406: Unlocking Growth: How Purpose-Driven Leaders Demonstrate the Behaviors Needed for Innovation (17046)

Bringing focus to purpose sets a challenge for all businesses in terms of promoting common good, linking purpose to larger values that promote the well-being of society and individuals within and outside of business (Hollensbe et al., 2014). Delivering value by serving society to support organizational purpose can also inspire innovation and energy directed toward achieving that focus or purpose alongside a financial return (Hollensbe et al., 2014). How innovation serves a larger purpose; therefore, how and where organizations choose to invest determines the value of their investment. Innovation requires an environment that supports human interactions and processes to achieve the desired outcome. Within their research and practicing environments these scholars have observed how purpose can enhance relationships between people and teams, teams to goals, and goals to organizational intent. The purpose of this workshop is to engage in a highly interactive program that examines the research underlying the history of purpose in the workplace, its influence on individuals and teams and how it can increase an organization’s ability to affect change and influence innovative environments. These exercises build upon a recent empirical model built, assist in fostering cultures which allow employees to feel more connected to their work, their organization and society. A recently developed model (attached) and set of tools will be used as a framework to lead activities.