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Connecting With Purpose

Connecting With Purpose

Auteur(s): Mark Griffin
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 Connecting With Purpose is a place for consequential conversations about doing what matters most in times when our families, workplaces, and communities need us. On the PurposeFused podcast, our partners host conversations with leaders from multiple sectors about what's possible when we invest in leading and living with purpose, for ourselves and our teams. By learning from guests' experiences in the purpose journey, as business leaders and humans beyond the workplace, the show serves as a catalyst for action. Connecting With Purpose inspires and guides discovery to embed purpose into people's work and lives, improving wellbeing and performance for themselves, their organizations, and their worlds. We help leaders create the impact they seek and inspire a ripple effect of purpose activation.2023 Gestion et leadership Économie
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  • Impact, Trust, & Ownership: A Founder's Bold Succession Strategy with Miren Oca

    Impact, Trust, & Ownership: A Founder's Bold Succession Strategy with Miren Oca
    Feb 24 2026
    In this episode of Connecting with Purpose, Mark Griffin sits down with Miren Oca, founder of Ocaquatics Swim School and founder of Ripples of Impact — a nonprofit expanding access to life-saving swim education in Miami-Dade County. Since 1994, Miren has grown Ocaquatics into a multi-location swim school built on culture, ownership, and purpose. In 2024, she made a bold move: transitioning 100% of the company to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), protecting its mission while creating long-term wealth-building opportunities for her team. But this conversation goes deeper than ownership structure. Miren shares three defining leadership chapters — Different, Survival, and Evolve — and how each shaped her approach to growth, culture, and impact. We also explore Ripples of Impact, which provides swim scholarships that remove financial barriers so children in underserved communities can learn to swim, build confidence, and stay safer around water. In Miami-Dade, where drowning remains a leading cause of accidental death for children, access to swim education is life-saving. In this conversation, we discuss: • Why Miren chose an Employee Ownership Trust over private equity • How to protect purpose during succession • The difference between traditional ROI and Ripples of Impact • What it takes to build a true ownership culture • Why every leadership decision is a "pebble" that creates long-term ripples This episode is for founders and growth-stage leaders who want to scale responsibly — proving that profit and impact are not opposing forces, but aligned drivers of long-term success. Subscribe for more conversations with purpose-driven founders and leadership insights from PurposeFused. Connect with Miren here: / miren-oca-80561261 #PurposeDrivenBusiness #EmployeeOwnership #EOT #Leadership #FounderJourney #SuccessionPlanning #Bcorp #SocialImpact #ImpactLeadership #Entrepreneurship #CultureMatters #HighPerformanceLeadership
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    52 min
  • Sustainability as a Performance Strategy

    Sustainability as a Performance Strategy
    Feb 17 2026

    You can be aligned. You can be executing. And still be quietly running out of gas.

    In this solo episode of Connecting with Purpose, Mark explores one of the most overlooked drivers of sustainable performance: capacity. Most leaders focus on strategy and execution. Few pay attention to the nervous system behind their leadership.

    Capacity isn't just about time. It's about energy. When capacity erodes, leaders narrow their perspective, default to hero mode, become the bottleneck, and slowly drift toward burnout — even while appearing successful on the outside.

    In this episode, you'll learn: ✔ Why sustainability is a performance strategy — not a wellness perk

    ✔ How exceeding capacity leads to anxiety, overwhelm, and "playing out of position"

    ✔ The connection between energy, perspective, and decision quality

    ✔ Four practical strategies you can apply immediately to increase your capacity

    Mark breaks down four actionable frameworks:

    1️⃣ Boundaries – Protect deep work, recovery, and strategic thinking

    2️⃣ Align to Your Position – Play to strengths and stop operating out of alignment

    3️⃣ Fuel the Tank – Optimize sleep, movement, and recovery fundamentals

    4️⃣ Expand the Tank – Clarify purpose and zoom in/out to increase resilience

    If you're a founder, executive, or high-performing leader who wants to avoid the Performance Precipice and build long-term impact, this episode will give you both clarity and tools.

    Reflective Question: Where are you or your team operating beyond sustainable capacity right now — and which strategy would make the biggest difference this week?

    🔔 Subscribe for weekly insights on purpose-driven leadership, sustainable high performance, and building ultimate leaders & teams.

    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube

    🌐 Learn more about PurposeFused: https://www.purposefused.com/
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    15 min
  • Vulnerability, Resilience & Results with Sara Jensen: Building Through Adversity

    Vulnerability, Resilience & Results with Sara Jensen: Building Through Adversity
    Feb 10 2026
    In this Season 4 episode of Connecting with Purpose, Mark Griffin sits down with Sara Jensen, CEO and co-founder of Hugh & Grace, to explore how vulnerability becomes a leadership advantage and how purpose fuels sustained performance at scale. Sara shares the defining moments that shaped her leadership identity, from navigating 14 years of unexplained infertility to making high-stakes decisions under pressure while building one of the fastest-growing mission-driven wellness companies in the U.S. This conversation goes beyond origin stories and into the real work of leadership: holding belief when outcomes are uncertain, making disciplined decisions during rapid growth, and building teams and communities that perform because they're deeply aligned with purpose. In this episode, we explore: —Why vulnerability is not a weakness but a performance multiplier —How purpose provides clarity during pressure-filled growth phases —The leadership decisions behind Hugh & Grace's sustainable scale —Building trust, alignment, and belief across teams and communities —What it takes to perform at a high level without losing what matters most Sara's journey is a powerful reminder that high performance doesn't come from control or certainty, but from identity, alignment, and trust — especially when the stakes are high. If you're a founder or leader navigating growth, complexity, and pressure, this episode offers a grounded perspective on how purpose-led leadership drives meaningful, lasting results. Subscribe for more founder-first conversations in Season 4 of Connecting with Purpose. Connect with Sara here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarajensen1/ Learn more about Sara's company: https://hughandgrace.com/ #ExecutiveLeadership #ScalingWithPurpose #LeadershipUnderPressure #PerformanceAtScale
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    51 min
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