Inviting Employees to Purpose
Every new employee should be assisted in coming to a personal and professional mission statement. Everything else that is covered in the on-boarding should be examined in terms of the purpose statement.
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Purpose Finding
I have thought about creating a bumper sticker: “The most dangerous place on earth – Our comfort zone.”
Faith in Positive Deviance
People who have built positive organizations understand that creative interdependence and self-organizing processes are born of inspiration, belief and commitment. From the initial moment of design, they seek to create organizations in which people can willingly invest and personally grow.
A Golden Opportunity
Discovering, articulating, acting upon and continually clarifying purpose is a rare skill that defines positive leaders.
Leadership
Leadership begins with the transcendence of the conventional mental map. Leadership is not a job, it is a calling. It […]
The Renewal of Culture
In positive organizations there is a great emphasis on purpose and it frees people from the mindlessness that dominates conventional organizations. Conscious choices lead to new patterns. Culture is thus continually renewed and aligned with the highest collective intention.
Clarifying a Professional Life Mission
Few executives ever commit themselves to the common good, free themselves from the need for recognition, and commit to building positive organizations.
Leading Positive Change
Leadership is the tool belt that holds all the other tools in place. Leading the change process not only alters the organization it also alters the leader.
Tyranny of the In-Basket
For most of us, under pressure, the pursuit of task drives out any thought of maintenance. Doing the right thing […]
Vision as Political Compromise
hey asked me what I thought of their vision. I simply responded, “Who is willing to die for this vision?” No one spoke up.