Dr. Nathan Regier, your host, welcomes Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley coauthors of Simple Truth of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust . Randy Conley is the Vice President of Client Services and Trust Practice Leader at The Ken Blanchard Companies. Randy authors the Leading with Trust blog and is a contributing author of the book Trust Inc.: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset and works globally to help organizations build trust. Ken Blanchard is one...
Jun 01, 2022•43 min•Ep. 31
Dr. Nathan Regier is joined today by Blaine Bartlett , president and CEO of Avatar Resources Inc ., a company whose mission is to provide resources and services that foster compassionate capitalism. Blaine’s work is founded on the thesis that business, as the most pervasive force on the planet, is charged with taking responsibility for the well-being of the whole. His life work is dedicated to ensuring that business leaders develop the skills, competency, and capacity to lead such an undertaking...
May 01, 2022•45 min•Ep. 30
Dr. Nathan Regier, your host, is joined today by Kristen Donnelly (MSW, M.Div, Ph.D.) who is an empathy educator, speaker, and researcher with two decades of experience in helping people understand the beauty in difference and the power in inclusivity. In today’s episode, she shares her research on empathy and her dedication to helping people achieve a better understanding of themselves and others. Key Takeaways: [2:17] Kristen shares about her role at Abbey Research. [4:30] Kristen started a re...
Apr 01, 2022•38 min
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Douglas E. Noll to today’s episode. Doug has stumbled upon a communication strategy that is changing lives around the world, from boardrooms to prisons. Doug is a business and commercial trial lawyer who teaches people to bring compassion even to the most difficult places. For his innovative work, Doug Noll has been voted as one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2005, by US News & World Report and has been recognized since 2006 as a Northern California Super Law...
Mar 03, 2022•41 min•Ep. 28
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Julie Bartkus to today’s episode, she is an award-winning business owner, internationally known speaker, coach, and best-selling author. For more than 20 years she has been helping leaders across the globe experience a workplace detox so they can cultivate a more harmonious workplace culture that leads to higher productivity, staff retention, and profits. Julie has overcome several significant challenges in her life and in a pivotal moment she realized that she had to ...
Feb 01, 2022•43 min•Ep. 27
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Meredith Bell to today’s episode, she is known as the Heart-Centered Connector. Meredith has the gift of connecting people and teaching others how to lead. She is the Co-founder and President of Performance Support Systems, a company that publishes books and software tools that help companies build strong leaders and teams. Meredith is the host of the popular Grow Strong Leaders Podcast and is the author of two books along with her partner Dennis Coates: Connect with Y...
Jan 01, 2022•38 min•Ep. 26
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes you to another episode of On Compassion. He is accompanied by Garry Ridge to today’s episode, Garry is chairman and CEO of WD-40 Company . Garry joined WD-40 Company in 1987 and has held various management positions in the company, including executive vice president and chief operating officer, and vice president of international. He has worked directly with WD-40 Company in over 50 countries. In 1997, he was appointed president and chief executive officer of WD-40 Com...
Dec 01, 2021•33 min•Ep. 25
Are you a leader or change maker inside of your business, organization, or corporation? Are you looking for new, innovative ways to boost morale and innovation? Are you ready for some fresh strategies to engage your team and get that spark back? We’ll, I’ve got a treat for you. My guest on this episode is Erin Diehl, founder of Improve-it, a company dedicated to helping develop teams and leaders through play, improv, and experiential learning. Erin describes herself as a Business Improv Edutaine...
Nov 01, 2021•39 min
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes a very unique guest who shares the passion of bringing more compassion to work but not in the way you might expect. Dr. Tahira Reid Smith is an associate professor from Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. After Tahira observed the discomfort, loss of dignity, and anxiety that so many patients experience while interacting with medical devices, her heart was stirred to do something about it. Tahira’s compassion for users of medical products and services has been...
Oct 01, 2021•41 min•Ep. 23
Dr. Nathan Regier is honored to have David Katz as a guest, who has been named one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs by Salt Magazine. David is the founder and CEO of Plastic Bank , an internationally recognized solution to ocean plastic, which is a global network of micro recycling markets that empowers the poor to transcend poverty by cleaning the environment. The Plastic Bank is an ecosystem that provides an opportunity for the world to collect and trade plastic waste as a curre...
