Love Based Leadership With Dan Pontefract

Megan Witherspoon serves as Vice President, Communications for Altria. She leads communications and engagement strategies across multiple audiences on behalf of the Altria family of companies in this role. In her 17 years at Altria, she has held roles across a range of functions: corporate responsibility and community relations; strategy and business development; investor relations; marketing; and, of course, as part of her current executive role, corporate communications. Witherspoon's take on the current state of corporate culture is one to appreciate. In this conversation with Dan Pontefract, Witherspoon holds no punches with her take on culture, purpose, flexible work, and what leaders need to do differently in this day and age.

Have you ever thought was it was like to work in a single organization for 30+ years? Have you ever considered how cool it might be and what career development greatness might come of it? Dan Camp has. Since 1988, Dan has worked at McDonald's in a number of roles including his latest, managing director of McDonald's for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In this engaging and full-of-career-goodness discussion between Dan Pontefract and Dan Camp, learn about Camp's time at Hamburger University, how he got his start, and what he's learned from a leadership perspective working across multiple different roles in multiple different cities across one of the world's most iconic brands, McDonald's.

Have you ever considered changing careers altogether? Have you ever thought about making a 180-degree workplace turn? Have you ever shifted from being a longstanding sales account executive in telecom to becoming a Royal Mail Letter Carrier in England? Phil Goddard has. Phil Goddard did. Phil Goddard now is. Cambridge, UK-based Phil Goddard is one of those rare examples in life. He stared down a role he was unhappy with and decided to shift his thinking. Check out this enlightening discussion between Dan Pontefract and Phil Goddard as the latter discusses his 25+ year career in telecom and why he shifted to becoming a Royal Mail letter carrier, sharing what he has learned along the way.

Lee Chambers is an award-winning British psychologist, coach and entrepreneur. Featured widely across the media, from the Telegraph to Vogue and the Guardian, and trusted by companies such as Indeed, Reebok, TalkTalk and Oppo Mobile, Lee is the founder of Essentialise, a wellbeing and coaching company, with the ambition of positively impacting the health and happiness of 1 million individuals. Lee and Dan discuss the current state of organizations, talent, the generations, and what work will look like in a post-pandemic world.

Dr. Maja Korica is Associate Professor of Management and Organisation at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Her research focuses on understanding complex and rarely seen organizational settings, particularly at the top of organizational hierarchies, and where public interest is involved. Maja is also on the Thinkers50 radar. She specializes in corporate governance, accountability and responsibility, as well as executive management and leadership in practice. Maja and Dan sit down to discuss issues centred on the definition of leadership, workaholism, hustle, ROWE, celebrity entrepreneurs, and a wide range of other management topics. It's jammed packed with insights, truth bombs, and tips for change.

Henry Mintzberg is a writer and educator, mostly about managing originations, developing managers, and rebalancing societies but he is also an outdoorsman and collector of beaver sculptures. He has authored 20 books, including Managers not MBAs, Simply Managing, and Rebalancing Society. He has been elected to the Order of Canada and l’Ordre national du Quebec as well as to the Royal Society of Canada and has received twenty-one honorary degrees from universities around the world. He’s also a Hall of Fame member on the Thinkers50. Henry sits down with Dan Pontefract to discuss an array of topics including Russia, Putin, Ukraine, Shareholder Primacy, communityship, the Business Roundtable, and measurement. The insights are overflowing.

Christine Porath is a tenured professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. She’s the author of Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace and her latest, Mastering Community: The Surprising Ways Coming Together Moves Us from Surviving to Thriving. In this episode, Christine discusses "Mastering Community" and shares some insights of her research including stories about Marriott, Ubuntu, Doc Rivers and the Boston Celtics, and more. If you want to learn about the importance of care, culture, and self-awareness when it comes to communities, check out our conversation.

