Interview Archive - Glenn Llopis

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Dr. Cole Edmonson; Dr. Nancy Mannion

Nurses on Boards: why the best board member may be the one who can't see it yet

Dr. Cole Edmonson and Dr. Nancy Mannion of the Nurses on Boards Coalition explain why nurses are good for business, and why so many nurses need someone else to see it in them first.

Sometimes our leadership journey starts with a tap on the shoulder because someone sees in us what we don't see in ourselves.

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Dean Carter

Dean Carter on work that gives back more than it takes

Former Patagonia HR leader Dean Carter explains why so many people went searching for purpose, why extractive workplaces wear people down, and how a company can give back more to people's lives than it takes.

Well, my fundamental purpose in my life is to leave things better than I find 'em.

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Jim VandeHei

Jim VandeHei on taking the handcuffs off your career

Told by a high school counselor that he wasn't cut out for college, Jim VandeHei went on to start Politico and Axios. He tells Glenn Llopis why most people have far more control over their work and lives than they admit, and why employers must build around the individual.

What are the three or four red lines in your life? The values that you will not compromise on, regardless of the pressure around you, regardless of how other people behave.

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Kate O'Neill

Kate O'Neill on starting with purpose, not AI

Kate O'Neill, founder of KO Insights, explains why chasing the hottest technology leads organizations astray, and how starting from human purpose makes AI work for people instead of around them.

Machines don't have a sense of meaning. They don't have a sense of purpose. That's us. We get to do that.

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Paul LeBlanc

Paul LeBlanc on building a university where every student matters

Paul LeBlanc, then president of Southern New Hampshire University, shares how a French-speaking immigrant kid became a university president, why every learner needs someone who believes in them, and how AI will shift value toward human work.

We're now entering into an era when knowledge is always only... a set of prompts away on our device, and as a result it's way less valuable.

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Jesus Mantas

Jesus Mantas on why the room matters as much as the person

IBM Chief Strategy Officer Jesus Mantas and his longtime friend Glenn Llopis talk about the pressure to assimilate, the empathy their Hispanic culture gave them, and why fixing the person without fixing the room solves only half the problem.

So if you only address the individual, you are at best just only addressing half of the problem.

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Dr. Yasmene Mumby

Dr. Yasmene Mumby on taking off the executive mask

At 27 she lost the sight in her left eye after years of running herself into the ground. She tells Glenn Llopis how she rebuilt herself, and why so many leaders are performing a role instead of leading as themselves.

I have rebuilt myself from the ground up, pile of rubble and ash, many times over. I know from experience what sacrificing my own vitality for others' expectations can do.

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Jon Acuff

Jon Acuff on the broken soundtracks that keep people small

Author Jon Acuff explains how the thoughts we repeat become soundtracks that shape our choices, why rigid workplaces leave people's best ideas in the parking lot, and the simple questions that help leaders and teams think differently.

One of the greatest mistakes you can make is assuming all your thoughts are true.

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The Conviction Diagnostic

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