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Creating Deep Purpose with Ranjay Gulati

Creating Deep Purpose with Ranjay Gulati

Published 4 years ago
Description

Having a purpose is not the same as a purpose statement. Purpose is an ideal. It is the reason you choose to exist. Professionally, it is why you go to work. Is it a job(money)? Is it a career (get ahead)? Is it a calling (gives you meaning)? Ranjay Gulati joins Kevin to discuss deep purpose at work. He believes it is the foundation for the organization and defines the work experience, including culture. When your organization believes in something, you move your team from not just satisfied or engaged to inspired. An inspired team does the work because they want to.

Key Points

  • In this episode, Ranjay shares how purpose differs from mission, vision, and values. 
  • He discusses practical realism. 
  • He talks about the organizational benefit of deep purpose.

Meet Ranjay

  • Name: Ranjay Gulati 
  • His Story: Ranjay Gulati is the author of several books, including his newest Deep Purpose, the Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies. He is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor and the former Unit Head of the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School.
  • Worth Mentioning: Professor Gulati studies how "resilient" organizations—those that prosper both in good times and bad—drive growth and profitabil
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