There is a consensus among business thought leaders that organizations must focus on more than just profit to be successful. A growing body of research shows that both employees and customers are more loyal to leaders and organizations that have a compelling higher purpose.
Unfortunately, most leaders have no way to act on this knowledge. According to HBR, 50% of corporate managers distrust their company’s vision.
Mary is standing on the terrace taking in the fresh air looking on as the small but joyful crowd is sipping expensive wine and munching on premium aged cheese in the lounge. This is the end of the board retreat she produced and headlined. They loved it, and she is glowing! Actually she looks like she is hovering 2 inch above the floor!
In one of my favorite research projects, scientists from Harvard showed the very practical implications of changing our story. Eighty-four hotel maids were divided into two groups. Researchers carefully examined the daily tasks of the workers, determining how many calories those tasks burned. Members of the group were told that the activities they performed every day met the surgeon general's definition of an active lifestyle, but the members of the second group weren’t given any information.
Do you enjoy reading the news these days? I - not so much. This week I realized why: I am in opposition. I am on the outside. Being on the opposite side, being on the outside is being without love.
I realized my pain comes from being out of love with the world. Let me explain.
Imagine you and me standing on the deck of an ocean liner slipping across the Atlantic from London to New York straight as the crow flies. As it cuts through the wavelets, the massive ship shifts 0.1 degrees to the left.
The human brain is wired for trance. Just imagine that when we turn on the lights at night, our ancestors turned on their minds. They journeyed into faraway places and strange lands in the tales and stories they told and retold to each other. They journeyed with others or they relived these journeys in their own minds....
My mentor has super smart friend, a brilliant young woman who recently got married and her baby is 4 months old now. Last week she reached for her teacup one morning and could not lift it. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) starts like this, out of the blue. The immune system starts to...
“I hate Liza. I hate her voice. I hate her whining. I don't want any good to happen to her. I want to spoil her fun!”
Liza is my client and in our session suddenly an inner saboteur showed up, this is her voice. She showed up around a conference table in Liza’s mind as an outside character, dressed as a black witch...
There is a consensus among business thought leaders that organizations must focus on more than just profit to be successful. A growing body of research shows that both employees and customers are more loyal to leaders and organizations that have a compelling higher purpose.
Unfortunately, most leaders have no way to act on this knowledge. According to HBR, 50% of corporate managers distrust their company’s vision.