Leaders, stop the blame game. Host Jeff Ma welcomes executive coach and international bestselling author of You Were Not Born to Suffer, Blake D. Bauer, to discuss a radical approach to leadership and change: taking 100% personal responsibility.

Blake explains how this shift—away from blame and toward a solution-minded approach—is the key to strengthening mental health, crushing burnout, and achieving genuine high performance. Discover why practicing 100% responsibility is the highest form of love.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-d-bauer/

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In this episode, we sit down with two-time Olympic champion coach Jane Figueiredo to explore how a strategy of love, compassion, and empathy drives success in high-stakes environments, from Olympic diving to the world of business. Jane shares powerful stories of navigating preparation, consistency, devastating setbacks, and the difficult but necessary process of change throughout her career.

In this episode of "Love as a Strategy," we talk with Jeff Tkach, CEO of the Rodale Institute. Discover the secret to human health hidden right beneath our feet, the connection between "healthy soil, healthy food, and healthy people," and why Jeff believes every human is being called to a metaphorical "return to the farm." Plus, get the inside story on his personal health journey and his brand new book, The Farm is Here.

Learn more about his new book here: https://rodaleinstitute.org/the-farm-is-here/
Order your copy here: https://a.co/d/0cdRMkqX

In this episode, we talk with leadership strategist Andrea Wanerstrand, founder of A3 Culture Lab, about how to navigate the relentless speed of change in business. Andrea unpacks her Mindset Maven Method (M.A.V.E.N.)—a framework for building confidence, embracing ambiguity with curiosity, and showing up as your most authentic self. Learn how leading with humanity can transform large-scale organizational change.

Learn more at:

• https://mindsetmaven.com/

• https://a3culturelab.com/

Follow Andrea Wanerstrand on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawanerstrand/

Join host Jeff Ma as he welcomes Pinaki Kathiari, CEO of Local Wisdom and co-host of the podcast Why does it feel so wrong to be human at work?, for a deep dive into Love as a Change Strategy.

In this candid conversation, Jeff and Pinaki explore the discomfort of change, the necessity of putting people first in any transformation, and how concepts like love and care are essential for building trust and a thriving workplace culture. Pinaki shares his personal experience with life-altering change and introduces ideas from Ayurveda's dosha types to illustrate why individuals react so differently to new circumstances. They also discuss practical strategies for managing organizational shifts, including the danger of "too much change all at once" and the power of small experiments to embrace new perspectives.

In this powerful final episode of the current season of "Love as a Business Strategy," guest Chris Field—founder of Mercy Project, author, and serial disruptor—discusses how he injects humanity and love into every facet of his boundary-breaking career. Chris shares his personal philosophy centered on ensuring his life "mattered," candidly explores the need to reconcile one's "money story" and untie self-worth from financial status, and passionately explains why genuine care is not just a tactic for better productivity but the core of true business success. The conversation culminates with the profound idea that "Love as a Showing Up Strategy" means choosing to be present and available for others, even when it is difficult, an essential trait that transcends business and redefines personal impact.

What does it truly take to prepare the business leaders of tomorrow?

In this episode, Dr. John Sanchez, an award-winning professor at Texas A&M's Mays Business School, unveils his secret weapon: Love.

He'll share his experiences and challenge the conventional wisdom of what it means to be a leader of character.

What if love wasn’t soft, but systemic?
In a world where employee engagement is treated like an annual event, healthcare strategist Geoffrey Smith challenges us to reimagine it as a daily act of care.

This episode is a call to shift—from compliance to compassion, from processes to presence, from metrics to meaning. within ourselves.

More on Geoffrey here: https://mo-mentsofexperience.com/