Business, on purpose

Each day members of your organization make a decision. They decide how much of themselves they bring to their jobs, how much of their total mental and physical energy they contribute. Anything, above and beyond what is required to keep their job is what we call "discretionary energy."

Think of leadership as an exchange. Leaders provide challenging work and create the context where employees find purpose & meaning in their work. In exchange, the employee commits to go above and beyond. They commit that extra measure of discretionary energy - because it's worth it.

"That which is most personal is most universal," Carl Rogers once observed. Humans in all shapes, sizes, colors ethnicities and ages derive meaning from the same source - the six drivers of meaning: A sense of autonomy a feeling of being valued, reasonable certainty about where they're going, their connection to others, a sense of fairness and commitment to development and mastery.