Brooke O. Erol
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Brooke O. Erol started her career at IBM following the traditional path she was given to be "successful". She quit her "great job" on paper after 11 years, feeling she is not aligned with it. She started her journey to find her purpose in life. She started her first business in 2003; Your Best Life to help professionals who don’t like their jobs and want to find more meaning at work. After being around so many unhappy people at work as her clients, she decided to help the organizations and leaders who employed them. She started her second business; Purposeful Business to help leaders catch up with our times and grow their businesses without sacrificing the well-being of their people; where profit becomes a by-product rather than the main goal. She believes life is too precious to live only for weekends and retirement. She is the author of Create a Life You Love. She is also the co-author of "From Hierarchy to High Performance: Unleashing the Hidden Superpowers of Ordinary People to Realize Extraordinary Results" that became an International Best Seller in 2018. She speaks and writes about Leadership, Purpose-Driven Life and Organizations, Future of Work in the US, and abroad.
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Work-Life Balance is a False Expectation
"Work-life balance sets an unrealistic expectation of keeping different roles in steady equilibrium. Instead, strive for work-life rhythm. Each week has a repeating pattern of beats — job, family, friends, health, hobbies — that vary in accent and duration." ...
It Is Easier to be Angry Than Sad
"Everything else I do has no meaning on this day ... When I know there are so many hearts that stopped -children’s and parents’ - all today." ...
Organizations Don’t Know What They’re Missing by Not Listening
"People always have the answers. They deal with their tasks, and their internal and/or external customers every day. They hear the complaints. They know exactly what works and what does not. They know what needs to improve or to be eliminated." ...
We Still Lose People Because We Still Do Not Understand Them
So many wonderful, elaborate, well-written articles out there about why people still keep leaving...
Who Are We Without Our Titles?
I remember the days when I felt micromanaged. At the time I was young...
No Purpose Shaming
People like me who have been talking about individual and organizational purpose for two...
Purpose is One Ingredient of a New Recipe for Work
I am a Purpose and a WHY person not because it is trendy; it...
Why Are Your People Quitting their Jobs?
Human beings usually do not change course until something bad happens. That hardship makes...
Our Biggest Trauma is to be Disconnected from Ourselves
It is so easy for us to say things like “you get over it”
“she should...
Executives, C-Level, Founders, Leaders; Capture the Moment Please!
I recently wrote an article about the significance of this moment we are in,...