Can You SOAR Into Your Purpose? Podcast with Jackie Stavros

Nov 12, 2020

Jackie Stavros, a Professor at Lawrence Technological University and creator of the SOAR approach, discusses how to navigate uncertainty by discovering individual and collective purpose. She emphasizes the power of purpose during chaotic times and introduces appreciative inquiry as a tool for transformation. Listeners learn about four key questions to help surface their why and what, and how teams can align individual goals with organizational purpose. Jackie also shares practical exercises to maintain balance and prevent burnout while pursuing meaningful work.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Uncovering Purpose in Chaos

01:51 • 5min

Navigating Purpose through Appreciative Inquiry and SOAR

06:49 • 4min

Discovering Purpose and Alignment

10:24 • 19min

Essential Resources for Effective Leadership

29:42 • 2min

Embracing Kindness and Appreciative Inquiry in the Workplace

31:20 • 2min

In this week’s podcast, we discover how to soar into your individual or collective purpose at work with four simple but powerful questions to help us navigate uncertainty.

Connect with Jackie Stavros:

http://www.soar-strategy.com/

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You’ll Learn:

[02:51] - Jackie shares why purpose is so powerful in moments when work and life feel chaotic.
[05:31] - Jackie explains how an appreciative inquiry approach can help us to discover the best of what is and what is possible to surface our purpose.
[07:45] - Jackie gives us four simple questions to help us SOAR into our purpose.
[11:08] - Jackie shares an example of how the four SOAR questions can be used to surface your what and why.
[15:48] - Jackie explains how teams and workplaces can use the four SOAR questions to help surface a shared sense of purpose.
[18:33] - Jackie offers advice for aligning people’s individual purpose with the purpose of a team or organization.
[21:22] - Jackie shares how teams and workplaces drive radical change in 2021.
[23:56] - Jackie explains why it’s never too soon to reach for purpose in a team or workplace.
[25:51] - Jackie gives us an exercise to help keep our sense of purpose in balance so we don’t burn ourselves out.
[28:11] - Jackie completes the lightning round

Thanks for listening!

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Until next time, take care! Thank you Jackie!