

Human Capital Leadership
Jonathan H. Westover, PhD
Maximize your personal and #OrganizationalPotential with the Human Capital Leadership podcast! We’re your source for personal, professional, and #OrganizationalGrowth and development. We share our own original #Research, explore #IndustryTrends, and interview executives and thought leaders from across the globe. Join us for practitioner-oriented content around all things #Leadership, #HR, #TalentManagement, #OrganizationalDevelopment, and #ChangeManagement.
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Jan 18, 2022 • 30min
S31E3 - Combatting Workplace Burnout, with Dr. Sherry Benton
In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Dr. Sherry Benton about combatting workplace burnout. See the video here: https://youtu.be/XnwQp1tUbxc.
Sherry Benton, Ph.D., (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-benton-ph-d-abpp-33361835/) the founder and Chief Science Officer of TAO Connect, is also a professor emeritus and the former counseling center director at the University of Florida. She has over 25 years of clinical and research experience in counseling psychology and college student mental health. She has focused her career on reducing mental health disparities and improving access to evidence-based mental health treatment, and her experience in the college counseling world revealed a need for a more efficient and effective way to deliver mental health therapy. She is board certified in Counseling Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association.
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Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.
Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.
Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Jan 18, 2022 • 30min
S31E2 - Throwback Tuesday - The Future of Work and the Conscious Leader, with Ayelet Baron
In this "Throwback Tuesday" HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Ayelet Baron about the future of work and the need for greater conscious leadership (Originally Aired May 14, 2021). See the video here: https://youtu.be/Vjf1B0qyjoU. Ayelet Baron (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayeletbaron/) is an award winning author, global futurist and healer. She is the former chief strategy and innovation officer for Cisco Canada, where she helped Canada become the #2 revenue generating country for Cisco. Ayelet was on the executive leadership team for IT, Emerging Markets, and Global Sales Strategy. Ayelet has been named by Forbes as one of the top 50 global female futurists, and ranks as one of the top 50 global thought leaders by Thinkers360 in Future Work, Organizational Change Management, Culture, Sustainability and B2B. Her award winning leadership book, Our Journey to Corporate Sanity, outlines seven signposts for creating healthy organizations. Her latest trilogy, F*ck the Bucket List, guides us to explore the illusions of a dying world and asks us to step into another potential, one rooted in the heart of courage and emerging self-awareness. As a futurist for humanity, Ayelet now offers guidance to conscious leaders who are ready to trek into the unknown through her writing, talks, guided sessions and custom project work. Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/. Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Jan 17, 2022 • 59min
S31E1 - MLK Commemoration - Letter from a Birmingham Jail, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this HCI Podcast episode, we share Dr. Martin Luther King's historic Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Though he wrote this letter a little over 57 years ago, it remains incredibly relevant today. See the Stanford link below for a full written draft of the letter and the full audio of Rev. King reading his letter that is presented in this podcast episode. The YouTube video link below is a slightly abridged version of his own reading, along with powerful imagery of the vital work he performed in the pursuit of racial justice and fairness and dignity for all. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/letter-birmingham-jail https://youtu.be/ATPSht6318o

Jan 17, 2022 • 19min
S30E30 - MLK Commemoration - I Have a Dream, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this HCI Podcast episode, we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by sharing his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Speech overview: "The 'I Have a Dream' speech, delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. before a crowd of some 250,000 people at the 1963 March on Washington, remains one of the most famous speeches in history. Weaving in references to the country’s Founding Fathers and the Bible, King used universal themes to depict the struggles of African Americans before closing with an improvised riff on his dreams of equality. The eloquent speech was immediately recognized as a highlight of the successful protest, and has endured as one of the signature moments of the civil rights movement." Learn more about the history around the speech here: https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/i-have-a-dream-speech. See the full transcript here: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm.

