---
title: 'Leading With Purpose And Leading For Service: Understanding Your Awareness Quotient, The Missing Link To Extraordinary Leadership with Brian Cunningham (#18)'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/leading-with-purpose-and-leading-for-service-understanding-your-awareness-quotient-the-missing-link-to-extraordinary-leadership-with-brian-cunningham-18'
show: 'Health City Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/health-city-podcast'
published: '2021-02-04'
audio: 'https://healthcitypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HCP-18.mp3'
---

# Leading With Purpose And Leading For Service: Understanding Your Awareness Quotient, The Missing Link To Extraordinary Leadership with Brian Cunningham (#18)

Today’s guest is Leadership author, Hospital CEO, and industry thought-leader, Brian Cunningham. Brian started his career as a hospital parking attendant and his genuine love for the impact that healthcare workers made on the lives of their patients is...

## Summary

Today’s guest is Leadership author, Hospital CEO, and industry thought-leader, Brian Cunningham. Brian started his career as a hospital parking attendant and his genuine love for the impact that healthcare workers made on the lives of their patients is what drove him to become a provider, and ultimately an executive.

Brian is an incredible leader with an incredible mission; to be of service to all. This mission has led him through all levels of the healthcare industry and is a guiding principle for his work as an executive.

During our conversation, we discuss:

- His journey through all levels of the healthcare industry

- Finding and acting on his purpose

- Transitioning roles from provider to executive leader

- His perspective on leadership

- Authoring two leadership books

- The Awareness Quotient, a new perspective on leadership

- Leading with a purpose of service