In the Purpose Revolution there is good news and bad news when it comes to getting customers and employees connected to your purpose. The good news is customers and employees across all generations want to be connected to brands they believe in. The bad news...
One of the constant questions that I am asked is: How do we get better? Leaders want to know how they become better leaders, organizations want to know how they can improve for customers and employees, sales people want to know how to sell more,...
A large study by LinkedIn showed that about 34% of the global workforce is purpose focused, meaning that purpose is a major factor driving their choices at work. More importantly, in my book The Purpose Revolution we show evidence that team members who are focused...
It has been a great start to the month as I worked with over a thousand health care workers on finding more purpose in work while advising a new consulting client, one of the largest educational companies in the world, on how to shift their...
Have you ever wondered what qualities are most important if you want to be a leader that people follow? My good friend Jim Kouzes has been asking people around the world for several decades why they follow their chosen leaders. Not surprisingly, the two most...
I am fascinated by developing human potential. I have written nine books and spent almost thirty years helping leaders and companies stay ahead of the curve in terms of their leadership, purpose and burden of responsibility. My clients say their work with me sharpens their...
A few weeks ago, while speaking at Sustainable Brands Bangkok, I met a man who inspired me so much that I immediately booked a trip to India to spend a week with him. As many of you know, I wrote a book called Stepping Up...
I just spent a day leading twelve CEOs in a session on how to be happier and I want to tell you about it. Two months ago, I got a call from someone who leads a group of high-powered CEOs that meet together monthly. Every...
I have spent the last two weeks helping two organizations reimagine and define their purpose while coaching another leader to define hers. One of the companies is a startup creating a disruptive innovation and the other is an established business with a long history. In...
People often ask me how I was inspired to create a life of purpose. As someone who has been writing about purpose and helping companies and their leadership find it for twenty years, I define purpose as an “aspirational reason for being that is about making...