PERMISSION TO BE YOU: Discover Your Purpose And Passions To Bring Your Best Self To Everything - And Everyone, with Alaina Love
Human Capital Leadership · 2026-02-12 · 25 min
Episode notes
In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Alaina Love about her book, PERMISSION TO BE YOU: Discover Your Purpose And Passions To Bring Your Best Self To Everything - And Everyone. Alaina Love is CEO of Purpose Linked Consulting and a sought-after expert who coaches leaders and their teams on defining their purpose and using their passions to build healthy, productive workplaces and flourish in daily life. She is co-author of the bestselling book The Purpose Linked Organization and was formerly a research scientist and the executive director of global human resources at Merck & Co., Inc. Love is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Change Leadership Program, studied medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, and holds a degree in medical technology from Monmouth University. Certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources, Love is a member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. An avid leadership thinker, she has written for Bloomberg Business Week, The Washington Post, and Harvard Business Review. Love lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .
More from Human Capital Leadership
All episodes →- Why Uncertainty Is the Defining Leadership Skill of This Decade, with Rebecca Homkes64 / 100
- Personalized Adaptive Workplace Learning and Assessment, with Luis Garcia61 / 100
- The Intersection Between For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations and Leadership, with Tom Ulbrich46 / 100
- Returning to the Fundamentals of Leadership, with Derrick Mains
- The Unexpected Power of Boundaries, with with Sheri Jacobs