How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance

How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance

December 18, 2025 · 1h 6m · Season 4 · Episode 99

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This episode explores how leaders can create a culture of significance where people feel seen, valued, and needed.

Send us Fan Mail What does it really mean to create a culture where people perform at their best? In this episode of Leading People, I’m joined by Zach Mercurio, researcher, speaker, and author of The Power of Mattering, to explore how leaders can create a culture of significance — one where people feel seen, valued, and needed. Drawing on decades of research into motivation and human performance, Zach explains why performance, resilience, and engagement suffer when people feel invisible or...

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Host: Gerry Murray

Guest: Zach Mercurio

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