On Purpose 2020

Author of Regenerative Purpose | Coach and Speaker at Kaistara

Wendy May is a purpose coach, consultant, and group process facilitator who spent more than a decade following and teaching a goal-oriented approach to purpose.

But over the years, she started noticing that that’s not exactly the way purpose works, in the wild.

With Regenerative Purpose, Wendy May shares a frame-breaking model of purpose work that is receptive, dynamic, cyclical, and interdependent. It totally flies in the face of conventional wisdom of goal-directed self-help.

In the new paradigm, it is not about finding or figuring out a singular life purpose, and it is not about defining or diagnosing your purpose. New-paradigm purpose is about engaging in co-creative conversation with our shared reality. It is about embodying the purpose that is always already here. It is about cultivating qualities that allow this force of nature to flow.

Co-Founder at Catalyst Constellations

Catalysts take in lots of information, see infinite possibility, and can’t stop from moving into action. Our natural way of moving through the world is through an experimentation mindset.

But sometimes our superpowers can be our kryptonite. And sometimes creating net new systems (and encountering resistance) can take its toll on us personally and professionally. When we are doing the work in service of our own personal Purpose, the fallout can be even more detrimental.

In this session, we’ll explore the Catalyst Formula – Vision, Action, Iteration and explore how Rejuvenation as the overall container for our process can make us more successful. More successful in implementing the change we want to see in the world and more successful in sustaining our energy without burning out.

Career, Executive & EI Coach at Walk of Life

Join Shannon Houde from Walk of Life Coaching for an interactive career workshop aimed at helping you reconnect with your purpose and gain practical tools to go further towards creating a better world for you and others.

Shannon will introduce her Dream Job Targeting tool and guide participants through a tool she refers to as the Impact Career Onion to help attendees discover and define their target audience, market, and sector.

CEO & Founder at Supernova Tribe

BC (Before Corona), purpose was considered to be the North Star. The brightest light in the sky, a beacon guiding us to the future. But what happens when that future has been turned upside down? When the sky is all of a sudden covered by clouds? According to Rebecca, we need to stop, and instead of thinking about purpose as something we steer towards in the future, use it as an anchor in the present.

She’s going to help us understand why purpose isn’t something that exists outside of us, but within us.

Author of Leading from Purpose | President at Core Leadership Institute

Over the last 10 years, Nick has worked with 15,000+ executives from across the globe, ranging from Ben & Jerry’s to ING Bank.

In this session, he’ll help you understand why leading from purpose is the key to thriving in times of great uncertainty.

Nick will reveal the three primary gateways of leading from purpose — and how you can access them.

That way, you can open the door to the purpose that has been leading you your whole life and finally begin to own it and lead from it.

Author of "The Invisible Leader" | Purposeful leadership and meaningful work researcher and Fellow in the Center for Meaning & Purpose at Colorado State University.

In this session, bestselling author Zach Mercurio will make purpose practical by introducing you to the research-backed practices of a purposeful mindset.

You’ll learn how to find meaning in work and create environments that enable the everyday experience of purpose.

CEO at The Rao Institute

We’re all stressed right now. But it’s actually possible (even now!) to function at a high level with little stress and great joy.

This session with Srikumar Rao will help you remain serene even as you move toward more success than you ever dreamed possible.

Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia

As VaynerMedia’s first ever Chief Heart Officer, Claude Silver unlocks employees’ full potential by forging human-to-human connections, creating cultures of belonging, empowering teams to be purpose-driven, efficient, and strong, and infusing the agency (all 800 people) with empathy, humility, courage and EQ.

She makes sure everyone embraces their uniqueness while working towards common goals.

This session will give you practical advice to do the same.

Author of 3 best-selling books | Keynote speaker | Leadership Strategist | Poet at The Pontefract Group

In this session, bestselling author and leadership strategist, Dan Pontefract will help you find the “sweet spot” of purpose.

This discovery will enable you to help your organization improve its results and feel a sense of meaning in your work and life at the same time.

MCC & CEO at Wisdom Works Group

In this session, Renee Moorefield, CEO of Wisdom Works, will help you explore how a clear vision and purpose for your life and leadership can empower you to show up as a “high-thriver,” which connects to your wellness habits, your sense of wonder and growth, and your resilience during difficulties and change.

When you thrive, you are equipped with an inner resource to energize others, maximize their potential, and lead a vibrant organization.

Award-winning international speaker, bestselling author, consultant, educator, and social entrepreneur who advocates for equity, inclusion, and human rights.

As a child bride forced into marriage and subjected to years of abuse, Samra’s story shows how she moved from a place of hopelessness to a place of freedom – for both her and her daughters.

As she shares her story of pain and despair, and then happiness and self-love, Samra talks about the gift of adversity and how it helps us cultivate a deep gratitude for life.

We have the power to let our experiences shape us into “bitter” or “better”. The choice is ours to make.

Former Disney Innovation | Innovation Creativity Culture Strategist & Coach at HiHello Sura

This session by Sura Al-Naimi, former Global Disney Innovation & Creativity Director, will help you align with your purpose and set bold intentions and inspiring goals.

You’ll leave having scripted yourself as the rightful hero in your story. You’ll have a clear image of the future and an activation plan to make it reality.

CEO & Founder at Switch On: The Transformational Leadership & Life Enterprise

In this session, keynote speaker and author, Nick Jankel, will dive into what purpose really is and why it can be so difficult for us.

Nick will also help you align life purpose, leadership purpose, and business purpose to help you move business forward, while relishing every moment of life, love, and leadership.

