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Love as a Business Strategy

Love as a Business Strategy

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A podcast that brings humanity to the workplace.

Each episode of LAABS busts the doors off topics that most business leaders shy away from in the workplace. Ready to have important conversations to drive real change in your organization? It starts with love. Let us show you how.
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160. Love as an Unconscious Bias Strategy with Amber Ontiveros

Love as a Business StrategyMar 18, 2024

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160. Love as an Unconscious Bias Strategy with Amber Ontiveros

160. Love as an Unconscious Bias Strategy with Amber Ontiveros

Amber Ontiveros has a one-of-a-kind story, and a unique perspective that has helped her understand the neuroscience of unconscious bias in a totally different way. In this episode, she takes us on a journey that travels through spirituality, science, and life.

Mar 18, 202430:41
159. Love as a Purpose Strategy with Jonathan Bennett

159. Love as a Purpose Strategy with Jonathan Bennett

How do you find purpose in your life and in your work? Jonathan Bennett is a leadership coach who specializes in helping people do that. In this episode, he shares some incredible perspective and insights that are sure to help you think about your purpose in a brand new way.

Feb 07, 202434:40
158. Love as a Narrative Strategy with Guillaume Wiatr

158. Love as a Narrative Strategy with Guillaume Wiatr

Guillaume has been sharing his expertise with CEOs and entrepreneurs to help them build successful businesses that they love. In this episode, he dives into how narratives impact our mindsets, and ultimately our behaviors.

Jan 23, 202436:07
157. Love as an Imposter Strategy with Tiffany Houser
Jan 11, 202434:23
156. Love as a Self-Awareness Strategy with Joni Goodman

156. Love as a Self-Awareness Strategy with Joni Goodman

As we’ve so often said, self-awareness is the key to transforming ourselves and our behaviors. But what does the journey to self-awareness look like, and how do we embark on that journey? Joni Goodman specializes in exactly that topic, and joins the show to share her thoughts and perspectives.

Dec 20, 202330:26
155. Love as a Core Value Strategy with Jay Steinfeld

155. Love as a Core Value Strategy with Jay Steinfeld

Jay Steinfeld is the founder and former CEO of the legendary business blinds.com - one of the most successful e-commerce businesses of all time. Today, he takes the learnings from his success and shares that secret with the world through his book, “Lead from the Core: The 4 Principles for Profit and Prosperity”. In this episode, he joins the show to break down what “core values” really mean, and to share the 4 principles that every business should aspire for.

Dec 06, 202334:34
154. Love as a V.A.L.U.E. Strategy with Chellie Phillips

154. Love as a V.A.L.U.E. Strategy with Chellie Phillips

Chellie Phillips has developed Culture Secrets - secrets any leader can use to build a V.A.L.U.E. Culture. Listen in as she shares what each of these letters stands for, and how you can use them to build the right kind of culture around you.


Dec 02, 202337:03
153. Love as an Inspirational Strategy with Ally Stone
Nov 09, 202332:43
152. Love as a Green Beans and Ice Cream Strategy with Bill Sims Jr.

152. Love as a Green Beans and Ice Cream Strategy with Bill Sims Jr.

Green beans? Ice cream? Love? If none of this makes sense, you’ll just have to listen to the episode to find out what Bill Sims has to say about the NUMBER ONE driver of employee engagement.

Oct 26, 202335:07
151. Love as a Fearless Strategy with Cedric Bertelli
Oct 11, 202332:05
150. Love as an Adversity Strategy with Robin Osborn

150. Love as an Adversity Strategy with Robin Osborn

Robin Osborn knows a thing or two about facing adversity. From the challenges in her youth, to removing a baseball-sized tumor - she has channeled her adversity into what she calls the "Frustration to Freedom Framework." In this episode, she share her story, and her philosophy.


Sep 27, 202333:54
149. Love as a Human Resources Strategy Strategy with John Baldino

149. Love as a Human Resources Strategy Strategy with John Baldino

John Baldino has been in the Human Resources game for over 30 years, and he sits down with the podcast to share about what he’s seen change over time, what hasn’t worked, and how to do it right. This isn’t just for HR professionals, with all the wisdom he shares, there’s something here for everyone.


Sep 21, 202332:30
148. Love as a Purpose-Driven Strategy with Gayle Lantz

148. Love as a Purpose-Driven Strategy with Gayle Lantz

In the workplace, love and purpose go hand-in-hand. But what does it mean to be truly purpose-driven? Gayle Lantz specializes in shaping cultures and igniting transformation - and she shares her expertise around finding and understanding purpose within ourselves.


