Episode
Healing Workplace Culture Through Nature-Inspired Leadership with MaryCay Durrant
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- Elevate Eldercare
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- Mar 4, 2026
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Summary
In this week's episode, AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan sits down with Mary C ay Durrant , founder of Leading Naturally. In this enlightening discussion, MaryCay s hares her journey from corporate leadership to developing nature-inspired practices that help organizations thrive. Drawing from her upbringing in North Dakota and a transformative personal awakening, MarCay challenges transactional workplace models and instead looks to ecosystems as a guide for cooperation, resilience, and trust. She introduces her WORK framework — Wake Up, Orient, Reimagine partnering, and Keep nourishing what matters — and the concept of Return on Energy (ROE), encouraging leaders to measure vitality and alignment, not just ROI. Through approaches such as equine-assisted learning, Mary C ay helps organizations reduce burnout, strengthen connection, and build sustainable cultures grounded in partnership. More about MaryCay here: https://marycaydurrant.com