Love in Action
Discover the keys to unlocking your leadership potential with the Love In Action Podcast. Join host and global leadership expert Marcel Schwantes and the world's top business thought leaders, authors, executives, and luminary movers & shakers who share insights, research, and best practices to help you and your business/organization flourish. Whether you’re looking to cultivate better leadership habits, develop a high-performing culture, or grow your business through a more human-centered approach, the Love In Action Podcast offers practical and instructional steps and wisdom to help you reach your full potential. Join the movement!
Episodes
240 episodes
Transform Your Organization with Alan Mulally’s ‘Working Together’ System
Quotes:Marcel begins his conversation with world-renowned CEO Alan Mulally by exploring Alan’s background and upbringing, which heavily influenced his leadership style and life of service. As they dive into the slide stack, A...
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Episode 234
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1:26:50
Nathalie Gerschtein: Playing in the ‘Growth Zone’ and Unleashing Human Magic
Episode Recap:Marcel speaks with Nathalie Gerschtein, President of L’Oréal’s Consumer Products Division in North America. Nathalie discussed her journey as a leader and her experiences moving up the ranks. They also explored topic...
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Episode 233
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34:42
Julie Winkle Giulioni: Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Want
Episode Recap:Career development is broken, and our expectations have not kept pace with the reality of today’s workplace, according to today’s guest, Julie Winkle Giulioni. Julie...
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Episode 232
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43:08
Mitch Warner: An Updated Exploration of the Classic Book, "Leadership and Self-Deception"
Episode Recap:Marcel and guest Mitch Warner discuss the impact of Arbinger Institute’s work, particularly the book "Leadership and Self-Deception," on organizational transformation and the importance of self-awareness and humility...
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Episode 231
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43:41
Urs Koenig - Unlock Leadership’s Secret Weapon: Radical Humility
Quotes:“This Venn diagram has been the story of my life. How do I achieve really cool, hard stuff and at the same time be the best human I can be?” [11:16] Urs Koenig has a diverse background in endurance sports and intense...
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Episode 230
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56:50
john a. powell - Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World
Quotes:“Othering is not according to someone else for expression, for dignity, for mutuality of their humanness. In some ways you’re saying they can be less than, conditional, or completely invisible and some way they don’t coun...
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Episode 229
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1:18:12
Charn McAllister, Katie Alexander, Parker Ellen: Understanding ‘Workplace Deviance’ and How to Stop It
Quotes:“This research is not to vindicate the bad apples; it is in fact to tell leaders you have to look inward and decide…is it me or my employees?” [14:25] As Marcel and his guests dive into the research, Charn explains t...
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Episode 228
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52:49
Dr. Jonathan Fisher: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Cultivating Lasting Joy, Mastering Our Stress, and Living with More Vitality
Quotes:“The mind-heart connection is essential; we can’t expect that we’re just going to exercise, eat right, and be healthy, and run a multimillion dollar business and not avoid having a heart attack from all the stress we’re i...
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Episode 227
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50:08
Eddie Pate and Jonathan Stutz: How to Build a Culture of Belonging with Small Daily Actions
“If you focus on just hiring a diversity of folks and you don’t focus on creating a culture of belonging, with inclusive leadership, people are going to come right in the front door and go right out the back door.” [20:03] That's ...
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Episode 226
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1:16:43
Dr. Peter Kim: How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired
“The stories we tell are as, if not more, important than what happened” [8:29] As Peter Kim, introduces his research on trust, he discusses how the narratives we portray and the reasons behind actions are the key pieces behi...
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Episode 225
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42:21
Dr. Rollin McCraty: The Science of the Heart (And What It Means for Leaders)
Quotes:“The heart has a causal role in modulating perception…how we think, how we feel.” [24:56] After Dr. Rollin McCraty walks us through his background and what brought him to HeartMath, we dive into the science of...
