Executive Legacy

We are all looking to create meaning in our lives and we would love to do this at work.  Coaching is often a good starting point for this process.  At 1-Focusm we believe that a collaborative process which brings others into the process for co creation and broader collective conciseness are paramount for executive legacies.  It represents the underpinnings for corporate social responsibility.
"By asking ourselves how we want to be remembered, we plant the seeds for living our lives as if we matter. By living each day as if we matter, we offer up our own unique legacy. By offering up our own unique legacy, we make the world we inhabit a better place than we found it." (From the Introduction of “A Leader's Legacy” by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner)

Defining your Legacy and Next Era:

• Take a look at the various eras (drivers, passions) in your life and write them down.
• Note what you enjoyed and legacies or thread you created or foci at the time.
• Remember and note down what your original purpose was–what your overall motivation — in life was (or appeared to be when you were younger)
• Note what you are bringing into your life now.
• Refine your core mission statement as you see it now.
• Jot down what holds your interest now? What do you like to talk about?
• Put these thoughts on various small cards or create a Mind Map from them. Play with their various inter-workings and see what emerges as your next era.
• What legacy would you like to create?
• What steps do you need to take:
• What do you want to attract into your life to bring this about?
• Play with this until to reach a focus, purpose, project to realize your mission… that gives you a sense of Aha! And raises your energy or draws you forward.