THE PURPOSE-LED SCHOOL:
BUILD YOUR ROADMAP TO YOUR NEW FUTURE
Chart Your Course To Authentic Fulfilment, Meaningful Work And Unique Impact At This Time Of Transition.
A Year-Long Purpose-Led Ecosystem To Write Your Next Chapter - Take Your Place, Play Your Part And Shape What Comes Next.
You are not here to win at the old game.
These are times of personal and collective shapeshifting.
And you are here to create a new future your way.
Our purpose-led ecosystem is designed to help you:
- Orient in your true direction,
- Walk your unique path and
- Carve the new pathways that are your own.
This is the school you should have always had as a changemaker for these shapeshifting times - the guided future-oriented space where you:
- Clarify what is true for you now and your next steps,
- Shape your new role for the times of transition we are in, and
- Step into the evolution you are here to lead at this pivotal period.
THIS IS A TIME OF TRANSITION
The field we are navigating is fundamentally changing.
We are in a time of shift of the world as we have known it - caught in the perfect storm of the sustainability crisis, the AI disruption and the upheaval to the world order.
The system is reshaping itself. And it is reshaping our life, work and leadership with it.
As a result, we are experiencing unprecedented levels of outer uncertainty - confronted by the deep unknown in an increasingly unstable context.
Institutions, organisations, and ways of working we once relied on and took for granted are being fundamentally shaken.
Existing value systems are showing their fundamental cracks.
The playbooks that kept us safe are fast becoming outdated.
Holding on to what is, with a little bit of adaptation, is not enough anymore. Not in this time of profound transition that has already started - where it is easy to spin our wheels in the current chaos.
We are living through a once-in-a-lifetime collective system shift.
We are on a new adventure personally and collectively - that is yet to be written.
'Without Warning Our Focus On Things Faded. And All That Mattered Was What Kind Of Human We Decided To Be.'
THE NEW ADVENTURE
What we are being called to now is to face what is happening head on. To not just be shaped by it, but to actively and creatively shape what comes next. To be the ones that create our future - both personally and collectively.
What it means is first anchoring in stability within ourselves. Then navigating through the storm. And creating something better on the other side of it - by stepping into a new level of our own potential, purpose and impact.
The mission now is to find our way through this in-between space. To pick our own adventure and chart our own journey through the uncertainty, the unknown and the unstable - within the midst of this chaos.
So that we can create a better future for ourselves and for the greater whole based on what has real value. By writing the next chapters that are uniquely our own - finding our true place in this new reality, playing our unique part at this turning point and shaping what comes next in these times of transition.
'What Is It You Plan To Do With Your One Wild And Precious Life?'
Mary Oliver
WHY THE SCHOOL EXISTS
Most programs are still training people to succeed as if we were in business as usual.
They are ignoring the systems that are no longer working, the values that are broken and the new challenges we are now facing.
They keep teaching you how to perform better, fit in more smoothly, and keep the status quo alive - in an outdated value paradigm. Instead of guiding you to colour beyond the lines that are disappearing.
That is why The Purpose-Led School exists. To be the school you never had - and need for this personal and collective transition.
It is here to guide you to travel the in-between, uncharted territory that you and we are all in.
To transform yourself so that you can create what you are called to next. And do what is yours to do now, approach the value you provide in a new way, and fuel the bravery to chart your own course to:
- Possibility rooted in authentic fulfilment,
- Prosperity that comes from meaningful work and
- Progress made real through unique impact.
Because beyond the known tracks, you are now called to create your own.
'You Never Change Things By Fighting The Existing Reality. To Change Something, Build A New Model That Makes The Existing Model Obsolete'
WE WERE NOT TRAINED FOR THIS
So right now, you might be finding that what you have been doing up until now is not working anymore. That you are feeling increasingly out of synch with your business as usual, that you don't fit into how things are done and that you are somehow being called for more.
Either from what you see happening in the world, from something inside of you trying to get your attention or because of changes in your own life, work or leadership. And you are not sure where to go from here:
- Not Having The Right Playbook: Wanting to have a purposeful impact - but doubting yourself, spinning your wheels or not knowing what that looks like exactly now. So that you make the real progress you actually want.
- Not Finding Your Next Role: Wishing for meaningful work that is aligned to what is most important to you and your core strengths - but not knowing how to create that. Not seeing it already 'out there', believing you can't have that, being laid off and facing a tough job market or settling for the money.