Founder at Antacara

In this session, Jillian Reilly invites you to join her on an intentional and deliberate journey of exploring purpose.

She’ll use her own professional journey from aid worker to entrepreneur to illustrate the 5 key elements of her pioneering approach to purpose.

Founder – Leadership and Somatic Coach, Purpose Guide at Integral Growth

In these times, we all need a compass.

The good news is that we all have a deep well of wisdom and clarity within us that knows exactly how to move forward.

In this session, Robin will guide you to: - Make difficult decisions in confusing times (sounds pretty good right now, doesn’t it?) - Get clearer on your direction and next steps

Former Cisco strategist. Thinkers50. Forbes 50 Female Futurists at CreatingIs

In order to get where we want to go, we need to start trusting our hearts.

In this session, Ayelet Baron, former chief strategy and innovation officer for Cisco Canada, will help us take a step back and create a space where we can start doing just that.

Extreme Artist and Creativity Mentor at The Artist Inside

In this session, you will learn how to pivot yourself and your company by creating the Masterpiece you were born to create.

In the next 2-3 years, 80% of companies will either pivot or perish. This is The Grand Transition. There is a formula to get to the other side quicker. You will discover the Gateway to transition, why Purpose is the key to open it and the vehicle (Your Masterpiece) to ease your journey.

A Masterpiece is breakthrough innovation in the form of an initiative, business, relationship or book that changes your world for good. It is the greatest contribution you can make to yourself, your family and society. And you need to create it more than ever.

Creator of the Purpose to Impact Roadmap™ | Purpose-Driven Business & Product Strategist | Coach, Mentor & Consultant at Holly Woods

In this session, Purpose-Driven Business & Product Strategist, Holly Woods, will share how purpose shows up across the lifespan. She’ll guide you through the basic themes of how purpose shows up in your life over time, so you can reflect on your own life.

Then, she’ll share the first phase of the proven model to help you gain clarity, courage and confidence to make your greatest contribution in this great time of global change.

Executive Coach | Author | Speaker | CEO & Co-Founder at Conscious U*

In this session, Executive Coach & CEO, Nadjeschda Taranczewski, will offer a framework to help you discover how you can start sensing what wants to be sourced through you and find supporters who are attracted by this purpose (or be attracted by theirs).

Chief Executive Officer at The Purpose Promise

In this session, John McCarthy will help you reflect on mindsets adopted from your past, so you’ll be able to create better purpose dreams for the future and integrate your purpose with your current life too.

Author of Low Man on the Totem Pole | Coach & Consultant at The Executive Advisory

In this session, Heather MacArthur will share why and how to align your career choices with your purpose. Plus, she’ll share how to build your career in a way that creates demand for the work that supports alignment with your purpose.

Chief Executive Officer at Kumanu

Employees want meaningful work, a positive culture, and life balance. And the C-Suite expects performance, agility, and growth.

But here’s the truth. The missing foundational element in most health, talent, and organizational strategies is purpose.

In this session, Dr. Vic Strecher will share the wisdom of purposeful living, offering specific and innovative approaches to provide what your employees want, and what your C-Suite expects.

Business heARTist | Founder at ReNEW Business

You don’t need a formula or a superpower to discover purpose. In fact, all you need is to start inquiring on how whole you feel to rediscover meaning, trust, and connection.

In this session, Fateme Banishoeib invites you on a journey to do just that.

Author of Love Is Just Damn Good Business | Founder & CEO at The Extreme Leadership Institute

Steve Farber believes love is just damn good business.

But this isn’t about group hugs in the elevator. This isn’t about love as a sentiment. It’s about love as a discipline, as a practice.

Founder & CEO at The Horan Group

s purpose a lofty ideal or a tangible good we hold onto every day? In the current reality - pandemic and economic uncertainty - purpose matters more than ever. If we’re purpose driven, we’re open to uncertainties and able to see the possibilities. Looking back, you’ve had many turning points which shaped your career to date, even if you’re unaware of some of them. Crafting a purpose-driven role starts by rummaging through your past to uncover patterns which clearly outline the route taken to get where you are and point a way forward.

In this session, Founder & CEO, Jane Horan, uncovers the myths and realities of seeking purpose, using questions to uncover what matters most to you.

A wizard-philosopher masquerading as a motivational speaker, bestselling author and leadership advisor.

In this thought provoking session, you’ll learn how to navigate complexity, ambiguity, paradox and doubt with just One Word. One Word to serve as a fuzzy contextual beacon to guide you towards future relevance.

If you are searching for new motivation, meaning, enchantment or direction in life—if you seek to develop, grow and lead through times of change—this session is for you.

Co-Founder at Seedtime Collective

A quest for a purpose has been a big topic for many of us. We start a journey of self-discovery in the hope of finding a deeper meaning. Along the way, as we learn to let go of all preconceived ideas of who we are, and what our lives should be about, we go through periods of immense heartbreak until a new reality opens up and we are ready to accept ourselves and the world as they are, with no expectations or demands.

And it’s only in that ultimate surrender when our hearts are completely exposed, that we finally reclaim what we have always known.

In this session, Sonja will take you on the journey of opening one’s heart, and ask you to step into the open space of unlimited possibilities.

Former Chief HR at World Economic Forum and World Bank

With a creative and engaging mix of coaching practice, management theories, case studies and personal story-telling, this session will help you to identify both your own compass – which relates to integrity, passion and internal value systems – and radar – which helps your to understand organizational complexity and ‘read’ workplace dynamics and situations.

In the midst of a volatile and uncertain world, this session will help to pause, reflect, and consider who you are, what you stand for, and how to remain free.