Sep 01, 2021•38 min•Ep. 22
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Gloria Cotton to today’s episode. She believes that anything is possible when people feel welcomed, valued, respected, heard, understood, and supported. Gloria is a seasoned human development professional with over 20 years of experience assisting organizations to create environments where people can and will do their best. She is an expert in human resources and organizational development, she works with corporations, non-profits, and government units. As a senior par...
Aug 01, 2021•44 min•Ep. 21
“What is in us is stronger than what gets in our way”, no one believes in this more than David Shurna and Tom Lillig, co-founders of No Barriers USA . In 2003 they partnered with Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind man to summit Mount Everest to launch an award-winning nonprofit, with the mission to help people reach their fullest potential, no matter the obstacles they face. In their new book What’s Within You: Your Roadmap to Living Life With No Barriers , they share the proven No Barriers frame...
Jul 01, 2021•45 min
Inhale and exhale slowly, take a moment to reflect on the infinite possibilities of the mind, the universe, and the human spirit. Prepare yourself for an uplifting and mind-opening journey into the world of introverts. Dr. Nathan Regier, your host, welcomes Jill Chang to today’s episode. Jill works for a San Francisco-based international nonprofit organization and oversees more than 20 countries. Her book: Quiet Is a Superpower: The Secret Strengths of Introverts in the Workplace was a number on...
Jun 01, 2021•38 min•Ep. 19
“Compassion is first an awareness of others, a mindset of wishing the best for them, and is the courage to take action.” Scott Shute Dr. Nathan Regier, your host, welcomes Scott Shute to today’s episode. Scott has journeyed from America’s heartland to the hiking trails of Nepal to the boardrooms of major tech companies across the US, Japan, and the UK. Wherever he has traveled he has discovered more about what tears people apart and what brings them together to create the extraordinary. As...
May 01, 2021•47 min•Ep. 18
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Tom Kolditz to today’s episode. Tom is the founding director of the Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. The Doerr Institute was recognized in 2019 as the top university leader development program by the Association of Leadership Educators and named the #4 Leadership Development Program in the world by Global Gurus, London. Prior to Rice, he taught as a Professor in the Practice of Leadership and Management and Director of the Leadership Dev...
Apr 01, 2021•46 min•Ep. 17
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Silvia Garcia to today’s episode, she is one of the world’s leading experts in applying behavioral science and positive leadership to marketing, communication, employees well being, and company culture. Silvia is the former global marketing director for Coca-Cola and was the director of Coca-Cola Happiness Institute, recognized as a leader in designing the future of Work. She has participated in the MIT University Albright Challenge and at the United Nations. ...
Mar 01, 2021•36 min•Ep. 16
2020 was a year of major changes in how we all work, remote work has become a norm, and most people agree that we will never going to go back to the way things were. Certainly this past year we experienced the ups and downs of working from home, that is the reason why Dr. Nathan Regier, your host, is accompanied today by JJ Caffey who is an up and coming entrepreneur specialized in the future of work. She’s awarded a business school grad and is the creator of several virtual businesses, includin...
Feb 01, 2021•38 min•Ep. 15
Dr. Nathan Regier your host, is known to be into practical solutions that leaders can implement and he is passionate about building cultures of compassion where relationships don't have to be sacrificed for results. You have been listening to conversations with C-level leaders who have transformed their cultures but, in today’s episode, Nate is joined by David Dye who will share the lessons learned from working with hundreds of leaders and organizations, all of them trying to build more compassi...
Jan 01, 2021•40 min•Ep. 14
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Larry Carlson, the former president of HBO satellite services and a cable TV network pioneer. Larry retired when he was 49 and now spends his time creating beauty, philosophizing and supporting the people and causes he loves. Larry lives by his belief that honest communication can lead to trust first, then if you work at it, intimacy and eventually love in both personal and professional relationships will follow. Nate's Key Takeaways 1. Get in the stream. Larry didn’t ...
Dec 01, 2020•51 min•Ep. 13
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Amy Balog to today’s episode, she is a highly experienced and credentialed executive leadership coach and facilitator, whose specialty is in performance. Amy has plenty of first-hand executive leadership experience, but most importantly Amy is now the one behind the scenes working with those leaders to be more human and more connected to themselves and others, and that is the spirit of compassion. Key Takeaways : [2:00] Amy shares how she became an executive coach and ...
