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Your Playbook for Plugging into Purpose at Work

A 7-Module Self-Paced Video Course with Grant Hunter, MA, Co-Founder/Purpose & Impact Advisor at Syntropy and author of From Money to Meaning: Building Purposeful Business for a Life of Contribution.

This course helps leaders to grow their capacities to engage their employees, bring purpose into their work, and have more impact in the world.
Dear friend,
 
When you find yourself in business today, as a leader I suspect you want to build a more purpose-driven culture at your organization and you’re looking for tools to drive change in the organization “from the inside out”.
 
I know you want to bring your values to work to build a more conscious business as well.
 
But the challenges for conscious leaders like you are:
  • You're dealing with an epidemic of anxiety, depression and obesity in the workforce corresponding to a lack of engagement (*87% disengaged at work according to Gallup) which has only been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.
  • Your teams suffer from a general ennui and malaise in the culture at large.
  • At the same time, companies like yours are being asked to step up into their expanded role as good “corporate citizens” pursuing social and environmental ends.
 
And here’s why…
 
Given the unprecedented volatility, uncertainty, chaos and ambiguity of our current world, people are lost and leaders are challenged to lead. A guiding North Star of deeper purpose is needed to navigate successfully.
 
As all purpose ultimately resolves to serve a call larger than itself, we teach practices that help people discover and embody their purpose in the work they do, with a focus on delivering impact to the world. We complete the energetic circuit when we connect our deepest purpose (internal, intentional) to the impact (external, actual) we want to see in the world.
 
Leaders face these twin pressures. The internal pressures to attract, engage and retain employees and the external pressure for companies to demonstrate their commitment to social and environmental causes and make a positive difference in the world. The solution to managing both of these pressures starts with deeper purpose at work.
 
By helping employees find meaning and purpose in their work, they help them build lives of meaning and contribution AND enlist the private sector in building a better world, thereby meeting societal expectations to deliver a triple-bottom line with a focus on social, environmental and financial returns. (people, planet and profits).
 
The question remains, how do we bring that level of purpose into business?
 
Introducing:
IGNITE On-Demand-- Your Playbook for Plugging into Purpose at Work—a 7-module self-paced video course.


At Syntropy, we help conscious leaders, founders and entrepreneurs build purposeful businesses by teaching practices around deeper purpose, authentic leadership, conscious culture and impact. Organizational change is hard. We make change simple (if not easy). Purpose is the seed. Leaders are farmers. Culture is the soil. And the Impact that they all deliver is the fruit.

 

All 4 Quadrants of Transformation need to work together.

At Syntropy, we have summarized, synthesized and simplified a range of practices to make them practical and actionable.

After you complete this course, you’ll be able to engage in 18 discreet practices to effectively transform yourself, your teams and your entire organization in order to plug into purpose effectively and deliver more positive impact to the world.

By the end of this training, you’ll experience:

  • More engaged employees able to connect to deeper purpose through their work, tapping the infinite well-spring of intrinsic motivation.

  • An authentic leadership style supported by vulnerability-based trust and psychological safety.

  • Resilient and effective teams guided by a shared North Star of purpose.

  • A developmental culture where work is transformed into a vehicle for personal and professional growth.

  •  An organization that can flex and flow in the marketplace, able to respond quickly and effectively to change.

 
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MY PERSONAL STORY & INVITATION TO YOU

I hit the wall 19 years ago that so many employees eventually face.  In the early run up during the Dot.com boom, I was in Silicon Valley.  Fresh out of graduate school, after a stint overseas and now my first big promotion at a Fortune 500 high-tech company….I should have been happy.

But as soon as I reached for that proverbial brass ring...and got it….it just rang hollow.

I asked “is this it?” Achievement for its own sake didn’t satisfy. What was it all for? I felt like a dog who chases a car for no apparent reason--instinct I guess--and then doesn't know what to do when it catches the car.

After having an awakening experience surfing in San Diego, all I wanted to serve was the sacredness of life itself. Translating that desire in the context of business framed the rough outline of my personal purpose which I later clarified: to heal the wound between money and meaning, profit and purpose in order to enable business to be a force for good in the world.

For 19 years, I’ve tried to answer that question. We’re taught how to strive, but never how to arrive.

My answer came in the form of social entrepreneurship. I wanted to find  creative business solutions to social and environmental problems.  Given the scope of global problems, I wanted to build for-profit social businesses that had the capacity to scale.  I launched two companies over a period of about 10 years—1 was a locally-owned,  eco-friendlier CNG taxi company in Lima, Peru and the second provided pre-paid renewable energy to low-income, off-grid communities in 30 countries around the world.

After being acquired by a large solar manufacturer in 2017, I’ve been working at Syntropy to help conscious leaders build purposeful companies of meaning and contribution. I invite leaders to “play a bigger game and take a longer view.”  While many people talk about purpose, we try to answer the question leaders have—what do we do first thing Monday morning?

