{"id":26568,"date":"2026-08-25T03:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=26568"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:48:13","slug":"raj-sisodia-business-leaders-you-have-a-sacred-obligation","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/raj-sisodia-business-leaders-you-have-a-sacred-obligation\/","title":{"rendered":"Raj Sisodia: &#8220;Business Leaders, You Have a Sacred Obligation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/60d8e9d2-208a-4af7-9d48-4da9c0d2eca5\/embed?theme=light-gray-orange\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Is it okay that we are hurting people in order to make money?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s the question Raj Sisodia has been putting to business leaders for two decades\u2014and he isn&#8217;t asking rhetorically. This week, Tami Simon speaks with the prolific author, professor, and cofounder of the conscious capitalism movement about his new book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healing Leaders<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the seven-step spiral that took him from a successful academic career into the deepest healing work of his life at age 60.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Tami and Raj to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why &#8220;false profits&#8221; mask the real cost of business as usual\u2014in burnout, stress, and lives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The four pillars of conscious capitalism, and why doing all of them together changes everything<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strength without love is tyranny; love without strength is ineffective\u2014the leaders who held both<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happened when four women asked Raj how he could write a book on healing without healing himself<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIST: the acronym for love, innocence, simplicity, and truth that arrived in the Amazon<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Choose your past&#8221;\u2014the counterintuitive step that moves a leader out of victimhood<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why your trauma isn&#8217;t your fault, but healing it is your responsibility\u2014especially if you lead<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to conduct a layoff with love, and the company that furloughed instead of firing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why this backlash moment is a test of how deeply we actually believe in these principles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you lead a team of three or three thousand, Raj offers a bracing case that the inner work you keep postponing is the most generous thing you can do for the people who depend on you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raj Sisodia is guest faculty for Sounds True&#8217;s Inner MBA\u00ae, a six-month immersion program created in collaboration with the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. 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