That last question was NOT rhetorical! Are you really willing to go the extra mile to identify the clear purpose that drives you? Are you really willing to provide the kind of clarity around your organization’s purpose that each team member understands how the work they do contributes and...

While supporting our team members’ purpose won’t always be easy, it does not have to be complicated. If you think back to I shared before on how we can recognize their purpose, specifically when we looked at the importance of listening to what they’re telling us, you likely...

Once you have a solid understanding of how to apply the DISC Model of Human Behavior for immediately improving in each of the four components of emotional intelligence - self awareness, self management, social awareness, and relationship management - I’m confident that you’ll be able...

Earlier, as I emphasized that even the most powerful organizational or individual purpose won’t completely replace the need for equitable compensation, I shared that we can’t communicate with all of our team members the same way and expect the same results, suggesting the idea of...

The occasional compliment and the (now far less occasional) chance to observe the impact of we’ve had in helping someone navigate the roadblocks that come with a any leadership position as they climb their respective career ladder has gone a long way in providing us with confirmation that...

Hopefully you’ve invested some serious energy into the legacy question. If not, circle back to that again (and again if necessary) before reading what follows…

Assuming you follow directions better than I do, we should be ready to dig deeper into that first question I challenged you...

With perspective for just how much power a clear purpose has had for me and Cindy over the last 25 years, how we’ve had to continuously hone that purpose, and how the clarity we developed has allowed us to intentionally chase that purpose, I believe it’s my responsibility to challenge...

In the fifth lesson of our Emerging Leader Development course, Cindy and I share how important it is for anyone with leadership responsibility to build time into their routine to reflect on the progress they are making. All too often, those of us who take on the role of a leader get consumed with...

Between the time we returned from our honeymoon in late April of 2000 to when we were both working exclusively in Dove Development & Consulting, we had done a lot to hone our clear purpose - albeit still quite what we’re working to achieve today. But even the ever-evolving purpose we...

Getting a taste for what it was like to work toward a clear purpose offered a feeling I hadn’t really experienced elsewhere in my work life. Seeing the direct impact I could have on someone else’s career, and how that impacted their entire life, by sharing things I had learned that...

After nearly two decades with the same company, and most of that in one facility, I knew just about everyone I worked with daily on a first name basis. I also knew many of their family members and a fair amount about what the majority of them enjoyed doing during the little bit of time they had...

While accepting similar positions with different companies wasn’t necessarily moving me toward a fulfilling purpose, working just nine or ten hours daily in those companies provided something I hadn’t experienced in years: time to pursue the things we had gotten that glimpse of...