Are you living your life on purpose?

authored by Helen Duguid, posted by Jan Peters

The most successful leaders I know and work with are crystal clear on their purpose in life, are you? If you do not have a personal purpose you will always end up as part of somebody else’s agenda rather than your own!

Purpose is the driving force behind great companies. A shared Purpose unites leaders and employees, and sets organizations on the way to the success. Microsoft has been a fantastic example of that over the years with “a PC on every desk and in every home” to “Helping individuals and businesses throughout the world to realise their full potential!   I do consider it a privilege to have worked inside Microsoft during an era when the purpose was so powerful and profound.

The reason why Purpose is so powerful is because it is founded on people’s deeply held ideas about what is right and worthwhile. When leaders tap into these ideas, they improve morale, they stimulate innovation, and they help to maintain strong relationships. Indeed, Purpose helps improve performance in all the areas of a business where people play an important role. It can help a manager to set the direction for a team, just as it can help a CEO to reinvigorate a lagging corporation.

If you want to live your life on purpose or learn more take the Purpose profiler.

The Purpose Profiler [from Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies By Nikos Mourkogiannis] enables leaders to better understand their own Purpose, and the Purpose of their company. It is even more important for a leader: your Purpose sets the direction for everyone else to follow.

I am really keen to hear current stories of purposeful leaders and learn more about the questions you have on being a successful leader so please post your thoughts and questions and we can learn more from each other.

As Henry Ford said:

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Let me know what you would like to learn about leadership and I will do my utmost to help you!