Corporate Social Impact: A Formula to Win Personally, Professionally, and Organizationally
Whether newer to the workforce or with 20 or more years’ experience, so many of us are: Feeling the weight of burnout and disengagement, Yearning for more…
The Rise of Generation X – Part 1: Moving Forward or Moving On
Whether we are a forward-thinking Boomer, Gen-Xer, or Millennial searching for a way to make a difference, knowing what we’re up against and seeing what’s around the corner is essential for…
Your Brand Part 3: How to Find and Leverage Your Platform
Whether we play to a crowd or to an audience of one, we all have a platform. In fact, most of us have multiple platforms – although we may not readily think of them as such. We have platforms at home, with our friends, in our community…
Your Brand Part 2: Know What You Want to Be
What do you want to be? The rules and the opportunity: You can be what you want, but you can’t be something you’re not. We can only be ourselves, but that doesn’t mean we can’t become…
The Joys of Digital | Your Feedback | Thank You
Despite needing to learn more about digital security than I wanted to, I was reminded about so much good. I am so thankful for my team, new and old friends, clients, prospects, advisors, and so many good people…
Your Brand Part 1: Define or Be Defined
How do others view you? What is their experience, and how do they wish to interact moving forward? Do we attract and inspire… or is it something else?
Our brand is our distinctive identity…
The Power Has Shifted: Staying Relevant as an Organization
Business leaders and owners have traditionally enjoyed a firmly-cemented corporate hierarchy that clearly skewed power dynamics in favor of the organization. However, in the modern workplace, professionals are more emboldened to pivot away from organizations or careers as a result of burnout and disengagement and a desire for greater meaning, purpose, and…
More Than a Feeling: The Benefits of Discontent
Discontent starts with a feeling and can end one of two ways. If acted upon, our discontent can lead us toward a life with greater meaning, purpose, and impact. If not, it can be the beginning of looking back on our lives with…
The Four Key Relationships Needed for a Full Life
A full life can be different for each of us and can change from season to season. At different times, our achievements at work, spending time with a spouse and family, connecting with friends, traveling, having opportunities to…
How to Not Quit on Purpose – Part 3: It Starts with Who, Not Why
An organization is formed for the purpose of providing specific goods and services to meet the needs and desires of others – that is its “Why” and that is its end-game. This is not the case for people. There is something deeper…
How to Not Quit on Purpose – Part 2: Connecting with Passion
Our passion is our “Why”, a driving force that helps explain our motivations. Our passions attach meaning to our interests, and the meaning we attach dictates the priority, the energy, and the emotion we place on and commit to that interest. For many good reasons, many of us had a passion for mastering our craft and making a name early in our careers. To this end, we…
How to Not Quit on Purpose – Part 1: Getting Clued In
Exploring our interests, pursuing our passions, and discovering our purpose is a universal desire. I have yet to meet a fellow human who doesn’t have this desire. However, there is a disconnect. Despite our ability to present very logical and emphatic cases that justify our present state…