Leading for Purpose: How to Help Your People and Your Organization Benefit from the Pursuit of Purpose

By Judd Allen and Donald B Ardell

We all want our lives to matter. Global surveys reveal that nearly everyone is trying to fulfill their personal purpose. Research has found that people with a strong sense of purpose live longer, get sick less, and recover faster from illness. People with a sense of purpose are also more productive, function better in teams, and more likely to do whatever it takes for success. Although individuals choose their passions and purposes, we cannot do purpose alone. Few of our purposes can be fulfilled without support. Our connections to family, work, nature, religion, friends, social organizations, and community help us to pursue and achieve purpose. This is as true for executives and entrepreneurs hoping to create successful businesses, as it is for parents seeking to raise healthy families and athletes who strive to compete and win. Leaders of groups and organizations are poised to help their people and their organizations benefit from the pursuit of purpose:Leaders can make a compelling case for purpose that reaches everyone. Leading for Purpose reviews research findings that reveal that personal purpose is essential to both health and business outcomes. Leaders can help choose the best policies and practices that support purpose. Leading for Purpose shares 26 strategies that groups and organizations can leverage to support purpose. Leaders can achieve purpose-driven cultures. Leading for Purpose offers a systematic approach to creating shared values, norms and support systems that align culture with a purpose. The culture change approach is particularly valuable for overcoming long-standing barriers and achieving complex goals. Leaders can harness effective strategies for examining and strengthening the social climate. Three social climate factors - a sense of community, a shared vision and a positive outlook - can supercharge personal and collective purposes. Leading for Purpose explains how to use purpose-enhancing strategies to strengthen the social climate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941703436
• ISBN13: 9780941703437
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Healthyculture.com
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"