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Change Thoughts About Money…Change The World!

May 4, 2015 by Robert

Tim Soerens and Kevin Jones, founders of the SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) Conference join Robert Thompson today to talk about…well…money and how it is NOT working for us in a way that creates the kind of lives we should all be living. What is Two Pocket Thinking about money? Why do we need to overcome the myth of capital? And, what does it mean to take back our economy from Wall Street to Main Street? We tangle with topics like these and more. Listen and learn. Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ambition, brand experience, common good, Corporate Social Responsibility, courage, credibility, execution, executive coaching, innovation, inspire, interview, Kevin Jones, leadership, Leadership for the Common Good, Main Street, mike neiss, performance, robert thompson, Ron Crossland, Rosa Lee Harden, Silicon Valley, SOCAP, Social Capital Markets, success, talent, The Abundant Community, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, Tim Soerens, Tom Peters, trust, Two Pocket Thinking, vision, wall street

Why Motivating Them Doesn’t Work…And What Does!

April 20, 2015 by Robert

Susan Fowler, author of Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work and What Does, joins Robert Thompson and co-host Mike Neiss today. Is motivation different than engagement? What is the biggest mistake leaders make when trying to motivate employees? What do leaders need to do differently? Listen and learn. Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ambition, courage, credibility, execution, executive coaching, innovation, inspire, interview, Ken Blanchard, leadership, Leadership for the Common Good, mike neiss, performance, recognition, robert thompson, success, susan fowler, talent, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, trust, vision, why motivating people doesn't work

The Solutions Journalism Network: It’s Time!

April 13, 2015 by Robert

Keith Hammonds, COO of The Solutions Journalism Network joined Robert Thompson and co-host Mike Neiss for today’s show. Keith comes to the Network from Ashoka, where he started and led the News & Knowledge Initiative, advancing the work of hundreds of social entrepreneurs in media around the world. He also has been executive editor at Fast Company magazine; a bureau chief and editor for BusinessWeek in Boston and New York; a writer for The New York Times in London and Johannesburg; a consultant to New Nation in Johannesburg; director of an emergency food distribution program in Namibia; and (currently) coach of the Firebolts, a fearsome girls soccer team. Leadership for the Common Good is a new Thought Grenades series highlighting real leaders demonstrating real leadership and solving real problems in real time. Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ambition, Business Week, Corporate Social Responsibility, courage, credibility, execution, Fast Company, innovation, inspire, interview, Keith Hammonds, leadership, Leadership for the Common Good, mike neiss, New Nation, News&Knoweldge Initiative, performance, Peter Block, recognition, robert thompson, success, talent, The Abundant Community, The New York Times, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, The Solutions Journalism Network, trust, vision

Communities of Shalom Change Their World

April 6, 2015 by Robert

Amy Moritz, the director of the Center for Transforming Communities in Memphis, TN, joins Robert Thompson and co-host Mike Neiss as they continue their Leadership for the Common Good journey. We dive into the success of the Center’s Communities of Shalom initiative, where they seek to strengthen neighborhoods with congregations as the catalyst and what they are doing to grow as well as deepen the process within their region. Leadership for the Common Good is a new Thought Grenades series highlighting real leaders demonstrating real leadership and solving real problems in real time. Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amy Moritz, Center for Transforming Communities, Communities of Shalom, courage, credibility, execution, innovation, inspire, interview, leadership, Leadership for the Common Good, Memphis TN, mike neiss, performance, Peter Block, recognition, robert thompson, success, talent, The Abundant Community, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, trust, vision

Roving Listener Discovers Gifts That Delight

March 23, 2015 by Robert

DeAmon Harges, the original “Roving Listener” as neighbor and staff member of the Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, joins Robert and Mike to continue their Leadership for the Common Good journey. DeAmon’s role is to listen and discover the gifts, passions and dreams of citizens in his community, and to find ways to utilize them in order to build community, economy and mutual “delight.” What “Gifts” does DeAmon discover when he listens to his neighbors? What role can institutions and associations play in building on these “Gifts”? Can discovering “Gifts” change the world? Listen and learn. Leadership for the Common Good is a new Thought Grenades series highlighting real leaders demonstrating real leadership and solving real problems in real time. Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Broadway United Methodist Church Indianapolis, courage, credibility, DeAmon Harges, execution, executive coaching, innovation, inspire, interview, leadership, Leadership for the Common Good, mike neiss, performance, Peter Block, recognition, robert thompson, success, talent, The Abundant Community, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, trust, vision

