Sparks by Ignium

In this concluding episode of Sparks by Ignium Phil Rose talks to Dean Heffta. Dean is a coach and speaker based in Peoria Illinois. In this episode we dive into the word purpose. You’ll hear Dean’s thoughts on what purpose ‘could be’ so that we remove some of the navel gazing that often goes on.

Show Notes

(Some of) The main points for listeners:

·       Purpose… what it means for ‘young’ people to feel a pressure to find purpose

·       UN Sustainability Goals

·       Re-Igniting your passion

·       Investing time in yourself is valuable!

·       Response Ability

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More about Dean Heffta: https://www.clarusresults.com/about/

Connect with Dean on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-heffta/


[02:17] Purpose – operating on purpose
[02:50] How to re-ignite your passion through purpose
[03:10] Steve Jobs and the Purpose of Apple
[04:20] What’s it like on day 1? Does your purpose to change?
[05:30] Does a purpose of Shareholder value drive the team?
[06:40] The 17 UN Sustainability Goals (SDGs) and what education means to Phil
[08:15] Being intentional as a leader about what it is you ‘do’
[09:30] Leaders can impact their team by connecting the dots… work to impact
[10:30] Story Telling to convey your lessons and morals and purpose and more
[13:05] Re-Igniting Passion by connecting to our emotions – the campfire story
[14:15] What has purpose ever done for us?
[15:20] How do I know I’m on purpose (or not)… what’s your gut feel when you get out of bed?
[17:20] We each have a responsibility to create our purpose even when we are drawn away from it by urgent ‘activities’
[18:50] A simplified model of the business world… RBBG – where do you invest your time?
[21:50] why investing time in yourself is so important
[23:20] Lessons from Stephen Covey (again) – where do I add value?
[24:35] What is it you want every leader to hear?
[25:40] Purpose lives within you – we all need to step up and find ‘it’
[26:10] You can always choose your response
[26:40] Getting better is not selfish
[27:05] We are all response-able… Victor Frankl
[28:00] When you change how an organisation understands its purpose you have an opportunity


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What is Sparks by Ignium?

Conversations with business founders, leaders and experts, examining the changing landscape of leadership, purpose, business growth, Scaling Up, resilience and change with business leaders and owners in mind. We cover a mix of topics designed to ignite (or re-ignite) your spark one conversation at a time.

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