There is a lot of misconception about purpose-driven leadership. Not all purpose-driven leadership programs are the same. So, the benefits of purpose-driven leadership will only ensue if a leader is able to make his purpose concrete. I have written about that here.
Benefit 1 – tapping into a source of motivation and vitality
According to Gallup only 13% of the workforce engaged in EMEA. When we have clarity on our leadership purpose, we feel engaged with the world. It creates zest for live and work. The purpose pulls us towards it. Additionally, working on it becomes a source of energy and vitality. We do the things that we are so excited about and putting that at the core of our leadership activities.
Benefit 2 – developing our leadership strengths to a higher level with increased value
We often know our strengths and working and leading from them leads to outperformance, yet its less rare to see a leader getting to the core of his top strengths and aligning them with high value drivers of their teams and organizations. This requires a high level of psychological insight and business value drives.
We often know our strengths and working and leading from them leads to outperformance, yet its less rare to see a leader getting to the core of his top strengths and aligning them with high value drivers of their teams and organizations. This requires a high level of psychological insight and business value drives.
Benefit 3 – accelerating the pace and the level of mastery of leadership development
Peter Drucker said culture eats strategy for breakfast because we can rationally formulate a strategy to follow yet our behaviour and habits dictate who we are and what we do. Leading from a purpose, or helping leaders to get clarity on their purpose gives them the willpower to break their habits, patterns. Even brilliant leaders suffer from overthinking, putting borders or perfectionism and overperformance out of fear.
Therefore, purpose, motivates people to break their patterns and start living leadership principles, concepts. Additionally, I know how to motivate people and accelerate through the pain that we have to fear working though our patterns.
Benefit 4 – getting results much faster
Sometimes in teams or with leaders, its challenging to keep an overview. You and the team are pulled in so many directions – wasting energy, time and your decision-making capacities. Purpose helps to align to your strengths, the team to their strengths and drives and to the services/activities that generate the highest value.
Purpose becomes a value generation compass. As a results It gives clarity to a leader, team and organization what activities to align with and what to stop doing or perhaps outsource.
Benefit 5 – solving talent scarcity and formulating high value partnerships
When a leader is not so much purpose-driven it influences their teams. People, especially Gen Z and Y want to know how their leader relates to a bigger purpose. Most organization are suffering from talent scarcity and it makes it worse if a leader doesn’t have a purpose. That will lead to more talent leaving the organization.
On a similar level, if the leader is involved with external stakeholders, it becomes easier to align with the right stakeholders who not only are able to create a strategic value creation partnership yet also share similar values and purpose.
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Our purpose-driven leadership programs help C-level executives connect with their purpose, elevating organizations and teams to high performance. Currently, only 14% of the workforce is engaged, and 45% of learning doesn’t translate to tangible effects. Additionally, 19% of highly educated professionals exhibit burnout symptoms.
Our programs address these issues by promoting leadership that navigates complexity effectively, creates high-value products and services, and attracts top talent.