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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 48 MIN

#139 Hanna Bauer: Aligning People, Purpose, and Performance with HEARTnomics

from PreVetted Podcast · host Federico Ramallo

Hanna Bauer is the founder of HEARTnomics Enterprises and a leadership strategist with nearly three decades of experience as a CEO, board chair, and executive director. She is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Baldrige Excellence Examiner, and faculty with Maxwell Leadership.In this episode, Hanna breaks down why most organizations fail not because people stop caring, but because their systems fall out of alignment. She walks through her CORE method (Cultivate, Optimize, Reach, Elevate), what HEARTnomics was built to solve, and how she works with nonprofits, small businesses, and companies navigating mergers.The conversation covers learning from reviewed experience versus raw experience, the real cause of burnout, AI as an amplifier of human leadership, cultural dynamics in feedback, and how to stop over-promising by defining what done actually means.If you lead a team, run a business, or feel like you are always busy but never aligned, this episode will give you both frameworks and a place to start.About Hanna Bauer 🧠💡🌎Leadership Strategist | Founder of HEARTnomics Enterprises | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Maxwell Leadership Faculty- 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bauerhannaAbout Federico Ramallo ✨👨‍💻🌎🚀 Software Engineering Manager | 🛠 Founder of DensityLabs.io & PreVetted.ai | 🤝 Connecting 🇺🇸 U.S. teams with top nearshore 🌎 LATAM engineers- 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/framallo/- 🌐 https://densitylabs.io- ✅ https://prevetted.ai🎙 PreVetted Podcast 🎧📡- 🎯 https://prevetted.ai/podcast- 🐦 https://x.com/PrevettedPod- 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/prevetted-podcast1:11 What Hanna does: helping leaders do the right thing the right way2:18 Leadership should not be lonely: goal culture vs growth culture4:39 Resilience, failure, and what leaders actually sign up for6:12 We learn from reviewed experience, not raw experience8:06 AI and leadership: humans are still the creators13:37 Purpose as the foundation for leading in an AI world15:14 What alignment really means: the car metaphor23:47 Values are not on the wall, they are your decision filter25:14 The CORE method: Cultivate, Optimize, Reach, Elevate26:48 What is HEARTnomics and who does it serve31:14 Coaching, blind spots, and why leaders need community33:32 Cultural dynamics in feedback: Latin and American differences38:14 Over-promising, takt time, and defining done43:05 Acceptance criteria, definition of done, and purpose in software47:37 Final advice: culture is built every day, be bold and on purpose

Hanna Bauer is the founder of HEARTnomics Enterprises and a leadership strategist with nearly three decades of experience as a CEO, board chair, and executive director. She is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Baldrige Excellence Examiner, and faculty with Maxwell Leadership.In this episode, Hanna breaks down why most organizations fail not because people stop caring, but because their systems fall out of alignment. She walks through her CORE method (Cultivate, Optimize, Reach, Elevate), what HEARTnomics was built to solve, and how she works with nonprofits, small businesses, and companies navigating mergers.The conversation covers learning from reviewed experience versus raw experience, the real cause of burnout, AI as an amplifier of human leadership, cultural dynamics in feedback, and how to stop over-promising by defining what done actually means.If you lead a team, run a business, or feel like you are always busy but never aligned, this episode will give you both frameworks and a place to start.About Hanna Bauer 🧠💡🌎Leadership Strategist | Founder of HEARTnomics Enterprises | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Maxwell Leadership Faculty- 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bauerhannaAbout Federico Ramallo ✨👨‍💻🌎🚀 Software Engineering Manager | 🛠 Founder of DensityLabs.io & PreVetted.ai | 🤝 Connecting 🇺🇸 U.S. teams with top nearshore 🌎 LATAM engineers- 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/framallo/- 🌐 https://densitylabs.io- ✅ https://prevetted.ai🎙 PreVetted Podcast 🎧📡- 🎯 https://prevetted.ai/podcast- 🐦 https://x.com/PrevettedPod- 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/prevetted-podcast1:11 What Hanna does: helping leaders do the right thing the right way2:18 Leadership should not be lonely: goal culture vs growth culture4:39 Resilience, failure, and what leaders actually sign up for6:12 We learn from reviewed experience, not raw experience8:06 AI and leadership: humans are still the creators13:37 Purpose as the foundation for leading in an AI world15:14 What alignment really means: the car metaphor23:47 Values are not on the wall, they are your decision filter25:14 The CORE method: Cultivate, Optimize, Reach, Elevate26:48 What is HEARTnomics and who does it serve31:14 Coaching, blind spots, and why leaders need community33:32 Cultural dynamics in feedback: Latin and American differences38:14 Over-promising, takt time, and defining done43:05 Acceptance criteria, definition of done, and purpose in software47:37 Final advice: culture is built every day, be bold and on purpose

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