After Vision comes Journey. Always start with Vision. Vision is the why behind your organization – your reason for existing and the better future you want to see/create. But after clarifying the Why you must clarify the What. What are you going to do? Simon Sinek would encourage you to communicate in a different order, and I would agree. But in the design or transformation process of an organization, it is important to clarify Why then What.

Very few leaders spend the right amount of time on Vision. Most spend too little time, believing that existential questions about purpose are a waste of time. Some leaders spend too much time reflecting on their personal life purpose and organizational Vision, but most leaders need to spend more time reflecting on the deeper questions.

Podcast episode with Matt Maloney, President of FFAM360 and host of the Above & Beyond Leadership Podcast

Podcast episode with Matt Maloney, President of FFAM360 and host of the Above & Beyond Leadership Podcast

How can you celebrate in a way that actually helps you grow as a leader?

Minor, temporary change is easy. Meaningful, lasting change feels almost impossible. So how does change actually happen?

In part 2 of this series we explore how to find the exponential version of yourself, which is an iterative, two-step process. Step 1 is finding your calling. Step 2 is finding your flow. As you explore your calling you will also find times when you experience “flow state” where you feel fully immersed, energized, focused, and enjoying the process of an activity.

Historically, the relationship between effort and output has been linear but, knowledge work doesn’t follow a linear scale. It’s exponential. Most leaders miss this and are leaving a lot of growth and satisfaction on the table. In this post, we explore part 1 of two posts around the idea of the Exponential You.