The Excitable Soul with James Glover

The Evolving Leader

Are you feeling stuck? Finding your purpose changes everything.

During this new episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-host Jean Gomes talks to self-confessed purpose nerd James Glover. James is the founder of The Excitable Soul, an organisation through which he and his team address the challenge that is helping people find their purpose. James is a World Champion athlete and a former Olympic performance coach, and after leaving elite sport he has worked all over the world with large organisations including Google, Microsoft and Sky helping them invest in their people and nurture a happier, stronger workforce. James is also the host of the Excitable Soul podcast (on which both Jean and Scott have been guests).
Referenced during this episode:
The Excitable Soul - https://theexcitablesoul.com/

Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

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1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Check-in (00:03:18)

3. Competing as an elite athlete and then working as a performance coach must represent a great source of fulfilment when you look back. (00:04:14)

4. Why are you so driven to help other people find their underlying sense of purpose in addition to helping them achieve great levels of performance? (00:12:04)

5. A growing number of people are recognising that something profound is missing. What are you seeing in that set of circumstances? (00:17:11)

6. COVID gave everybody the moment to experience a shared existential crisis. (00:20:31)

7. Can you tell us about the moment in your life when you faced an accountability gap? (00:23:55)

8. The sentiment around purpose comes from belief, believing in others so they can believe in themselves. (00:36:07)

9. There is so much talk about purpose as a corporate strategy. How much of this is real vs virtue signalling? (00:39:43)

10. Can you share examples of where you’re seeing that effort being put in, and what are you learning about what it takes to do that? (00:44:39)

11. Tell us about the retreats that you run and what you do there in order to help people bring clarity to their lives. (00:49:30)

12. Can you suggest a couple of episodes of the Excitable Soul podcast that would provide a good introduction to your work? (00:53:49)