Dear Purpose-Driven Bankers: Don’t quit! We need you to stay and drive a purpose beyond profit. Today, as we stand by and watch the horror unfolding with the Financial Services Royal Commission, I’ve been reflecting on how, and why, the finance industry has lost its way, and why it seemingly has no purpose beyond profit. I’ve also been reflecting on you, the thousands of finance industry … [Read more...]
Maggie’s Story & How to find your Purpose Activists
“I’m stuck,” Maggie lamented as she sat across the table from me with her well-read copy of The Purpose Project. “I’m about to take on a new role in People and Culture and I want to inject my own sense of purpose into it but have no idea how.” “Tell me everything that matters to you (and bothers you) about the role and your company,” I responded. After 15 minutes, Maggie finally landed on what … [Read more...]
Deep Dinners on Purpose
An uncommon way to create common-unity amongst your leaders “All great change starts with a conversation, preferably over a dining-room table not a board-room table, for when we enter into communion with each other over fine food and fine wine, anything is possible.” Ever since Larry Fink, CEO and Chairman of BlackRock, sent out his annual letter to CEO’s earlier this year, Purpose has been … [Read more...]
New Year, New Purpose?
The EOFY is a time when financial performance tends to take precedence over everything else. For a few crazy weeks (or even months) it’s all about sales, revenue, expenses, budgets, share-price and maximising profit while minimising tax. Even our most socially responsible companies can show signs of being driven by their pocket in the mad scramble to end the year on a financial high. It’s the … [Read more...]
How to start a PURPOSE movement.
I just love Derek Sivers 3-minute TED talk, ‘How to Start a Movement’. Don’t you? It’s a lesson on leadership, not just for our appointed C-suite leaders but anyone willing to take radical responsibility to become a self-leader at work. According to Sivers, leadership is over-glorified and while it takes one lone nut to start a movement, it’s the first followers when embraced as equals … [Read more...]