No people, no profits: The future of leadership in a capitalist world

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My guest this week is author and expert in business and finance, Chris Lautenslager. We talk about Chris’ book The Prosperity Loop and explore his views on purpose-driven business and capitalism. We get into the importance of building relationships, adapting to change, and creating shared prosperity in business.

Chris believes that businesses should focus on enhancing the value of the people they work with, including customers, vendors, and the community. This people-oriented approach, he suggests, is key to thriving in today's changing world. We also step through Chris’ wealth creation model for socially conscious leaders that aims to find a balance between people and profits.?

Bold statement: The key to business success lies in people-centric leadership

Why you should listen: dare to dream - and ask your team?

• Listening is a leadership imperative

We explore value-added leadership

• Does your leadership contribution extend to the community?
• Building a corporate culture that goes beyond the bottom line
• Leadership priorities for creating a business people want to be part of

Take action

• Ask people what they want and what their dreams are.?
• Think about you and your business, your organisation or you individually. What problem could you help solve locally? What’s the first baby step you can take towards that?

About Chris Lautenslager

Chris is a seasoned sales and business veteran with a Masters in Finance and Economics from Northwestern University. His 40-year career began on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, before transitioning to Wall Street in the era of electronic trading. As a Senior Sales Executive with some of the world’s most prominent financial institutions, he learned the business practices that can propel or crush a company’s potential for success. He was able to apply those lessons as a Founder and Board Member of a small business which developed into a publicly listed company on NASDAQ. Driven by an unshakable desire to partner with the leaders of small and medium businesses, Chris founded GET LOOPED, LLC as a platform to showcase the value and benefits of a collective prosperity for people, businesses and communities. Today, he helps businesses and CEOs incorporate prosperity in collaboration with profitability into their business practices. Chris is author of THE PROSPERITY LOOP: A Wealth Creation Model for Socially Conscious Leaders, Their Teams & Their Communities. Find out more at: Get Looped

About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zo? Routh

Zo? Routh is a leadership futurist, podcaster, and multiple award-winning author. She works with leaders and teams to navigate future horizons.?

She has worked with individuals and teams internationally and in Australia since 1987. From wild Canadian rivers to the Australian Outback, and the Boardroom jungles, Zo? is an adventurist! She facilitates strategy and culture sessions with audacious teams.

Zo?'s fourth leadership book, People Stuff - Beyond Personality Problems: An advanced handbook for leadership , won the Book of the Year at the Australian Business Book Awards in 2020. Her fifth book is a near future science fiction dystopian novel, The Olympus Project .

Zo? is the producer of the Zo? Routh Leadership Podcast , dedicated to asking “What if…?”? and sharing Big Ideas on the Future of Leadership.

Zo? is an outdoor adventurist and enjoys telemark skiing, has run six marathons, is a one-time belly-dancer, has survived cancer, and loves hiking in the high country. She is married to a gorgeous Aussie and is a self-confessed dark chocolate addict.