The Purposeful Leader with Richard Leider
Join our host Don MacPherson and Richard Leider as they discuss purposeful leadership in Season Six of 12 Geniuses.
Richard is a best-selling author, coach, and keynote speaker who is best known for his work in helping people around the world find their purpose at work and in life. He has written 11 books, including three bestsellers. His PBS Special – The Power of Purpose – was viewed by millions of people across the U.S.
In this episode, Richard and Don discuss the health and performance benefits of finding your purpose, how leaders can help their people identify their purpose, and how rallying people around a common purpose is a key to a high-performing organization.
Richard also shares how he has been personally influenced by Viktor Frankl and Abraham Maslow. He talks about how the pandemic has exposed a desire for deeper purpose in the lives of many people struggling to find the right place at work.
Richard’s work has been recognized with many awards including a Bush Fellowship from the Bush Foundation, and the Outstanding Scholar for Creative Longevity and Wisdom award from the Fielding Institute. He is a Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s acclaimed Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing and is a Public Fellow at the Notre Dame Institute of Advanced Study where he also partners with their Inspired Leadership Initiative and the Office of the Provost.