Lee and Mark discuss:

• How Mark’s early journey instilled a golden thread of service to others throughout his career

• Conscious capitalism, and purpose-driven profit

• Four fundamental factors that turn leaders into legacy-builders

• Why Mark is dedicated to ‘paying it backwards’

Links & references

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Lee Cooper:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/

Mark Mears:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markamears/

https://www.markamears.com/

The Purposeful Growth Revolution:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Purposeful-Growth-Revolution-Leader-Builder/dp/1636182135

Get in touch: lee@extrology.com

Episode highlights:

“I happen to be involved as a senior leader network in a great global organisation called Conscious Capitalism Inc, whose mission I share; elevating humanity through business. So the community can value based on capitalism that is its highest form, and can actually do well by doing good - its purpose AND profit.” - 11:50 - Mark Mears

“If you're a leader, someone would say, ‘I will follow you’. But if you're a legacy builder, they'll say, ‘When it's my turn to lead, I will lead like you’.” - 28:10 - Mark Mears

“The law reciprocity says that when someone does something nice for you, you often have a deep seated urge to do something nice for somebody else, and oftentimes in greater measure. So imagine that ripple effect…” - 36:20 - Mark Mears

“The Sloan School of Management at MIT did a research study and asked 34m people across the globe who left the workforce during this great resignation, why? The top answer by 10 times more than the second most given answer was toxic work environment, and compensation didn't come up until number 16 on the list.” - 31:40 - Mark Mears

"I got to thinking about leadership, engagement, accountability and fulfilment. Not only is a leaf a symbol of growth and rebirth, it's an acronym that now has built a model of Leadership, Engagement, Accountability and Fulfilment." - 25:00 - Mark Mears

“Always be curious. Ask good questions. Learn about what makes people tick. We talk about listening, observing, valuing, empowering; you’ve got to be curious about someone, and how you can make the workplace better. You have to ask good questions and look for best practices.” - 55:45 - Mark Mears

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