104: Why High Achievers Choose Alignment Over Status – Aundrea Cline-Thomas

Aundrea Cline-Thomas shares why she left a successful journalism career to pursue alignment, identity, and purpose on her own terms.

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  • Thumbnail for 99: Leadership, Presence, and the Cost of Disconnection – Tracy Brower

    99: Leadership, Presence, and the Cost of Disconnection – Tracy Brower

    Loneliness at work is rising, and it is not just a personal issue. It is a leadership design issue.

    In this episode, Dr. Tracy Brower returns to unpack the growing disconnection inside modern organizations. We explore the difference between visibility and true presence, why consistency builds more trust than charisma, and how culture is often defined by the worst behavior it tolerates.

    If you lead people, this conversation will challenge how you think about productivity, belonging, and the responsibility to design connection intentionally.

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  • Thumbnail for 98: The Jolts That Reshape Work and Identity – Anthony Klotz

    98: The Jolts That Reshape Work and Identity – Anthony Klotz

    Most people think quitting is the story. It isn’t.

    In this Season 5 premiere of Why I Left, organizational psychologist Anthony Klotz returns to explain what really drives career change. Five years after coining “The Great Resignation,” Klotz introduces the concept of jolts. Sudden moments that disrupt how we see our work, our identity, and our willingness to stay the same. This episode explores why people leave stability, why many stay when they want to go, and how these jolts are shaping the future of work.

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  • Thumbnail for 11: Designing the Life You Want – Keith Allen Johns

    11: Designing the Life You Want – Keith Allen Johns

    Keith is a former Chief Operating Officer for a tech company who realized that work shouldn’t suck, so he founded Keith Allen and Company to help people find their purpose, turn it into a business idea, start that business on the side and exit the corporate world. He’s helped many leaders break free from the corporate world by building & scaling purpose driven businesses.

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  • Thumbnail for 10: Taking a Step Back to Find Fulfillment – Marguerite Thibodeaux

    10: Taking a Step Back to Find Fulfillment – Marguerite Thibodeaux

    Marguerite Thibodeaux is a leadership coach, consultant, and Founder of Magnanimous Leadership. She’s on a mission to increase the happiness and fulfillment in the world by helping leaders have fun unleashing the sustainable, exceptional results hidden inside their teams, and passionate about empowering leaders to lead with humanity and purpose.

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  • Thumbnail for 9: Overcoming Fear to Live a Life of Purpose – Gamal Harding

    9: Overcoming Fear to Live a Life of Purpose – Gamal Harding

    Gamal Harding is a financial services industry veteran who led multiple teams for Fortune 100 companies and left his job to pursue real estate. He is now a property management executive and co-founder of Dream Living Homes and 10x Property Management in the Columbus, OH metro markets. I enjoyed hearing about his entrepreneurial spirit and how he balanced his side hustle with his main hustle before ultimately having to choose a path.

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  • Thumbnail for 8: Accelerating Life’s Next Chapter – Courtney Maron

    8: Accelerating Life’s Next Chapter – Courtney Maron

    Courtney Maron is a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson in New York. Courtney was an advertising executive with more than 20 years in the industry prior to joining the great resignation. Although she enjoyed the work she did, the industry became taxing, and the pandemic opened an opportunity for her in her home life that she couldn’t pass up.

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