Culture Leaders with Dr. Jessica Kriegel

This week, Jessica is joined by Dr. Don Wood, CEO of the Inspired Performance Institute and creator of a program to help people reset and reprocess trauma–which he understands as a neurological glitch that impacts health and decision-making, and therefore performance and leadership. Don explains why anxiety, addiction and even autoimmune diseases are often symptoms of unresolved trauma, and how his e-learning program helps people unlock new levels of peace and potential. They also talk about how

This week, Jessica is joined by Monique Robertson-Gunter, Chief Experience Officer at Wellby Financial Monique explains how Wellby reshaped its culture to hit ambitious goals–starting with the key results, and developing a culture of feedback, listening and continuous improvement to achieve them. She also talks about her role as Chief Experience Officer–combining culture and brand to create experiences for employees and members, which ultimately drives results. Plus the importance of purpose fit

This week Jessica is joined by Frank Vella, the CEO of Constant Contact. In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss Frank’s philosophy of being in the people business, from emphasizing the role of first-line managers to keeping the employee experience in mind while talking with investors. They discuss scaling culture across a company, aligning AI innovation with people-first values, and why it's worth slowing down the spreadsheet to preserve the soul of the company. Plus, building trust and

In today's episode, John Frehse, Global Head of Labor Strategies at Ankura, joins Jessica to talk about leadership in uncertain times, the importance of avoiding the 'action trap' that can stifle innovation, and the keys to finding real alignment across the corporate chain: empathy, accountability, and an understanding of the Culture Equation. John Frehse: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfrehse/ Bio at Ankura: https://ankura.com/experts-and-advisors/john-frehse Jessica

Pete Stavros, Co-Head of Global Private Equity at KKR, joins Jessica to talk about his work fostering shared employee ownership: reshaping companies so employees have a direct stake in the business itself. They dive deep on what is required to change the beliefs about leaders around shared ownership, the importance of empathy in leadership, and how employee ownership cuts through the thorniest problems of capitalism by creating a culture of accountability, which drives results to allow both