How The Leadership Challenge Is Changing Our World…One Leader At A Time

March 16, 2015 by Robert

Best-selling author and colleague, Jim Kouzes joins Robert Thompson and co-host Mike Neiss to share what’s new in The Leadership Challenge world. The TLC philosophy seems to be making in-roads into the Middle East. What might that mean for all of us? Also, we will continue our Leadership for the Common Good theme and delve into what TLC has done to change the world outside of the corporate halls. Leadership for the Common Good is a new Thought Grenades series highlighting real leaders demonstrating real leadership and solving real problems in real time. Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: barry posner, courage, credibility, execution, executive coaching, innovation, inspire, interview, jim kouzes, kouzes posner, leadership, Leadership for the Common Good, middle east, mike neiss, performance, Peter Block, recognition, robert thompson, success, talent, the five practices, the leadership challenge, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, trust, vision

Real Leaders Embrace Immigration For Success

March 9, 2015 by Robert

Lori Mercedes-Santiago, executive director of the Hispanic American Council of Kalamazoo, MI joins Robert Thompson and co-host Mike Neiss in their latest installment of Leadership and the Common Good. The Hispanic American Council is a nonprofit community organization established to advocate for the well-being of the Hispanic population in Southwest Michigan, but their ideas and actions may translate success to a much wider audience. Listen and learn. Leadership for the Common Good is a new Thought Grenades series highlighting real leaders demonstrating real leadership and solving real problems in real time. Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live on Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ambition, courage, credibility, execution, Hispanic American Council, immigration, innovation, inspire, interview, Kalamazoo, latino community, leadership, Lori Mercedes, Lori Mercedes-Santiago, Michigan, mike neiss, performance, Peter Block, recognition, robert thompson, Silicon Valley, success, The Abundant Community, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, trust, vision

TimeBanking: “Paying It Forward” On Steroids

March 2, 2015 by Robert

Edgar Cahn, the founder of TimeBanks, joined Robert Thompson and co-host, Mike Neiss in their latest installment of Leadership and the Common Good. What exactly is TimeBanks and why has Cahn dedicated much of his life to this effort? We think TimeBanking is an extraordinary way of giving and receiving to build supportive networks and strong communities. It’s “Pay It Forward” on steroids. Leadership for the Common Good is a new Thought Grenades series highlighting real leaders demonstrating real leadership and solving real problems in real time. Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live on Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Corporate Social Responsibility, courage, credibility, Edgar Cahn, execution, innovation, inspire, interview, leadership, mike neiss, pay it forward, performance, Peter Block, recognition, robert thompson, success, sustainability, talent, The Abundant Community, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, TimeBank, Timebanking, trust, vision

How To Create Community With NextDoor.Com

February 23, 2015 by Robert

Ed Everett, City Strategist for NextDoor.com, joined Robert Thompson and co-host Mike Neiss in their latest installment of Leadership for the Common Good. Everett shares insights around why NextDoor is so different from LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and its impact on communities around the country. What are some of the neighborhood success stories? How are cities taking advantage of the NextDoor opportunity? What do you need to do to start a NextDoor neighborhood in your community? Listen and learn. Leadership for the Common Good is a new Thought Grenades series that highlights real leaders demonstrating real leadership and solving real problems in real time. Thought Grenades is ripe with practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Tell your friends to listen live on Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cities, Community, courage, credibility, ed everett, Facebook, fire, innovation, inspire, interview, leadership, Leadership for the Common Good, linkedin, mike neiss, neighbors, nextdoor.com, performance, Peter Block, Police, robert thompson, Silicon Valley, success, The Abundant Community, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, thought grenades, trust, twitter, vision

Restorative Justice: Leadership For The Common Good

February 9, 2015 by Robert

Mike Butler, Chief of Safety for Longmont, Colorado, joined Robert Thompson, Mike Neiss and guest host Peter Block to kick off their first installment of Leadership for the Common Good, a theme Thought Grenades will focus on for the next several months. Chief Butler shared insights around the principles and implementation of Restorative Justice. What is it? How has it helped Longmont overcome serious issues in their community? Could Restorative Justice have helped solve problems in Ferguson and New York City? Connect with Leadership for the Common Good, a new Thought Grenades series highlighting real leaders solving real problems in real time.

Practical, simple and effective ideas on how you can make a positive difference for yourself, your organization and the world. Oh, and we have fun too! Listen live on Mondays at 10 a.m Pacific, catch it here, or subscribe on iTunes and listen when convenient.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Colorado, Corporate Social Responsibility, courage, credibility, crime, execution, executive coaching, Ferguson, fire, innovation, inspire, interview, leadership, Leadership for the Common Good, Longmont, Mike Butler, mike neiss, New York City, performance, Peter Block, Police, restorative justice, restorative principles, robert thompson, safety, success, The Abundant Community, the offsite: a leadership challenge fable, thought grenades, trust, vision

Why Motivating Them Doesn’t Work…And What Does!

Communities of Shalom Change Their World

Roving Listener Discovers Gifts That Delight

How The Leadership Challenge Is Changing Our World…One Leader At A Time

Real Leaders Embrace Immigration For Success

How To Create Community With NextDoor.Com

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