542: Align Your Work With Your Why, with Kwame Marfo

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Kwame Marfo Kwame Marfo is a director at Genentech in the San Francisco area. He is a graduate of the Coaching for Leaders Academy. He joins me in this episode to share how personal values can align intentionally with career choices. Key Points Kwame’s dad inspires the work he does today for others. An effective way to connect with others is to ask what books and podcasts they are listening to. This value of curiosity also came from Kwame’s dad. Getting diversity of leadership experience is useful to expand beyond an industry perspective. Establishing a vision gives clarity to what’s most important. Journaling has helped Kwame reflect on his life and illuminate gaps that lead to action. Don’t trust the summary. Resources Mentioned UnCommon Law Related Episodes Start With Why, with Simon Sinek (episode 223) Craft a Career to Fit Your Strengths, with Scott Anthony Barlow (episode 424) How to Create Your Personal Vision (free membership required) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	Getting clarity on your vision can open up doors to align your work with your purpose.
0:05.9	On this Saturday cast, Kwame Marfo shares his journey of intentionally aligning his vision
0:11.7	and values in his work and life.
0:14.8	This is Coaching for Leaders, Episode 542.
0:19.6	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:28.5	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:31.2	This is Coaching for Leaders, and I'm your host, Dave Stahofiac.
0:36.2	Leaders aren't born.
0:37.6	They're made.
0:38.6	And this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations.
0:44.2	This is one of the Saturday casts.
0:46.6	Several times a year I air a Saturday episode that is a conversation with one of our Academy
0:52.1	members or listeners.
0:54.2	The next regular episode is coming still on Monday.
0:56.6	This is an extra episode.
0:58.6	And the Saturday casts are sponsored and brought to you by the Coaching for Leaders Academy.
1:03.9	The Academy is a year-long program and cohort of participant leaders who work personally
1:09.7	with me to create movement in their leadership development and movement toward organizational
1:15.7	results.
1:16.7	You can discover more and get alerted about opportunities to apply for the Academy by
1:21.4	going over to Coaching for Leaders.com slash Academy.
1:25.9	Today, I'm so glad to welcome one of the alums of our Academy, Kwame Marfo.
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