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.
Sometimes it takes practice, but when you take time to be present to those around you and remember the gifts they bring, gratitude is an easy response. “Gratitude may be the most powerful inner capacity of the purposeful leader.” - Craig Neal
Read MoreThis 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 MoreIs this a frequent response from you, even when you’re invited to do something you really want to do?
Read MoreCommunity for the Soul Podcast
To our colleagues, friends, and family observing Rosh Hashanah, we offer our wishes for a peace-filled New Year.
This assessment was designed to evaluate the impact of the first two cohorts of this pioneering new program that focuses on the principles of purpose, convening and authentic leadership to help women leaders …
Read MoreWe have experienced and observed, in our own work and lives, the power of authentic engagement to bring a shift of energy to a meeting or gathering.
Read MorePart 1 of a 2-part series:
“… The ability to transform your company and your personal opportunities is life changing … and world changing.”
Part 2: The Exciting Possibilities of Changing Workplace Demographics (2 Converging Trends)
Part 1 of a 2-part series:
“… The ability to transform your company and your personal opportunities is life changing … and world changing.”
Part 2: The Exciting Possibilities of Changing Workplace Demographics (2 Converging Trends)
We love connecting in a variety of ways. That includes connecting on various platforms as well as connecting you to other leaders that, like you, care deeply about the impact created, and legacy being built.
Read MoreWarren Buffet says “no” to the non-essentials. For Steve Jobs it was “saying yes to the few things that truly matter”. Getting to the heart of the matter is essential to a successful life/work.
Read MoreHave you been trapped in a boring Q&A session? There is another way!
One that takes as much time, maybe even less and addresses what most people are thinking and want to hear about.
What if the focus of this podcast were: How to make your meetings amazing again! (or for the first time?)
…the most important thing that every leader should be asking: What is at the heart of the matter? (purpose) … Why should this meeting even happen?
The phrase “actions speak louder than words” guides human interaction in the real world. Virtually, our actions and words combine. … efforts within any virtual sphere should be held with the same reverence as a real-world interaction.
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