August 4, 2011
Stephanie Pace Marshall

Charting New Paths for Contribution Stephanie Pace Marshall Educational Trailblazer, Founder and President Emerita of Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA) Looking into Stephanie’s career and life is like gazing into a kaleidoscope: She is a synthesizer, a weaver, an integrator, and a “perturber.” Her work has led to major, ongoing and colorful shifts in the fields of education and leadership.

August 4, 2011
Meg Wheatley

Curating Creativity and Action Meg Wheatley Paradigm Shifter, Author and Co-Founder of the Berkana Institute Meg opens Walk Out, Walk On with a dare: “This looks like a book and reads like a book. But it can be much more than that.” So is any conversation with Meg. Sitting with her, chatting over a cup of tea, you begin to notice Continue Reading →

August 4, 2011
Carol Coletta

Cultivating Relationships, Networks and Communities Carol Coletta Leading Urban Thinker, Community Builder and President of ArtPlace Carol’s the quintessential “city gal” – she’s smart, stylish, sophisticated, and most of all fearless. You get all of that from her walking into the room. Talk to Carol and the term “city gal” takes on a whole new meaning.

August 5, 2011
Howard Schultz

Connecting with Purpose & Meaning Howard Schultz Coffee Devotee, Founder & CEO of Starbucks The day of my interview with Howard started as any other – with my morning run to Starbucks to get a Grande Bold. I asked the barista whether she had read Howard’s latest book, Onward. She replied, “Of course. My partner, Howard, gave it to me. Continue Reading →

August 5, 2011
Match Albom

Inspiring with Stories Mitch Albom Best-Selling Author, Journalist & Philanthropist There’s a point in Tuesdays With Morrie when Mitch notices Morrie’s visitors struggling, not knowing how to talk to a dying person. They’d start with an awkward joke or a story, trying to cheer him up. Morrie would ask about their lives and the conversation would shift.

August 5, 2011
Julio Ottino

Awakening Leadership at All Levels Julio Ottino Dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Northwestern University Creative disruption. It’s at the heart of Julio’s genius. A career artist turned renowned chaos theorist, Julio has an uncanny gift of creating space for people from different fields to come together and channel their collective experience toward solving Continue Reading →

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Dan Pink

What Motivates Us Dan Pink Best-Selling Author and Speechwriter Dan has a peculiar fascination with work. It’s the inspiration behind his books Drive, A Whole New Mind, Johnny Bunko and Fast Company‘s blog Free Agent Nation. Dan thinks of his work as a writer in

August 5, 2011
Bruce Mau

The New Leadership Imperative Bruce Mau Visionary, Designer and Author You don’t just meet Bruce. You experience Bruce. His presence fills the room, infusing it with an inexhaustible energy for ideas. Bruce is a world-leading visionary and innovator who has collaborated

August 5, 2011
Debra Arbit & David Stillman

The Generational Lens Debra Arbit & David Stillman Partners at BridgeWorks and Generational Puzzle Solvers After years of working together and constantly butting heads, David and Lynn Lancaster had an insight that sparked a new business venture: Their challenge wasn’t styles or personalities, it was context.

Survey Says…

By Maril MacDonald on January 25th, 2012

In the Let Go and Lead community, we know that, in the last decade, digital and social technologies have reshaped the meaning and expectations of leadership in some fundamental ways For that reason, we chose to focus our annual Employee Engagement study, which Gagen MacDonald conducts with our friends at APCO Worldwide, on the influence of social media on employee Continue Reading →