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Spirit and Meaning: At The Heart of Life and Leadership

Exercises such as my last post reflecting on key life lessons indicate our values and what’s most meaningful to us. It’s a timeless personal and leadership principle I call “spirit and meaning.” Spirit and meaning is a missing link in many lives, teams, and organizations. Many with material prosperity live...

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A Frank Summary of Looking for Love in All the Right Places

...source of the spirit and meaning he or she brings to their families, teams, or organizations. Frank learned that purposeful leaders love their organization’s greater purpose and see its products or services contributing to a bigger world that they love. That love — and desire for growth and development —...

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Love Radiates From the Depths of Our Spirit and Meaning

...going to continue to deepen and grow, it’s our own never-ending discovery trek.   Deepening Spirit and Meaning: Personal Application Ideas There are countless ways to deepen spirit, meaning, and purpose. I use many of these ideas and/or help others apply them. Pick a few that resonate with you: Practice...

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Heart Restart: Touching the Why (part 7 of 7)

Last in a 7-part series: Let’s Be Frank about Spirit and Meaning (Links below to previous installments) That greener grass on the other side of the fence often turns out to be spray painted. Frank had broken through his “trapped emptiness.” He had a renewed sense of hope and purpose....

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High Performing Organizations Provide Spirit and Meaning

...bringing spirit and meaning to organizations. One poll found that managers want a deeper sense of meaning and fulfillment on the job more than they want money and time off. Former Harvard professor David Maister’s study of the values most impacting organization effectiveness found that, “‘People treat each other with...

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Soul Hole: In Search of Purpose and Meaning (part 2 of 7)

Part 2 in a series: Let’s Be Frank about Spirit and Meaning Click to read Part 1 One evening after an especially hectic day, Frank decided to join a few others from the office at their favorite brew pub around the corner. When Sheila asked him, she expected another, “no,...

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State of the Heart: Looking for the Why (part 3 of 7)

Part 3 in a series: Let’s Be Frank about Spirit and Meaning (Links below to previous installments) With his typical intensity, Frank began searching for ways to deal with his emptiness. He checked out a few churches and attended introductory classes for various inner development and spiritual groups. He started...

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Souled Out: Into the Heart of Starkness (part 1 of 7)

Part 1 in a series: Let’s Be Frank about Spirit and Meaning Frank is a regional manager in a fast-growing technology company. Many major corporations in his area are clients and he’s a trusted consultant to their senior executives. As the top producer in his firm, he’s a key contributor...

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Strong Leaders Harness the Power of Spirit and Meaning

...Energizing. Supervisors, managers, and executives want ways to “motivate” or move their team members to higher performance. The Principle that consistently ranks near the bottom is Spirit and Meaning. Yet it’s one of the most powerful and enduring ways to foster extraordinary effort. Most managers don’t appreciate what this Principle...

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With All My Heart and Soul

...do it.” — Dorothy E. Fischer, “The System Versus the Soul,” an essay in Rediscovering the Soul of Business: A Renaissance of Values Spirit and meaning is a missing link in many lives, teams, and organizations. Many who have material prosperity live in spiritual poverty. That’s what’s driving the rapidly...

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Into the Heart of Love, Life, and Leadership (part 5 of 7)

Part 5 in a series: Let’s Be Frank about Spirit and Meaning (Links below to previous installments) The pinkish orange glow of the rising sun bathed the oak-paneled study in a warm light unlike any Frank had ever experienced. It pulsed with life. As the shimmering hues embraced him, Frank...

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Purposeful Leaders Make Meaning

...the Emotional and Spiritual levels. Regardless of our formal role, we need to help build the spirit of the team or organization. This leadership comes from our own center. I can only contribute the spirit and meaning that I feel. I need to lead with all my heart and soul....

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Bee a Purposeful Leader: Build the Spirit of Your Hive

...deeper sense of meaning or purpose. If we’re going to be leaders, we must build the spirit of our team or organization. This leadership comes from our own center. I can only contribute the spirit and meaning that I feel. I need to lead with all my heart and soul....

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Soul Searching: The Dash Between Our Years (part 4 of 7)

Part 4 in a series: Let’s Be Frank about Spirit and Meaning (Links below to previous installments) As he struggled to deal with what he was now calling his “trapped emptiness,” Frank came across a poem entitled “The Dash.” It was written by a former player and student of Lou...

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That Loving Healing: Leading with Heart (part 6 of 7)

Part 6 in a series: Let’s Be Frank about Spirit and Meaning (Links below to previous installments) Frank decided to quit his job. The price of “success” was too high. The awakening he experienced that morning in his study helped him realize that he needed to get off the speeding...

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Working in our Dash: What’s the Meaning of It?

  “The Dash” is a poem written by Linda Ellis. In 1996, an announcer read her poem aloud on a syndicated radio show. This sparked a tsunami of response to Linda on how the poem touched their lives. The continuous outpouring of gratitude and stories inspired by the poem led...

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On Purpose: What Condition Is Your Mission In?

...the wider world and a vision of a better future they sought to realize. Deep purpose leaders reached for religious or spiritual language to describe this energy, associating the purpose with words like ‘soul,’ ‘soulfulness,’ and ‘spirit.'” Spirit and meaning are missing in too many teams and organizations. At the...

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Leading @ the Speed of Change

...to Change Their Behavior? Identifying and Dealing with Our Biggest “Moose-on-the-Table” Issues. Passion and Commitment: All Fired Up Assessing Our Leadership Against the Top Ten Commitment Indicators Prioritizing Our Key Factors for Engaging Much Stronger Commitment in Our Organization Loyalty Leadership: Retaining Our Top People Spirit and Meaning: Matters of...

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On Purpose: What Condition Is Your Mission In?

...they sought to realize. Deep purpose leaders reached for religious or spiritual language to describe this energy, associating the purpose with words like ‘soul,’ ‘soulfulness,’ and ‘spirit.'” Spirit and meaning are missing in too many teams and organizations. At the same time, lots of us are joining the growing ranks...

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Let’s be Frank: The Heart Part

...job most of us would never dream of but is able to find such deep spirit and meaning in his work. Why can’t I help my team members do the same? There really isn’t a job that can’t be fulfilling in some way. The big question is, how?” This launched...

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