Marcus Buckingham on Why Love Is the Missing Ingredient in Leadership and Business

About this episode

Ilene Schaffer discusses with Marcus Buckingham the importance of love as a key driver of performance in leadership and business.

In this episode of What’s Possible, Ilene Schaffer sits down with renowned researcher, entrepreneur, and bestselling author Marcus Buckingham for a bold and deeply human conversation about leadership, work, and why love may be the most overlooked driver of performance in business today. Drawing from his research, his years at Gallup, and his own experience building and selling a company, Marcus makes the case that love is not soft fluff layered on top of business. It is a real force that driv...

People in this episode

Host: Ilene Schaffer

Guest: Marcus Buckingham

Topics covered

• leadership
• business performance
• love in business
• human connection
• work culture

Keywords

• leadership
• Marcus Buckingham
• business
• love
• performance
• Gallup
• work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gallup

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