Sep 13, 202332:27
147. Love as a Forgiveness Strategy with Dena Patton

147. Love as a Forgiveness Strategy with Dena Patton

For 22 years, Dena Patton has been coaching and training leaders on her world-class Greatness Methodology. She joins the show in this episode to dive into one of the most important (and yet rarely discussed) aspects of leadership: Forgiveness.


Sep 07, 202333:28
146. Love as a Marketing Strategy with Christina Frei
Sep 01, 202331:08
145. Love as a Faith-focused Strategy with Precious Azuree
Aug 24, 202331:07
144. Love as an Indigenous Tech Strategy with Jeff Ward

144. Love as an Indigenous Tech Strategy with Jeff Ward

Jeff Ward is the founder and CEO of Animikii Indigenous Technology, a leading digital agency that pioneers social innovation through Indigenous technology. In this episode he shares his vision and passion with us, and highlights the amazing impact that can be made when love and purpose come together.

Aug 16, 202332:25
143.  Love as an Equal Opportunity Strategy with Marina Guerra

143.  Love as an Equal Opportunity Strategy with Marina Guerra

While many businesses prefer not to have a run-in with the EEOC, (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) many people don’t understand what the EEOC actually does. Marina Guerra talks to us about all of the ways the EEOC works to truly help people and businesses, especially when it comes to the prevention of negative workplace experiences.


Aug 10, 202332:23
142 Love as a Success Strategy with Bessi Graham

142 Love as a Success Strategy with Bessi Graham

Bessi Graham specializes in a very important concept: Bringing “doing good” and “making money” together. In this day and age, where greed and profit drive so much of our decision-making process, Bessi helps us understand what real success could look like - and how doing good is at the center of it.

Aug 02, 202336:57
141. Love as a Career Development Strategy with Beth Ridley

141. Love as a Career Development Strategy with Beth Ridley

We all want to be the very best version of ourselves, especially at the workplace - but that’s often easier said than done. Beth Ridley is an expert in just that, and in this episode she highlights what it takes to find and achieve success in our careers by tapping into our best authentic selves.

Jul 27, 202335:49
140. Love as a Non-Negotiable Strategy with Paul ter Wal

140. Love as a Non-Negotiable Strategy with Paul ter Wal

Joining us from the Netherlands, Paul ter Wal shares with us his concept of “Non-Negotiables” in the workplace - and why our individual core values are the key to passionate, creative, and engaged employees.

Jul 19, 202333:45
139. Love as an Authentic Leader Strategy with Candice Hung

139. Love as an Authentic Leader Strategy with Candice Hung

What does it take to become an “Authentic Leader”? Why does it matter? Candice Hung helps us explore this concept, and really dives deep into the elements that make up true self-awareness. If you’re looking to start really owning your own story, you won’t want to miss this conversation!


Jul 14, 202332:40
138. Love as a DEI Strategy with Maria Morukian

138. Love as a DEI Strategy with Maria Morukian

DEI continues to be an important topic, but it’s reached a point where so much of it is assumed, overlooked, or performative. This refreshing conversation with Maria Morukian takes a closer look at why DEI should still be focused on - and thought about differently.

Jul 05, 202333:55
137. Love as a Sustainability Strategy with Dieter Schultz

137. Love as a Sustainability Strategy with Dieter Schultz

In this episode, Dieter Schultz helps connect the dots between sustainability, leadership, behaviors, and love. He not only helps define what sustainability means, but really paints the picture of what it should look like.

Jun 28, 202334:00
136. Love as a Psychological Safety Strategy with Janine Hamner Holman

136. Love as a Psychological Safety Strategy with Janine Hamner Holman

Janine Hamner Holman’s mission is simple: to create the world of work where everyone can thrive. Well that sounds a lot like bringing humanity back to the workplace - so we had to get her on the show to find out more! This episode is full of incredible perspective and wisdom - you won’t want to miss it.

Jun 21, 202333:29
135. Love as a Time Management Strategy with Miriam Meima

135. Love as a Time Management Strategy with Miriam Meima

This episode finds the intersection between business and psychology, where we explore the workplace from a culture and psychological angle. Miriam Meima is a passionate and energetic executive coach, who shares with us some valuable perspective and advice around how to manage our mindsets and approaches in the workplace.

