The Courageous Wholeness Podcast

Ep. 19: Dr. Laura Hembley Lovett on Toxic Leadership

Meet Dr. Laura Hembley Lovett, an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, author, podcast host and internationally recognized thought leader on creating healthy workplace cultures and eliminating toxic leadership. Her new book is called  I Wish I'd Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating and Escaping a Toxic Boss, and it's full of sage advice for anyone in this deeply unpleasant situation. In this conversation, we talk about toxic leadership and how it impacts health and wholeness. We also explore what led Dr. Laura to confront this dark shadow of organizational life. Learn more about Dr. Laura here: Website: https://www.drlaura.live/ [https://www.drlaura.live/] Podcast: Where Work Meets Life with Dr. Laura [https://open.spotify.com/show/1WSDcjiXEn8W5yreR905GE?si=389929ae3364415b] Book: I Wish I'd Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating and Escaping a Toxic Boss [https://www.amazon.com/Wish-Quit-Sooner-Strategies-Navigating/dp/B0FD41N1MV] Instagram: Dr. Laura Live [https://www.instagram.com/drlaura.live/] Facebook: Dr. Laura Live [https://www.facebook.com/Dr.Laura.whereworkmeetslife/] YouTube: Dr. Laura Where Work Meets Life [https://www.youtube.com/@dr.laurawhereworkmeetslife]

Ep. 18: Faith Addicott on Organizational Development as Wisdom for our Time

Meet Faith Addicott, an experienced organizational development consultant focused harnessing the wisdom of OD to respond to the challenges of this moment. She is Founder of Confluence Consulting Northwest, and is deeply involved in designing and implementing OD Out Loud, a peer-led conference that will occur in Kansas City this coming October. In this conversation, we talk about Faith’s unique path to this work, what she has learned about OD as a force for transformational change, and what she and her colleagues are hoping to accomplish with the OD Out Loud conference later this year. Learn more here: Faith on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/faith-addicott/] Confluence Consulting Northwest [https://confluencenorthwest.com/] OD Out Loud Conference Website [https://goodworkcollective.net/convening]

Ep. 17: Zander Martin on the Developing Leaders in the Wildnerness

Meet Zander Martin, a facilitator, coach and educator who uses the outdoors as a context for leadership development. Zander is a lifelong explorer who was named Outside Magazine's "Adventurer of the Year" in 2011. He’s been involved with NOLS–the National Outdoor Leadership School-since 2008, and is currently a Senior Faculty.  He’s the Principal consultant at Treeline Development, his own consulting firm.  He serves as the Americas Hub Lead for TrailHaven, a retreat-focused executive development firm.  He has worked with NASA mission-crews, fighter squadrons, top-five MBA students, and leaders across the FAANG group, as well as top 5 companies in the automotive, brokerage, financial services, insurance, and healthcare industries. In this conversation, we explore the process of guiding leaders through transformational experiences in nature, and why reconnecting with the natural world is so important today. Learn more about Zander here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderbmartin/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderbmartin/] TrailHaven: https://trailhaven.com/ [https://trailhaven.com/] TreelineDev: https://www.treelinedev.com/ [https://www.treelinedev.com/] https://trailhaven.com/ https://www.treelinedev.com/

Ep. #16: Max Solo--The Semester That Changed My Life

In this first ever solo episode, host Max Klau shares a moment from his journey that had a major impact on the development of the work of Courageous Wholeness. Max tells the story of the semester in graduate school in which he first encountered the moral development work of Carol Gilligan and the adaptive leadership work of Ron Heifetz...and how those two courses led to a major awakening that occurred while making mac-n-cheese one night. Inspired by one of his favorite podcast hosts, Elise Loehnen, Max goes deep into the mix of developmental psychology theory and personal experiences that led him down the path to this work. Learn more about Carol Gilligan & moral development here. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Gilligan] Learn more about Ron Heifetz & adaptive leadership here. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Heifetz]

Ep. 15: Adam Yukelson on Creating Transformational Virtual Experiences

Meet Adam Yukelson, an expert on how to create large-scale transformational experiences in the virtual space.  He helped Otto Scharmer and the team at the Presencing Institute build an online version of their Theory U training, and then went on to help the team at Thich Naht Hahn's community of Plum Village take their "Zen and the art of Saving the Planet" course online.  He’s been involved in some of the most impactful and cutting edge efforts to bring transformational experiences online, and he’s here to share his wisdom on today’s pod.  Adam's website: www.adamyukelson.com [https://adamyukelson.com/] Adam on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamyukelson/] Adam on the Presencing Institute website [https://www.presencing.org/team/vita/adam-yukelson]