In this episode, I’ll be joined by Michael Power, who shares the impact a clear purpose made during his 26-year journey building and then selling his business – and how he’s taken the lessons from that into working with new tech startups. He also describes how to pivot to a new business model while maintaining your overall purpose.

CEO Emma Clancy shares how she prioritises the multiple demands on a small, passionate organisation that is addressing urgent, pressing issues like water affordability as well as longer term challenges like future water scarcity. She also describes how CCW creates transparency in how they develop their strategy.

CEO Richard Rankin shares his thoughts on why it’s more important to make sure you’re heading in the right direction than knowing exactly what your destination is. He talks about his biggest challenges as a new CEO in a sector he didn’t know and how kindness and empathy have been key to his success.

Award-winning CEO Dean Proctor of 7IM shares how they engaged their customers, clients, and employees in building a shared purpose and the impact that has had on the organisation, particularly on employee willingness to take on leadership roles at all levels. He also describes some of the frameworks and processes they have put in place to reinforce and maintain this shared purpose.

Chief Executive and Chief Ombudsman Matt Vickers of Ombudsman Services describes the role that front line execution plays in purpose, what it takes to build trust in the system, and why that is important to us all. He shares what an ombudsman really does and how he came to be one. He also describes how they are going beyond resolving consumer conflicts to helping companies avoid them in the first place.

Pro Global CEO Steve Lewis describes how they created strategic agility through focus, enabling them to pivot to a different level of sustainable growth. He also shares how he balances rigorous analysis with a ‘test and learn’ approach to build out their portfolio of offerings.

Hear CEO Pete Hempsall describe how his personal purpose relates to his organisation’s purpose and how they both are delivered through supporting their clients. He also talks about the he benefits as a CEO of being an introvert and how they changed the way they think about annual goals to support their overall purpose.

CEO Lee Davies of CIPA outlines how they found the four words that describe their purpose and are the framework for their strategy. He discusses what they did to be able to operate to a wider social purpose and shares how he prepared to lead their organisational transformation.