John Mackey: Practicing Conscious Leadership | E166

Published: April 18, 2022, 4 a.m.

b'What\\u2019s the key to a successful business? Whole Foods Market CEO and best-selling author John Mackey believes it lies in Conscious Capitalism. This is the idea that higher purpose, stakeholder orientation, conscious leadership, and conscious culture can transform companies and lead to long-term success. This model was hugely successful for Whole Foods. It helped them grow from a single store in Austin, TX to hundreds of stores around the US and landed them on Fortune\\u2019s \\u201c100 Best Companies to Work For\\u201d list for 20 consecutive years. However, conscious capitalism and conscious leadership were things John had to learn and practice. John believes that by being a conscious leader, leading with love, integrity, and authenticity, and following the ideas of conscious capitalism, any business can find success. In this episode, Hala and John talk about what it means to be a conscious leader and how you can become one, his journey in starting Whole Foods Market, failures and what he learned, his secret to finding happiness, and much more.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nTopics Include:\\n\\n- John\\u2019s background\\n- John\\u2019s complicated relationship with his father\\n- Opening SaferWay\\n- What contributed to the success of Whole Foods Market?\\n- How to find the right team\\n- The importance of pivoting and adapting\\n- Wholepeople.com and learning from failure\\n- Conscious Capitalism and the real purpose of business\\n- John\\u2019s transformation into conscious leadership\\n- John\\u2019s secret to finding happiness\\n- Qualities of a conscious leader\\n- Win-Win-Win situations in business\\n- John\\u2019s #1 tip to transform your company culture\\n- John on transparent salaries\\n- John\\u2019s intentions for his next business\\n- John\\u2019s actionable advice to be more profitable tomorrow\\n- John\\u2019s secret to profiting\\n- And other topics\\u2026\\n\\nJohn Mackey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market. The company has been included on Fortune magazine\\u2019s \\u201c100 Best Companies to Work For\\u201d list for 20 consecutive years.\\nJohn is also the best-selling author of Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, and the co-founder of the Conscious Capitalism Movement.\\nMackey is recognized as one of Fortune\\u2019s \\u201cWorld\\u2019s 50 Greatest Leaders,\\u201d Ernst & Young\\u2019s \\u201cEntrepreneur of the Year Overall Winner for the United States,\\u201d Institutional Investor\\u2019s \\u201cBest CEO in America,\\u201d Barron\\u2019s \\u201cWorld\\u2019s Best CEO,\\u201d MarketWatch\\u2019s \\u201cCEO of the Year,\\u201d Fortune\\u2019s \\u201cBusinessperson of the Year,\\u201d and Esquire\\u2019s \\u201cMost Inspiring CEO.\\u201d\\n\\nSponsored By:\\n\\nRiverside.fm - Visit Riverside.fm and use code YAP to start recording studio quality sound and video and get 15% off a membership plan\\nWRKOUT - Visit bit.ly/yap_wrkout to book a FREE Session with a world-class trainer and get 30% off your first TWO MONTHS with code YAP\\n99designs by Vista - Head to 99designs.com/YAP to learn more and get $30 off your first design contest!\\nCredit Karma Personal Loans - Go to creditkarma.com/loanoffers to find the loan for you\\n\\nResources Mentioned:\\n\\nJohn\\u2019s Books: https://www.amazon.com/John-Mackey/e/B00AE9FR5K/\\xa0\\nJohn\\u2019s Website: https://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/experts/john-mackey\\xa0\\nJohn\\u2019s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mackey-a824bb1ab/\\xa0\\n\\nConnect with Young and Profiting:\\n\\nYAP\\u2019s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting/\\nHala\\u2019s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/\\nHala\\u2019s Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/\\nHala\\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala\\nClubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha\\nWebsite: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/\\nText Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text \\u201cYAP\\u201d to 28046'