By Elisabeth Goodman, 9th November 2020 The concept of ‘meaning’ or ‘purpose’ being a route to well-being is not a new one of course. I referenced it in a previous blog (Goodman 2020) referencing an article by David Kessler in Harvard Business Review. Reading Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s search for meaning” brought things home for me …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 2nd December 2019 How purpose statements matter I’ve written before about the importance of purpose as a motivator for employees (see ‘Why clarity of purpose is so important for both effective leadership and management) Sally Blount and Paul Leinwand sum it up nicely in “Why are we here?” in the Nov-Dec 2019 …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 9th October 2019 According to W. Bennis, “Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing.” Clarity of purpose is one topic where these differences in remit can be vividly illustrated, as Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche and Charles Dhanaraj remind us in “Put purpose …
