Find your values: they’ll keep you focused and make you feel alive

We are living through a time of change: almost every new day brings dramatic new stories. But most of this ‘news’ will never affect us directly. And by this time Continue Reading →
Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
These posts contain extracts from the chapter, real-world examples, and other related material.
We are living through a time of change: almost every new day brings dramatic new stories. But most of this ‘news’ will never affect us directly. And by this time Continue Reading →
It’s all very well talking about purpose and values, but we all have bills to pay and deadlines to meet. Is it really possible to live our lives with purpose and Continue Reading →
Back in 2007, Professors John Cacioppo and Steve Cole discovered that feeling lonely changes people’s genes: it reduces their ability to fight off viruses and increases their risk of inflammatory Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs was an imperfect human being, just like the rest of us. And like the rest of us, he was never going to live forever. But during his short Continue Reading →
In a time of change, when short term issues seem urgent and important, thinking about your long term purpose and values might seem to be a distraction. But investing the Continue Reading →
Winston Churchill famously said that: “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” This time of global change is bringing us Continue Reading →
Achieving our goals in a churning world requires a different set of skills from achieving the same goals in a stable environment. What are those skills and how can we Continue Reading →
We’ve seen how knowing our life purpose helps us to succeed in a changing world. And we also know that living in line with our purpose will bring us extra Continue Reading →
This short film from 2014 is still highly relevant to us today. It describes how Russia’s President Putin (and others) have used disinformation and fake news to undermine people’s perception Continue Reading →
They say that, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Recently, the Harvard Business Review published an Continue Reading →