Phoenix, AZ (PR-Inside) December 5, 2012 -- Voice America Talk Radio
Network, Internet broadcasting pioneer, producing and syndicating online audio
and video, today announced that nationally acclaimed business leader, visionary
and author, John Mackey will join Kathy L Kirk, host of A New View of Life
radio program on the VoiceAmerica Variety Channel (
www.voiceamericavariety.com)
Tuesday, December 11, at 3 p.m. Pacific Time.
John Mackey will discuss his new book, Conscious Capitalism, Liberating the
Heroic Spirit of Business (Harvard Business Review Press, January 15, 2013), to
boldly defend and re-imagine capitalism while encouraging others to implement a
way of doing business that is grounded in ethical consciousness which sees a
business having a greater purpose than profit and stakeholders include not just
financial institutions and investors, but all living things including the
Earth.
John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market,
has taken the natural and organic grocer from a single store in Austin, Texas,
founded in 1978, to an $11 billion Fortune 300 company and a top U.S.
supermarket with more than 340 stores and 70,000 Team Members worldwide.
While devoting his career to providing shoppers with high quality natural and
organic foods, Mackey has also focused on building a more conscious way of
doing business. For 15 consecutive years, FORTUNE magazine has included Whole
Foods Market on its “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. The company was
named “America’s Healthiest
Grocery
Store” by Health Magazine, one of the nation’s “Top 25 Green Energy Leaders” by
Scientific American, and one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by the
Ethisphere Institute.
Mackey has been the visionary for many successful programs at the core of Whole
Foods Market. He led the effort to create the Whole Planet Foundation in 2005
to help end poverty in developing nations. The foundation has helped more than
200,000 poor entrepreneurs in over 50 countries. Thanks to Mackey, Whole Foods
Market was the first national grocer to set and implement standards for humane
farm animal treatment for beef, chicken, pork and turkey it sells. In 2007, he
led the launch of the Local Producer Loan Program to help local farmers and
food producers expand their businesses and committed an initial $10 million to
help grow those businesses through low-interest
loans. Most
recently, Mackey has focused on returning to the company’s roots around healthy
eating and lifestyle choices. A staunch advocate of healthy eating education,
he laid the foundation for health and wellness programs for team members and
customers.
In 2003, he was named Ernst & Young’s United States Entrepreneur of the
Year and Bon Appétit magazine’s “Tastemaker of the Year.” Vanity Fair magazine
named him “Best Provider” in its “Best of the Best in 2004,” Institutional
Investor magazine rated him second on its “Best CEOs in America” list in 2005,
and Barron’s put him on its “World’s Best CEOs” list in 2006. In 2008, Mackey
received an honorary doctorate degree from Bentley College. In 2011,
MarketWatch named him CEO of the Year, and FORTUNE magazine recognized him as
its “Businessperson of the Year.” And in 2012, Esquire magazine included him on
its list of “Most Inspiring CEOs.”
A strong believer in free market principles, Mackey co-founded the Conscious
Capitalism Movement (
consciouscapitalism.org/) to
challenge business leaders to rethink why their organizations exist and to
acknowledge their roles in the interdependent global marketplace. This
new business
paradigm holds the potential for enhancing corporate performance while
advancing the quality of life for billions of people.
Out of his respect for equity among Team Members, Mackey implemented a salary
cap for all executives. He cut his own salary to $1 annually in 2006, and
forgoes stock options and bonuses. He continues to work for Whole Foods Market
out of a passion to see the business realize the potential for deeper purpose,
for the joy of leading a great company, and to answer the call to service he
feels in his heart.
“A New View of Life” airs live on Tuesdays at 3 PM Pacific / 5 PM Central / 6
PM Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Variety Channel. To access the show, log on at
www.voiceamerica.com/show/2035/a-new-view-of-life.
All shows will be available in Kathy Kirk's Content Library on The VoiceAmerica
Variety Channel for on-demand and pod cast download,
www.voiceamerica.com/show/2035/a-new-view-of-life
The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio
format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on
demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk
radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet
Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.
Contact Senior Executive Producer Scott Duffy at 480-294-6405 for advertising /
sponsorship information or other show details.
ABOUT Kathy L Kirk:
Kathy Kirk has led an extraordinary life becoming a Consciousness Bridge. In
every activity, Kathy’s focus is to observe the Human Spirit interface in the
body/mind and It’s application/effect in the individual Life to understand how
we naturally create our physical reality to live fulfilled lives.
Kathy is the Creator and Founder of Applied Spirituality™
www.appliedspirituality.com -
The Ordinary Person's TOE (Theory of Everything) continues to evolve from
research, observation, experiences and contemplation. Applied Spirituality
explains Consciousness as cause of every effect.
Kathy is the author of two books each with online course, The Earthling’s Quick
Start Guide: Master Operating Your Unit on Earth and Well Done. She redefines
patriotism as the courage to answer one’s personal Call to Adventure as an
Ordinary Hero, using the details of one’s physical life to awaken into a
conscious life having gained a Higher Perspective.
She is a compelling speaker, conducts seminars, private/group life coaching and
has a business degree from Cornell. She has two adult sons.
About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:
World Talk Radio, LLC is the world leader in online media broadcasting and the
largest producer and distributor of live internet based talk radio and TV,
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than 200 hosts broadcasting to eight niche community based channels: its
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World Talk Radio, LLC provides an internet radio and video platform for new,
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