Purpose & Performance
Curated content around the importance of purpose for organizational and personal performance and fulfillment.
Collection by Isabel Steinhoff
Harvard Business Review
From Purpose to Impact
15+ min · · Figure out your passion and put it to work. · Shared by 10, including Isabel Steinhoff, Lauren Holliday
Harvard Business Review
What It Really Takes to Do Well and Do Good at the Same Time
17+ min · · A playbook for the dual-purpose organization. · Shared by 14, including Isabel Steinhoff, Thomas Wong
medium.com
Designing Purpose
8 min · · A few simple ways design can help you explore purpose · Shared by 57, including Paul Sturrock, Mark Kaigwa, Tom Connor, Fabricio Teixeira, Peter Wennersten, Fabrice Liut 🍌🥑😌, Isabel Steinhoff, Arin Basu
tranquilmonkey.com
On Finding Your Purpose: An Extraordinary Letter by Hunter S. Thompson
6 min · · In April of 1958, a 22 year-old Hunter S. Thompson wrote a letter on the meaning of life when asked by a friend for advice. What makes his response all the more profound is the fact that at the time, the world had no idea that he would become one of the most important writers of the 20th… · Shared by 147, including Isabel Steinhoff, Dominik Grolimund, Craig Mod, Clemens, Nicolas Sierro, Veronika Lampion, Sachin Rekhi, ἀποκαραδοκία, Mo Schuster
Harvard Business Review
5 Questions to Help Your Employees Find Their Inner Purpose
3 min · · Use your weekly check-ins to inspire your team. · Shared by 111, including Adrian🇨🇭, Tom Pick | #B2Bmarketing guy, krisdahn.eth, Brian Solis, Kelly Hungerford, Isabel Steinhoff, Dez S. Papp, Claus Heller 🇺🇦, Jeeva Vijay Prasath, Patrick Scheuerer, Kate Nasser, Philippe Surber, John Hues, Howard Getson
Harvard Business Review
You Don’t Find Your Purpose — You Build It
6 min · · And you don’t just build it once. · Shared by 84, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Gabriele, Isabel Steinhoff
Forbes
Why Purpose Should Be A Pivotal Part Of Your Business Strategy
3 min · · The secret to growing your company may not lie in better numbers but instead by focusing on purpose. Purpose driven companies have seen the most growth in this area, according to new research. Here's… · Shared by 45, including janfsauer, Amel Mehenaoui, Howard Getson, Kris Fannin, Ron Sela, Isabel Steinhoff, UpStageTV, Andrew Mutavdzija, Will Preston, Peter Wennersten
Singularity Hub
The Motivating Power of a Massive Transformative Purpose
5 min · · Eradicating diseases, mastering flight, near-instant global communication, going to the moon—humans have developed a taste for making the impossible possible.Though we still face a daunting list · Shared by 25, including Isabel Steinhoff, Damir Kusar
Fast Company
The Non-Paradox Of Highly Successful Profit-From-Purpose Businesses
5 min · · VCs still have questions about impact businesses, but the businesses are showing more and more that they have answers. · Shared by 36, including Isabel Steinhoff, Gabriele, blinch, Tom Connor
Harvard Business Review
The Best Companies Know How to Balance Strategy and Purpose
6 min · · SpaceX, Nestlé, and Apple all do it. · Shared by 44, including Tom Connor, Isabel Steinhoff, Dominik Grolimund, Thomas Power, Yonatan Levy, Thomas Pleil, Mark Kaigwa
Mark Manson
7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose
20+ min · · No clue what you want to do with your life? Here are some crazy and thought-provoking questions to help you out. · Shared by 621, including Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, David Thair, Sara Usinger, Zachary Becker, Tac Anderson, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Brian Solis, Tauno, Stephan Spencer, Ori Steinitz, Philippe Gauvin, Marco Unternaehrer, Isabel Steinhoff
Harvard Business Review
Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization
19+ min · · How to get employees to bring their smarts and energy to work · Shared by 44, including Isabel Steinhoff, JP Nicols 🇺🇸🇺🇦
Thrive Global
What Is Your Definition of Success?
3 min · · The Checklist for Happiness · Shared by 8, including Isabel Steinhoff
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In 3 Schritten zur persönlichen Vision (und warum man eine braucht)
6 min · · Vor kurzem bat mich eine gute Freundin um Rat. Eine Headhunterin hatte sie mit einem verlockenden Angebot angesprochen. · Shared by 5, including Isabel Steinhoff
Fast Company
You don’t have to be the top boss to be a purpose champion
1 min · · A marketing executive explains how to turn purpose into a team sport. · Shared by 12, including Isabel Steinhoff
Harvard Business Review
Turning Purpose Into Performance
1 min · · Gerry Anderson, the CEO of DTE Energy, and Robert Quinn and Anjan Thakor, professors at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and the Olin Business School at Washington University, respectively, discuss how an aspirational mission can motivate employees and improve performance. Anderson talks about his own experience. Quinn and Thakor explain their research showing how leaders can foster a sense of purpose that sharpens competitiveness. They wrote the article “Creating a Purpose-D · Shared by 17, including Tim Herbig, Isabel Steinhoff