Jan 16, 2022 • 24min
S30E29 - HBR Minute Rewind - What is Stakeholder Capitalism? Here’s a Definition, and 4 Ways to Make It a Reality, with Mariana Mazzucato
In this "HBR Minute Rewind" HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) explores the recent HBR video, "What is Stakeholder Capitalism? Here's a Definition, and 4 Ways to Make It a Reality" (Originally Aired May 23, 2021). See the video here: https://youtu.be/z4Kdwbdyye0.
Video Overview: "To solve big, global problems, companies must rethink capitalism and how they collaborate, argues Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London. Mazzucato, author of "Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism" (https://marianamazzucato.com/books/mi...), argues that a traditional shareholder-centric approach offers only Band-Aids. It doesn’t allow for the kind of bold thinking we need to solve big problems. “If we keep just fixing our way out of each crisis,” she notes, “we will, by definition, be too little too late.'"
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Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.
Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.
Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Jan 15, 2022 • 17min
S30E28 - Inspiring TED Talks Rewind - The Best Gift I Ever Survived, with Stacey Kramer
In this "Inspiring TED Talks Rewind" HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) explores Stacey Kramer's 2010 TED talk, "The Best Gift I Ever Survived." See the video here: https://youtu.be/PKbet4RdSo4.
Video Overview: "Stacey Kramer offers a moving, personal, 3-minute parable that shows how an unwanted experience -- frightening, traumatic, costly -- can turn out to be a priceless gift."
Co-founder of Brandplay, a brand strategy firm, Stacey Kramer also founded Word for Word, a naming and branding consultancy serving national and global companies -- from big, recognizable names to next year's newsmaking startups. In 2009, Kramer found herself confronting a terrifying diagnosis: a CAT scan revealed she had a brain tumor -- the size of a golf ball. She told her remarkable, personal story at TED2010.
Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts!
Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.
Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.
Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Jan 14, 2022 • 36min
S30E27 - Helping Coaches, Experts, & Consultants to Scale their Businesses, with Michelle Hext
In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Michelle Hext about helping coaches, experts, and consultants to scale their businesses. See the video here: https://youtu.be/qZcyEMZVHKQ.
Michelle Hext (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellehext/) is the CEO at The Luxe-Preneur, where over the last 20 years they have trained over 8,200 Coaches, Experts & Consultants to scale their businesses through high-ticket offers. She started her career in the Martial Art’s when she was 22 years of age and holds a 5th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo and she is also in the Australasian Martial Arts Hall Of Fame. She owned martial arts schools and online fitness businesses, then she had to learn how to get more clients and she did it and then started also teaching it.
Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts!
Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.
Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.
Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Jan 13, 2022 • 30min
S30E26 - HR as a Business Partner, with Lee Mariano
In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Lee Mariano about HR as a business partner. See the video here: https://youtu.be/gay6bPKn93M.
Lee Mariano (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leemariano) has over 23 years of experience directing and leading human resource teams within large and small organizations. She has knowledge and expertise in aligning Human Resources initiatives with the strategic goals and objectives, as well as providing strategic direction for the full range of human capital functions. This includes an emphasis on employee development, leadership development, and talent management initiatives. Lee has extensive experience designing a multi-faceted human resources strategy linked to business goals, developing and implementing process improvements in the areas of talent management, organizational development, employee relations, compensation, and implementing a competency-based succession plan and management development initiative. Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/. Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Jan 13, 2022 • 30min
S30E25 - How Improv Can Transform Your Business and Company Morale, with Erin Diehl
In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Erin Diehl about how improv can transform your business and company morale. See the video here: https://youtu.be/bzEdHsb1Wug.
Erin Diehl (linkedin.com/in/erindiehl) is a Business Improv Edutainer , Failfluencer , and Professional Zoombie. Through a series of unrelated dares, Erin created improve it!, a unique professional development company that pushes others to laugh, learn, play, and grow. Among her many accolades, Erin is most proud of successfully coercing over 26,000 professionals to chicken dance. Erin Diehl is a graduate f rom Clemson University, and a former experiential marketing and recruiting professional as well as a veteran improviser f rom the top improvisational t raining programs in Chicago, including The Second City, i.O. Theater and The Annoyance Theatre. Erin has spoken on stages nationwide for all types of events and associations including Disrupt HR, SHRM, HRMAC, and ATD. She is a member of The Chicago Innovation Awards Women’s Cohort and graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program.
Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts!
Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.
Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.
Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Jan 12, 2022 • 29min
S30E24 - Work-Life Integration and Growing a Remote-First Company, with Darrian Mikell
In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Darrian Mikell about work-life integration and growing a remote-first company. See the video here: https://youtu.be/ZPsSJEf8ihM. Darrian Mikell (https://kitcaster.com/darrian-mikell/) is the Co-Founder and CEO of Qualifi, a SaaS platform that powers the fastest phone interview experience in the world and helps recruiting teams hire great candidates faster than ever before. He graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2013 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship and Finance. Darrian was a 2-sport athlete in both Basketball and Track & Field and was a national champion in the Long Jump. He is based in the Indianapolis area and is a dedicated husband and father of 3. Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts!
Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/.
Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/