MENTORS & INFLUENCERS

VALUES-ALIGNED, BUSINESS, LEADERSHIP, & ACTIVISM

When we launched Wholehearted Business Development back in 2013, recently shortened to Wholehearted Business, we felt there was resonance and rightness in the name we’d chosen for the business, and there was also some fear and trepidation. Many of us had come out of the corporate world, and we wondered if we’d be taken seriously as a credible business development firm using ‘heart’ and ‘business’ together in our branding, much less naming the business using those words!?!

Hiro Boga

Author, Mentor, & Guide for

Visionary Entrepreneurs

Fortunately, for the Wholehearted Business Team and for each client we’ve worked with over the past decade, we found our way to Hiro’s work at the very beginning of launching Wholehearted Business. So much of the way we work with clients and each other has been influenced by Hiro’s wise and elevated perspective of what business is and the role it can play in our lives, which can be found in her many books, programs, blog, and social media posts. It was Hiro who inspired us to see the work, service, and contribution we offer our clients as business alchemy. We are who we are as business strategists and creative professionals because of Hiro’s mentoring and her rich body of work.

“You create alignment by the choices you make, by saying YES to that which is in harmony with your soul’s purposes, and No to that which isn’t.”
– Hiro Boga

“Comparison kills creativity. There is room for you. Nobody can do it with your voice, with your experience, and with your insight.”
– Karen Walrond

Karen Walrond

Attorney, Author, & Speaker | Work Your Purpose, Change the World

At the heart of why we do this work is to make a positive difference in people’s lives and for the planet. We work exclusively with business leaders that are changing the world on big platforms, through entrepreneurial endeavors, and in grassroots community efforts. Since 2012, Karen Walrond’s speaking, photography, and written words have challenged us to use our position of influence to create changemaking work without compromising our integrity, convictions, beauty, or joy. Through Karen’s work as an author, coach, speaker, activist, and attorney, she has inspired us for years on how to create purpose-filled lives and work by living our values.

Karen Walrond

Work Your Purpose, Change the World

At the heart of why we do this work is to make a positive difference in people’s lives and for the planet. We work exclusively with business leaders that are changing the world on big platforms, through entrepreneurial endeavors, and in grassroots community efforts. Since 2012, Karen Walrond’s speaking, photography, and written words have challenged us to use our position of influence to create changemaking work without compromising our integrity, convictions, beauty, or joy. Through Karen’s work as an author, coach, speaker, activist, and attorney, she has inspired us for years on how to create a purpose-filled life and work by living our values.

“Comparison kills creativity. There is room for you. Nobody can do it with your voice, with your experience, and with your insight.”
– Karen Walrond

Katherine Golub

Coach, Activist, & Author | Center for Callings & Courage

We LOVE Katherine’s work because she reminds us that we can find our brave to do the work we love, we’re meant to do, and that we can do it in a way that we don’t burn ourselves and each other out. We fall in love with every client and every project, and because we love what we do, we can easily lose track of how to slow down, push the pause button, and step away. Katherine reminds us that if we want our contribution and impact to last and be around for a while, the time we put into our work needs to be sustainable. The real truth is we continue to be a work in progress in this area, but we are committed to practicing radical discernment and self-care and recognize that every time we make that choice, we honor ourselves and the work we do together as a team and the contributions we make to our clients.