Leading with Purpose and Empathy Ft. John Wood Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to hear why a former Microsoft executive left
his job to become a social entrepreneur. John Wood is the CEO and
founder of U-Go, a non-profit organization that helps young women
in low-income countries pursue higher education. He is also the
founder of Room to Read, an award-winning NGO that has served
over 23 million children in 43,000 communities in 20 low-income
countries. In this episode, he shares his journey as a “corporate
refugee” and describes the importance of purpose - both in our
personal lives and within our organizations. In this episode,
Anita also reads an excerpt from her book, featuring a story
about John. 00:00 Introduction 00:21 About John Wood 02:38 What
is U-Go? 04:51 Impact stories from U-Go 05:31 John’s lessons as
an entrepreneur turned social entrepreneur 08:54 An excerpt about
John from Anita's book Purposeful Empathy 14:14 Why John left
Room to Read to found U-Go 18:52 The business case for leading
with purpose 24:21 How purpose can improve our personal lives
31:04 Empathy’s role in John’s life and work 33:43 John Wood’s
Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH JOHN WOOD U-Go Website:
https://ugouniversity.org/ Room to Read Website:
https://www.roomtoread.org/ Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwoodrtr/ Purpose, Incorporated
on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/PurposeIncorporated CONNECT WITH
ANITA Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com Website
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