In this IGNITE course,  I teach the personal, interpersonal and organizational practices around deeper purpose, authentic leadership, conscious culture and how they all conspire to deliver impact to all stakeholders.

Please join us!

In purpose,

Grant Hunter

WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT GRANT

“It was amazing how quickly Grant was able to set a safe space and make the process approachable for everyone. Well organized but not regimented. I really liked how lite and simple it was - coming from the middle of my workday and task oriented calls it was a breath of fresh air.”

Josh McGill,
Engagement Manager, Akamai Technologies

“…we were able to tap into our authentic selves”

“…helped the team to feel more energized and passionate about their daily work as they feel aligned to a deeper purpose."

Yolanda T. Cochran,
VP , Production at Disney/ABC Television

 "Good leadership, enthusiastic group."

- John Ferrari

"Grant was very good - really felt the heart connection. Powerful and really liked moving through the exercises."

- Claire Worlidge

 "I loved the connection with others in our group, and the wisdom and leading of Grant. This was excellent!!"

- Luke R.

 Yesterday’s practice with "Grant was awesome. We all met beautifully in embodied spirit."

- Carol G

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The IGNITE course features seven self-paced modules facilitated by Grant Hunter. We’ll explore tools and practices that support discovering and embodying deeper purpose, authentic leadership, and a developmental culture to deliver impact to all stakeholders.

Module 1: Wake Up (SPIRIT)

As you begin the course, you will explore the terrain of spirit. Spirit is the ground of being upon which the rest of this work rests and animates each moment of your life.

In this module, you’ll discover simple meditations to:

  • Connect you with that timeless, eternal dimension of your being.
  • Generate positive emotions and transmit love and healing to the world.
  • Make conscious contact with your source of creativity to help manifest your deeper purpose.
Module 2: Grow Up (MIND)

Explore  a powerful model that simplifies the quadrants of organizational life and allows you to build psychological dexterity by taking on different perspectives. Engage in practices to help you continue to mature psychologically while helping your company thrive.

In this module, you’ll discover:

  • A map of the development of the self, teams and organizations to see and feel into the multi-dimensional nature of your reality.
  • How to “try on” different perspectives, loosening your exclusive identification with just one and priming your ability to grow into more inclusive, compassionate versions of yourself, from “me” to “us” to “all of us”.
  • Connect authentically and vulnerably with others, learning to “speak with the tongue of the heart” and “listen with the ear of the heart” as you build a collective container of transformation.
Module 3: Grow Down (SOUL)

In this Grow-Down session, you'll explore your deeper purpose. This is the domain of your soul, your embodied version of spirit here in time.

In this module, you’ll discover:

  • Your deeper purpose as you make conscious contact with the most evolved version of your future self to seek guidance.
  • Detail the 8 facets of your purpose by completing your Purpose Octagon.
  • Craft an inspiring Purpose Statement that pulls together all aspects of your purpose.
Module 4: Clean-Up (SHADOW)

In this Clean-Up session, you’ll be introduced to the Shadow dimension of your being.  This is the terrain of the subconscious mind. 

In this module, you’ll discover:

  • Simple techniques to use when you notice yourself getting triggered emotionally and how to respond consciously.
  • How to clear up “unfinished business” and practice re-owning disassociated parts of your psyche, by facing it, talking with it and then becoming it once again.
  • Notice where you are holding yourself back, honor the original protective job that this resistance represents, and negotiate a path beyond to freedom.
Module 5: Show-Up (BODY)

In this session, you’ll develop a concrete plan to embody your deeper purpose. Your capacity to show up authentically is governed by your ability to actually discover and find expression of your deeper purpose. 

In this module, you’ll discover:

  • How to embody your deeper purpose by developing a 10-year plan to reliably bring it into the world.
  • How to engage a walking meditation through time. Connect mind and body, by standing and taking physical steps corresponding to each year of your plan.
  • How to reflect on your view of the world from each step, clarifying your vision, imagining obstacles and seeing yourself overcoming them.
Module 6: Show-Up at Work (PRESENCE)

In this Show-Up at Work module, you will practice a form of authentic leadership that brings deeper purpose and radical honesty, conscious conflict resolution and accountability to work.

In this module, you’ll discover:

  • How to craft a compelling vision for your company that inspires others and taps their intrinsic motivation to regularly perform at a high level.
  • Navigate conflict skillfully as you learn how to have difficult conversations.
  • Promote a culture of freedom and accountability to enable knowledge workers to unleash their creativity unhindered, while managing with a light touch.
Module 7: Serve and Surrender (IMPACT)

In life and work, you generate value by serving the needs of others. You can ennoble your work by “playing a bigger game and taking a longer view” helping a wider circle of stakeholders thrive.  Ultimately, you can reframe your work as an expression of your deepest purpose translated into service to the world, and how it is through the soft “letting go” of surrender that allows transformation time to work.