- Not Bringing Real Change: Sitting in a role frustrated where you know you could add so much more and wanting to bring more transformation. Yet feeling stuck going through the motions, not knowing how to get to be really heard, or bending yourself to fit into the mould.
And you are not alone.
It is not you that is broken. It is the training you were given.
We were trained for stable times to sustain what exists - not to find our own way to creating something better out of the unstable nature of the uncharted times we are in.
'If You Don't Feel That You Fit Into The Existing System. It Is Because You Are Here To Build What Comes Next'
Louise Le Gat
BUILD YOUR ROADMAP THROUGH THIS STORM
As our systems shape-shift, stability does not come from following the existing tracks. It is not built by ignoring the storm, trying to hold on to business as usual or controlling the external at all costs.
It comes from accepting that you are already off-piste, and need to think beyond your existing boxes and be willing to lay down your own tracks.
It requires the choice, creativity and courage to build your own roadmap based on your own innate flow, by:
- Switching on your inner compass and trusting your inner knowing to orient in your true direction,
- Uncovering your inner maps of potential, purpose and impact and walking your unique path,
- Up-levelling your inner navigation system to make your vision real, stop being stopped by fear and carve your new pathways.
In practice that involves digging deep to upgrade your own operating system so that you:
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Stop sacrificing yourself and your needs to others & break the burn out cycle
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Stop being addicted to external validation & diffuse the self-doubt spiral
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Stop being a reluctant visionary leader & evolve beyond the invisibility trap
And you instead:
- Anchor Solidly In Your Unique Self: Embracing what you are actually made for → even when it feels out of step with the old expectations.
- Shine Brightly In Your Unique Value: Turning your 'misfitness' into your mission → reframing your difference as a gift that has real worth at this time of transition.
- Light The Way With Your Unique Thinking: Learning to catalyse real evolution → so your message has you positively stand out and creates a definite shift in others.
'All We Have To Decide Is What To Do With The Time That Is Given To Us.'
J.R. Tolkien
FROM GOOD SOLDIER TO BRAVE BUILDER
At its core, what we really need to be now are brave builders of the new future - who can bring new direction in uncertainty, fundamentally evolve the current value system and shape what comes next.
But we were not taught or encouraged to be that. We were trained as good soldiers to maintain, fit into and plug the gaps of the status quo - with some incremental innovation.
And so although we might have expertise in sustainability or other 'for impact' thematics, we are usually not equipped within ourselves, our work or our leadership for this erosional and collective re-invention.
What we have to do as brave builders of the new is to sustain our energy and confidence in the midst of chaos, create our own security and livelihood in the face of rejection. And lead through the push back of resistance.
The Purpose-Led School is the ecosystem where we support you to become this Brave Builder Of The New. By growing your capacity in the 3Cs of Care, Confidence and Communication.
So that you can steer through the off-piste landscape we are in - transforming yourself, your work and your leadership for the better.
And also can guide transformation at the level of depth, speed and scale that will really make the difference.
'Become That Focal Point Of Light That Others Navigate By'
WHAT IS THE SCHOOL & WHO IS IT FOR?
At the School we guide you to write your next chapters in your self, work and leadership - by taking your true place in this new reality, playing your unique part at this turning point and shaping what comes next in these times of transition.
Ultimately it is about charting your own course through this time of re-invention - to new possibility, new prosperity and new progress that comes from authentic fulfilment, meaningful work and making your unique impact.
So that you can make a right living creating a better future for yourself and the collective at this pivotal time - oriented in your own truth, inspiring your unique transformation and crafting your part of the new future.
In essence, The Purpose-Led School is for the 'misfits' - who learnt to pay the game to be successful in the existing system, but don't quite feel like they fit in anymore. And now:
- Those who feel increasingly out of synch with business as usual - and where it is taking us.
- Those who don't want to just be good soldiers - custodians of an old increasingly outdated status quo. But want to shape what comes next.
- Those who don't believe in the existing ways any longer. And want to bring new ways of doing things and be builders of a new more hopeful future.
Because if you don't feel like you fit into the existing system. It is because you are here to create a new one.
The School is not a traditional programme. It provides a different kind of ecosystem:
- A stable haven and a guided lifeline in the midst of the current chaos - where you can chart your purpose-led course through the uncertainty, unknown and unstable times that we are in.
