September 25, 2019
Shareholder Primacy Is Dead. Long Live Shareholder Primacy! The highly influential US-based Business Roundtable recently announced an update to its “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” Much has been … Continue reading “An Easy Way To Fix The Business Roundtable’s Toothless Purpose Statement”
May 28, 2019
How would you feel if your publicly traded organization were able to improve its stock market returns by 7.6% annually? And what if it came solely due to the conduct … Continue reading “The Untapped Potential Of The Middle Manager”
May 18, 2019
You probably eat fast food. Many people do so daily. According to a CDC report, almost 40% of Americans consume fast food on a daily basis. Cheryl Fryar, CDC health statistician, said, … Continue reading “A&W Chose Purpose. I Chose It For Dinner.”
March 2, 2019
It seems that purpose is starting to pay off. In DDI’s 2018 Global Leadership Forecast results, the research firm highlights several financial advantages to organizations that define their purpose and act … Continue reading “Purpose-Driven Companies Outperform The Financial Markets By 42 Percent”
February 26, 2019
As sportscasters go, Bob Costas is legendary. Be it basketball, golf, hockey, NASCAR, the Olympics or his beloved baseball, Costas has reported on, commentated over and anchored sporting events since … Continue reading “When Our Values Run Counter To Our Employer”
February 17, 2019
Merriam-Webster defines the word activism as “a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue.” Cambridge Dictionary defines the term CEO … Continue reading “Isn’t CEO Activism Simply Doing What’s Right?”
February 14, 2019
Larry Fink is the CEO and chairperson of New York-based BlackRock, an investment management firm. BlackRock manages roughly $6 trillion in assets on a global basis. Because of its sheer size, The … Continue reading “$6 trillion In Assets And This CEO Says Purpose Is The Company’s Fundamental Reason For Being”
December 2, 2018
The Purpose Effect is a three-way relationship between an individual’s personal sense of purpose in life, the organization’s purpose and a person’s purpose in their role at work. When all three … Continue reading “My TEDx Talk About The Importance Of Purpose”
September 17, 2018
“Form an army, agree on the obligations of a shared purpose, and then free as many people as possible from minds that have become mausoleums.”
September 10, 2018
Lost in the shuffle of releasing my third book, OPEN TO THINK, is the news my first two books are now available in paperback. FLAT ARMY was first published in … Continue reading “Now Available: Paperback Versions of FLAT ARMY and THE PURPOSE EFFECT”
May 14, 2018
At 8:30 am on May 7, 2018, in San Diego, President Barack Obama waltzed out on stage at the Association for Talent Development’s annual international conference and exposition. Obama shook hands … Continue reading “The Three Attributes President Obama Wants You To Demonstrate”
April 14, 2018
From a dark, cold night, they would appear out of nowhere. Plying their trade in the dead of rainy Vancouver winters, these Swedish twins were always looking to make a … Continue reading “The Sedin Twins Taught Us To Be Better Humans”