In this final module, you'll discover,

  • The wider circle of stakeholders of your organization, what they need to thrive and how you can help them.
  • How to translate organizational purpose into impact through purpose aligned partnerships, projects and on-going programs.
  • Learn how to reframe success as the degree of alignment an action has with your deeper purpose and become resilient in the face of setbacks while infusing your life with meaning.
IT’S EXPERIENTIAL

We’ll cover 18 personal, interpersonal and organizational tools and practices with guided support to help you apply these practices back at work.

 

IT’S MODULAR

The practices taught are modular, so they can be customized into unique, self-directed practice chains.

 
IT’S INTELLIGENTLY INTEGRATED

Most change initiatives fail. Modern leadership challenges need more than piecemeal solutions to succeed.

 
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WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT GRANT

“Syntropy helped us to re-frame the way we described our work to order to help us to see our relevance and impact within the company.”

“...increased the team's energy and productivity, as well as given them a sense of team cohesion and pride in their shared contributions to the company.”

 

Meeta Sunderwala,
VP Finance and Chief Audit Executive, eBay

“There is a beautiful clarity to the Syntropy toolkit which belies a huge amount of thought including the field of behavioural engineering and the use of modular practices, which together provide some really useful tools and exercises”

 

Dave Prescott,
Creative Director, The Partnering Initiative

"I enjoyed the WeSpace breakout especially. 4 was the perfect group size for this. Wonderful. Thank you. I am having so much fun!"

- Mary Janicki

 "I love that it enables us participants to experience a level of connectedness where our differences unite rather than separate , and to be able to experience that in our present atmosphere of turmoil and isolation is a gift I am so grateful for…food for my soul , as someone in the group says…"

- Anja C

 "Practice was great and a good reminder of connecting to others. We all have to do this."

- Carolyn Winter

Here’s What You’ll Receive:

 

7 Self-Paced Modules with narrative overviews, course videos and practice summaries

Access to a custom course site with all your materials

Recordings of all sessions

Plus++ BONUSES!

COURSE BONUSES

E-book of From Money to Meaning--Building Purposeful Business for a Life of Contribution by Grant M. Hunter.  (Value $19) 
Syntropy Toolkit (Value $79.00) 

33 Gold Star curated practice summaries around purpose, leadership, culture and impact to give you the shortest path to action at your company. 

Exclusive interview with Ginny Whitelaw, Former Sr. NASA Scientist, Zen Master and Leadership coach and author of Resonate--Zen and the Way of Making a Difference. (Value $49.00) 

We’ll discuss how resonance between our inner and outer worlds and with one another is key and the power of regular practice to drive change within conscious business.

Dr. Ginny Whitelaw is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Zen Leadership. A Zen master in Rinzai Zen, she combines deep, physical training with a rich scientific background, senior leadership experience at NASA, and over twenty-five years coaching and developing leaders.

Exclusive interview with Brandon Peele, author of Purpose Work Nation and Planet on Purpose (Value $49.00)

We will talk about the role of purpose in life, business and in the country. Brandon is a Midwesterner, best-selling author, impact entrepreneur and an expert in purpose, leadership + culture change. Prior to founding Unity Lab, he worked at two leading social learning companies, ion and Imperative, to activate empathy, trust, belonging, purpose and leadership at scale.

Interview with with the late Terry Patten from the We-Space Summit (2017) (Value $49.00)

 In this important interview, we explore the power of spiritual practice, especially We-Space practices of interpersonal spirituality and how they build Circles of Mutuality and support the work of sacred activists.

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Here's a summary of what the 7-module course includes: 

7-Module Self-Paced Course —$597

BONUSES

e-Book of From Money to Meaning--Building Purposeful Business for a Life of  Contribution=$19

Syntropy Toolkit of 33 practice summaries--$79

Exclusive interview with Ginny Whitelaw--$49

Exclusive interview with Brandon Peele--$49

Interview with Terry Patten--$49

 

GRAND TOTAL=$842
YOU SAVE OVER $745!

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ABOUT GRANT HUNTER

Grant Hunter is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the U.S., Japan, and Peru. Based out of Silicon Valley, he’s been involved in a variety of e-business activities for a Fortune 500 company and a boutique marketing startup he helped launch and later sell in San Francisco called INBOX Marketing, and in his role as Founder/ CEO of Microfranchise Solutions (MFS).

It was through MFS that he promoted replicable enterprise solutions to poverty in the developing world in Peru and over 30 countries. Higher purpose has been the through-line of his own evolution in his role as a social entrepreneur over the last 10 years and now working with companies as a purpose and impact advisor at Syntropy, where he helps others lead lives of purpose, authenticity, and service.

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