PLC In the News...

We’re making the rounds on the news circuit. Internationally-recognized experts on leadership, purpose and employee passions, Purpose-Linked Consulting founders Alaina Love and Marc Cugnon offer insights, tips and resources in these news articles, blogs and radio segments:

BusinessWeek: “Leading with Purpose” (Love’s regular column)
“Never before have leaders experienced the scale and complexity of change that they face now. In this high-stakes game f survival, the most successful leaders will demonstrate the ability to simultaneously monitor these forces, measure their impact and create new opportunities rather than wait for them to appear. The rules of business have indeed changed – in a way that demands leadership at the speed of thought and the capacity to build measured, decisive and inventive teams.” (Read more.)

PINK magazine: “Passionate Leadership” (Love’s regular blog)
“Over the last 12 months we’ve seen example after example of failed values at work in our economy – from companies that have over-promised and under-delivered to both employees and customers alike, to fund managers entrusted with investors’ money whose personal greed generated billion-dollar losses of other people’s money. It seems like failed values have pulled up a chair and taken a seat at the decision-making table of the nation’s corporations.” (Read more.)

Career Builder: “Discover Your Passions to Find the Right Job”
“In order to find the right job, it's essential to understand the kind of worker you are and the internal drivers that provide you with a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment. Operating from your passions will not only make you shine during the interview process, it will allow you to soar once you've landed the job.” (Read more.)

Harvard Business Review: “Leadership, Passion and the Presidency”
“This is about more than skills and competencies. Passions are the deep internal drivers of behavior that distinguish good leaders from great ones. In the final analysis, for a leader to ignite passion in others, they must be passionate themselves – the true definition of charisma.” (Read more.)

Examiner: “A Job Search Starts from Within”
“Speaking with Love is like speaking to someone who knows a secret – a big elephant-in-the-room secret. This elephant is often the reason why employees are dissatisfied with their careers, why employers complain of low productivity and why Love herself left her high-paying position.” (Read more.)

Talent Management: “Passionate Leadership: Keep Employees Engaged During Tough Times”
“The economic detritus left behind in organizations is prompting individuals to deeply examine who they are, what they stand for and how they want to make an impact through their work. In a world in which employees' previously held beliefs are being scrutinized, an organization's success will require that its leaders exhibit a clear, internal purpose that they express through observable passions.” (Read more.)

Biz Box: “Passion and Purpose: A Conversation with Alaina Love”
“What distinguishes a company from its competitors in this economic climate is the organization’s ability to engage and motivate their workforce to deliver the best and most innovative solutions while serving customers with enthusiasm. A skill-based talent management focus alone will not be enough. Business leaders will need skilled and passionate employees, who will offer a level of discretionary effort and creativity that is only born of a passion for the work.” (Read more.)

Leadership Excellence: "Passion Matters: Learn How to Capitalize on Its Energy"
"THE ECONOMIC DECLINE has prompted an expected frenzy of belttightening and budget-cuts. What’s surprising, however, is the debate about the relative importance of maintaining a focus on employee engagement." (Read more.)

BFM 89.9: The Business Station
“[After 12 years with a multibillion-dollar company], the work I was doing was less and less connected to who I thought I was and what I thought I should be doing in the world. Things might have turned out differently if that organization had done a better job of understanding who I was, the passions that I carried and how to connect those with the work they asked me to do.” (Listen to the clip.)

KAZI Sunday Book Review
“People actually get passionate about being given an outlet for who they are in their work. When you talk about getting passionate about selling computer equipment or office supplies, you might find that what people are passionate about is helping others solve a problem or connecting others with solutions to their needs. So we encourage clients to look more deeply.” (Listen to the clip.)