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Unleash your personal purpose… develop a Strategic Plan for Yourself.
Purpose-driven workers contribute as much as 18 times more value to their organisations than their peers.
Source: Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!
Join almost one million executives we have already helped to discover the key success factor in leadership.
Being purposeful is not the same as leading with purpose. A strong sense of purpose, rather than any specific set of characteristics, is the real key to successful leadership.
All our experience has reinforced our core belief that the key success factor for leadership is not charisma, strength of personality or a driving desire to succeed. It is having a clearly and consciously designed purpose.
And while personal characteristics, good timing and context can act as success accelerators, it is the internal compass that comes from that purpose that is the difference that makes the difference for real leaders. It is infinitely more powerful than quarterly targets or KPIs.
What drives a purpose-driven leader?
To lead with purpose requires the leader to ‘own’ their criteria for success, and to focus on objectives beyond the task, job role or immediate business needs. Leaders with purpose define success as more than simply achieving business and financial objectives, – for them, real success is much bigger: such as leaving a legacy and impacting our wider society as a consequence of their efforts.
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Leadership Development, Executive Coaching and Mentoring programmes designed to unlock the power of purpose and create more effective, successful and socially aware leaders.
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General Electric
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Managing Director, AkzoNobel
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Former Vice President - Brand & Social Responsibility, Unilever
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Former Vice President, Warner Bros
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