- A catalysing space to build your own roadmap through this storm - to what you are meant to be doing now at this time of transition.
- A place to travel together with other 'would-be' brave builders who are also choosing to join the transition team that is answering the call to rise at this pivotal moment on the planet.
At its core, it is here to equip you to expand to navigate these times of transition as The Brave Builder Of The New Future we need now, that:
- Is inner-Directed: Where you define your own version of success by re-aligning your inner landscape to a truer setting.
- Transforms: Where you bring your unique piece of the jigsaw by accepting that where you feel like a misfit is what you are actually here for.
- Creates: Where you seed, plant and grow your garden patch of the new future - bringing to life what doesn't exist yet by trusting in your own way of doing things.
WHAT WE COVER
What previous purpose-led leaders have said The Purpose-Led School has helped them with:
- Navigating crossroads and writing new life, work and leadership chapters
- Clarity on your purpose and what you are meant to be doing at this pivotal time
- Bridging transitions and right next steps
- Knowing what is true for you and trusting your inner knowing
- Managing your energy and integrating habits to avoid burn out as a changemaker
- Developing better emotional literacy to decode what you need - and learning to use empathy in the right way to overcome co-dependence patterns
- Aligning to you true potential, purpose and impact - not just thinking about it, but making it real
- Understanding and accessing your innate flow and integrating that into your work and leadership
- Building a new level of confidence, breaking self-doubt spirals and overcoming imposteur syndrome
- Valuing yourself and your 'misfitness' - and turning it into a superpower
- Articulating your value and creating new roles for yourself
- Positioning yourself in the right way to get new purposeful jobs
- Being more confident in your own purpose-led business and monetising your impact
- Finding and trusting your true voice - and using it to bring about worthwhile change
- Challenging the status quo and speaking your truth in a way that others can hear
- Influencing and catalysing real transformation
- Going beyond your comfort zone and creating out of the box opportunities
At the center of the work are The 12 Foundations of being a Purpose-Led Leader based on Care, Confidence and Communication, that include:
Part 1: Personal Alignment - From The Burn Out Cycle To Anchoring Solidly Into Your Unique Self
1. Managing Your State
2. Fulfilling Your Needs
3. Aligning To Your Flow
4. Growing Your Self-Belief
Part 2: Future-Fit Work - From The Self-Doubt Spiral To Shining Brightly In Your Unique Value
5. Stepping Into Your Calling
6. Playing To Your Strengths
7. Finding Your Environments
8. Monetising Your Livelihood
Part 3: Evolution Partner - From The Invisibility Trap To Lighting The Way To Your Unique Thinking
9. Clarifying Your Leadership
10. Articulating Your Message
11. Spreading Your Influence
12. Guiding Your Transformation
HOW IT WORKS
The Purpose-Led School is not just a training. It is a living ecosystem, catalysing container and guided transformation journey from Good Soldier Of The Old to Brave Builder Of The New - based on:
- Integrating New Habits,
- Activating New Foundations and
- Updating Your Inner Software.
In our experience, brave builders come in different shapes and forms. And you will find here a mix of people from the corporate sector, humanitarian organisations and NGOs as well as social entrepreneurs. Some have also been taking some time out.
What connects us all is that we feel more and more out of synch with business as usual - and are being called to a new level of potential, purpose and impact for the transition we are in. Wanting to do what is truly ours to do now and shaping what comes next - from a desire to bring long term well-being to people and planet.
Often what also comes up is how although successful in the existing system - we never quite felt that we really fitted in. That is why I say that your 'misfitness' or your unique 'kind of weird' is your mission now in this time of system shift.
The Purpose-Led School includes self-guided modules, live sessions and an online community - accessible both on your desktop and through our App.
It has four parts to guide you to build your roadmap to the core focus of the school - authentic fulfilment, meaningful work and the worthwhile change only you can bring:
- The Retreat: Practices to keep you in line with your own truth and inner compass. And dig deeper into what you are meant to be doing now.
- The Masterclasses: Guided sessions based on the 12 Foundations to map out your innate blueprint, original contribution and leading-edge conversation - the vehicles through which you will express your purpose-led leadership
- The Self-Coaching: Deeper dives to help you fine tune your navigation system and the actions you take
- The Community: An online area where you can connect with others on this journey
The Purpose-Led School is a Yearly Membership.
The Investment is CHF1,250 (+VAT for Swiss Residents) for the year.