Jun 07, 202333:25
134. Love as an Ego Management Strategy with Christie Garcia

134. Love as an Ego Management Strategy with Christie Garcia

Christie Garcia works with leaders every day on building authentic confidence. Many of us may have some preconceived notions about “ego”, and in this episode, Christie breaks down what our egos really are and how we can begin to understand and address them better.

May 25, 202334:01
133. Love as a Generational Strategy with Lata Hamilton

133. Love as a Generational Strategy with Lata Hamilton

While the generation you were born into doesn’t completely define you as a person, today’s workplace has shown some undeniable trends in how different people from different generations interact. Lata Hamilton is a Change Leadership and Confidence expert, and her experience in working with teams across global transformations has taught her a thing or two about the trends and gaps in workplace generations.

May 10, 202343:27
132. Love as a Possibility Strategy with Darrin Tulley

132. Love as a Possibility Strategy with Darrin Tulley

Darrin Tulley’s perspective completely changed at one point in his career, when he discovered a new world of possibilities for himself. Since then, he’s been hard at work, sharing his message of “Live Your Possible” with the world, and in this episode, he tells his tale and talks about how we can all find possibilities in ourselves.


Apr 29, 202334:21
131. Love as a Generosity Strategy with Sarah Fontenot

131. Love as a Generosity Strategy with Sarah Fontenot

Sarah Fontenot is a CFP (Certified Financial Planner), but what she does is unique: Sarah helps people manage their wealth with generosity in mind. Her focus is not just on building and maintaining wealth, but also on how to maximize the amount of good that wealth can impact on the world. In this episode, she shares her story and the role that love plays in her business.

Apr 19, 202331:06
130. Love as a Purposeful Growth Strategy with Mark Mears

130. Love as a Purposeful Growth Strategy with Mark Mears

Best-selling author Mark Mears is no stranger to building and growing people and teams in business. After a whole career helping major brands and companies build innovation and value, he now channels his experience and knowledge into helping people fulfill their true growth potential while making a positive, lasting difference in the world. Listen in as he explains how you can find and fulfill your purpose.

Apr 12, 202338:21
129. Love as a Local Government Strategy with Paulina Valero

129. Love as a Local Government Strategy with Paulina Valero

Love as a Business Strategy is important across all kinds of workplaces - especially in government. Paulina Valero is the Community Engagement Manager for the City of Sugar Land, and she shares her story and perspective about what workplace culture looks like for public servants in local government.


Apr 05, 202330:53
128. Love as a Leadership Strategy with Diane Maben

128. Love as a Leadership Strategy with Diane Maben

Diane Maben is the Chief Operating Officer at Amegy Bank. As a self-made leader, she’s learned and developed her style as a leader through her years of experience. In this episode, she shares her story, her journey, and her philosophy, and gives insights on how she leads her team to success.

Mar 29, 202334:01
127. Love as a Financial Industry Strategy with Kasia Siwosz

127. Love as a Financial Industry Strategy with Kasia Siwosz

As a former professional tennis player turned investment banker and entrepreneur. Her experience in professional sports has actually played a huge role in her understanding of how the financial industry needs to evolve today. She shares her unique story and perspective in this episode.


Mar 23, 202333:45
126. Love as an Honesty Strategy with Steven Gaffney

126. Love as an Honesty Strategy with Steven Gaffney

You might think that “honesty” is a pretty simple and straightforward concept, but in practice, true and genuine honesty might look a little different from what you’d expect. Steven Gaffney has been helping leaders and teams build high-achieving teams for over 25 years, and in this episode, he shares his powerful approach and philosophy with us.

Mar 15, 202331:36
125. Love as a Belonging Strategy with Paul Haury

125. Love as a Belonging Strategy with Paul Haury

What is the difference between “feeling a sense” of belonging, and actual belonging? This is a must-listen episode with Paul Haury, who is an executive coach that specializes in belonging. Paul shares an incredible mind-expanding perspective on what belonging is, and what it looks like when it’s truly practiced.

Mar 08, 202347:21
124. Love as a Safety Strategy with Nat Beuse (Aurora Tech)

124. Love as a Safety Strategy with Nat Beuse (Aurora Tech)

Nat Beuse is the Vice President of Safety at Aurora, a self-driving vehicle technology company. Most people understand the importance and priority of safety, but not everyone goes about it the same way. In this episode, Nat shares his mindset and approach towards safety, and helps illuminate the role that culture plays in being successful.

