Aligning Purpose and Passion with Scott Span

Welcome to another episode of The Authentic Change Podcast, I am Mike Horne, your host and I am joined today by Scott Span, who is a people strategist, leadership coach, change and transformation consultant, and CEO of Tolero Solutions. Scott’s work focuses on people whom he considers to be the greatest asset of any organization.

In today’s episode, Scott shares his perspective on the core of the most successful leaders and how to promote a healthy and real environment in an organization.

• [3:48] Scott talks about his contribution to the new book: The Successful Spirit.
• [5:40] Scott talks about authenticity as the common feature of most successful leaders.
• [6:27] What is behind an authentic leader? Vulnerability and trust.
• [7:27] Scott talks about the importance of the alignment between purpose and passion.
• [9:05] Who does Scott “keep it real” in his work?
• [10:08] Scott talks about trust and integrity being aligned.
• [13:42] Are integrity and authenticity different sides of the same coin?
• [14:50] What is the problem we are trying to solve in organizations?
• [16:39] Is our challenge to create alignment to ease the flow in organizations?
• [18:30] The purpose of coaching is to promote happiness.
• [18:45] Coaching is maximizing people’s potential or promoting their ability to maximize their potential.
• [19:55] Scott explains how he helps clients enter the path of congruency.
• [21:00:] Mike highlights humanistic values.