Tag Archives: Purpose

Acting on Purpose

Dave Brock — May 25, 2020 “Purpose” is a foundational principle for success, yet we pay little attention to it. In times of crisis, purpose and purposefulness is how we navigate risk and uncertainty. Our purpose provides grounding, something that, when challenged, we come back to in trying to figure our path forward. Using Simon … Continue reading Acting on Purpose →

What is the Purpose of Your Website?

Website Special Guidelines

Alex Toma — February 13, 2020 What is the purpose of your website? It may seem like an incredibly simple question – and one you’d assume every business and web designer would know the answer to. Yet, in most sectors, there seems to be a dearth of websites that are actually effective at answering this … Continue reading What is the Purpose of Your Website? →

How to Foster Motivation and Purpose Through Agility

Project Management

Chris Conlin — September 8, 2019 — September 8, 2019 “We want to be more agile in our delivery.” “We need to build up our teams.” “How can we do Scrum well?” Companies are asking themselves these questions every day and looking in various places for the answers. Instead of looking at processes, checklists or … Continue reading How to Foster Motivation and Purpose Through Agility →

The “New” Purpose of a Business

Business Improvement

Annette Franz — September 4, 2019 Follow @annettefranz — September 4, 2019 rawpixel / Pixabay It all starts with CEO commitment. Customer experience professionals got an early Christmas present last week in the form of a revised statement on the “purpose of a corporation.” Well, it was a revision for the CEOs at the Business … Continue reading The “New” Purpose of a Business →

How to Create a Meaningful Purpose for Your Business

Business Improvement

Jim Haudan — August 28, 2019 Follow @jhaudan — August 28, 2019 While there are many buzzwords clouding the business world, one that is making a lot of noise at the current time is Purpose. More than ever before employees and consumers are demanding that companies live their purpose. Millennials, the demographic quickly making up … Continue reading How to Create a Meaningful Purpose for Your Business →

Purpose Beyond Profit: What Culture-Driven Leaders Know That Everyone Else Is Missing

Business Protection

Bretton Putter — August 9, 2019 Follow @brettonputter — August 9, 2019 LoggaWiggler / Pixabay Defining your purpose Why does your organization exist? To make a profit, sure. That could be said of every other company on the planet. But what are the deeper reasons for its existence? What, other than competing for market share … Continue reading Purpose Beyond Profit: What Culture-Driven Leaders Know That Everyone Else Is Missing →

Refresh the Purpose of the Scrum Framework

Project Management

Barry Overeem — July 2, 2019 — July 2, 2019 The Scrum Framework, visualized by Thea Schukken How would the people you work with complete the following sentence: “The Scrum Framework exists in order to …”? Sometimes we get bogged down in the rules and mechanics of Scrum while forgetting what we’re trying to achieve … Continue reading Refresh the Purpose of the Scrum Framework →

Looking Forward: “Purpose Over Profit” Will Drive the Big Business Strategy Trends of the Next Decade

Business Skills

Jeanne Hardy — March 24, 2019 Follow @creativebizinc — March 24, 2019 geralt / Pixabay If there is one major theme that will drive business trends over the next decade, it is the idea that purpose should come before profit. In 2018, Larry Fink, of BlackRock fame, penned a controversial letter asking companies to “serve … Continue reading Looking Forward: “Purpose Over Profit” Will Drive the Big Business Strategy Trends of the Next Decade →

The Purpose of an Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship

Don Dalrymple — February 26, 2019 Follow @dondalrymple — February 26, 2019 Entrepreneurs are heroes in our society. They fail for the rest of us. ~ Nassim Taleb Yes, entrepreneurs are indeed heroes. Ultimately, entrepreneurs are about initiative and responsibility for risk. However, at a fundamental level, entrepreneurs are problem solvers. They own the difficult … Continue reading The Purpose of an Entrepreneur →

3 Warning Signs Your Toxic Partner is Threatening Your Company’s Purpose

Business Protection

Kerry Stover — February 25, 2019 Follow @kerrystover — February 25, 2019 Organizations interact with many, many external factors every day, and each one has a certain impact — large or small — on the health of your operation. Partners are one of the most impactful factors. Good partners lift your company and employees, but … Continue reading 3 Warning Signs Your Toxic Partner is Threatening Your Company’s Purpose →