HOW Conversations
Moral leaders enable people to contribute their fullest talent, realize their deepest humanity, and do the next right things. Above all, moral leadership is about how leaders touch hearts, not just minds. HOW Conversations highlights moral leadership in action and the positive results--across all levels of society--when those in leadership positions are moral leaders. In each episode, a host from the HOW Institute talks with a remarkable leader about their personal experiences and how they use their leadership framework to guide their thinking. HOW Conversations is an opportunity for listeners to pause and reflect on these experiences and learnings.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 48
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Sondra Samuels, President & CEO, Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ)
[Archive Interview from Jun 28, 2021]
Sondra Samuels has been admirably leading her North Minneapolis community through challenges for more than 20 years. Last year, the founder and CEO of the Norths…
Jennifer Musisi, former Executive Director of Kampala, Uganda
[Archive Interview from Jun 17, 2021]
Jennifer Musisi has been threatened by men with machetes and once found a grenade under her car. Both encounters occurred while she was serving as the Executive …
U.S. Senator Cory Booker
[Archive Interview from Jun 10, 2021]
"We all are leaders, we can't just criticize what's going on out there without taking some responsibility for in here, in our hearts." Senator Cory Booker joined…
Dr. Heather Wilson, President, University of Texas/El Paso
[Archive Interview from Jun 3, 2021]
Dr. Heather Wilson knows a thing or two about leadership, she’s had an incredibly varied and impressive career. Dr. Wilson graduated from the Air Force Academy an…
Ajay Banga, former Executive Chairman of Mastercard
[Archive interview from May 27, 2021]
“I believe that businesses cannot prosper in a failing world,” Ajay Banga, the Executive Chairman of Mastercard, tells The HOW Institute Founder, Dov Seidman, on …
Angela Ahrendts, Board Chair, Save the Children International [Part 2]
[Archive Interview from March 12, 2021]
Angela Ahrendts believes success comes from putting others first and utilizing values-based leadership frameworks, “My definition of moral leadership is always …
Angela Ahrendts, Board Chair, Save the Children International [Part 1]
[Archive Interview from March 4, 2021]
“Deep values help build deep trust. Deep trust empowers individuals. And it unites groups of people, ordinary people, to collectively do extraordinary things,” s…
Paul Polman, former CEO, Unilever [Part 2]
[Archive Interview Feb 25, 2021]
When leaders invest in others it drives their own success forward says Paul Polman, member of the Board of The HOW Institute. Paul spoke with Dov Seidman, Founder and…
Paul Polman, former CEO, Unilever [Part 1]
[Archive Interview Feb 18, 2021]
“COVID has been a rude awakening for most of us. For the first time we have seen that our current system isn't really working as well as we intended,” says Paul Polman…
Ellen Ochoa, former Astronaut and Director, Johnson Space Center
[Archive Interview Feb 4, 2021]
The first time Ellen Ochoa applied to NASA’s space program she wasn’t selected but she saw her rejection as an opportunity, “Sometimes people ask, ‘Well, how did you co…
General Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force, Retired
[Archive Interview from Jan 28, 2021]
“There's no one right way to lead,” says retired General Janet Wolfenbarger, a trailblazing leader in the U.S. military. In 1980, she graduated from the Air Forc…
Chief Master Sergeant Kaleth O. Wright, Air Force, Retired
[Archive Interview Jan 14, 2021]
“One of the things that I think is important to any moral leader is the ability to do self-reflection and be honest with yourself,” says retired Chief Master Sergeant …
General Stanley McChrystal, Army, Retired
[Archive Interview from Dec 17, 2020]
Moral leaders must have a strong sense of purpose and must be willing to put personal desires aside to achieve shared goals, says retired General Stanley McChryst…
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation
[Archive Interview from Dec 3, 2020]
"We’re never going back to life as it was in January 2020," says Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation. Darren spoke with Dov Seidman, the Founder and Ch…
General David Goldfein, Air Force, Retired
[Archive Interview from Nov 19, 2020]
Retired Air Force General David Goldfein says, “The higher you go in rank and responsibility the harder the decisions are, and they should be.” Dave spoke with …
Admiral William H. McRaven, Navy, Retired
[Archive Interview from Oct 29, 2020]
Admiral William H. McRaven is the former director of U.S. Special Command Operations where he commanded the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. 'Speaking truth to …
Chip Bergh, former CEO, Levi Strauss
[Archive Interview from Oct 27, 2020]
On this episode of HOW Conversations, the CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. Chip Bergh tells Dov Seidman how difficult it was to learn only about 3% of Levi’s leadership …
Admiral James Stavridis, Navy, Retired
[Archive Interview Oct 27, 2020]
Admiral James Stavridis says when leaders set positive goals and visions people will stand and deliver—leaders need to be “dealers of hope.” Admiral Stavridis is a m…
Lt. General Nadja West, Army, Retired
[Archive Interview Oct 27, 2020]
Lt. General Nadja West, the recently retired Army’s top doctor, knows what it takes to be a successful moral leader. She was one of the first women to graduate from We…
Nancy Gibbs, Director, Shorenstein Center
[Archive interview from Oct 27, 2020]
Nancy Gibbs, the former editor in chief of TIME magazine, the Lombard Director of the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School and a HOW Institute Board memb…