Nov 01, 2020•37 min•Ep. 12
Compassion and leadership should go hand in hand and today’s guest is proof of that. Joel Peterson is a person with tremendous credentials, experience, and compassion. He is the chairman of JetBlue Airways and The Hoover Institution as well as the founding partner of Peterson Partners . Since 1992 Peterson has been on the faculty at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University teaching courses in real estate investment, entrepreneurship, and leadership. He formally served as Chief Exec...
Oct 01, 2020•40 min•Ep. 11
Dr. Nathan Regier proudly welcomes Laurel Donnellan to today’s episode. Laurel shares some of her vast experience in the field of compassion, highlighting the importance of boundaries and the vulnerability required to be the recipient of a compassionate act. Laurel explains how compassion is for the giver as much as it is for the receiver, being compassionate is intrinsically enjoyable and rewarding. Listen to Laurel and Nate and get some valuable tips about how to bring more compassion to your ...
Sep 01, 2020•41 min•Ep. 10
What are the costs of ideas not shared, questions not asked, problems not reported, and conflicts that persist and go unresolved? When people don’t speak up, organizations suffer. Today’s guests, Judith Katz and Frederick Miller argue that organizations can only be as productive as the interactions that take place between their people. Listen to this episode if you want your organization to be a supportive but challenging environment that encourages risk-taking and speaking up, where every indiv...
Aug 01, 2020•42 min•Ep. 9
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Mark Miller to today’s episode. He is a business leader, storyteller, and best selling author of eight books that have sold over a million copies in 25 languages. He built his career at Chick-fil-A and helped the company grow from 75 restaurants to over 2400 locations with annual sales exceeding 10 billion dollars. In this episode, Mark Miller is talking about engagement. In Mark’s newest book Win the Heart: How to Create a Culture of Full Engagement , he reveals the p...
Jul 01, 2020•40 min•Ep. 8
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Bobby Herrera to this episode. Bobby believes that everyone deserves an opportunity to succeed and is an unwavering champion for the underdog. He is co-founder and CEO of Populus Group one of the fastest-growing HR services companies in the USA, with an annual revenue of $500 million and many fortunate customers. Bobby learned the value of hard work, rising early, and putting in long hours in the fields. After high school, Bootcamp became his ticket of opportunity. Bob...
Jun 02, 2020•46 min•Ep. 7
Dr. Nathan Regier is pleased to be joined to this episode by Dr. Stephen Trzeciak to talk about compassion research, interesting, relevant and applicable research about compassion in health care. Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, is a physician-scientist, chief of medicine at Cooper University Health Care, and Professor and Chair of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, N.J. Dr. Trzeciak is a practicing intensivist (specialist in intensive care medicine), and a National Insti...
May 05, 2020•51 min
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Tom Henry who is currently the learning and development coordinator for Whole Foods Market; his background is remarkable and he has vast professional experience in retail, leadership and executive development. The experience of retail has tremendously changed in the past 35 years, including the retail implosion of the 80 ́s and 90 ́s leading to the rise of the digital economy. Tom Henry is an avid believer in conscious capitalism and he’s become a respected voice in hi...
Mar 30, 2020•41 min•Ep. 5
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Millie Ward, the president of Stone Ward a full service marketing agency based in Little Rock Arkansas with an office in Chicago as well, Millie embodies Stone Ward’s ethos of intelligent thinking, committed services and creative drive. Always on the go, Millie is the former chairman of the advertising marketing international network AMIN, one of the largest networks of independent agencies. She has also been named one of Ad Week’s Women to Watch, one of the top 100 wo...
Oct 07, 2019•38 min•Ep. 4
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Laura Cole to this episode, she is the founder of Your Latitude a Canadian Solution-Focused coaching and mediation practice, specializing in organizational culture development and change management. Her clients include a wide range of industries. Laura is an experienced public speaker and founder of the Intentional Human speaking series where she shares stories of transformation as organizations become intentional about their cultures and leadership. Laura’s wisdom and...
Sep 02, 2019•48 min•Ep. 2
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Douglas R. Conant, an internationally renowned business leader, New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker, and social media influencer with over 40 years of leadership experience at world-class global companies. For the past 20 years of his leadership journey, he has honed his leadership craft at the most senior levels – first as President of the Nabisco Foods Company, then as CEO of Campbell Soup Company, and finally as Chairman of Avon Products. In 2011, he ...
Sep 02, 2019•49 min•Ep. 3
