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.
Succeeding together
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.
Intent plus execution equals outcome
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.
Focus fuels success
Deliver your purpose through supporting others
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.
Purpose in just four words
Build purpose deep into the business model
CEO Colin Walsh describes how Varo, a US consumer fintech, was founded to make a powerful impact on systemic financial inequality. Learn how they created a platform that would allow them to overcome inequality and give millions of Americans the tools to improve their financial health, while creating an economically viable business.
Developing strategy and purpose from identity
Chief Executive Matt Meyer describes how Taylor Vinters has used an identity-led approach to to clarify and strengthen their purpose. We discuss changes in the legal market that led to them fundamentally reinventing the way they work with clients. And he describes “disorganisation” as a practical alternative to the slow and inflexible top-down model of cascading a strategy through roles and objectives.