Stronger together: Building employee-employer bonds
Meaningful work and commercial profit can seem at odds, with corporate incentives usually winning out. However, as Daniel Goodenough explains, business needs to focus on helping employees cultivate their sense of purpose in this world
Lisa Miller, professor of clinical psychology at Columbia University, uses the term, dysthymia to describe what she calls “the low grade feeling that life is unfulfilling.” In her book The Awakened Brain, Miller maintains that this feeling affects well-adjusted high achievers, who have this sentence running in their heads: “If I can just make it through x, y, z, then I can advance, then I can rest, then I can be happy.”
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Game On: Are You Clear About the Game You’ve Agreed to Play?
It’s not uncommon to think of business as a game. Consider this reflection from an influential leader: “Business is a game, the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it.” – Thomas J. Watson, early IBM leader In any game, there are agreements to participate. We make countless agreements each day […]
Rebranding from Meaning and Awareness
Rebranding is often understood as a shift in image or message, yet at its best, it is a movement of meaning. It begins with purpose, the why that gives a company coherence, and unfolds through awareness. When rebranding arises from meaning and mission, it becomes less about strategy and more about evolution. The work is to […]
From Strategy to a New View of Map-Making: Rethinking How Leaders Navigate Change
When the Map No Longer Matches the Territory When COVID hit, business stopped almost overnight. Dining rooms closed, doors locked, and an entire way of operating became impossible. At that moment, it was clear: we were not in Kansas anymore. As the CEO of a regional restaurant group, I watched 40 percent of our business […]