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Episode 224
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1:14:02
Dr. James Doty: The Neuroscience of Manifestation
“You’re the only person that can accept yourself, forgive yourself, and understand that we are all frail, fragile human beings and nonetheless, we all deserve to be loved.” [18:58] Jim Doty, author of “Mind Magic” starts the episo...
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Episode 223
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1:26:51
Gianpiero Petriglieri & Joe Davis: Leadership Is a Kind of Love / The Generous Leader
Segment 1 featuring Gianpiero Petriglieri:“We are neither incompetent or not malevolent, we are just caught within a model of leadership which really doesn't describe the sort of leadership we want to see in the world, an...
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Episode 222
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1:21:29
Samantha Thomas: Choosing Love in Business and in Life
Samantha is a coach, consultant, writer, and the founder of The Love Summit Business and Leadership Conference. Through coaching and consulting, she helps individuals and businesses lead by an ethic of love for greater congruence in their lives...
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Episode 221
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1:02:31
Brad Deutser: The Five Rules of Belonging
Quotes:“It’s hard to believe I’m an expert in belonging when so long in my career...I didn’t belong.” [07:55] Guest Brad Deutser shares his diverse background that led to his company, Deutser Consulting Firm, all about huma...
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Episode 220
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1:07:56
Marcel Schwantes: Leadership Superpower - Patience
“Patience gets a bad rap, because the doubters and skeptics tend to think that if you slow down, the flow of the business slows down.” [3:13] People too often mistake patient leaders for passive leaders. Marcel shares a real life example of how...
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Episode 219
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7:20
Marcel Schwantes: Love and Care in Leadership
In this mini episode, Marcel shares quick insight on the impact of love and care throughout the leadership levels and how that impacts entire organizations inside and out. What’s next? You can look forward to upcoming content from Marcel's fort...
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Episode 218
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3:10
Robb Holman: Science Says Receiving (in a Genuine Way) May Be Better Than Giving
Robb Holman is an internationally recognized leadership expert, executive coach, keynote speaker, podcast host, and best-selling author who has a heart for authentic relationships and a true talent for equipping people with the skills and the k...
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Episode 217
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59:59
Marcel Schwantes: We’re Taking a Break
Quotes:“There’s a growing body of research that finds organizational kindness, in how people treat each other, how leaders manage the workforce, how customer-facing employees interact with their clients....has enormous benefits....
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Episode 216
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4:38
Erica Keswin: How to Keep Employees Connected to Your Company
Erica Keswin is a globally renowned workplace strategist, consultant, speaker, best-selling author, and professional dot-connector. Her latest book is The Retention Revolution. Erica first joined Marcel in the very first episode of Love in Acti...
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Episode 215
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47:01
Dr. Michelle K. Johnston: Thriving In a New Era of Connection
Dr. Michelle K. Johnston is a renowned executive coach and business professor. She is the author of The Seismic Shift in Leadership. Dr. Johnston is a champion of connection in the workplace. She talks with Marcel in this episode on how leaders...
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Episode 214
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48:00
Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani: Living an Imperfectly Authentic Life
Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani is the co-founder of Mindvalley, the world’s most powerful life transformation platform. She’s the author of Becoming Flawsome: The Key to Living an Imperfectly Authentic Life. Kristina speaks about personal transformati...
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Episode 213
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1:02:46
Dr. Amy Edmondson: The Science of Failing Well
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, and is renowned for her research on psychological safety. She is the author of Right Kind of Wrong. In this interview, Amy sets the stage fo...
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Episode 212
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58:48
Marcel Schwantes: The Best Leadership Practice to Learn and Teach Others
“Leadership and life is about human relationships.” [1:04] Servant leadership has emerged over the last 40-50 years as a solution for leaders in the business world changing their attitude when it comes to leading their organizations“Lis...
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Episode 211
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7:56
[REPLAY] HUBERT JOLY - At the Heart of Business
HUBERT JOLY is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Best Buy and is now a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. He is also a member of the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson and Ralph Lauren Corporation, a member of...
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Episode 210
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56:42