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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

006: Powering up Purpose at Work with Arthur Woods

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Arthur demonstrated his epic expertise when it comes to finding purpose at work. He provided a fantastic framework, robust assessment tools, and set of pro-tips for finding more purpose in your career.


— YOU'LL LEARN — 

1) The three essential places where purpose is found in work. 

2) Keys to finding that greener grass, right where you are. 

3) How to access a free tool to diagnose your personal purpose-drivers. 


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— ABOUT ARTHUR — 

Arthur Woods (@ArthurWoods) is the Co-founder of Imperative, a company reshaping the way we hire and support a purpose-driven workplace. He is a writer, speaker and advisor to leading brands on the future of work. Arthur previously led operations for YouTube’s Education division and oversaw YouTube for Schools. Arthur co-founded the Compass Fellowship, the largest collegiate social enterprise training program and Out in Tech, the leading global LGBTQ technology community. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a New York Venture Fellow and sits on the Boards of the Georgetown Technology Alliance, Compass Partners and Out in Tech.

• Arthur’s company: Imperative

• Arthur’s tool: The Workforce Purpose Index

• Arthur's assessment: Imperative’s free purpose-drivers assessment for individuals

• Arthur’s email: arthur@imperative.com

• Arthur's Twitter: @arthurwoods


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Program: HOBY

• Personality: Viktor Frankl

• Book: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Study: Hospital work study on custodians finding purpose

• Article: World Economic Forum predictions on the future of jobs

• Book: A Short History of the World

• Study: The Noun Project visual classification work

• Tool: Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:18.0

Well, you're in for a super treat with this episode

0:20.4

because we're chatting with my good friend Arthur Woods.

0:23.8

I met Arthur years ago at a youth leadership seminar.

0:27.7

Shout out to Hobie, what?

0:29.4

H-O-B-Y, you O-B-Y, you O-Y, you'll Brian Youth Leadership,

0:31.9

and we've stayed in touch over these years and Arthur is truly an expert when it comes to finding purpose in your work in this episode he shared some really fantastic sets of perspectives and a framework and a litany of pro tips for finding more purpose in your work.

0:45.2

So some of my favorite takeaways from this one were the three essential places where purposes

0:50.3

found at work. How to find that greener grass right where you are in your

0:54.0

current workplace and how to access a free pretty sophisticated robust

0:59.7

assessment tool for diagnosing your personal purpose drivers.

1:05.0

And Arthur has a great take on on this stuff when it comes to purpose because he is the

1:10.0

co-founder of Imperative, a company reshaping the way we hire and support a purpose-driven workplace.

1:15.9

He is writer, speaker, and advisor to leading brands on the future of work.

1:19.1

Arthur previously led operations for

1:24.0

you two schools Arthur co-founded the compass fellowship the largest

1:26.9

collegiate social enterprise training program and out in tech the leading global

1:31.0

LGBTQ technology community.

1:34.0

He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a New York venture fellow, and sits on the boards of the Georgetown

1:40.1

Technology Alliance, Compass Partners, and Out in Tech.

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