
Guest: Dr. Kathryn Goldman Schuyler
- 20 February 2018; Reissued 14 January 2025
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From fostering smiles in the office to mindfulness, your personal practices have a major effect on your team – and your success. In fact, what you do as a person – not just as a leader – can ripple through your organization.
That’s one major takeaway from Dr. Kathryn Goldman Schuyler in this episode. She’s conducted extensive research on “waking up at work” – a greater awareness of workplace systems and how your actions affect them. Having a sense of humor, spending time outdoors, journaling, meditation: they can all boost positivity and morale in your team, and that boosts productivity and engagement in the process.
Here’s what Kathryn and Maureen cover:
- How personal practices impact your professional growth and leadership effectiveness;
- The many ways journaling, walking, and “mindful moments” unlock your full potential in the workplace; and
- How to inspire and motivate your team with a sense of humor and generally boosting joy at work.
Kathryn is the author of Creative Social Change: Leadership for a Healthy World; Inner Peace—Global Impact: Tibetan Buddhism, Leadership, and Work; and Leading with Spirit, Presence, and Authenticity.
Host Maureen Metcalf

Maureen Metcalf, Founder and CEO of the Innovative Leadership Institute, is a highly sought-after expert in anticipating and leveraging future business trends to transform organizations. She has captured 30 years of experience in an award-winning series of books used by public, private, and academic organizations to align company-wide strategy, systems, and culture using Innovative Leadership techniques.
Maureen shares her hard-won insights through public speaking, industry publications, interviews, and video presentations. She is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, host of the top international radio show, Innovating Leadership, Co-creating Our Future, and author of the award-winning Innovative Leadership book series. The series includes: Innovative Leadership Fieldbook; Innovative Leaders Guide to Transforming Organizations; Innovative Leadership Workbook for Global Leaders; and Innovative Leadership for Health Care, among others.
She is a Fellow of the International Leadership Association.
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