Mar 01, 202331:43
123. Love as a Profit Strategy with Samantha Varner

123. Love as a Profit Strategy with Samantha Varner

Somehow, when we talk about love in business, it’s always placed directly opposite of profit. And yet, profit is why we get into business to begin with - without profit, why do business at all? Sam Varner helps us connect the dots, and understand how love and profit go hand-in-hand.

Feb 22, 202329:54
122. Love as a Breakthrough Leadership Team Strategy with Mike Goldman
Feb 15, 202337:32
121. Love as a Human Connection Strategy with Nanci Appleman Vassil

121. Love as a Human Connection Strategy with Nanci Appleman Vassil

Nanci Appleman-Vassil joins the show to share from her 25+ years of experience in training, consulting, coaching, and developing high-performing teams. This episode is filled to the brim with her take on our favorite topics: From self-awareness and mindsets, to vulnerability, trust, and feedback. There are a lot of insights and takeaways here, as she helps break down what human connection really looks like in the workplace.

Feb 01, 202332:49
120. Love as a Lovescaping Strategy

120. Love as a Lovescaping Strategy

Irene and Debbie are on a mission. As much as we talk about Love on the podcast, we rarely get a chance to discuss exactly how and where we learn to love. With Lovescaping, Irene and Debbie have set out to bring learning and practicing love to the education system. With an educational framework that’s been successfully incorporated into schools, they walk us through exactly how we can put love into action.

Jan 25, 202333:42
119. Love as a Business Strategy with Room 3

119. Love as a Business Strategy with Room 3

This week, we sit down with Ed Cuervo and AJ Ferrer, who followed their heart and passion to create their own creative production company, Room 3. Their story gives a great example of how Love as a Business Strategy can be grown naturally when people come together with purpose.

Jan 18, 202336:08
118. Defining Love with Marty Levine

118. Defining Love with Marty Levine

We’re back in the new year, and it’s a great time for us to reset, reflect, and redefine. It’s the perfect time to speak with Marty Levine, who shares some truly interesting ways to define (and redefine) LOVE. 

Jan 11, 202331:28
117. Love as a Performance Review Strategy with Noah Pusey

117. Love as a Performance Review Strategy with Noah Pusey

Noah Pusey wants to do away with something that plagues almost all of us: The annual review. Nobody likes to give them, nobody likes to receive them, and it doesn’t actually make anyone better. He started Ripple Analytics to fix this problem. What makes the annual review such a bane to workplace culture? Is there a better way to go about it? Noah thinks so. In this episode he shares his approach to a more timely and effective way to do reviews at w

Dec 21, 202237:39
116. Love as a Law Enforcement Strategy with Chief Jack Cauley

116. Love as a Law Enforcement Strategy with Chief Jack Cauley

Chief Jack Cauley is a pioneer in the Law Enforcement industry - with his One-By-One Policing philosophy, which promotes building a safe and secure environment for officers and staff so they are better equipped to serve each person they encounter individually. His police department in Castle Rock puts a focus on compassion and treating others like family, and he’s hoping to spread this culture to more and more departments across the nation. He joins us on the podcast to share his story, and why he believes Love should be a Law Enforcement Strategy.

Dec 14, 202231:34
115. Love as a Partnership Strategy with Anthony Marinos
Dec 07, 202236:17
114. Love as a Wall Street Strategy with Wais Achikzad

114. Love as a Wall Street Strategy with Wais Achikzad

We sit with Wais Achikzad to discuss leadership, actual experiences and how our world today more than ever needs humanity in the workplace and in general.

Nov 30, 202236:04
113. Love as a Mentorship Strategy with Debbie Richards

113. Love as a Mentorship Strategy with Debbie Richards

By any measure, Debbie Richards has achieved amazing growth throughout her successful career. But what sets her apart from others is her fierce passion for coaching, mentoring, and talent development. She’s someone who puts so much of her own time and energy into others, and has done so for a very long time - we get to sit down with her and find out why she does it, how she does it, and where love comes into the equation.

Nov 23, 202234:40
112. Love as a Business Strategy with Austin Habitat for Humanity

112. Love as a Business Strategy with Austin Habitat for Humanity

As the CEO of Austin Habitat for Humanity, Phyllis Snodgrass has been been putting her heart into her work for her entire career. She sits down with us today to talk about what Love looks like in her leadership, in Austin Habitat for Humanity, and for non-profit businesses in general. She talks about the importance of relationships and how it connects to success and business results.

Nov 16, 202234:12
111. Love as a Digital Era Strategy with Isabella Wang
Nov 02, 202236:19