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 read · From 2017 · Figure out your passion and put it to work.
Harvard Business Review
What It Really Takes to Do Well and Do Good at the Same Time
~17 min read · From 2019 · A playbook for the dual-purpose organization.
medium.com
Designing Purpose
8 min read · From 2017 · A few simple ways design can help you explore purpose
tranquilmonkey.com
On Finding Your Purpose: An Extraordinary Letter by Hunter S. Thompson
6 min read · From 2016 · 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…
Harvard Business Review
5 Questions to Help Your Employees Find Their Inner Purpose
3 min read · From 2017 · Use your weekly check-ins to inspire your team.
Harvard Business Review
You Don’t Find Your Purpose — You Build It
6 min read · From 2017 · And you don’t just build it once.
Forbes
Why Purpose Should Be A Pivotal Part Of Your Business Strategy
3 min read · From 2017 · 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…
Singularity Hub
The Motivating Power of a Massive Transformative Purpose
5 min read · From 2017 · 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
Fast Company
The Non-Paradox Of Highly Successful Profit-From-Purpose Businesses
5 min read · From 2017 · VCs still have questions about impact businesses, but the businesses are showing more and more that they have answers.
Harvard Business Review
The Best Companies Know How to Balance Strategy and Purpose
6 min read · From 2017 · SpaceX, Nestlé, and Apple all do it.
Mark Manson
7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose
20+ min read · From 2016 · No clue what you want to do with your life? Here are some crazy and thought-provoking questions to help you out.
Harvard Business Review
Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization
~19 min read · From 2018 · How to get employees to bring their smarts and energy to work
Thrive Global
What Is Your Definition of Success?
3 min read · From 2019 · The Checklist for Happiness
linkedin.com
In 3 Schritten zur persönlichen Vision (und warum man eine braucht)
6 min read · From 2019 · Vor kurzem bat mich eine gute Freundin um Rat. Eine Headhunterin hatte sie mit einem verlockenden Angebot angesprochen.
Fast Company
You don’t have to be the top boss to be a purpose champion
1 min read · From 2019 · A marketing executive explains how to turn purpose into a team sport.
Harvard Business Review
Turning Purpose Into Performance
1 min read · From 2018 · 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