Professor Lynda Gratton is a global thought-leader on the future of work. Based on thirty years of research into the technological, demographic, cultural and societal trends that are shaping work, and building on what we learnt through our experiences of the global pandemic, Lynda joins Dan Pontefract to discuss her new book, "Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone." In this episode, Lynda discusses her four-step process for hybrid work which includes: Understand the challenges your business is facing Reimagine creative, new approaches and processes Model and Test these within your organization Act and Create based on contemporary, data-led feedback

Bruce Daisley is a best-selling author and technology leader from the UK. He has become regarded as one of the most respected thought leaders on the subject of workplace culture and the future of work. He spent 12 years running Twitter in Europe and previously YouTube in the UK. In this episode, Bruce chats with Dan Pontefract about various aspects of work; what's going right, what's going wrong, his views on purpose, employee experience, customer service, and just what to expect in a post-pandemic hybrid work environment. It's an enlightening conversation, one you won't want to miss. Bruce's book on improving workplace culture, The Joy of Work, was the Sunday Times number one business bestseller in spring 2019. The Financial Times made it Book of the Month and it was shortlisted for CMI Management Book of the Year.

Dr. Ruth Gotian, social scientist and chief learning officer and assistant professor of education in anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, joins Dan Pontefract to discuss her new book, "The Success Factor: Developing the Mindset and Skillset for Peak Performance." In this episode, Ruth chats about the secret sauce of high performers and achievers - something she discovered after spending years researching various successful people in multiple different industries.

The founder and CEO of Goodable, Muhammad Lila, joins Dan Pontefract to discuss how Goodable became the "good news" news outlet. In this episode, Muhammad discusses his war zone news correspondent days and how they gave birth to the idea of Goodable. Muhammad also gets into the purpose of Goodable and how it aims to shake up the news industry itself.

The co-founder of 3Coze and best-selling author, Dr. Liane Davey, joins Dan Pontefract to discuss toxins in the workplace. In this episode, Liane outlines five key workplace toxins and provides wonderful insights on how they can affect your overall happiness and performance. The toxins are: • Toxic policies & processes (e.g. scheduling, decision-making, compensation, etc.) • Toxic culture (the norms – how we as a collective at work behave) • Toxic bosses and leaders (those who support the team member) • Toxic co-workers (peers) • Toxic customers (the firm’s clients)

Wall Street Journal best-selling author, Dorie Clark, joins Dan Pontefract to discuss her new book, "The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World." In this podcast, Dorie discusses some clever strategies to not only help you think about your thinking, but she provides some techniques you can implement today.

The CEO of Cirque du Soleil, Daniel Lamarre, joins Dan Pontefract to discuss life at the company as well as his new book, "Balancing Acts: Unleashing the Power of Creativity in Your Work and Life." In this episode, Daniel reveals his thoughts on the importance of gathering creative ideas from employees, diversity, vulnerability, trust, the Beatles, and how the company came back after losing $1 billion overnight once the pandemic hit.

The founder of Box of Crayons and best-selling author, Michael Bungay Stanier, joins Dan Pontefract to discuss his new book, "How To Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters." In this podcast, Michael not only chats about the book (and some really cool insights into his 9-step goal-setting and completing process) but he gives some free coaching advice to me, Dan Pontefract. Check it out.

In this episode, Dan Pontefract discusses the important question of "How Do You Want To Be Known When You Leave The Room?" with insights about Tiger Woods, Qantas Airlines, Boeing and Wells Fargo. Lead. Care. Win, provides insights, thoughts, stories and truth bombs concerning the state of leadership in today's organizations.

In this episode, Dan Pontefract talks about intentional disposition, and how we need to be intentional when we help others. Stories about NBA coach Doc Rivers, Jesse Owens and the first female to run the Boston Marathon make an appearance. Lead. Care. Win., provides insights, thoughts, stories and truth bombs concerning the state of leadership in today's organizations.

In this episode, Dan Pontefract shares his definition of love, as it relates to being a leader; a leader of self and of others. The story of Jesse (the Westin Hotel server) is used as the backdrop. The Lead. Care. Win. podcast provides insights, thoughts, stories and truth bombs concerning the state of leadership in today's organizations.

In this episode, Dan Pontefract highlights the critical importance of empathy with stories about The Giving Tree, Christmas Truce 1914, and the three different types of empathy. Lead. Care. Win., provides insights, thoughts, stories and truth bombs concerning the state of leadership in today's organizations.

In this episode, Dan Pontefract discusses the critical importance of time. Are you in control of your time? What is the relationship between time and being a love-based leader? Find out. Lead. Care. Win., provides insights, thoughts, stories and truth bombs concerning the state of leadership in today's organizations.