Making Purpose Work: The Challenge of Growing Ourselves And Our Companies - Hardcover

Franchee Harmon, author of Making Purpose Work, founded Leaps of Thought LLC in 2001 and serves as Managing Director. An international professional with 20 years of business experience, she helps individuals and companies work through challenging growth stages. Franchee served as Strategy Director for The Crucible Corporation, an early-stage venture fund in Dublin, Ireland, which invests in Irish technology companies. She was also formerly a director for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in London, England, where she served as Global Product Champion to a top-tier client base including Sony, Intel, 3i Group, Philips, and Bosch. Prior to joining PwC, Franchee worked as a consultant for Peterson Consulting in Chicago. Franchee co-leads Program Design for the Youthbuild Lake County Mentoring Program. She is a member of the Human Capital Institute, and serves as VP of Personal and Professional Development on the Board of the University of Chicago Women's Business Group for the years 2006 and 2007. She is an avid runner, who recently completed her first marathon in Berlin, Germany. Franchee has a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction from Bradley University and a MBA from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.

This thoughtful and ambitious book explores the challenges of change, evolution, and growth. Stepping away from the idea of purpose as principles that define the reasons for a company's existence, how and why individuals in organizations work to create meaning is explored.Using examples from popular culture and drawing on studies from the sciences, Making Purpose Work explores how we go about creating meaning using five elements of purpose: self-identity, expectations, unity, fear, and instincts. With new insights into how beliefs impact our actions, the book communicates how these elements work together to help us form happy, nurturing, enduring, and productive relationships within our environments.