In this post, Kamil Toume, author of the upcoming book “Chief Purpose Officer” set to release on March 31, 2025, emphasises the critical need for organisations to abandon outdated managerial mindsets. Toume stresses that this shift is essential for effectively fulfilling the Chief People Officer (CPO) role in today’s evolving business landscape. The author argues […]
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the roles of CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and CPO (Chief Purpose Officer) often intersect, but they serve distinct purposes. The CEO is responsible for overall business strategy, growth, and financial success. The CPO, on the other hand, ensures that purpose is embedded at the core of the organisation, aligning […]
If you do not know what you stand for as a leader, sorry to tell you that you your leadership journey has come to an end before it starts. Shout your purpose and tell the whole world about the impact that you are trying to make. If you want to lead and make an impact, […]
Most people confuse leadership with management, especially among the executives in organisations. The only real challenge to achieving great leadership is to understand it. Most managers and leaders are lost in mistaken business beliefs and practices inherited from the industrial and factory model of management. Kamil presents a solution in his book Separating Grain from […]
If businesses are judged by the amount of money created, then the metric is revenue. If they are judged based on the ability to make a positive change in people’s lives, then the metric is the purpose of the business.
Carrying out a huge leadership transformation in the organization is no longer the HR key job. The HR fleet in most organizations are service administrators not transformers. I know many HR and OD people who have a strong desire to change, but they are stuck between senior management old mentality and their relentless desire to […]
It starts with the leaders being humble enough to understand that they cannot move an inch in developing and advancing their organizations unless they develop themselves first by articulating and actioning their purpose. No one can flood the world from an empty cup. No one can be a leader and he or she is leaderless namely, […]
What really matters in creating, building and achieving something great are the actions not the words. Purpose is an action not contemplating statement. Most companies envision building a better world, but their actions contradict their words. They lack the fuel to do that. Vision entices the imagination, purpose propels action. In other words, actions speak […]
Closely monitoring the synergy between the purpose of the business and its final impact. This is the central task of leaders, namely Chief Purpose Officers, CPOs.
A culture is not the sum of polices and procedures that the business sets and follows. It is not an HR policy that stipulates the organisational norms. A culture is not also the guiding document that determines how the business operates and behaves corporately. A culture is not aspirational slogans and goals. A culture is […]
