks. Vala is currently working on a new book called Boundless

Phil M. Jones is a master of influence and persuasion – the author of the best-selling “Exactly” Book Series with over 1 million copies sold across several books – producer of the “Most Listened To” non-fiction Audiobook of all time – a trusted advisor for some of the world’s biggest brands – and an entrepreneur since the age of 14. Phil joins Dan Pontefract on Leadership NOW to discuss persuasion and influence and how they can be used internally in one's leadership style. We get into the effect of persuasion and influence on corporate culture as well. Phil's precise insights around communication, added to a proven personal pedigree of peak performance and a richness of real-world experience mean that he is the kind of thought-leader whose counsel is sought by other thought-leaders. His early career was dynamic and challenging including leading experienced teams of sales professionals through his early twenties, as well as guiding Premier League Football Clubs to maximize sponsorships and licensing agreeme

Widely known as the “Tech Humanist”, Kate O’Neill is founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm committed to improving human experience at scale through more meaningful and aligned strategy. Kate sits down with Dan Pontefract on this episode to discuss the link between technology and our humanity. It's don't miss viewing. Kate is helping humanity prepare for an increasingly tech-driven future and is doing so through her signature strategic optimism. Among her prior roles, she created the first content management role at Netflix, developed Toshiba America‘s first intranet, and founded [meta]marketer, one of the first digital strategy and analytics agencies. Kate has appeared as an expert tech commentator on BBC, NPR, and a wide variety of international media, and her written insights have been featured in WIRED, CMO.com, and many other outlets. She has worked with global companies such as Google, Etsy and Cisco to optimise the role technology plays in the modern world. Her books have inclu

Heather E. McGowan is a strategist, thought leader, researcher, and author and is one of the leading voices on the "future of work." Heather sits down with Dan Pontefract on Leadership NOW to discuss her new book, "The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce." McGowan is a sense maker, a dot connector, a deep thinker, and a pattern matcher who sees things that others miss. Heather gives people the courage and insight that illuminates their path forward. She’s transforming mindsets and entire organizations around the globe with her message about how the next phase of work will focus on continuous learning and how leadership must shift to guide these expeditions. Her groundbreaking approach to learning has made employees more fulfilled and innovative, leaders more potent and empathetic, and businesses more effective at reaching their goals in a rapidly evolving market. Her message is never more powerful than when she’s onstage, where her no-nonsense approach creates a fundamental mindset shift a

As a Creative Producer, DK works with a wide range of clients 'crafting delicious learning experiences' either online, in-studio or in person events. He is the 9yr-ex-TEDxWellington / TEDxWellingtonWomen licensee plus founder of the unique video podcast Creative Welly and the annual Creative Leadership NZ conference. DK sits down with Dan Pontefract to discuss several intriguing aspects of what makes a great presentation or speech -- in person or online. He’s also a Speaker Coach, working with CEO’s and senior executives plus a random ex-All Black and Dame thrown into the mix. DK delivers internal masterclasses on the topics of 'purposeful storytelling' to small leadership groups. Previously, DK established Collider, a city-wide programme focussed on transforming Wellington into an internationally recognised Smart Capital (with 200 events in 14 months with over 5000 attendees). He also founded Mediasnackers in 2006 and through it has over a decade of working in the social media space consulting / deliveri

Stelio Verzera is passionately curious and fond of value creation and lean thinking. He is an Entrepreneur, Coach, Consultant and Advisor in different scopes of Innovation. In this episode of Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract, Stelio discusses the LiquidO™ model, the Cocoon Project, and even Conway's Law. Since 1995 Stelio has been supporting organizations in their understanding and navigation of key evolutionary phases.His agile approach of continuous improvement has led him to learn and apply some of the most effective practices for surfing complexity, both on the strategic and on the operational levels. In 2011 he co-founded Cocoon Projects and designed its governance model, today known as LiquidO, a completely emergent, adaptive organizational framework.

Stephanie Neal is director of DDI’s Center for Analytics and Behavioral Research (CABER) where she manages strategic market research and trend studies on leadership and talent. She sits down with Dan Pontefract to discuss DDI’s 2023 Global Leadership Forecast, the world’s largest leadership trend research study. Stephanie works with clients across industries to design and execute analytics initiatives that demonstrate the impact of assessment and development. What is DDI? Founded in 1970, DDI is a leadership consulting firm that offers leadership assessments, consulting courses, development, management services, workshops and more. The DDI 2023 Global Leadership Forecast spans over 50 countries and 24 industry sectors, the study examines responses from 1,827 human resource professionals and 13,695 leaders from 1,556 organizations.

Tanveer Naseer is an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and award-winning leadership writer – and he’s author of the book "Leadership Vertigo." He is also the Founder and CEO of Tanveer Naseer Leadership, a leadership corporate training and consulting firm that works with executives and managers to help them develop practical leadership and team-building competencies to drive organizational growth and development. Tanveer sits down with Dan Pontefract to talk about the current state of leadership in today's organizations. Tanveer's work and writings have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Inc Magazine, The Globe and Mail, The Economist Executive Education Navigator, CBC Radio Daybreak, Global News, and the Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center. Tanveer is the recipient of several awards and recognitions as one of the world's top thinkers in the leadership sphere, including being recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts as well as by Inc. Magazine as one of tod