Strengthen your connections with the people and causes you care about. Remind yourself of your purpose and let it pull you towards your best self.
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The Future of Organizational Purpose: Higher Purpose for Individuals and Their Organizations
Our founder and CEO, Dr. Vic Strecher, joined some of the most esteemed purpose advocates from around the globe, discussed these questions and more at a summit on Organizational Higher Purpose at Washington University’s Olin Business School.
Continue readingAuthenticity: How Purpose Helps Leaders Lead
Empowering purpose means encouraging your employees to identify their own purpose and values. It also means giving them the support, both personally and professionally. Simply telling employees that they need to have a purpose does not work; as a Purposeful Leader, you must empower and inspire them to seek out their purpose for themselves.
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First in a three-part series, we’ll consider the first pillar of Kumanu Purposeful Leader™ program: Model. How can leading with purpose in your life, work, and leadership role encourage others to live their own purpose?
Continue readingYour Brain on Purpose: The Amazing Ways a Life Purpose Can Change Your Brain
We’ve long touted the many benefits that a purpose in life can have on the body. Many of these benefits are rooted in the neuroscience of the brain. Let’s take a deep dive into some of the amazing findings on how purpose can alter and improve the brain itself.
Continue readingPurposefully Scaling Agile in Your Organization
How can business leaders cope with uncertainty? It takes visionary leadership, rapid response to change, flexibility, versatility, and resilience – in other words, it’s not easy. However, integrating agile project management frameworks across departments can give your organization an edge in today’s dynamic business conditions.
Continue readingPhysical and Emotional Wellbeing at Work
Every year, more employers are recognizing the importance of offering an employee wellbeing program. In fact, a report from the National Business Group on Health from 2018 discovered the average amount spent on employee incentives for these types of programs have increased to $784 per employee (a 50% jump since 2013), and 67% of employers plan to expand their wellbeing solutions over the next three to five years.
Continue readingDriving Health and Performance Through Purposeful Approach
Organizations today face unprecedented challenges when it comes to engaging and developing their most valuable asset: people.
Continue readingLeadership Development Activities for Managers
It’s the manager. No really, it’s the manager. In their State of the American Manager Report, Gallup attributes 70% of the variation between great workplace engagement and poor workplace engagement to the quality of the manager or team leader.
Continue readingPurpose adds years to your life, and life to your years
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on adults over 50 adds to the rapidly growing body of scientific evidence showing that a sense of purpose in life positively influences our overall physical and emotional wellbeing — as well as our longevity.
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