With Our Mind and Heart as One, The ‘Common Good’ is Best Served
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Welcome to the CPL blog where we bring leading-edge thinking and stories of purpose in action. You can count on learnings and brilliance gleaned from our work with Purposeful Leaders around the globe. As authors of The Art of Convening™, we explore how convening brings your purpose alive.
The Meritocracy Myth: Does a Dream Deferred Go Away?
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What happens to a dream deferred? … Does it Dry Up Like a Raisin in the Sun? Or Fester Like a Sore— and Run?
Edward Dugger III, president of Reinventure Capital and an early pioneer in impact investing, explores the intersection between the venture capital community and racial equity.
Read MoreAnnouncing New Art of Convening Self-Paced Leadership Course!
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NEW!! Art of Convening Self-Paced Leadership Course
Ignite Your Purpose Through the Power of Convening
Read MoreSummer Inspiration: Celebrating Our Amazing Interns
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What a blast we’ve had this year with 3 of the most talented and inspired interns in CPL history:
Read more about Lily, Shea, and Kayla here.
Read MoreEssential Conversations: 5/3 Weaving Threads of Grief & Joy in Times of Unraveling
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On Monday, May 3, join us to explore “Weaving Threads of Grief & Joy” in an Open Space Format
Through the magic of Zoom rooms*, you can self-select to choose the focus that interests you for a "deeper dive" conversation.
Read MoreEssential Conversations: A Month of Purpose
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Gather each Monday in March for an essential conversation to “The Path of Purposeful Living” with Richard Leider, founder of Inventure – The Purpose Company.
Richard is ranked by Forbes as one of the “Top 5” most respected executive coaches, and by the Conference Board as a “legend in coaching.”
Read MoreEssential Conversations: The Hearth, Indigenous Wisdom
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Gather each week for an essential conversation to Explore the Heart of the Matter.
Read MoreHow Shall We Live?
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Can we grow from crisis? … each of us has the possibility to recognize positive effects that have come from adversity.
Read MoreDon’t be afraid to set goals that you’re passionate about
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This one step ... choosing a goal and sticking to it . . . changes Everything.
Read MoreA Wish for Peace & Joy from Center for Purposeful Leadership & The Convening Institute
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May the light of peace and joy shine brightly upon you during this season of challenges, celebrations, and new beginnings.
Read MoreThanks-living*: Practice The Art of Deep Listening
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The Art of Convening can also be called The Art of Deep Listening.
[repost from 2019] This is Thanksgiving holiday week In the US. November is also Native American Heritage Month. Family, friends and neighbors may be gathering. This week, we invite you to practice the art of deep listening, as a way to connect or reconnect in new ways. We offer 3 practices and 2 exercises. Let us know how it goes!
Read MoreWord of the Day: Equanimity. Carrying the ember of equanimity.
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Holding Space for Difference: Responding vs. Reacting
Word of the day: equanimity [noun] equa·nim·i·ty | \ ˌē-kwə-ˈni-mə-tē
1: evenness of mind especially under stress
2: right disposition : BALANCE
Creating Possibility in the Face of Political Uncertainty: #2 of 3 Essential Conversations
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Holding Space for Difference: Responding vs. Reacting
It's the day before a historic election of unprecedented disruption. As you practice holding space for peace, for presence, what are you learning?
Read MoreOn this day in 1964... at 35 years of age...
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Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace …
Read MoreWhat Purpose Means to Ben & Jerry’s: An Essential Conversation
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…why purpose is based in non-negotiable values. Expression of that purpose is a gift of authenticity and trust.
Read MoreHealing Our City: 30 Days of Silent Prayer. Parts I & II
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“Not knowing is a spiritual practice…”
Read MoreFeeling Hopeless? Embrace It. And then take action.
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“I’m in deep ‘don’t know’ about what is next in my life…”
Read MoreJuneteenth... What do we really know about this day?
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But this Juneteenth is different. Can you feel it? ... Juneteenth, perhaps for the first time, is for all of us.
Read MoreLeadership: Discernment - Courage - Purpose in Action
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